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Is it crazy to ask for someone's full attention for the 1 minute we're interacting? I don't think so.

I worked at a cafe and it turns out some people are just rude as fuck. They don't even make eye contact or take a break from their phone conversation to bark out their order and shove a card at you. Don't dare ask questions like what size or what kind of milk. Don't ask them to tap to pay either!

Why on earth would she ask for creepy messages from dudes? Those are free, they come with your subscription to the Internet.

My name autocorrects to "Andre" and nobody ever notices.

A senator.

Okay but the cracker and his barrel were iconic.

"In the criminal justice system, sandwich based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Washington DC, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Sandwich Victims Unit. These are their stories.

I can't imagine living with that much fear.

I remember researching that 25 years ago back when the Internet was the wild west. That story was a lot more kinky than the current version where she "used her special magic" to get pregnant.

I remember doing a report on an Egyptian God in like 6th grade and my dad got a call because I wrote about Osiris. I think his sister-wife ate his penis after he died?

I built this algorithm, brick by brick.

I... Do not want the RFK vaccine. In a twist of irony, I'm now anti-vax?

Three hand thrown pieces of pottery with dark red hearts.

I'm so happy about how the red underglaze in the hearts turned out. It was fired at cone 10, protected by a few layers of clear glaze.

Panic at the Strawberry Acia Refresher™️

A wheel thrown cylinder that is almost symmetrical

A round pot

This is what I can throw on the wheel after about 75 *hours* of practice, over the span of a year. Improving a skill is hard, but it's rewarding. Slow progress is still progress. I'm really starting to enjoy pottery, now that I can center the clay 😂

A Class Act.

A dirty patio covered in questionable dark stains.

A bright and clean patio after pressure washing.

This before and after of my patio is extremely satisfying.

Nobody who uses 3 question marks is living a stress free life.

two elderly women are standing in a living room talking ALT: two elderly women are standing in a living room talking

I'm just a nurse with a minor in genetic studies, so I'm not expert here. But that's not possible.

No, Mr. Trump. We won't allow you to pay for tax breaks to billionaires by eliminating Head Start which provides early education to over 800,000 children and LIHEAP that keeps seniors and families warm in the winter.

Your budget proposal is morally obscene. It must be defeated.

Betterhelp sounds like therapy chat roulette.

Oh and the kicker was that the social security administration found out my dad had saved some of it for college, and they sent us threatening letters demanding we give the money back. Because we had saved too much of our annual FOUR THOUSAND dollars.

I collected social security from the age of 5 until 18 because my mom died. It was $360 a month I think, my mom was a teacher and that was the maximum at the time. These ghouls begrudge kids $4k a year.

Finally, learning how to measure in drams will come in handy! Thank you American nursing school.

I'm starting her love of pottery early 😻

Pottery stamp on playdough

Pottery stamp on playdough

My preferred medium is playdough.

It's really relaxing now, but I won't lie I was *very* frustrated when I first started. I wasn't great at centering my clay and I had to keep scrapping my pieces over and over again. But it's just mud. You can squish it and try again.

A wet, freshly thrown bowl.

The bottom of a newly thrown pottery bowl, showing the foot/base.

I've been making pottery on the wheel to deal with my stress in these Trying Times. I'm not very good at it, but that's okay. This was probably my 50th try. It's somewhat symmetrical and I managed to trim a foot(base). Slow progress is still progress, right?