The thing I found hard about it was figuring out what “spark joy” felt like. I wish I had worked on just working through my things finding something that definitely sparked joy first. I had a nasty habit of getting rid of things that sparked joy to prevent disappointment down the road, since cured. Other than that, it…

You can take more driving lessons. People do, to upgrade their skills. It’s nbd.

Have you always been shortsighted or is this from too much close-up work? Here’s a website about getting your eyesight back to 20/20 if that’s where it used to be, through proper hygiene.

That’s not much counter space. You will have to keep on top of dishes and food prep to make it work. But the window (that is no doubt taking up much valuable cupboard space) is nice. You’ll find a place for everything. You can always konmari your stuff and trim down if you have to.

We finally had some spring weather this week, and hopefully more next week. I got a chance to go check out the nearby park. There were structures there that didn’t make sense from my balcony. It turns out they have outdoor exercise equipment that is just perfect for me, so I am happy. Also, they have a fire pit with…

It reminds me of Christopher “Alexander Supertramp” McCandless, who was criticized for years for just leaving his family and not telling them where he was. Turns out his father abused his mother and neither he nor his sister could cope with them. She just wasn’t ready to talk about it yet. (She has since then.)

With a UBI it becomes possible to lower or do away with minimum wage, which will help businesses with popular jobs, but will cost business with unpopular jobs more.

I keep forgetting that jail and prison are two different things.

Does any of this assessment include whether transwomen are guilty of violent crimes against women? I mean, we have women’s prisons so women can get away from penis-havers who prey on them. Will this let them in?

Absolutely. :)

Just so you know (in case you didn’t), flashes are these bands you put on over your socks at the top to hold them up. You fold the sock top over them, and these little flags (often red) hang down on the outside of the calf as a decoration. (When I googled for pics, I saw both types of flashes.)

I’m impressed that they’re wearing Prince Charlie jackets, and disappointed not to see any flashes.

I think it’s partly the idea some younger feminists have that since violence is a crime, women should be able to do whatever we want and not get hurt. That’s not realistic, but ignoring the victims makes it easier to pretend it’s possible, maybe, someday. Denial, denial.

It would be nice if, when Americans talked about this issue, they talked about what has and has not worked in other countries. There doesn’t seem to be anything that anyone can do to protect sex workers from violence short of shutting sex work down completely. But in the US the Nordic model would not work well with…

I got the idea from Neanderthin, which suggested frying apple slices in bacon fat (which is very very good) - they go soft, and brown like fried potatoes if the pan is hot enough. I have leftover apples and they digest better if they’re cooked so I used some leftover butter to kill two birds with one stone. But…

80+? Ok, that’s ridiculous.

Wow, 20 cm is A LOT. Hope it’s all gone soon.

I fried apple slices in butter this evening. Not fancy but pretty good.

I wish it would get that warm here. It might get kind of close to that at the end of the week, but they’ve promised that before.

North American snow report: how is everyone doing this week? In Edmonton we had snow twice this week, but fortunately it melted during the day each time. This pic is from Friday morning: