Like 15 years ago there was a somewhat booming industry around “direct to home video” movies. Many were knock off’s more popular studio properties and had substandard production value. Some were projects that had been intended for theatrical release, but just didn’t make the cut for whatever reason. Hollywood is a…

I actually have found myself in this camp a bit. I didn’t necessarily purge a bunch of stuff resulting in a minimalist nirvana. I did find myself having a chance to actually examine item X and actually decide if it met my needs. If an item was broken or damaged - could I fix it or had reached the end of its functional…

During the pandemic, I thought that I would absolutely be the person emptying closets and drawers so that my space was a minimalist bliss. Instead I found myself in a situation where my roommate and I kept having to add functions to the 1400 sq ft cracker box and there was stuff everywhere. Said roommate just moved…

Put me in the camp: After the s**tstorm that was last year, I find it awesome that a large corporation did something this silly, whimsical and funny just because... why not.

I have always understood that that the... “Barstool Republican” (or whatever the naming of the year is) ... was basically a white dude who was pissed off that his superiority is not instantly understood based on his status as White Dude. The fact that non-white-dude humans have slowly made progress, and proven…

I remember there was a big fuss a few years back when Steph Curry of the golden state warriors was rising. I myself don’t really watch pro basketball, but I know the playoffs are a long haul. So this dude has done interview after interview and one time he decides to bring his 3 year old along. She was a cute kid and…

Kind like how Christ Christie loves Bruce Springsteen, and Bruce is like “Nope!”.  Won’t let him play his songs, doesn’t show him much attention, when Christie tries to get in his sphere he sort of shuts him down.  It’s really awesome.  

I have this blazer from Old Navy AND I’m a professional lady who gets very cold!

AND... many restaurant jobs are some tiny nominal wage “plus tips”. There are restrictions to capacity, restrictions to how many people can be in one party, and in general some people are not quite ready to eat in a restaurant yet. People are recovering from their own financial hit so if they are eating out... maybe…

I think Brandy gave good advice. I like the idea of focusing on the future. There are lots of kids today who could use support. Become a big brother/big sister. Fund raise for an organization that supports neurodivergent students. As disappointing as it is, there will always be kids with their own kind of oblivious…

I once worked for the state of and there was an incident in the 1990's where they managed to catch this person doing a version of this. It was before we had quite so many tools (e.g. smart phones and the like), but it was amazing. Since they were a state employee, they were hard to fire so they had to jump through a…

I mean - what’s to say she spent “his” money on such an item. I am happily coupled to a great guy who does fine, but I make much more money. I also have parents getting on in years who if all goes to plan, will leave me some money when they pass on (god willing many, many years from now). I doubt I would be so…

I think it is insane that we live in such a reactionary environment that someone isn’t allowed to take a beat, get the information, discuss their thoughts and feelings with those around them before publishing a response. The fact that she took a beat before she published her thoughts. This is a professional, mature…

Oh man I feel this. As a result of the pandemic my company made a big pivot to a book of business that had nothing to do with my primary area of interest, my specific skill set and we did not have the resources to execute effectively. The inputs we were getting were from clients that were new to the space and they…

I also have never “gotten” the Disney Obsessives. I sometimes joke “I wish I cared that much about ANYTHING”. I live in SoCal (20+ years) and I have been to Disney probably 7 times over the years. I have found its really nice when you have friends visiting who have little kids. Lots of room, kids are entertained and…

You know I think you are on to something here. Cheney is nothing but pure, meanspirited power. Its one thing for some like this clown to do his little dog and pony show on the side, but if he starts to try and take on the big dogs... he’s going down. He definitely pissed off the wrong person and he’s paying for it.

I worked at a large healthcare facility on the west coast during the previous SARS, MERS, and at least one really bad flu season. We went through pretty complete training with safety officers about mask wearing, handwashing, and a version of social distancing (basically - there were a lot of areas you simply were not…

I think the idea that there is no one-size fits all to these things is really important. As a very small child - my parents had assigned like my dad’s sister as our guardian. As we got older, we were asked and it was clear that we would prefer my mom’s sister (we were closer to her, she lived closer to us, we knew…

So I went to get mine at... Disneyland of all places. They stood up a a vaccination pod there in early Jan, and I have to say they did a good job. You know what they are really good at at Disneyland? Running people through lines. I got in early (first does in Jan) due to my job, so it was a lot of older people and I…

Remember the somewhat short-lived meme “weird flex, but OK”...