I’m the rare introvert who has no issue with small talk and who is good at it (to a certain extent - I’m only as good as the person I’m talking with.) It’s probably because I do tend to find interest in the mundane. Actually, my entire life is probably better than it would be otherwise because I tend to enjoy the…

Doing 2 1/2 jobs while we’re short staffed and don’t anticipate that changing for at least two years. I deserve the shit out of a raise.

It was an all-around shit show of an ER visit - I left a ton out to focus on how diligent they were about testing for heart attack when I walked in accurately telling them I wasn’t having one. Someone more litigious than myself would have sued them.

Meanwhile, I walked into an ER in Denver having a gall bladder attack. I said “I’m having a gall bladder attack.” They tested me for heart attack, said “you’re not having a heart attack, we don’t know what’s wrong with you, GTFO.” I wonder what they would have tested for if I had said I was having a heart attack.

When you read the first paragraph just to make sense of the headline.

When All is Said and Done, ABBA.

I’m buying for the first time right now and while this isn’t deterring me, I dont find the decrease in monthly payments that impressive when compared to increased maintenance costs.

Oh, Noah is the woman?

I normally avoid comments like this because no one cares that I don’t know who these people are. Yet I felt inexplicably compelled to scroll down and type that I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.

I miss the fights. Beaning a batter used to mean automatic bench-clearing brawl but now they hardly ever fight. It’s not like anyone actually got hurt much (that I know of.)

I once got a bill for $300 underpayment. I paid it. A month later I got a refund for a $300 overpayment. I was actually scared to deposit it for fear they’d want it back with interest and penalty.

Based on my dealings with the SSA, this would be a clusterfuck. It’s incredible how often they accidentally overpay disability benefits. And while everyone getting huge refunds would be fun ... .

This is one of the reasons I aim for zero owed, zero refund. It’s bad enough that I’m loaning my money to the government interest-free, but then making ME calculate how much they owe me is adding insult to injury.

Your team will hit a grand slam or complete an epic defensive play the second you leave/turn off the TV.

And wasn’t it Gingrich who claimed food stamp recipients can use their EBT card to buy plane tickets? At the time I wondered if he knew damn well that was BS but expected the average American to not know that. Trump doesn’t even have that “excuse.”

If I ever come out $0 to fed and state, I’ll come. That’s the dream. I’m happy with $100 either way. I’m not anti-tax as I like roads and paying court personnel and shit like that, but I’m not down with loaning my money interest-free.

I’ve asked to be moved to another table for less than this. I’m nice about it, but I’ll totally do it.

I moved to eastern Washington two years ago and mentioned “fire season” to a long time resident recently. He told me how that’s only the last three years that this has been a thing here. :(

My sister and cousin both lost homes this year - Santa Rosa and Redding. It’s terrifying how living in a city is no longer protection from wildfire.

Based on what I see of journalism now, journalism school seems to consist of how to be first with the story at all costs, including accuracy and basic spelling/grammar.