A true power move.

I help our customers make their business processes less stupid, time consuming and riddled with errors. Practically speaking it means I go to meetings, documentation process changes, build out business process automations, and attempt to convince an unwilling workforce that no, 17 spreadsheets is not the only or best way to run a business (change management).

I went to college and lived in dorms - and had to pay an increasing portion of my expenses until I was paying all of them. The result was working 2 jobs and attending school full time. When I graduated during the .com bust, I sent 300 resumes out and finally landed a job that paid me enough to live without 7 roommates. So, in my case, the trick was having at least 1 job that could pay my expenses.

Kids got chocolate and candy (currently letting them eat that instead of breakfast). Husband is sleeping in. Later I’m going to take a nap. A pretty wild Sunday. 😉

Dax formulas

There are many people in the world. You don’t have to stay attached to this person if his behavior isn’t something you like. And it is ok to wait for a person to come along that treats you the way you would like to be treated (you deserve to be treated well). Best of luck!

Working 40 hours can be tough. I think it is about a finding a setup that can work for you. Here’s how I set it up to work for me (I work more than 40, so some of this is just so I don’t die). Maybe there’s something in there you can try out.

• I work with family so I can double up work/family time
• I work from home so I don’t have to commute and I can pause to see my kids off to/come home from school
• My husband does not work so I see him throughout the day and he takes care of household chores
• I let my kids play in my office when I’m working (even on conference calls)
• I like my job and coworkers
• I take naps on the weekend
• I have given up on hobbies outside of what my kids like
• I get up at 4am and start work most days by 5am to ensure I have evenings with my family

Turkey! I had such a wonderful visit there as a teen in no small part because of the locals we met.

Dan Savage had some good advice a while back:

Your awkward/repulsive stage will pass. In the meantime, here’s what you need to do: worry less about getting your young teenage self laid and start thinking about getting your 18- or 20-year-old self laid. Join a gym and get yourself a body that girls will find irresistible, read—read books—so that you’ll have something to say to girls (the best way to make girls think you’re interesting is to actually be interesting), and get out of the house and do shit—political shit, sporty shit, arty shit—so that you’ll meet different kinds of girls in different kinds of settings and become comfortable talking with them.

It is much easier to talk to someone when you have something to talk about.

Many democracies form coalitions between smaller parties to create a majority voting block - the US just does it before the election.

Congrats! I deeply regret not investing in beanie babies when I had the chance.

Whip It by Devo, which struck me as hilarious as a kid. And I hadn’t even seen the video!

Obviously three wolf moon.

We’ll, there’s Amazon go, which is actually slightly better than having to scan and check out: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Go#%3A~%3Atext=Amazon+Go+is+a+chain+of+convenience%2CKingdom%2C+operated+by+the+online+retailer+Amazon.

Also Kroger did what you are recommending like 10 years ago, but it looked silly compared to Amazon go, so it didn’t really stick in my area.

Oooo, I should try that! I have been using KU, which I know isn’t awesome, but did allow romance authors to break the publishing model (fascinating story: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/romance-novels/). And there’s a part of me that wants to give the middle finger to publishers who took in a bunch of money from romance books to pay for books/authors that would never recoup their costs.

I love your red carpet!

I read ebooks.

I’ve had good luck with acupuncture. In one extreme case it fixed my bell palsy months faster that the doctor said it would heal.

Dog poop in plastic baggies.

Why would we collect dog poop in a container that doesn’t decompose? Was it a religious thing? Did we expect to use it later?

The mystery remains!