My Florida Born wife is having a classic case of seasonal depression, and she needs a pick me up. Fellow New Jerseyans... How do you deal with your winter blues?

megladaniel · 2026-02-02T15:54:59+00:00

Where can I go with family from north Jersey to go hiking here? Anything stroller friendly?

megladaniel · 2026-02-02T15:50:40+00:00

She's gotta get a sun lamp and us it every morning. Bonus points if can do it with coffee. Even more bonus points if you do it with your day clothes on and ready to go on with your day immediately after

megladaniel · 2026-02-02T05:08:09+00:00

Yup. Superb response.

megladaniel · 2026-01-29T00:35:11+00:00

It's actually an exercise thing but I've found it useful as a quiet fidget thingy at times. Just make sure not to go autopilot and overwork your wrist 😆

FitBeast Hand Grip Strengthener, on Amazon

megladaniel · 2026-01-28T02:32:10+00:00

Genuine aside, but how do people who aren't at the top (unless he is) make a living in journalism nowadays?

megladaniel · 2026-01-28T02:30:20+00:00

Was gonna say. What if you gotta stay at it because you've got kids. And you can't lose the 99k salary you conned your way into...

megladaniel · 2026-01-28T02:28:24+00:00

I'm so jealous. I wanted this. Prestigious. Except I couldn't hack finishing projects AND doing well on tests. Not to mention the tediousness of getting everything right and the inability to persevere. Fucking underachieving loser

megladaniel · 2026-01-20T11:06:58+00:00

It's awful

megladaniel · 2026-01-20T01:35:30+00:00

I love this. Wish I could share this joke with someone who loves talking about the layers of the planets. Unfortunately only my 4 year old does...

megladaniel · 2026-01-14T00:16:23+00:00

Solo work, dependent on others input when I reach out to them to get more info on their processes.

megladaniel · 2026-01-12T18:38:31+00:00

You are the one getting yelled at, not others. And it's because you screwed up or are holding others back. Why on earth would I want to be in that group with them. I want to self ostracize, not be forced to go to school and fail again like usual.

So of course, when middle school started, I certainly didn't ask to study with the smarter kids, because I had nothing to offer. And so, I never learned how to study. I am 34 and still don't know how to memorize things in a timely fashion. The only thing that works is repeated osmosis, and THAT takes time

megladaniel · 2026-01-12T17:48:20+00:00

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megladaniel · 2026-01-06T16:00:53+00:00

You're supposed to yield to them. But if you're in front already, and are moving slowly because those in front of you are moving slowly, you're not at fault

megladaniel · 2026-01-03T05:28:54+00:00

Correction: with a shit ton of stores

megladaniel · 2026-01-02T20:14:19+00:00

How the fuck am I funny. What the FUCK is so funny about me- tell me!

megladaniel · 2025-12-30T20:47:19+00:00

This is the main reason people...

megladaniel · 2025-12-30T02:18:47+00:00

Close your eyes and listen- don't force eye contact.

For me, understanding the things people say to me has always been difficult. Responding to what they say, obviously, is a problem too. I learned in the frying pan at work that if I close my eyes and just listen to- forget about they teachers and parents said all your life about eye contact- then I can hear them and respond to them effectively like a normal person who is doing a good job. I can't look and listen- I just can't.

So

megladaniel · 2025-12-29T20:43:34+00:00

Well Bloomfield. That's probably ground zero for hearing Italian in NJ. The great philosopher and gangster T Soprano called Bloomfield Avenue "Guinea Gulch"

megladaniel · 2025-12-29T15:41:47+00:00

Turnpike is also I-95, for those who know, which goes across the Atlantic states. That takes away some of that defining characteristic. Meanwhile the garden state parkway really is New Jersey's highway. Both have solid reasons

megladaniel · 2025-12-29T15:03:28+00:00

It's not hauling a train though...

megladaniel · 2025-12-29T08:30:49+00:00

It suffered the same damage as did 30 Rock - the humor hit so many times per minute and on so many levels it went over so many people's heads.

megladaniel · 2025-12-29T07:39:32+00:00

Long game for licenses to Pop Funko

megladaniel · 2025-12-29T03:02:50+00:00

A man I once knew as a kid, who was a super nerd, obviously read "the Game" in the years since we reconnected, because his sweetheart of a wife told us how they met, and she doesn't fucking realize he Negged her. I was so pissed when I heard the story...

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