I stop eating at 8PM and don’t have anything except coffee until lunch. I am 99% sure that I’m not losing weight because I’m “kickstarting my metabolism”. I’m just eating less. No lunch or snacking in the morning before I have lunch.

My counterpoint is to celebrate without the expectation of “stuff” or “things” being a part of the celebrtion (God, I’m such a millenial experiences-over-things aren’t I?)

That is a fantastic point. I was very dedicated to playing music in school and still sometimes play as an adult. I played trumpet in band throughout school and into college and also picked up the guitar as a hobby in my teenage years. I loved doing both because playing music with other people is almost a magical…

Maybe talk to them about it... “Why do you want to quit?”

This is a big problem. Increasingly, Doctors are less and less apt to question each others decisions and the patients end up paying the price.

I used to get little surprise bags at the corner store for 25 cents.  They had some really cheap candy, a little joke on a piece of cardboard, and a small toy.  I loved them.  I was shocked when I saw them at 50 cents, and eventually up to a dollar a few years later.  Can’t even really get what we called “penny candy”…

Did someone just successfully repackage the “blind bag” craze that hit my household via our 5 year old watching Youtube videos?

I find all this back and forth to be fucking hilarious...

My in-laws and I have battles over gift cards, and I sadly will never win.

I agree with you on many levels, we’ve basically raised a generation of kids who are under the impression that it’s totally fine to attend a college that costs $60k/year and focus their studies in something that pays 30-40k/year or less. We’ve created an expectation that unless you go to college, you’re not going to…

I know what the word “leftover” means and I know what the word “Champagne” means, but together, they don’t make any sense.

It’s partly a way to make players continuously pay to play the game, and part balancing.

Also newborn related - “sleep when the baby sleeps!”

*up to $100 Extra...

I took my 2 year old with me today. She asked if we were going to wear our swim suits!

“We’re going boating!” I love that so much. Also love how the stickers minimize the disappointment that they’re not *actually* boating. Stickers are magical.

I’m a big fan of suggesting movie soundtracks for people who want accessible instrumental classical music. Find movies that you really enjoy (particularly older, but certainly there are a lot of newer movies) and look for the soundtracks.

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The chances of getting upgraded to first class, after you go through the diamond, platinum, gold, and silver (or whatever) members who are all entitled to upgrades, then the credit card members who are special, if there are any first class seats left, you’re going to get asked to move up because you’re dressed in a…