Empire Nine

I briefly had my dog in doggy daycare ~20 years ago, (thought it would be fun for her, guess it was, she herded other the dogs around, asked to leave😭) and it was not this hard to get into, the worst they did to me was put me on a waiting list and say they'd see how she got along when it came to us.

It's good that they're bonded and insured. Sitters bailing isn't though, neither is the fact that it sounds like you're not even a customer and you're already having so many issues, it doesn't usually bode well for the future. Have they even met with your dog yet?

My best friend was a vet tech for ~17 years. Just do it and get it over with. Some dogs don't seem to mind, others, no, puppies are easier. You can try starting with peanut butter for toothpaste (then switching to the actual dog toothpaste later) and apparently that sometimes but not always works.

I totally agree with this as an autistic person. It's less complicated if I can see people. Even if I'm not actively visually following it the entire time, when I need clarification about the tone or context, it's really helpful to be able to see people.

The American public has largely had enough, everyone I know feels overwhelmed. I've started calling days decades ffs. It's a level of absurdity that I have never before witnessed. Also they obviously misspelled "Bored of Peace" 🙄

Now that the DOW is under 50k again, I think it's the perfect time to ask Pam Bondi about her new reason why we can't have the Epstein files. Before she had a lot to say about the DOW being over 50k, and that's not true anymore, so how about those files Pam? Can we have them now?

Reminds me of a certain caterpillar.

It can actually be quite difficult to find out exactly what the satellite whizzing above your head is called and what its purpose is. I'm always kind of curious what they're doing up there when I'm looking up from my hammock though.

I'm always looking up at night and wandering what satellites are above me. I know they're satellites because they're too fast and too bright to be stars (I can just barely see a few stars still). Only some commercial satellites are listed anywhere though. Military satellites generally not at all.

This is Zoolander levels of ridiculousness. Try to look up a service in your area that's bonded and insured, I bet they take your dog. They probably will have you sign a waiver of liability up to a certain $ figure, but with a lot of there services you'd probably be lucky to get that anyways 🙄

Referrals for a dog walker? Honestly these guys just need to carry insurance and make everyone sign a waiver of liability that they can't sue more than their insurance will pay out. End a story. They just don't understand how businesses work. I get a trial run to see how your dog is, but that's it.

If you're going to list 5 breeds you may as well just write mutt. Also in total agreement though, wtf? This is why public school is important and maybe there should be public dog school too, just tf? An application for dog school shouldn't even be a thing, it should, literally, be transactional.

Model it first is a sound concept in all of engineering, and science.

Knowing I've lived through a lot of awful shit, some of it my own making. People always seem confused when I say "I wouldn't change a thing." Everything good I have flows from something bad. Something bad someone else did, some screw-up I made. Nothing good ever came directly from something good.

I just realized that if I survive the apocalypse on some whim, I'm going to be looking at a lot of people and saying "I'm sorry babes, but we have to find the local fucking landfill and go dumpster diving, because we already stripped the layer off the top, and the landfill is where it's at." 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sandbox.

I Remember (Strobelight Edit) YouTube video by deadmau5 - Topic

Glad to have correctly assessed the situation o7 My kid is nearly 22, but I remember.

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I only understood that, I think, your kid has an earache, I'm not all that pop culture oriented. That sucks, though, I hope they feel better and you get some rest.

I feel like we are now on the 5th decade of March. Days are not a thing that exists anymore. Everyday is a decade. By the end of March we will have gone through about three centuries of life. That is too much life for anyone. Even vampires have been noted to struggle with that much.

I just have to say that "now the US produces 100% more oil than Americans" is a very confusing statement. I think I understand, but also it needs clarification. Like it could mean on the one hand that we produce more oil than people. Or that we sell more oil overseas, at a better profit margin.

You touch less surface area on a chopstick than a fork, so it disturbs the taste of the food less. I mainly eat with chopsticks, these rather dainty spoons, and steak knives. And I don't like wooden steak knives, the wood flavors the food. I like the taste of wood, but not
with steak.

A little over 20 years later it's easier to ignore. Only some things are impossible. Cardboard is a mouthful of dust every time for example. Smooth stainless steel, is pretty neutral, so I only notice it if I think about it. Makes me very picky about silverware though. I own a lot of chopsticks.

It happened after a TBI when I was 20. About a year later I started tasting textures. Something about my brain trying to heal itself, it miswired something. I can't recognize faces at all anymore, not even my own, but I can taste a texture. Initially it was very overwhelming.

In general the smoother a thing is, the more likely it is to taste unobjectionable. But textures can taste good too. I have a silicone worry stone, with a very specific texture and it tastes like iced vanilla coffee. It's my favorite, though oddly, the texture isn't my favorite to feel.

It's different, it's not always pleasant. Not everything tastes good. For example, there's a lot of cardboard in everyday life and it tastes like dust. I'd wear gloves more but I have very small hands so finding ones to fit is an issue, and not all materials of glove taste good, some of them don't.

I just have to feel the texture. I've very discretely touched famous paintings just like in the very corner, which I'm sure makes me a terrible person. I have a sort of synesthesia where I can taste textures and sometimes it's overwhelming. I just need to taste the painting. It's indescribable.

It's deserved, it's beautiful. If I weren't worried about affording food, it would make you an offer. It makes something sing in my heart, and I don't usually go for watercolors. If I buy art I generally want it to be fairly tactile (I want to wreck it by putting my grubby hands all over it, lol).

Which is a totally ridiculous proposition because I am so much further to the left than the Democratic party. It's unreasonable. The entire reason I vote third party is that the Democratic party doesn't represent my values. I want a more progressive party. Liberal is basically center right here.

But I'll never consider myself one of them. I'll never consider myself a part of the party. I guess they never got the memo that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Because for every person who has been reasonable, there's been two who will never forgive me and I may as well be maga.

I do think people are forgetting themselves but I also know that I'll never be a Democrat because I have literally been dealing with this bullshit about my vote in 2000 from some Democrats ever since. So they just can't convince me to join their shitty party. I might vote for them even help campaign