Good ol’ Goodhart’s Law: when the measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Oh god, is this what our future holds? Our daughter is currently coming home from daycare with only one sock most of the time.

1st gear: looking forward to the subscription services. I’ll probably pay for the left-turn/right-turn package, depending on the pricing. Otherwise, maybe I can make do like Zoolander and just scrape by making right turns only.

That, or it’s taking a bit longer to negotiate precisely how golden his parachute should be before he steps down.

No comment on adults and their relationships, but if you haven’t tried the burrito method for getting duvet covers on, I strongly urge you to.

Ooooh, delicata: the perfect squash. The sweet richness of a kabocha with the tenderness of butternut, packaged like a zucchini.

In my experience, elbows on the table usually coincides with arms SPLAYED on the table. Like, these people are taking up space twice their shoulder width. The arm version of a manspread. Not a big deal if you’re sitting alone or across from someone, but pretty annoying if you have to sit next to it.

Clear UV blocking film does exist, but the selection is surprisingly limited. I mean, it’s just untinted plastic, right? Is there somehow not a market for that? Here’s one I found among pages of tinted versions:

This one stuck out to me, too. I use the phrase all the time to check in with the listener to make sure they’re following, and to get their input on the matter, if needed.

Came to mention this. Make sure to you find out if your employer does a true-up at the end of the year, or you might end up missing out on a substantial part of your match. One of my friends missed out on a thousand dollars or so of his employer match because he had maxed out his 401(k) early and didn’t contribute…

The word “may” might have suggested that the issues at hand were optional, depending on which in-game choices you make, but that ended up not being the case. Sort of like if God of War said that the game “may include violence.”

Part of what has helped XIV’s culture from being as toxic as other games is that the GMs have always had a very hard line stance on harassment and hate speech.

No music, just podcasts. Stuff You Should Know or Casefile, mainly.

Then the fact it was extremely linear.

Oh, I knew something was up when Tom Holland got all up on Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle. I KNEW IT.

Biore is my holy grail! NIVEA Sun Water Gel or Skin Aqua Moisture Gel are also amazing and feel like nothing on the skin. Granted, they use newer UV blockers that aren’t approved in the US.

Looking forward to Leon’s wet t-shirt scene a la Resident Evil: Degeneration

Fair enough! They do look intimidating due to the stainless steel casing around it (I assume it’s to make them easier to hold). I do agree that slow injection is the way to go— a periodontist had this machine that would very slowly push lidocaine in so it was nearly painless, even in tight areas like the roof of the…

Relaxing my shoulder was probably the best pro-tip I got when receiving injections. Previously, I had been so tense that the feeling of the liquid going in was causing a burning sensation, which caused me to tense up even more. Once I learned to relax, there was probably enough space in the tissue for the liquid to…

I’m definitely more like you-- the pandemic has been great with the lack of family outings and social gatherings. The only things I’m looking forward to once things open up are a haircut and a massage.