My dad knew a guy like that. Everyone thought he was homeless. When he died, it turned out he had millions in the bank that he gave to his nephew.

I was in Germany awhile back and discovered that several shops have bathroom attendants. I didn’t carry any money on me, so it was awfullllll to slide past them without handing them some coins when everyone else did.

I met a guy randomly on AIM. When 9/11 happened, he sent me photos from his apartment window. He lived not far away and you could see the smoking rubble.

I simply can’t manage more than two chat conversations at a time today. Back in AIM days, I could talk to six to eight friends at once.

I’m sorely tempted to move to NZ. They’re immigration website helpfully sends me job ads. But so far, nothing for my particular field except highly specialized spots with impossible criteria.

I have an older, white co-worker who has to touch everyone’s arm when she’s speaking with them. I chalk it up to a generational thing because many white women of her generation are also very touchy. One woman even put her hand on my face last year!

I didn’t know this was a thing until the internet. My experience was that black girls would argue over who got to braid my long, straight hair. This lasted until 10th grade when I cut it off.

I just found out that my work confident is having a baby. She knows about my troubles. I feel hurt that she didn’t tell me herself, but I can understand her reluctance to share her good news when it’s been hard for me.

Part trying to put off people who think I can make more money doing something else. Stop. Steady paychecks and insurance is better than mystical money.

I bought one from the other day. It’s louder than I’d expected, but it does a great job. It does need a lot of empty space around the charging station. When its battery is low, it’ll follow along the walls to find its home. It didn’t seem to develop a map of where it is, so it can die before it makes it back.

I bought one from the other day. It’s louder than I’d expected, but it does a great job. It does need a lot of empty…

There’s a map which shows you if a library with a 3D printer is near you: http://findmea3dprinter.wordpress.com

I’m pretty disgusted that my job requires a BA to serve drinks to rich people.

I’ve never had a credit card, but my credit is around 730. My bank of ten years refused to give me a credit card because I had never had one. I have no debt. I’d like to get in on these travel rewards things, but don’t know where to start. I would pay of the balance entirely each month. I also don’t spend a lot of…

I’ve never had a credit card, but my credit is around 730. My bank of ten years refused to give me a credit card…

I cut off my poisonous parent and my life improved 50%. Now none of the family drama reaches me and I can concentrate on breathing.

I’m the de facto photographer at my day job. I have no background or interest in photography. But I got assigned to do the catalog photography. Our dark models look terrible when I photograph them. I asked if I could work with one dark-skinned model to learn how to light him properly. I was told no. So my kit is…