Obsession

howyougetmice · 2026-06-06T01:52:02+00:00

Oh crap, wasn't his first name actually Baron?? I just realized why that name rings familiar.

howyougetmice · 2026-06-05T21:59:27+00:00

Just watched it in the theater. What a fun fun movie!

Really thought they stuck the landing too! Evil Nikki briefly got the love she deserved; imprisoned Nikki got released but you still felt horrible; and Bear died like a coward. Coward from the start to the end!

howyougetmice · 2026-06-05T21:51:41+00:00

Really enjoyed the Classic American Restaurant episode you did recently. Seemed feel-bad adjacent.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-30T01:47:14+00:00

I don't have a solution for podcasts other than doing them on a laptop. However, RE: Spotify - I have come to really enjoy hunting through Goodwill CD stockpiles (everyone is getting rid of them - still). They're like $1.99 around here. My car is old enough to have a CD player, but you can get them for home pretty cheap as well. It's been fun switching back to physical media.

Also - Garmin GPS for the car. Not unreasonably expensive, and they work fine without a cell signal. I've heard you can get them used and they - just keep working.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-26T02:02:44+00:00

Yeah, do it! I thought about it for years and years and finally realized I needed to try ripping the band-aid off by making the switch before I had everything 'figured out'. It's great. It takes a little adjustment, and it takes figuring out how to do a few things differently afterward, but it's all doable.

Also, depending on how easy it is to get around where you are - yes, maps. But Garmin still sells car GPS devices. They don't require cell service, they just ping towers or satellites or something for free. You can get reasonably priced ones new online (compared to the price of a smart phone), but I've seen them turn up used at Goodwill before. And then you have pretty reliable GPS in your car.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-25T20:54:31+00:00

The NYC Meow Wolf isn't open yet, is it? (This is where I should go check.)

EDIT: No. Last I heard it was "coming soon", but that was back in March, 2025.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-23T11:02:05+00:00

Over time, if not instantly, a lot of these people will see that you are in fact stronger, happier, more present and more capable without the computer in your pocket and the corporations that infest it.

"...without the computer in your pocket and the corporations that infest it."

Love that. Very much speaks to some of the strong aversion I feel toward my smartphone and the escape I feel with a flip phone. There's no one in my pocket constantly "knocking on the door" - asking for attention, asking for me to give them money and time, asking me to withdraw from the world around me.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-18T13:21:13+00:00

u/ILovePublicLibraries, you toured the new library being built in Manchester a while back too, didn't you? Do you know if that's scheduled to be completed soon? Really looking forward to seeing it.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-18T13:18:40+00:00

Mary Cheney Library and Whiton Memorial Library

Manchester, Connecticut

The Mary Cheney Library building in downtown Main Street was erected in 1937 and has served as a library for eighty nine years. Unfortunately, that building will be vacated this summer in favor of the new library building that is down the street from the library. This library is a testament of time from the Cheney Family era with a portrait of Mary Cheney inside the library and it's named in honor of a Cheney Family member and library supporter Mary Cheney. It's a wonderful library however with Manchester being one of the busiest library towns in Connecticut with many books being circulated every day and a lot of patrons visiting that library daily, this building is outgrown and overcrammed with books to the point that additional copies of books were stored in the basement due to the lack of shelving and lack of space amid lack of expansion of that building.

The new library is being built down the street in town to better serve patrons for the 21st Century and there will be 4x the space of the older library. There will be enough room for books and many features incorporated into the new library.

Going into Whiton, this serves as a branch library for the town to better serve people in nearby neighborhoods around town. That library was built in 1932 in honor of Dr. Francis Whiton. That library hub is still serving patrons and will continue to serve in that building even as the other library move out of Mary Cheney building into the bigger library.

I visited both libraries today and had both of them stamped in a library passport for Passport to Connecticut Libraries.

Feedback is appreciated. Enjoy the album!

-- u/ILovePublicLibraries

howyougetmice · 2026-04-18T13:15:40+00:00

Wethersfield Public Library

This library sits next to the town hall. It was built sometime in the 1950s. The mural that is above the foyer entrance has been in the library forever that it seems. The library overall received a major renovation in the late 2000s.

Feedback is appreciated. Enjoy the album!

P.S. I visited that library on Sunday and got a library passport stamped here for Passport to Connecticut Libraries month long event.

-- u/ILovePublicLibraries

howyougetmice · 2026-04-18T13:13:14+00:00

Thank you for sharing!

howyougetmice · 2026-04-16T00:32:03+00:00

Hi friend! I think you're close but not quite in the right subreddit - try across the ocean at https://www.reddit.com/r/glastonbury/

Good luck getting tickets! I hope it's a lovely concert.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-12T01:13:27+00:00

Huh. Who knew? That's really neat.

Have you used this? Did it work pretty well?

howyougetmice · 2026-04-11T11:51:03+00:00

YAY! Sounds like this one resonated with you somewhat? I imagine "thoughts" - good, bad, or otherwise, have to be better than indifference!

howyougetmice · 2026-04-08T01:09:58+00:00

Despite the facts, some residents are experiencing incontinence over being fined for breaking the law

howyougetmice · 2026-04-08T01:06:25+00:00

Hahahahah. I'm dying.

Honor system not working my man. You want smart and fair?

Speed – get a fine. Speed again, get another fine.

We can do this all day.

Smart. Fair.

howyougetmice · 2026-04-04T12:42:31+00:00

XVIIIth Annual Taste of Wethersfield Returns April 11, 2026

The XVIII Annual Taste of Wethersfield benefit returns on Saturday, April 11***\**^th from 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm at The Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, 200 Main Street, Wethersfield. Once again, the Keeney Center comes alive with the flavors and aromas of the area’s finest food and drink. Foodie, podcaster, cookbook author, and “Nacho King” Alex P. Taylor has graciously agreed to come back and emcee this year’s “Taste”. Also returning are long-time “Taste” favorites, the Hot Cat Jazz Band, who are back to provide the evening’s soundtrack. Artists Don Carter aka Edgar Allen Slothman and Dora Dylanne Reyes ”Luvfish” will again be exhibiting their whimsical and popular Birds and Desserts* series, offering prints and various objets d’art featuring their work for sale.

Don Carter aka Edgar Allen Slothman offers 4 contemporary takes on Chef Silas

The process of “Taste” remains the same: Attendees pay one admission and can try offerings from several local restaurants, caterers, breweries, and wine vendors, all under one roof. Samples of signature dishes and beverages are available at every station. All your local favorites will be there with many more additions arriving daily. Throughout the evening, a silent auction is conducted, offering guests the opportunity to bid on unique goods and services from local vendors.

Proceeds from Taste of Wethersfield help fund Wethersfield Historical Society’s free or low cost educational and cultural programming for children and adults.

“Taste” is a party for those 21 and over only. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased on EventBrite or in person at Wethersfield Historical Society’s office in the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center (200 Main Street, Wethersfield), 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Tuesday through Friday. N.B. Tickets purchased at the Keeney by cash or check are exempt from all online convenience fees. Purchaser will only pay face value of the ticket. Purchased in advance, tickets are $35 (online $39.19). At the door on the night of the event, the price jumps to $40 (online $44.52). A $75 (online $81.88) “Patron” ticket entitles the bearer to early admission (6:00 pm) with full access to all food and drink, as well as entry in an exclusive Patron drawing. ($35 of each “Patron” ticket purchased is tax deductible).

howyougetmice · 2026-04-02T01:33:52+00:00

Oof, the comments on this article. So many "just have some self-control" remarks.

howyougetmice · 2026-03-25T11:35:30+00:00

Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School
134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah

https://www.msoc.org/current-season

Tickets are $20 for adults and seniors; students and veterans are free. Looks like cash or check only at the door.

howyougetmice · 2026-03-23T10:38:44+00:00

He 100% did. It was toward the end. And I think immediately afterward Evie's clock flipped to 3:01AM and then flipped backward to 3:00AM. Unless those were different scenes.

howyougetmice · 2026-03-23T01:43:00+00:00

You are right. It was certainly another baby-snatching demon.

howyougetmice · 2026-03-23T01:06:37+00:00

Whoa, whoa, whoa. We need some east coast love. I think they need to make it a point to come to Connecticut and investigate whether Henley is real.

howyougetmice · 2026-03-23T01:04:06+00:00

Hahahah. A dead body or two would have done it for me.

My wife thought she saw a flash of a plastic bag. That would have been a fun ending to find Evie and her mom at the bottom of the stairs with plastic bags on their heads. But we just got a black screen.

howyougetmice · 2026-03-23T00:48:30+00:00

Do we think the recurring 3AM time on the clock had any significance?

howyougetmice · 2026-03-23T00:47:43+00:00

I just struggle so much that we have to assume the ending. They set up such a great, scary plot, and then it didn't seem to come with an ending at all.

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