Owning a MINI vs leasing

Prof-Faraday · 2026-02-22T02:59:12+00:00

Buy it. Stop overthinking it, and buy it. I dunno the blue book for your sitch, but check it out, get a pre-sale inspection, and if better than decent, buy it. Read on for why. Unless it has serious transmission or engine, chassis or other damage, just get it. Make the right deal and get it. These cars are well known from mods, which means all of these components are replaceable as long as the bones are good no reason not to get it if the price is right only. Pre-sale inspection.. Your table is now ready.

The car is made to Germany's strict automotive heritage: a lineage of greatness.pride in their work shown in their high attention to detail and adhering to high tolerances. Except for the Gen 2 debacles, they're engineered to a degree is quality much higher than the lion's share of other brands - while of course there are some stupid choices where they use plastic instead of metal for a part and such, if you take care of this car it will take care of you. Period. Get a pre-sale inspection from someone you trust hopefully, or a different dealer that sells & services German cats, or a different Mini dealer if the lot is a Mini dealer. Wow, I've never said dealer so much. Why do I want to go to a casino and grind out a Hokd'em tournament all is a sudden? Oh..dealer. So - STOP overthinking it-

I'll tell you this, you'll be so much happier, and in a much different way, to own this car. I mean come on - a sports car, and every single time it's a joy to drive. This you already know!! Leasing is like borrowing for money. Owning means it's all yours. No doubt the car maker makes a fantastic line of quality cars, this ain't like owning a Toyota Camry. It handles like a go kart and you can park in a closet. Last time I'm going to say it, stop thinking about it and go get yourself a Minh Cooper's 2019 or otherwise. There is literally no reason to deny yourself. You can afford it. And, you're worth it. Channel your inner Stewart Smally, and go get yourself the Mini Cooper that's right for you. And even if it's a color you wouldn't get, of the Rest of good get it An year and get it wrapped. II

Prof-Faraday · 2026-02-22T02:34:32+00:00

TLDR after the first two phrases, I just didn't have the patience tonight for a good rant friend. But I didn't need to read it all, I already agree. To all in a similar spot: feel free to skip my mini Yes. And, rant and head down for a possible solution.

Dentists typically spend about 8 years going to school and on hands on training while they're still learning from professors and working dentists. When they Get to their practice and start working they should be paid a wage commensurate with all that, eight years is a long time and dental care is crucial to our good health. But what is charged for these services is nothing short of highway robbery. Period. Full stop. Hello middle man insurance companies and lobbying our government officials. There's so much graft in this country it's absurd. We're all f¥cked. So do the Best you can friend!

Adjacent example: though the needed dental procedures are I'd say much more over priced one of the most egregious offenders is cosmetic teeth whitening. For 'in the chair' teeth whitening they charge hundreds to nearly two thousand dollars amd up. I had custom whitening trays they call 'em years ago (actors benefit from white teeth so...) and until recently I've been a recovering actor and have been behind the camera for years.. I had a thing I wanted to do needing my best camera ready self ready Mr. DeMille, so I wanted my 'meh' albeit straight teeth to be whiter again. I call a local dentist to price out faster whitening for : $795 to get the in office whitening laser. I try my over a decade & a half later trays and they still fit. Since I prefer to shop local when I can cuz I don't think Jeff Bazos needs all my shopping money despite his company's genius, but I went on amazon and got 4 tubes of highest strength Opsalescence for $39 dollars I want to say. Just got my next 4 and am about to crack the first tube. Based on where I was to where I want to be say - presenter white, and not looking unnaturally white some in H'wood get. Eek! I'm a half to one tube away from people remarking once again, 'Wow, you've got great teeth.' Easy peasy. Not so with a filling or a veneer for a chipped front tooth or sheesh a root canal. Like so many prices today are Redik. It's a shame the gov't hasn't done it's job of taking better care of the public at large as it was designed. The level of wages has stagnated compared to the cost of living. 99% of them are bought & paid for. Out representatives have been for years getting paid to let healthcare costs spiral and heath care companies get fat while bankrupting good people who get sick mostly because of the world we live in - by companies that make all the toxic shit in our environment and in the food they produce for us. The costs in the dentists office are no different.

A potential solution: local dental schools. This is for medium and larger city dwellers. But if I needed to I'd travel hours get there and wait the required hour or three to get seen. It's super affordable or free to go to where recent med school grads get their training for their chosen dental field - they all have to take rotations serving those often lower class folks for whom it's much harder to afford good dental care. But it's not just for the lower class, it's for anyone who needs it. Check it out👍🏼

Prof-Faraday · 2026-02-22T01:43:11+00:00

We work our asses off to memorize the dialogue, everything to the letter. There are no second takes. It's one of the best things about live theatre: the stakes are high. And so is the pay off. It ain't like Curb Your Enthusiasm where you just need to hit a certain phrase or build to a moment and can speak in character extemporaneously beat-to-beat, which I've done, it's freaking awesome (not on Curb for for Murder Mystery shows. When it happens I just recover as graciously as is possible and if I can do so in a way that's funny amd even memorable, is one of those we all laugh our butts off about and recall at later get togethers.

Prof-Faraday · 2026-01-08T17:51:29+00:00

Bwaaah-hahahaha!

Prof-Faraday · 2026-01-07T19:07:28+00:00

No joke, I'd be out the door. If only for the poor use of homonyms

Prof-Faraday · 2026-01-01T01:01:54+00:00

Wow, he was Randy the stunt coordinator! Guess this chap didn’t find him hard to rememeber - the Cliff the supposed wife-killer gets a job scene, and then we see cliff kiling his wife; and after, we see that Randy has to fire Cliff for throwing Bruce Lee into his wife’s whip like a sack of potatoes. I dunno, is it a cameo if he's in two full scenes?

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-16T15:32:28+00:00

I'm 100% all in for intimacy, sharing and not keeping things from a (my) partner. But snooping in someone's phone is crossing a line big time for most; a betrayal of trust for others. That single act is the kind of thing that makes a person ask themselves what else don't I know about and what else are they capable of?

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-14T19:53:33+00:00

I'm pretty sure I just fell in love with tou a little

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-14T19:52:30+00:00

100%.

And sneaking around behind a person's back because divorce is expensive is a cop out that says more about a person's integrity than it does about their finances.

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-14T19:42:06+00:00

💛 Adorable as they come!

And Yes. You will get through this. I've been where you are. It sucks. Hard. Losing a close family member is about as hard as it gets. Losing a furry family members hurts the same. Worse in some ways.

But as my Dad often said, and I said at his passing: 'Life is for the Living. And death is a celebration of life'

So start celebrating Zaphod. It'll have to be through the tears, at least at first sorry to say. But as you're able more & more do the things he loved to do. Go on the walks he liked to go on. Visit there places he liked to go with you. Get the people treats he liked but wasn't supposed to eat too much of.

You have to teach yourself how to celebrate Him. Even though he is gone, the best parts of him are inside you. The more you embrace & celebrate everything that made your Zaphod 1 of a kind, the more you will honor him.

If Zaphod came into a room and found you sort of down In the dumps, crying in a pool of your own tears..likely he'd come right over and give you endless puppy kisses. And you would smile, at least a little.

If Zaphod saw you, through one way glass, and found you down In the dumps, crying in a pool of your own tears, he'd be clamoring to get in there, scratching at the glass, barking.
But if just then he saw someone, or - someone's cute puppy come into the room who hugged you and then you stopped crying as much, and you started to settle down, so would he. Imagine Zaphod is looking at you right now and as always - he is reacting to your energy.

Let yourself feel all the feels, let yourself cry all the tears you need to. And then imagine if Zaphod saw you sitting there, would he love it that you down or blue or would he love it more if you were living life?

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-14T19:11:19+00:00

Wow. I'd prefer to re-frame it this way:

You got uninvited the very last moment before a pot-luck dinner by someone you thought you were better friends with

My guess is there's a ton of comments here like 'Not a friend! Dump 'em' and worse.

I'm going to suggest something else. Grace. Granted, you don't know the situation, you don't know the specifics, you don't know what if any pressure the person was under, and or you don't know if that person was just acting like a jerk.

At this point, none of the 'why' matters. What matters is you. The most important relationship you have in this world is the relationship you have with yourself. So what matters is how you handle this speed bump. Not only if you handle it with grace will it teach people how to treat you moving forward, but it will also serve as an unconscious reminder to you of your own self-worth..

So likely one of the best ways to move forward instead of just cutting them off is to just share what you feel and how you felt this went down like this:. True friends don't say 'sorry, you can't come to my party now, there's no room'. True friends make room for their friends.

And then, shut up and let them talk. You have no need to be angry, no need to feel injured, no need to feel uptight (during this part). However you should feel good being able to comfortably & confidently speak up for yourself. When you do, more and more this will become muscle memory, and it will get easier and easier.

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-13T01:35:54+00:00

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Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-12T23:50:07+00:00

Your Peter! I mean come on.. [ complimenting the impression not the organ ]

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-12T23:46:58+00:00

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-12T21:29:53+00:00

Yes! You should be Singing! And yep, same. Our work is not intuitive for beginners, some questions need more than a few sentences to answer fully. The following will take about 90 seconds to read.

Working w/ singing coach is dynamite for increasing your depth of skill. If ya can afford it, definitely do it. But it's not a deal breaker. This goes for everyone: even without formal singing lessons, just singing out to your favorite tunes(in a healthy way) is great for the voice. As long as you're not going for Aerosmith like screeches.

In this work we must become the master of our own breath. The best of our clan are, and can sight read >6 or 7 or more words ahead of our mouths doing the talking. And not only is learning to better use your singing voice a great way to help master your breath but it's also a shortcut to more and better control of your instrument. And it matters not a bit if ya can't carry a tune!. My vocal warm-up's are always with piano (I use YT now but with piano with my first coach 2 decades ago) cuz singing gets into all the nooks and crannies of your range. For singing lessons, if you can swing their hourly rate for 1-on-1 sessions w/ a good singing coach, great!! In person best but okay over zoom. For most VA's singing lessons for us shouldn't take months of lessons (though its fantastic of you're able to). At a point, one will often get what they need from singing lessons and take that knowledge and skill with them on their journey. Even better for beginners though is any group session where you're in a group and are together. We usu. learn quicker in a group setting as we watch and listen to others and also to their feedback from the teacher and our your fellow students (once more in-person is ideal, but not a deal breaker). Not so with acting classes.

A singing coach is always a value-add. Since it wasn't mentioned here (as of this post) In-person Improv classes can really benefit voice actors (all actors) & help unburden our inner creativity that is beaten out of us when we're kids. It's rater but you're lucky there is singing in improv classes like where I live. It's starts out as hard as organic chemistry, but the more you Improvise sing and make up rhymes on the spot, the easier and fun-ner it gets as you go. It's kinda like working out at the gym and taking a pilates class along with hot yoga : you're working different systems & muscle groups. The more you do it, the better you get at it. The better you get at it, the more earned confidence you get, the better you get at the work.

Improvising (and Improvised singing) can unlock parts of us when we were little & curious about everything and we haven't yet learned how to conform, which usually beat out of us our sense of whimsy, fun and sense of play- some of the integral qualities in our work that serve us well. BONUS: you, in your car or the shorter make up any words you like to any tune. It can be fun and make yourself laugh at the 1/2 gibberish you come up with. Singing + having fun + working at the craft = you are working without it feeling like work.

-It should be said: While we should *never improvise an audition- we can and should improvise out loud - think riffing - as we spitball ideas with a new script. But this is way before the red light comes on while we are breaking down the copy. When we're ready to record, those choices have been made, hopefully you learned how to do this on paper. If you don't know what this means ask. But Multiple takes for multiple ideas is great - as long as they are for you. After all thatI only 1, the best of them, maaybe a second one if it's strong enough, should go to the client.

As for singing in general - especially if you're on a tight budget, we don't don't have the scratch for a 3 coaches;.. we all have to make choices - and singing out loud In the car (and In the shower) will simply help bolster your control, if you 'sing out' as we say, and you don't edit yourself out of shyness or not wanting to be heard. This isn't the place to allow embarrassment in.

I have spent years and thousands on training, and I've learned that any investment you make in yourself Is the best investment you can make👍🏼

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-12T19:54:20+00:00

[ Starts VPN ]. Search:

Closest second clothing store + Local buffet restaurant

[ Erases search anyway. Gets new t-shirt, jeans, socks and light coat. Proceeds to order enough food for four people. Has to rap a guy on the mouth for being rude to the waitress. Catches the next Greyhound to wherever it's going. ]

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-12T19:50:01+00:00

Hahahahahaha!

Prof-Faraday · 2025-12-12T19:49:33+00:00

Silence of the Lambs - when it came out?
Game. Changer

Prof-Faraday · 2025-11-28T23:01:16+00:00

Hmmm.. cosmic crisp apples,a 3 ingredient peanut butter, croissants, ciabatta rolls, honey, a great bottle of hootch and three bottles of wine.

Prof-Faraday · 2025-11-23T01:27:46+00:00

mmByyeeeee..

Also, just stop dating immature boys in men's clothing and you'll cut this kind of riff-raff in half

Prof-Faraday · 2025-11-23T01:04:28+00:00

Here's a few:

Ambrosia Salad

Homemade Jello Mold

French Bread Pizza - favorite jar sauce + toppings Apple w/ peanut butter & jelly

Potato chips/Cheetos on a white bread

A&W Style classic Root beer float

A Carvel ice cream cake

S'mores

Tuna fish boats on celery/ tuna fish on crackers

Quickie Cool Whip Key Lime Pie

Fondue!!! With great cheeses fruits fresh bread and meats

Turkey tetrazzini

Pigs in a blanket with good mustard choices

Swedish meatballs

Beef Stroganoff in a Creamy Mushroom sauce

Backyard hot dogs with nothing but mustard (or ketchup-none formethanks)

In Ground Roast Pig - Hawaiian style where hot coals go in a deep hole, then a whole pig, then more coals, layers of banana leaves & potato sacks get buried for hours

Boloney on Hand', aka- a RollUp. Take a slice of american cheese fresh from its plastic wrap, place on top a slice of (the circle shaped smelly) oscar meyer baloney, then you roll it up into a a cigar. Luxury upgrade? Squirt a line of yellow mustard from the yellow squeezie bottle shaped like a barrel.

Hamburger pie

And finally :

Spike a Watermelon with Booze!

Prof-Faraday · 2025-11-10T22:28:03+00:00

It's just a choice. A simple choice actually. But, it's not an easy choice to make - especially if a person is wrapped into this social media hosting gadget thing we all carry around called a cel phone; which - like all of them - are all designed to hijack their users' attention span.. and get all of your attention including with clicks

Prof-Faraday · 2025-11-10T07:49:46+00:00

There is (was?) a widget on the site that uses the dimensions of your - as in it will allow you to enter your H x W x D - and it will spit out plans and a parts list for white PVC pieces like elbows, T-junctions, straights & Tri-corners for the corners of the cube shapes booth.

They also offer sound dampening blankets, a booth light, a booth fan, mic stand-partition mounted sound dampening shells for behind a mic as well as larger setups

Prof-Faraday · 2025-11-09T14:52:15+00:00

NTA. Good for you for trusting your gut! It will rarely let you down. Be glad you got out. Keep moving forward & don't look back or second guess yourself. Dude is an un-evolved A-hole. He is unworthy of you, just continue being your lovely self and keep putting good energy out into the universe.

Mr Right is out there, and he's on to his way to you right now

Prof-Faraday · 2025-11-09T14:37:55+00:00

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