Yes! About a year ago we went up a very curvy hill with the kids that has, in the past, always made everyone feel queasy, even the driver to some extent. But this year, it didn’t at all. I think it was because we were driving an EV, and without all of the hurky-jerky of the nonexistent transmission, it was way smoother.
Are you Chrisjen Avasarala? Keeping them in your purse and munching on them whenever you’re in meetings with people you don’t like very much?
The other commenter is totally right about it being “like riding a bike.” My kids started riding and I had a bike but hadn’t ridden in like 15 years probably, so I was a little apprehensive about trying it again. It was no problem at all.
My husband with my car’s stereo. (We say “my” car and “his” car for ease but in reality we try to take my car whenever possible or for longer distances if we need cars at the same time because it’s more efficient.)
Yeah underdog might not be quite the right sentiment. I’m not sure exactly what it is honestly because I think it’s a bit ridiculous. I see it in my father in law. They’re so angry that other people are being helped in any way, so they convince themselves that they’re deserving of the same kind of help without acknowledging the intense harm that has been done to others in the past and present.
It is not at all that white people are seen as lesser or lower. It’s that everyone wants to be the underdog. It’s the same bullshit that has Christians feeling like their religion is being persecuted.
Can confirm, my mom gave me that story when I was a kid.
I can’t say I’m overly well informed about how politicians differ, but I think much of the rest of the country sees California as the evil west coast elites, and nothing will change their minds. Especially not Newsom.
In my son’s fifth grade class last year, it was fucking Cookie Clicker. 🙄
As a Californian, I truly believe there is no way in hell that the country will elect a Californian.
This is completely separate from the undeniable fact that Newsom has always felt like a slimy used-car salesman with his greasy slicked-back hair, and now only seems like he’ll do anything at all in the quest for MOAR POWER. There’s only so much goodwill slapping back at Trump’s tweets will get you and it certainly is nowhere near enough to get him the presidency.
I’ve been a plaintiff in a civil case and it gave me such a horrible perspective on our legal system that I kind of wonder if anyone would ever select me for a jury, if they asked me the right questions.
I have a slightly niche need for a high heel that I can stand still in for a while. I found that, for my feet at least, if I wear flats, my heels hurt; if I wear high heels over a certain height, the balls of my feet hurt. The sweet spot for me is a heel of 1.5 inches (sorry for the freedom units). The ones I ended up getting and liking (after trying a few) were the brand Cobb Hill. They ran me slightly over $100, so I didn’t love that part, but they have a nice solid heel that I didn’t find so square that it was ugly, and they’re relatively comfy. I can’t say that after wearing them for three hours, mostly standing still, that my feet don’t hurt, but they hurt a loooot less than anything else I’ve tried.
I hope my generation (millennial) lives up to this man’s hopes for us. It sucks that we have to wait even that long.
Same! Though I was a bit older. Wanted to finish it right away so that it wasn’t spoiled for me. And these days I feel the same as you do.
My aggressively pedantic music theory prof in college insisted that “French” was incorrectly applied to the horn and that we should instead call it the Horn in F. She did not play the horn.
As I understand it, that’s very normal with cats with point coloration.
Hope you’re doing well post-surgery! Looks like you have an excellent in-home nurse to look after you.
It’s adjacent but my boomer dad thinks I should be getting my news from network news stations since I also don’t get the newspaper. For some reason he thinks those sources are more reliable than the internet without thinking about who owns them.
Wait wait. You’re starting with Engel’s “Many Waters?” Isn’t it book 4 in a series where book 1 (“A Wrinkle in Time”) is considered a classic?
It’s been a long time but I remember liking book 2 a whole lot. I never did get book 5, though I think there is one?
Yes but also is that just Rothfuss’ excuse when fans call him out about plot inconsistencies? Because that’s how I heard that “explanation” came about.
Used to work for a birdseed store, no joke, that was actually the main focus. Corn takes a lot of energy to digest apparently, in terms of birdseed. Certain birds will eat it if there is nothing else, but they’re more likely to go after other things first. If I remember correctly, Midwesterners had the best chance of having birds eat corn out of their birdseed (I’m US-based, so can’t speak to other places). Of course that makes sense; that’s where we grow corn, so it’s no shock that there are birds there that will eat it.
The other thing to watch out for in generic mixes is milo seed. It is a small round ball with a dot, bigger than millet. Ground feeders (such as doves) will eat millet and digest it, but milo will go right through their system undigested and then sprout. It’s a cheap filler.