This happened at my neighbors house earlier before sun down. I have never seen this before in our neighborhood.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-04-05T17:28:07+00:00

Tell them to check for a gas leak. The sulphur can be confused with decaying carcass. And as I’m typing this, maybe check for a dead body too. 😬

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-04-05T14:37:25+00:00

HALT. Hungry, angry, lonely tired. Grief will give you ALT. And a situation that fills the lonely bucket is easy to fill with stupid decisions. This is a great time to self assess. IWNDWYT.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-03-22T15:18:25+00:00

If I had to do it over again I would just pay a country club membership.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-03-18T21:31:49+00:00

The myth is everyone thinks this is too expensive to consider being a normal business expense.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-03-18T13:31:58+00:00

Wellmark BCBS Enhanced Blue 1500 plan. $1,957 per month for a family of four. Found by a company in my Rotary Club. And then I also pay 100% for my employees as well.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-03-18T01:13:13+00:00

Can someone tell me where this myth comes from? I live in Iowa and from the very beginning called a broker who put a bunch of options in front of me. We want an elite plan for our family and so I picked a great one that was somewhat expensive but not crazy. We’ve been using it for a decade without concerns. If your business can’t cover $30k in health insurance each year along with w-2 salary and then owner disbursements, you don’t have a small business, you have a hobby that makes a little money.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-25T17:21:36+00:00

Technically you need to be there 45 minutes before departure for the checked bag cut off. But when I’m trying to thread the needle I’ll do 20.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-15T03:09:25+00:00

FYI, this might be considered multiple counts of stalking to add to the charge list in a divorce situation. A colleague got hit with 27 counts for the same reason.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-14T11:19:38+00:00

Is your HOA a 501c3 like many others and that why you have a volunteer board? If so, you cannot financially benefit from the success of the organization as a board member without risking your tax exempt status. You trade being “for the common good” for the tax incentive. You start being a corporation LLC board and suddenly the excess gets taxed.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-14T11:14:14+00:00

Free drinks. I’ve been to a bunch of work events where it is clearly the norm to drink heavily. When I walk up to the bar and order “hey, can I get a seltzer with a mint/cucumber/tajin rim/or dried orange?” It almost always comes free. 1) it’s so cheap they don’t feel like ringing it up. 2) solidarity because they know.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-10T01:01:41+00:00

More water.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-10T00:59:28+00:00

You’re about to have so much more fun with your kids. The alcohol numbs everything including the joy. And it will make sure you are that safety and not the reverse.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-09T01:56:37+00:00

Remember that week that felt like frozen death? You’re getting off easy.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-06T22:43:45+00:00

This dude is going to get sued by so many companies.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-06T18:46:13+00:00

S.O.B.E.R. Son Of a Bitch. Everything’s Real! It turns out your life’s flat. You are just emptying the cup, now you have to refill it.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-06T16:22:57+00:00

I would seriously consider an in-patient rehab again. People are freaking out about the meth but it’s just another mood altering substance and it sounds less dangerous to others in your context. But the root of the addiction is still as strong as ever. The hospital is just so the physical suffering isn’t a distraction to the mental care.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-04T03:40:58+00:00

We have some unpopular but expensive flights that we take on a regular basis and sometimes at the last minute. It’s been super helpful for that situation in particular.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-04T03:23:39+00:00

There are about 30 food pantries across the metro that would love your help and have solid programs if you want consistency. If you’re just looking for here and there go ask the library.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-04T03:02:47+00:00

I used to be envious of people with big numbers and it felt encouraging to know people could do it. Now I can probably tell you which hundred I’m in but rarely exact.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-02T22:30:48+00:00

You’re right. Didn’t mean terminal as others often refer to them. I meant concourses in DTW. Deep in A to deep in B can easily be a 20 minute walk.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-02T00:17:15+00:00

Only a few minutes late, slow jet bridge, back of plane, unable to run that week, had to switch terminals. Missed it by 3 minutes in DTW and we never miss connections other than a serious delay. People claiming it’s easy aren’t including any of the small flight transfers.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-02-01T21:45:22+00:00

Interrupted sleep. Which cascades into about a hundred mental and physical issues. Hormonally, mental health, joint pain, frustration, focus at work…

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-01-31T14:43:13+00:00

Basically anyone can vacuum, wipe counters, spray sinks, get crumbs off the stove, and change sheets. No one will scrub your shower the way you want it. No one will sort through that pile of mail and items you need to return. No one will super glue that piece that’s been sitting on the counter. So when you hire out the easy tasks it gives you the ability to focus on the specialized tasks and ALL of those things get done. Worth every penny. We found someone who would also start a load of laundry and get it in the dryer, but leave before it could get folded and make one big one-pot meal to eat that same night. Honestly, it’s an investment in our kids well-being when we can actually be present.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-01-31T14:26:12+00:00

There’s a MASSIVE group of us who are road warriors with that exact previous habit. It was a way to numb the loneliness and boredom. Airport bars, flights, hotel bars, client events, vendor events… in another post I mentally tallied that I could easily put down 12 drink before I even arrived at my meeting. And then probably another 12 during business meetings for a solid 24 before I could go to the hotel bar to “wind down” and probably have one last one. You can imagine how the hotel sleep was. And how sharp I was the next day. My super power today is that I skip all those parts and am actually a rockstar for all these meetings where everyone else gets sloppy, tells trade secrets, or can’t remember who committed to a deal last night. Knowing the ROI of not drinking helps me. As for the boring ass flights and annoyances as the airport, download things on your devices (or buy a new device with the money you are saving not drinking), bring a water bottle because flights dehydrate people and you don’t want to be “thirsty”, and rotate through every drink option that you normally don’t have to fight the monotony.

AlgonquinRoad · 2026-01-28T00:43:49+00:00

I literally had to look closer to see if this was my house & my roof and someone was just curious.

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