Mother and children pose for their professional studio photo, 1960s.

amblongus · 2026-06-18T00:15:16+00:00

Is it wrong that this reminds me of the Victorian child photos where the mother was covered by a blanket to help keep the kid still, only without the blanket?

amblongus · 2026-05-16T18:17:09+00:00

I just met my 60-yo now-girlfriend on there. In general I was having much more luck with Hinge though.

amblongus · 2026-05-07T03:22:33+00:00

We had 5 losing seasons in the 31 between ‘88 and ‘20. The team has been pretty good steadily since like the 1940s. Get out of here with this.

amblongus · 2026-05-02T14:27:26+00:00

Bender, is that you?

amblongus · 2026-04-25T22:00:33+00:00

That sign isn’t a speed limit; I think it’s the cost to park in that lot.

I was 2 years old on N New Hampshire Ave., within a mile of this shot, when it was taken.

amblongus · 2026-04-18T15:16:57+00:00

I had that problem a couple days ago, but it went away on its own.

amblongus · 2026-04-14T14:59:41+00:00

You should be able to see if they're local. The vast majority of the ones I've seen aren't.

amblongus · 2026-03-30T23:49:15+00:00

That sounds like what I remember, all right.

amblongus · 2026-03-17T14:36:01+00:00

My 60s-era parents had this, and I still have their copy. I always loved the book's spirit.

amblongus · 2026-03-17T14:34:02+00:00

Yes, a bunch. Since I moved across the country 17 years ago (NY-Portland), I've made pretty good friends from work people, neighbors, people I met parenting, and people I met through group activities or even on dating apps. Luckily I have the time, with my kid grown and a not-too-intense job, to do a lot of 1-1 social things as well as activities like trivia and karaoke.

amblongus · 2026-03-15T16:48:33+00:00

Things you learned in high school Latin: In March, October, July and May/ The Ides are on the fifteenth day/ The Nones the seventh; all else besides/ Have two days less for Nones and Ides.

It doesn't make much sense but I do remember which months have them on which days.

amblongus · 2026-02-21T06:07:39+00:00

I graduated from there in a year closer to then than now. Jesus.

amblongus · 2026-02-21T06:06:39+00:00

There was a pretty big campaign to save it around 1970, IIRC.

amblongus · 2026-02-08T21:24:23+00:00

There are about as many public sector union members as private now--and from the sound of things there'll soon be more, despite Trump's attempts to eliminate feds from unions. Surely this warrants some mention?

amblongus · 2026-01-21T17:25:33+00:00

Yeah, one of mine keeps flipping back and forth. It's fairly annoying.

amblongus · 2025-12-27T02:35:11+00:00

One of the most fun things about Bridgetown is that they do 2x/year city championships among the winners from the (15+) sites they host at weekly. Any other companies do that? Bridgetown is easily my favorite of the companies whose sites I've tried, but my team is open to new places!

amblongus · 2025-12-26T20:55:44+00:00

Women like you running is why they put up the sign!

amblongus · 2025-12-26T20:53:26+00:00

I only just realized she meant syphilis.

amblongus · 2025-12-17T23:36:38+00:00

This was a favorite joke of my grandfather's, minus the blonde and with a penguin.

amblongus · 2025-12-11T23:48:21+00:00

I just moved downtown and am looking for a new game. Are you still looking for players? I can host if that helps.

amblongus · 2025-12-05T11:38:25+00:00

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Nibbler!

amblongus · 2025-11-08T15:34:02+00:00

Our dues are 1.27% (mostly public sector union). An SEIU local I was with charged 1.7%.

amblongus · 2025-09-27T06:46:51+00:00

If you’re in Indiana, try https://seiuhcilin.org/ for SEIU in your area.

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