I hate having to drive in the snow.

I love getting to, especially when it’s fresh, fluffy stuff, undisturbed in an empty parking lot.

Given the economy, it may be “If you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t.”

I live in Duluth, MN.

In 1991 it started snowing on Halloween and didn’t stop for something like four days.

We had four feet of snow in our yard. The town was paralyzed for days.

My sister and I took three hours walking to the corner store and back. She had to walk behind me because she was too short to even break a path through the snow.

It was so much fun.

Am I the only one who got that it’s a fucking He-Man joke? He/Him, He-Man.

He’s quite an impressive comic.

Here’s a link to a Josh Johnson bit about radioactive shrimp!

I hadn’t heard that, so I googled!

https://case.edu/news/new-study-shows-alzheimers-disease-can-be-reversed-achieve-full-neurological-recovery-not-just-prevented-or-slowed-animal-models

I had loved Jay Johnston ever since the Mr. Show days. Used to cheer when he popped up in things.

Fucking traitor. I flip off the screen anytime he’s on now.

And the ‘Proud’ Boys.

I’d just raise the temp slowly until it starts boiling. The only reason I can think it wouldn’t be simmering at that temp is that the water has been boiled off, but that’s almost certainly not the case here.

But I’ve never made stock before.

Parvo sucks. Thank you for looking after the kitties.

My interpretation would be that she has a crush on him and is hoping that converting him would be a way to (innocently) sink her claws in.

As such, she is nervously laughing off his sexuality because it’s another thing that makes him harder ‘tame’.

Hey, forgive yourself for that cringe behavior, honestly.

Looking back on that time and beating yourself up will not help.

Have compassion for your former self and thank them for letting you grow.

Remembering rewrites a memory, so remembering mindfully is important. If you hate those memories, they will continue to poison you, but forgiving yourself and others continues to pay off.

City of Lost Children is my pick. It has such amazing worldbuilding. Drops you in cold with no apologies and trusts you to just go on the ride.

I assume that’s how they keep rioting at a minimum. Nobody questions if everything is going according to how they were told it would be, to paraphrase the Joker.

The People have stated their priorities. If the rest of the machine refuses to work to fulfill those promises, they are betraying the people.

Promises are fulfilled through work.

Wishes come true. Terrible framing.

It is! I’ve been listening, but then family arrived.

I used to tease my parents for owning an album called Green Onions.

Now I recognize it as a classic.

Added to my funky Christmas mix!

I have a weekly D&D game with my favorite aunt and uncle, as well as my Dad and my cousin’s husband.

The latter runs one weekend, and I run the next, completely separate games of course.

I’m 51, my dad is 79, and his sister and her husband are a few years younger than he is. No idea on my fellow DM, I suspect late 40s.

If you find a common thread to hang on to, you can have a great relationship.

In this case, my aunt and uncle knew I was a huge weird nerd whose dad introduced him to D&D at 7 years old, so they thought to invite me when their daughter’s husband made a game for them.

Seven years later, we are still at it and I run a game for my friends as well.

These relationships can be nurtured, as all can. You just have to find and maintain the why’s.

Even people who don’t give a crap about birdwatching may still love to see the birds their old friends spot.

But to further your point, I don’t make much of an effort for those relatives that I don’t have much in common with.

This year’s Christmas present is a box of homemade fudge, rice krispie treats, and spicy chex mix, all homemade.

That’s the effort I put in for those I don’t have in my weekly or monthly life but are extended family.

I am very sorry to tell you that it’s quite likely you came to sentience just so you could eventually be killed by one Arthur Dent.