It’s just a mistake, there’s no point in beating yourself up over it at all.

Try to find a way to laugh it off and either cancel or have a fun time doing something else in the area.

Your mistake is an embarrassing inconvenience. Nobody is hurt, nobody lost their job, you aren’t fired, evicted, or divorced.

Take a deep breath. Self-forgiveness is a skill worth practicing, lest you poison your memories with regret.

If the visual style is anything close to the opening credits of Duster, it could be a ton of fun.

I hadn’t thought about Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars for at least a decade prior to that show coming along.

It’s far out.

Not necessarily. Sales taxes, payroll taxes, and income taxes are all paid by people who are living somewhere while not being an immigrant with a visa or the like.

Undocumented immigrants already pay more in taxes while not being eligible for most benefits programs.

This isn’t about a rational solution, it’s racism.

Cruise is a bankable star, and Spielberg is a bankable director. I figure there’s a reason they didn’t work together for a long time, and a personal grudge makes more sense to me.

But business is business, and I’m indulging in Hollywood gossip. I just fucking loathe Scientology.

“Spielberg felt the actor’s antics had hurt his own movie, 2005’s ‘War of the Worlds.’ Far worse, though, had been an episode when Spielberg told Cruise the name of a doctor who had prescribed medication to a relative and the doctor’s office was subsequently picketed by Scientologists.”

And this would be the reason. He stabbed Spielberg in the back there. Fuck Hollywood numbers, who would want to be around a ‘friend’ who just did something like that to you?

They didn’t work again together until Tom Cruise was needed for Top Gun 2.

Do the same with googly eyes, you’ll be finding them for ages!

I didn’t even get good grades!!

My mom didn’t relax until she saw the actual diploma.

If each symbol on the edge of the rug is intended to be a cat butt, I thoroughly approve.

…but also yes.

Fight Club, for the right reasons.

I was entranced by the idea of ‘hitting bottom’ deliberately and pared things from my life that weren’t serving me well.

“The things you own end up owning you” was major for me, and I got rid of a ton of possessions.

Another was deciding I had always wanted to build a house; I spent the next decade reading about alternative homebuilding and made a plan.

Unfortunately my job and health failed before that plan went into fruition, but going through that planning process made me reach out and grow in new areas. It really did change my life.

Now I’m older and married but have never given up on the idea of building a cordwood shack and living in it for the rest of my days.

Believable shower thought… wanting to go back to bed.

I’d give it a shot, but I honestly leave my home only once a week, which makes these types of games less appealing to me.

I almost never travel either.

I’d still play a game that let me use/invest in local resources generously, and unlock more areas with travel.

I’d never be competitive in such a game, but I’m comfortable with that.

What works for you, works for you.

It may be possible to slowly wean yourself off of these behaviors that are worrying you. If it’s down to once a month, there isn’t as much of a jump to zero times a month, but maybe sometime. And then once it’s been a year, congratulate yourself for that and keep going.

Habits are hard to break and much easier to fall into. But if you are more conscious of these decisions, it all becomes a little bit easier with time.

That kind of mindfulness is a skill that is hard to develop, but your post leads me to think you’re already on your way.

That’s a tactic I’ve seen widely used, especially by the assholes we are talking about.

Words have meaning to us, and fascists love that because they are not beholden to any truth at all.

Ah, then I guess I don’t know how to interpret that.

Maps cannot answer that question.

Genealogy could, but has its downsides.

Stewed beets are delicious, and beet greens are quite tasty too. A nice addition to any garden.

Nice! I’d be interested to know if it makes a marked difference.

Me, I’ve made no knead bread, biscuits, and pizza dough, but have consistently failed at keeping sourdough alive or useful. Just knowledge of the basics really.

As someone who has little bread making knowledge, would using a brewing yeast and an alcoholic beer help with the original recipe? Flour content can be modified of course but I’m wondering if a different yeast would perform differently as well.