Recent content by tallheel95

ain’t happening but I love the optimism

I have made a promise to myself that I WILL NOT get sucked in by 10-day fantasy storms this winter. Have wasted too much time weather model watching and been burned again and again...

The day after Thanksgiving is the earliest I'll decorate! My husband is allergic to Christmas trees, so we got a fake one a few years back. It doesn't hold quite the same allure but I've adjusted. Plus no needles in the house. However, this year I've decided to get a real tree and put it on...

Yeah, my son is 9... but we would still have to go to a day game. Hell, I'm too tired at this point for a 7pm tipoff. ;-)

If anyone ever has seats for a day game that they aren't going to use, let me know... would love to take at least one of my kids. My son just started playing rec bball and I think he would enjoy a game more now that he's older and can tolerate these kinds of events a little more.

I don't know anything about economics... but I'll say this. I lived in SF and worked in the internet sector in the late 90s. It was fun, but these guys had no good plan about how to actually make money. They were like "let's get eyeballs and pageviews first and then monetize it"... and the...

I was worried about a friend of mine (who holds a green card) when she traveled to Europe this summer.... was pushing her to get citizenship before she left. Turns out she had zero problems and she was actually surprised when she was welcomed with open arms back into the country. There's a lot...

Sorry to hear that, CHS. As a parent of two autistic children, I totally understand the struggle of attempting to do something fairly normal (plane flight, dinner out with relatives, etc) and have it be far more difficult than anticipated, and then feel let down/exhausted after it's over. It's...

Sure, all this could be true... but also he's also almost 80. I think when you get to that point, you start to realize realize you're not going to live forever and you're hoping just to live another decade.

I personally know three families that are either currently moving or preparing to move to another country within the next six months. My husband and I are not considering this option, but we are certainly in despair about the situation that our young children are going to grow up in here. It’s...

This. I thought I’d try again recently so had some edibles in the evening with friends after a concert. Didn’t feel much and went to bed. Then… woke up at 5am and thought I was having a heart attack, a panic attack or had gotten covid. Was freaking the f out. After a spell (and some...

My husband lived in an African country for a few years and still to this day hesitates to wear shorts.

Sorry to hear that. Life really can be difficult, and you've had your fair share of challenges.

Why wouldn’t they? Humans are basically self-centered and short-sighted, and we are on a path to destroy the planet. Any machine using basic logic would figure that out and try to limit our impact by whatever means possible. We have had the luxury of being an apex predator for about 300,000...