That would be the best option for most people, I think - having a known provider with whom you can build a rapport.

Huh. I remember back in the 90's some local PDs were saying that, unless the crime was a capital offense (or some similarly high standard), they would much rather put a helicopter on it, or put out a call to other local agencies to help find the car. I wonder whatever happened with that.

I know this is orders-of-magnitude less disturbing, but the last massage I got, the therapist wanted to extol the virtues of chiropractic and energy healing. From my position, I felt incredibly awkward, with my face in a donut pillow and my ass exposed while she worked my muscles and told me frankly crazy-town things.…

Sorry, I’m compelled to do this:

100% agree. It’s a binary choice if there is to be any lasting relationship.

I had to miss Coco this weekend, but my wife and kid went. My wife said, “it was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. Not sure if I will see it in the theater or not, but might if a repeat viewing is in the offing.

My wife and I were all ready to try this out (we both have worked for companies that made DNA and RNA testing in the past, and are reasonably proficient with the principles of the science), and then I read the privacy policies. Nope.

MassDrop is already sold out on the Retro Pi bundle... damn!

MassDrop is already sold out on the Retro Pi bundle... damn!

Oh, HELL yes. I was going to comment this exactly. Mmmm... whisky....

As a white person, a husband to a brown woman and the father of a mixed race kiddo, I would say that yes, you have to stand up to, refute, and if necessary even shame, the racist(s) in your family, but I would stop short of “leaving.” Depending on the circumstances, I feel that leaving sends the absolutely wrong…

Yeah, I understand. I wasn’t trying to rationalize it or condone it, but just to say that it’s fairly common in antivaxxers with autistic kids. I first ran into this when I was in middle school, when my mom worked with severely autistic kids.

I think you’re right, but I would say it doesn’t have anything to do with parents not giving a shit. It’s not always the oldest that had the “best upbringing” or “most desirable result.”

This is so true of me and my sister, too. We’re only 19 months apart, and she did finally get straight and is able to hold a job. She effectively lost 20 years of development/living, right down the drugs rat-hole. Raised the same way, went to the same schools, blah blah blah.

Pretty simple for me.

I haven’t seen any talk in this post yet about learning to love what you do as you get better at it. Not a Platonic Ideal situation - finding “the calling” - but just doing... something. Something that doesn’t drive you mad, keeps your mind engaged a bit, and brings in some money for living. Many, many people do this…

Exactly... still - it’s a coping mechanism for those who are living it and believing it. For the rest of the antivaxxers, it’s... inexplicable nonsense.

A common theme amongst Age of Autism types is the notion that their children were “stolen” from them - as if there was a “regular” child who was modified in some horrific way, and the idea that some external McGuffin did it to them. It makes sense if you look at it from a psychological perspective - it’s a coping…

Leather conditioner depends on the use - I love Saphir Renovateur for shoes, but I haven’t tried it on anything else (mostly because it’s super rich and would take forever to rub into a jacket for example, and expensive as well). I also use Cadillac, though - used to use it on shoes, but switched to the Saphir - and…

The link to the 5 Umami Bombs didn’t work, but I’m glad I spent the extra effort to look it up. Gotta find some BTB.

Not a Thanksgiving thing, but my mom and I just did a “victory lap” tour to her old hometown. She hadn’t been back in nearly 50 years, and our family has all moved away since then, so we don’t have a live connection to the place any longer, but mom has terminal cancer, and I felt that it might be nice for her to go…