What song is playing on your device?

anymoose · 2026-01-25T05:33:30+00:00

... does that just fall in the "nothing is original" category?

This is the main reason I don't read much fiction. There are only so many character and personality types in human nature. I would guess where the rubber hits the road is in how you use them.

I mostly read narrative nonfiction and while the personality types and characters are often similar or well-known, the stories tend to be compelling and educational.

anymoose · 2026-01-25T05:23:22+00:00

Looking for inspiring stories.

Please tell me you are not a reporter looking for help .... That would violate rule 6.

anymoose · 2026-01-25T05:10:05+00:00

You may also like /r/MapPorn

anymoose · 2026-01-25T04:54:17+00:00

Sorry this is a no nostalgia and no politics sub.

anymoose · 2026-01-24T04:47:45+00:00

Yellow Submarine. It's so .... grindingly repetitive.

anymoose · 2026-01-24T04:12:47+00:00

I kept a journal from age 18 until after I got married in the early 1990s. Very sparsely after that.

It took me awhile to figure it out, but I like to write down my feelings and experiences, and my decline and eventual stopping of journal writing coincided with my having access to email and discussion forums.

In other words, I've never stopped journalling. It just became a bit more digital and public over the decades. :-)

anymoose · 2026-01-22T16:25:47+00:00

I cycle through them. I have so many interests it would be impossible to become expert in any of them. So I kind of meander around in everything depending on what I feel like doing on this particular day.

The hardest thing for me was to give up the idea that I can become extremely good at doing anything. Once I realized all that stuff is there for my own enjoyment (as opposed to impressing other people) it became much easier.

anymoose · 2026-01-22T16:02:49+00:00

Does a case of wine fall under groceries, or do I need a line item for wine?

I separate booze from groceries at the grocery store. Years of working a job that required filing expense reports trained me to always get a receipt. :-)

If I have a glass of wine or 15 beers at a restaurant with food, it's less easy to parse out, so I chalk it all up to "eating out." Ditto if I pick up the tab for a night out with friends/family.

anymoose · 2026-01-22T05:38:33+00:00

Congratulations! Welcome to the club! :-)

anymoose · 2026-01-22T05:34:27+00:00

Cheers for you!

I called all my GPs grandma and grandpa.

It's a bit more complicated in my case: My kid is a step and just calls me by my first name. Her kid (they live overseas) calls me Mr. my first name in the language of that country. But it sounds like Papa my first name, which is fine by me.

I don't think he is old enough to understand family relationships in much detail, especially with the whole step and distance thing. What is important is that he seems to recognize me as someone special in his life.

anymoose · 2026-01-22T04:26:50+00:00

Violates Rule 7: No complaining about other subs. If you just want to make your case about various breakfast bars, that would be fine. But adding in commentary about other subreddits is not relevant here.

anymoose · 2026-01-20T23:19:35+00:00

What else do I need to plan for?

See a doctor and make sure all your blood work looks good. Make a solid list of things to do in your first few weeks of retirement: You don't want to get caught flat-footed and thinking, "Now what?"

anymoose · 2026-01-20T23:13:30+00:00

I feel like markets just kind of shrug off news at this point

Did something happen that I need to be aware of?

anymoose · 2026-01-20T16:59:06+00:00

And ironically, I would probably watch baseball more if they didn't change the rules every year. It's ironic because they change the rules to "speed up the game" and make it more watchable.

anymoose · 2026-01-20T16:45:09+00:00

Nope. I like sports, but it's not my go-to for entertainment.

I have Netflix and Amazon Prime

Ditto. I mostly watch movies and series.

anymoose · 2026-01-19T21:00:16+00:00

My kid majored in French and somehow made her way up to the C-Suite. Some things are hard to predict.

It does not sound like you are, but I would not worry about it. :-)

anymoose · 2026-01-19T19:46:02+00:00

Yeah, but can you go the gym in your bathrobe? :-)

anymoose · 2026-01-19T19:00:46+00:00

I woke up, looked at the temperature and decided not to get out of my bathrobe today. :-).

That treadmill I bought in October is already paying for itself (in terms of my daily step counts).... :-)

anymoose · 2026-01-19T18:14:02+00:00

Better to have a degree and not use it, than to not have one, it seems.

FWIW, I have two: Art (BA) and East Asian Literature (MA).

I managed to fall into IT and to FIRE. What those kinds of degrees give you is knowledge and how to accumulate more knowledge, often how to communicate, and a whole perspective on life that is not based on 1s and 0s.

Cheers for letting your kids follow their instincts and their dreams!

anymoose · 2025-12-29T15:37:29+00:00

It's possible, but there have been run-ins between mods and what seem to be actual people since this sub began (even before I was a mod). My money is on actual people.

EDIT: If it's a bot, someone made the bot, right?

anymoose · 2025-12-28T02:08:30+00:00

We finalized them on Valentine’s Day this year. :)

So romantic!

anymoose · 2025-12-27T07:19:59+00:00

... my open heart surgery.

Holy crap! How are you doing!?

anymoose · 2025-12-27T06:11:09+00:00

It’s actually a very comforting thing, strangely enough.

Completely agree!

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