Eh, this plays into a rather narrow definition of meditation.   A mindfulness meditation does not require you to clear your mind, only to focus on being present in your body.  It requires a certain base level ability to focus that might not be easy for everyone but is more active than you might imagine meditation to…

I am familiar with Portland and its foodie culture does not mean that food reality tv is not exploitative.

The Olympics have never, ever been democratic. The training and time that needs to be spent to achieve greatness (on top of natural ability) is not and has never been fairly distributed. It’s a poorly run, expensive showcase for the rich and the abusive so it’s not surprising that this is what follows.

Mostly I have not lived places where I had options to avoid a store, so I have adopted a habit of shopping at everything that is available, at least sometimes. I kinda hate Trader Joe’s because mine is almost all processed food, so I only go occasionally for certain things. The only place carrying my preferred oatmeal…

Safeway is pretty terrible so a good one to avoid.  Unfortunately there’s one only a mile from me so I go there often because it’s the closest.

from the outside

I don’t watch and from the outside it feels like they picked Portland just because Oregon had relatively low case rates (when compared to the rest of the US). Reality tv has always been pretty exploitive, nothing about food reality tv really makes it any different. Season 20 of Worst Cooks in America that’s not…

Probably one we should all be ignoring but I am seeing this a lot of places. Is it just because people want to clown on him for being ridiculous? Or is it getting amplified because others share this same bad opinion and they’re mad about the sexpot becoming a real character?

Weird how he chooses to say this now, when a long time female character gets a lead in her own picture. 

The Sex in the City movie ruined Vera Wang bridal for me tbh.  

Nah, they were both still married when they met. There were a lot of people invested in the fairy tale seeming nature of their previous marriages (Gwen and Gavin being a 90s power couple, Miranda crushed on Blake from afar.) Then they went on to be very public and extra about their relationship together.

It did, but so few places were smoke-free you didn’t really notice it because there was little change.

Its weird people continue to pretend they’ve never contemplated an answer.

There’s two different outfits there, they have different necklines, hemlines and veils because nothing says party like a second veil.

Oh jeez I wish I knew that one for myself. Growing up poor you just get used to anything good you might get for a short time just vanishing on you. I own a house and there’s a constant whisper in the back of my head that it is going to burn down or I will miss a critical bit of maintenance and it will crumble into…

There’s a shortage of microprocessors that have resulted in very limited new stock at dealerships in the US. It kinda got combined with people dropping their stimulus on new vehicles. As a result used cars are also overpriced. People are ordering cars and waiting months for them to arrive from the factory.

If it happens again I will look!

My car was 11 years old in May and today hit 111,111 miles.   It wouldn’t start last week but the battery tested fine and the mechanic couldn’t find anything wrong... I really need it to last until there’s actually cars to buy again :(

I detest when people who otherwise don’t talk to me on FB reach out with their MLM.  Those people get muted if not outright defriended.

Get the kids to peel the potatoes.