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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • It could be at a turning point, and it would be nice to see.

    But damn, it does get old waiting years for it to make that turn.

    Not saying that a project like that should be perfect in six months or anything, but some of the flaws have been there from the beginning and show no signs of progress, even with elementX being an improvement.

    Mind you, I still like it. I still use it, and likely will until the wheels fall off. But it’s a third class entity currently.






  • Well, that is a common cover for hidden racism.

    However, it can hold up. I’ve known too many black people laying claim to that flag as a part of southern black history. And I’ve known white folks that fully acknowledge the issues with it, but maintain that it’s possible to reject the antebellum monstrosities and still find the good parts to hold onto.

    The problem is that you can’t tell what the person using it really thinks. Even if they’re giving lip service to it as purely symbolic of the transformation is the south, who says they’re telling the truth?

    Me? I’ll pass on it. It’s a cool looking flag for sure, and I can let people have their attachment to it, but I can’t separate the fact of the confederacy being what it was and why it was. It’ll be a looooong time before anyone can claim that it has been reclaimed or transformed into symbol of anything other than being willing to fight and kill for the ability to own other humans.

    But it is possible for individuals to genuinely connect it as a symbol of connection rather than division. Unlikely, but possible.


  • Critters can surprise us like that.

    My cat, back when she was still around, was not fond of the first dog we had here. But when that dog died, she would wander around looking for her. They also pick up on grief as well.

    Our second dog, when that cat died, spent days looking for her. Even though the cat pretty much owned the dog. It was over a year before that dog would not get excited and look around when we’d say the cat’s name.


  • Every time I go to my kid’s school, I am amazed at the difference between my day and now.

    That time I went, there were kids just in pajamas and slippers. Not just one or two, dozens, and it wasn’t some special day.

    Then there’s the dressier kids in lounge pants and whatever giant tshirt they pulled out of a drawer (or laundry basket) that were obviously their version of pajamas. Shit, one girl had very obviously rolled out of bed, thrown some leggings under her nightgown, slipped into crocs and jumped on the bus.

    It’s pretty cool tbh. Just no fucks given for meaningless frippery unless the individual kid/family wants it. Most of the kids were relaxed, nobody giving them shit for the way they’re dressed, staff not even noticing at all. That’s the way it should be imo. Whatever gets the kids in their seats and keeps everyone relatively engaged.

    Yeah, there were still plenty of jeans and t-shirt sorts, a few of the button up shirt variants, and a handful of clothes hounds. But nobody was giving anyone shit about the clothes. From what my kid says, that wasn’t just the case for the hour or so i was there that day.

    We insist on clothes that are weather appropriate and acceptable for an emergency, but beyond that after seeing the norms there, we stopped giving a fuck.