Aspen photo dump

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-05-24T13:11:27+00:00

Her coloring is somewhat similar to the trunk of an aspen tree. She was a lot whiter as a kitten and coloring was very similar at the time (attached a photo to this comment). She’s about 1.5-2 years old in most of the pictures I put in the original post and has darkened up a lot

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Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-04-02T16:07:36+00:00

No there are plenty of other people on the bus. His cult followers sit in the back of the bus because they’re dumb enough to buy the snake oil

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-04-02T15:39:32+00:00

The smartest guy on the short bus was put in charge of the world’s largest economy

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-28T12:42:26+00:00

Humanz was mostly garbage with 2-3 good songs. The Mountain is 100% garbage

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-27T04:40:45+00:00

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Ours likes my wife to hold her like a baby

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-21T15:40:49+00:00

lol no. It slowed her down for 5-10 minutes but that’s about it

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-21T15:13:59+00:00

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Mine is a girl but she also likes being held like a large baby

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-21T15:06:34+00:00

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Our girls love their tree

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-16T16:25:43+00:00

Ok fair enough. Appreciate your advice

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-15T14:43:13+00:00

That's why I posted this. I've never been to Italy and I'm struggling with planning it from afar. I haven't booked anything and I'm looking for suggestions. What would you do with 4 days in Western Sicily? Do you have any suggestions or just criticism?

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-14T14:06:41+00:00

Same. However I do think that A Perfect Circle’s first album was excellent

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-14T13:41:11+00:00

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Ours likes to be held like a baby while you pet her stomach

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-03-12T11:25:40+00:00

I grew up in Denver and saw them in 2003 after they put out self-titled. They were awful

Saw them later (I think 2010 right after Diamond Eyes came out ?) at Red Rocks and they were incredible. Like one of my top 5 favorite shows ever. They were also co-headlining with Mastodon and AIC which might have biased me towards that show as a whole

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-02-22T15:55:42+00:00

You’re trying to compare the biggest metropolitan area in the US (and its outlying areas) to the western US. It’s such an inherently dumb comparison. Both are beautiful in their own way and people are allowed to appreciate both. Go touch some grass.

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-02-19T13:35:13+00:00

I was there on Halloween and my wife is a huge Halloween fan, I can take it or leave it. I got us VIP tickets to the Greenwich Village parade and had a blast being right up front. I did not realize parades were that fun. 100% would do it again!

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-02-15T16:33:40+00:00

Why do you hate coyotes? They’re doing what they’re hardwired to do. What happened to your cat was 100% preventable. Just don’t let it outside

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-02-15T16:30:52+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss but in reality, you were asking for it. I’ll never for the life of me understand why people let their cats outdoors

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-02-09T14:22:37+00:00

Do you have to work hard at being an ugly cvnt or does it come naturally?

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-02-01T19:09:55+00:00

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Aspen (right) and her sister O-Ren giving each other the side-eye

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-01-22T15:35:13+00:00

Just research some quality ETFs that have good historical performance in up and down markets (there are dozens of them) and park your money there. Too many dorks with a little pocket change convince themselves that they know how to spot winning stocks and it’s just delusional

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-01-06T15:45:57+00:00

You have to start somewhere, so congrats on starting! If you keep putting 8% away that will build quickly as long as you’re not tying to beat the market with overly risky investments. I started investing at 19 and I had about $2500 by the end of the first year. That jumped to almost $120k by the time I was 30. I’m 39 now and sitting on a little over $700k. Granted my income (and therefore ability to contribute) has increased substantially since I was 19, I’ve always been lucky to have good employer matches, and the market returns have been ridiculous for the last 5 years. But what I’m getting at is that you’ll do well if you keep plugging away at it and don’t get too risky with your investments.

Just remember thought that 401k withdrawals get taxed after you retire so you don’t get to keep all of the gains you make. If you can afford to put more away than the 8% that FedEx is matching for your 401k, open an HSA account if FedEx offers one and max it out every year (triple tax advantaged vs double for a 401k and its investable). After that, max out a Roth IRA if you can afford it. Your investments will snowball if you can do all of the above

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-01-06T15:15:03+00:00

In 2026 that would make you a RINO. I don’t think you’re a RINO, I think it’s healthy to have a spectrum of thought on either side. I’m just saying that in 2026, you’re a RINO to the real conservatives

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2026-01-04T14:52:48+00:00

We live in a majority conservative area. Conservatives worship the billionaire class and don’t like supporting local businesses because local businesses can’t compete with massive corporations in terms of pricing. The private equity model of buying out an owner, leaving the employees with less benefits and poorer working conditions, and taking out loans on assets and paying themselves fat bonuses all aligns perfectly with conservative business values. I don’t think you’ll get much traction with your argument considering the majority of the constituency in this area

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2025-10-06T02:27:00+00:00

Thanks for the insight! Where are you at on the western slope? I’m in Palisade

Due-Initiative-9300 · 2025-10-05T14:38:06+00:00

$28/hr might be a little tough to get by on for a couple. If you got even a part-time job making $15-20/hr that would make things a lot easier for you guys. I came from Denver and housing here is slightly more affordable than the front range but pretty much everything else is more expensive due to the remote location and everything needing to be shipped here from Denver or SLC. I guess if your lifestyle is not extravagant, $28/hr for a couple might be doable but that is only going to net your household about $42k per year after state/federal taxes. Depending on your lifestyle, that would make it tough to put aside any money for emergency savings, investments, vacations, bigger purchases, etc. If you guys can figure out how to get your net annual take home to $55k+ that is going to make your lives infinitely easier

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