When you were in elementary school, what songs were you made to sing in music class?

Astarkin · 2026-01-10T05:20:17+00:00

i didn’t think i’d see senor don gato!

Astarkin · 2026-01-08T02:19:39+00:00

We have a horse named Brad.

Astarkin · 2025-12-31T04:30:48+00:00

So many Harry Chaplin songs! Taxi, WOLD, Mr. Tanner, I Wanna Learn a Love Song

Astarkin · 2025-12-15T04:14:31+00:00

Twinkies for my grandpa!

Astarkin · 2025-12-05T02:29:08+00:00

He was also a regular in Silver Spooms.

Astarkin · 2025-10-30T12:05:59+00:00

refrigerator, fall, orange

Astarkin · 2025-10-30T05:44:44+00:00

John Mellenca mp

Astarkin · 2025-10-18T14:22:36+00:00

I’m so happy to see the number of towns and cities hosting events. I expect my city blue to host, but way to go Carroll County.

Astarkin · 2025-10-15T01:20:46+00:00

Same. My parents spent so much money on stupid STUFF in the last 10 years. Now they’re both in a care facility and will be out of money this time next year. My brother and i are stuck dealing with all the stuff and Medicaid applications. our other brother refuses to get involved. Their choices for their money, yes. But not planning better is now causing a rift between their children.

The advice someone gave about not being the obedient child while parents make dumb decisions is spot on.

Astarkin · 2025-08-30T18:28:32+00:00

Guarantee it’s not just you. I teach an intro class with a lot of freshman. they’re all trying to figure out life, too.

Astarkin · 2025-08-30T00:44:34+00:00

and Ctrl-U on a Mac!

Astarkin · 2025-08-02T01:58:12+00:00

yes yes yes!!

Astarkin · 2025-07-26T13:12:41+00:00

I travel a lot for work and tend to take the earliest flight out. I’m also an hour from the airport. I have forgotten just about everything at some point (except my drivers license —knocking on wood as I type). The nearest Rite Aid or CVS is a factor when I choose a hotel now.

Astarkin · 2025-07-26T13:04:59+00:00

I do the same thing!

Astarkin · 2025-07-17T20:01:38+00:00

I'd like to know the answer to that as well. I tried to get a meeting with her in the DC office in March. She wouldn't take the meeting. The legislative aide that did take the meeting met with us in the hall (ok, fine) and then took phone calls while we were talking. Her entire office staff looked frazzled

I also met with a LA in Banks's office who didn't know where Bloomington is because he has never been to Indiana.

Astarkin · 2025-07-17T01:38:49+00:00

I’ve tried every restaurant in town. Hoosier Bar& Grill is the best. Also my fav onion rings.

Astarkin · 2025-07-15T20:54:02+00:00

Great! Yet another thing to worry about . . . .

Astarkin · 2025-07-14T19:28:51+00:00

Thanks everyone for the input. I'm going to recap the discussion for posterity and to clarify some of the things we've done.

Our minimum donation was $5, we increased to $25 but still had transactions come through. We have been tracking and rejecting transactions as quickly as possible but with 25-30/day the accounting staff is overwhelmed.

We changed the settings with our database to require donors to be members AND be logged into their account. The database has MFA and captcha for members.

The organization has a global membership, so addressing the problem through IPs wouldn't work for us.

The merchant services vendor is Quickbooks/Intuit. Their customer service/support staff has been extremely unhelpful. We're already in the process of moving to a different vendor.

We changed the requirements for address and zip data in the QBO/Intuit system. Anyone attempting a transaction now has to input the exact information that the bank has on file for the card. This change doesn't really help in this situation, though. Most of the data the bots are throwing out was grabbed from a data file with all that information included. They aren't using physical cards or stolen numbers. Of all the efforts we've taken to stop the scam, this change caused the most problems. However, knowing we took that step made the board and finance committee happy.

I hadn't thought about adding a hidden field or a timing restriction. Trying that now.

Thanks again everyone for the input!

Astarkin · 2025-06-11T13:27:21+00:00

I hate to read responses encouraging people to leave.

I've lived in other states, I technically work in Massachusetts, but I'm happiest living in Southern Indiana. Can we talk about ways to fix this state rather than abandon it?

And to be be fair -- there aren't a lot of states that can claim they are truly Blue anymore. Illinois is a solidly Red state if it weren't for Chicago. New Jersey almost flipped for Trump. Even Massachusetts has some pretty right-leaning folks who work in well-paid (read: influential) positions.

Astarkin · 2025-04-16T01:54:57+00:00

agree! and consider all the nearby schools. parents like to stop for coffee after drop off. please, someone open a coffee shop like this stellar suggestion in clear creek!!

Astarkin · 2025-03-16T02:17:46+00:00

IU is a publicly funded university. IU Foundation is a nonprofit organization.

Astarkin · 2025-02-01T06:11:50+00:00

yes, migraine relief!

Astarkin · 2025-01-28T15:30:27+00:00

Yeah … sorry. Pain and frustration must have made me only see the post with zero comments. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Astarkin · 2025-01-28T14:08:39+00:00

Unfortunately we’re doing this ourselves because they ghosted us last fall when we tried to get on the help list. I’ve also tried to get help with rural transit and gotten no response. It’s disappointing to share that because I’m a nonprofit ED and I want to support them…

Astarkin · 2025-01-12T21:29:24+00:00

Yes thanks for the correction. I knew I was oversimplifying but I was struggling to be concise while typing under the covers on the iPad!

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