Noblesville, IN is a suburb of Indianapolis. Newton, IA is an easy 40-minute drive to Des Moines. You won’t be cut off from human civilization by moving to those towns. I’ve lived about 50 minutes out of Cincinnati for over a decade. We’re going to drive in tomorrow to catch Hadestown at the Aranoff center tomorrow.…

The ThinkVermont program was (and is) intended to bring workers to smaller towns losing populations, not necessarily to Burlington and to Chittenden and Essex Counties, but i think the state realized that a state program couldn’t limit where people lived (or at least didn’t want to have things challenged in court).…

I grew up in Fairmont just south of Morgantown. Morgantown felt chic by comparison. I then left to live in urban centers across the country but am now back in rural Appalachia (not WV though). There are negatives, but most of the positives are overlooked.

I think I would tire of living in a college town after while…

Do not move to Morgantown. No matter what they may offer you; it’s not worth it.

I feel like Breaking Bad turned into too much of an action/adventure thriller at the end and less of the good character stuff that made up the early parts of the show. I really hope they remember the main part of this series is about Jimmy and not about people shooting each other and drug deals gone wrong

Would I want to see a spin off of Kim after the events of BCS (presuming she doesn’t die if course)? Yes. Definitely yes

Hooray, Todd episode! 

In the hands of virtually anyone else, I’d be a little bit “worried” about this but Gilligan? Not only will he do it well, he’ll knock it out of the park. I have zero doubts about this.

“rather than risking the potentially damp toilet paper available to you”

NEVER give your employer cause to terminate you. If you write a resignation, write it as a two weeks notice. Tell them verbally that it’s going to be more than two weeks, but never put it in writing. Employment is a business transaction and no company will ever treat it as more than that. They WILL fire you if you…

Yep. People like to make a lot of fuss about how much notice they should give as a courtesy to their workplace and colleagues, which I suppose is somewhat admirable, but seriously, the corporation does not care about you. If you were hit by a bus, they would post your job opening tomorrow and not think twice about it.…

Unemployment insurance is a government program, but it’s hardly a government benefit in the traditional sense. Employers pay into that unemployment insurance, and in many states, the rate or amount they pay into it varies depending on their history. The idea of course is that the companies that put more strain on the…

Look, I know you flat-out don’t like him, but I’m sorry, he’s quite clearly not in early-stage dementia.

Go on, explain to me how he’s not in early-stage dementia. I’ll sit here and wait. 

Well let’s ship it down to Mar-a-lago or his golf club and see! My money is on Murder Bird.

#MurderBird2020

I studied architecture at CUA and was fortunate to see the Shrine on a daily basis, and attend some spectacular Masses there (including a standing-room-only one on the Friday after 9/11). It truly is beautiful, and its scale is awe-inspiring.

Aside from the World Trade Center (which was for obviously different…

As both a human being and a Catholic I shared in the horror and heartbreak at the destruction caused by the fire, knowing great and long-standing works by people built to celebrate God and express their love for Him were being destroyed, and could never be replaced.

Number two is why the whole “plus sized” conversation pisses me off. We always seem to be talking about women who are size 14-16. This is the average size of women in America, and should be referred to as such. Throw this bs term out.

1. That outfit is fucking hideous and would look awful on anyone.