I would feel very bad.

That was the best Buffy episode ever made, no contest. My partner was a huge Buffy fan while I thought it was mostly “meh”. But after all these years we still use “it must be bunnies” as a synonym for “something is fishy and not right here”

Oh, so THAT’S what the poop knife is for

Vorsicht vor Ratten. Ich habe eine Ratte mal unabsichtlich in meine Küche hereingeladen durch so eine Leiter aus Reben wachsen lassen. Die hat die Besuche mehr als ich genossen.

Watch out for rats. I accidentally invited a rat into my kitchen once by letting vines grow onto a ladder like that. It enjoyed the visit more than I.

Speaking as a parent who understands all too well about my kids’ depression, it might not even help.

“Ok, yes, life sucks, nothing matters, nothing is worth doing, and nobody cares. This is normal it’s just like that for some people. Now get your ass out of bed and [do your homework | get that resume written | go to work]”

This is my refrain for the past 10+ years. My kids do not enjoy hearing it, I do not enjoy saying it, and none of us has the faintest clue what to do that’s better than this.

You could try going for a walk outside in the sun and/or rain when your mom is bugging you too much with her not-understanding. That doesn’t get the homework done or the resume written or whatever but it can be a real mood lifter even for people who have heard the advice enough times already to be frustrated by it.

Good luck out there kid, it’s a hard world but somehow you can do it.

How rural is your path? I discovered recently that big fat raccoon poops are very similar to human poops.

And you’re not going to share the results of your research??

I don’t know where you’re from but it’s clearly not Chicago.

Turns out that, taken as a typical behavior across the general population of library users, it’s really fucking intensely difficult.

Digital photo frame that somebody else controls is great for the case where you are a person who can’t do tech, but you have somebody you trust who can, and you want to get a daily update delivered to your kitchen showing what all the grandkids have been getting up to.

If you’re going to buy a printer (any printer) for very infrequent use, make sure to protect it from dust.

I just threw away my Brother Laser (stored in a very dusty location) because of dust all through the works making streaks on every print.

I started with a series of white dots on each page, and in order to fix that I cleaned the whole outer case, blew out the toner cartridge area with canned air, and installed a new toner cartridge.

Result: white speckles on each page AND several big black streaks down the whole page. 😡

I’m sure somebody who knows how to clean them properly could have resuscitated the thing but I ended up contributing to e-waste instead.

Better to keep it in a cabinet with doors, or store it inside a pillowcase or something for the 18-month duration between prints.

When did they kill a guy?