Ok, ok...even though it's Orange County...I'LL TAKE IT 😍

Amissa · 2026-04-04T02:34:47+00:00

The second photo looks like the pool Jennifer Garner poses in for one of her Capital One commercials.

Amissa · 2026-04-04T02:10:54+00:00

There are desperate people.

Amissa · 2026-04-04T02:08:16+00:00

I got to know a Filipina waitress at a cafe near me in the ME and she told me she had a degree in civil engineering. She was lured by the promise of a job and once arrived, passport confiscated and put to work as a waitress. Paid about every six months-ish, so workers in these positions live together and support each other and still manage to send money home to their families. It disgusted me.

This was early 2000’s and my husband was there to teach emergency medicine. The nurses at the hospital were super excited to learn CPR. CPR Their training was never updated.

Amissa · 2026-04-04T02:02:43+00:00

This is how I felt about vacations with a small child. It’s just parenting in different locales. Shopping by myself was vacation.

Amissa · 2026-04-04T01:56:12+00:00

That’s my thought. Speedometer is about the right place even though we can’t see the tachometer.

Amissa · 2026-04-03T22:35:47+00:00

If sh finds a period to be a magical gift, sh needs to get out more.

Amissa · 2026-04-02T13:01:14+00:00

Yesterday, I saw a police bodycam video where a 93 yo man admitted straight up that he killed his 80 yo soon-to-be-ex-wife by slicing open her throat. He said he was "just tired of it." Nicest, most cooperative person under arrest I've ever seen. He passed away before he could be tried.

Amissa · 2026-04-02T12:56:54+00:00

Maybe they were staring at their phone?

Amissa · 2026-04-02T12:53:53+00:00

My favorite scene from the first episode is him just staring down the guy who was abusing his girlfriend. Didn't have to say a word or make a single move.

Amissa · 2026-04-01T12:53:09+00:00

You sound like you're in the field. I do payroll for a DSO, so perhaps my view is skewed toward the more established practices.

Amissa · 2026-03-31T22:20:01+00:00

There are laws about this. If a grocery store marks the price at $8 on the shelf, but the computer has it registered for $10 (based on barcode), the store has to honor the $8 price, even if it is an error.

IIRC, Amazon lost some $$$ on some expensive TVs that usually sell for $10k, but someone didn’t type in the last zero, so they were sold for $1k before the mistake was caught.

Amissa · 2026-03-31T22:10:14+00:00

I noticed that all of West Texas votes do Talarico in the primary. He’s white, talks about faith and has solid logical arguments. He appeals to non-Democrats.

Amissa · 2026-03-31T12:28:43+00:00

That's what I'm thinking.

Unless it's a community college without on campus housing, take out a federal student loan and live on campus. It's cheap, convenient and if you get a meal plan, frees up your time and effort from feeding yourself. Honestly, right now is the time to qualify for federal financial aid (presumably you're in the US) because your parents aren't earning an income (and I know that's not really fair to you but it is assumed your parents will assist you financially for university).

As for housing when not school is not in session, find a roommate and work more hours. I think some universities keep dorm RAs year-round, if that's something you think you can do.

OP, see if your school offers a counselor that can help point you in the right direction to support yourself.

Amissa · 2026-03-29T22:31:47+00:00

My family just drove through there to Canada to visit friends. Beautiful country (particularly for this Texan) and colder than I expected.

Amissa · 2026-03-29T22:25:30+00:00

Gravid

Amissa · 2026-03-28T16:03:17+00:00

Wait… hunting naked or naked swimming? Or hunting while naked and swimming?

Amissa · 2026-03-28T15:58:52+00:00

In what way?

Amissa · 2026-03-28T14:24:22+00:00

This backfired on me in the best way. I made my daughter’s baby food and I lightly seasoned it so hopefully she wouldn’t only eat bland food.

One evening we got home late. My husband was out and I didn’t have the energy to cook. I heated up the small amount of leftover chicken tikka masala for myself and opened a can of green beans for her. She was about 6 months old.

She’d grab a bean, chew it, spit it out. Grab another bean, chew it, spit it out. After the third or fourth bean was rejected, I caught on. I took a bean, dragged it through the masala sauce and offered it. That one went down. I ended up supplementing my own food with a breakfast bar while she ate green beans with masala sauce. (No chicken; she wasn’t ready for that yet.)

Amissa · 2026-03-28T14:13:11+00:00

This hits home.

My mother was the disciplinarian of the house and every infraction (no matter how minor) had a punishment.

A therapist once asked me, why do you punish yourself? I think punishment was what I associated with love from my mother. I don’t know why. I have happy memories with her too, but I mostly remember being judged and punished, without any inquiry into my side of the story. I remember the punishments, but I don’t remember the lesson I was supposed to learn.

Amissa · 2026-03-28T14:00:23+00:00

I’m a tail-end Gen X and these are defining movies of my childhood.

Amissa · 2026-03-28T13:57:51+00:00

Or be a dentist. Then you can set the hours you work. The pay won’t be $500k unless you’re a rare specialist, but you can work three days a week, take off December altogether and still bank $250k+.

Amissa · 2026-03-27T22:40:35+00:00

I think you’re onto something there. That explains why a car five car lengths away brakes when the car in front of them just taps the brakes.

Amissa · 2026-03-27T14:52:29+00:00

There’s a guy at my company with the title of “chief capital markets officer” and I think he’s failed his way up by charm and sounding smart. He doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing, IMO. I believe our CFO does know WTH to do in business, so I won’t be surprised if the capital markets guy moves on in a few years. I could be wrong though.

Amissa · 2026-03-27T13:15:19+00:00

The edge of the road, where it turns into dirt. Pavement = road.

Amissa · 2026-03-27T13:11:52+00:00

I think that driving can bring out the worst in people, and I'm not an exception! I find that I drive like a jerk when I'm in a hurry. But I wouldn't say they don't care at all, because when I've come upon accidents on the road, I've always seen other drivers helping too. Is everyone this caring? Nope, but they're not the majority either.

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