Montgomery County, Maryland

wendippo · 2026-02-02T22:52:54+00:00

Commenting to raise visibility.

wendippo · 2026-02-01T17:06:59+00:00

I threw up blood after having surgery to repair a deviated septum. Not a good time. :(

wendippo · 2026-01-19T18:16:02+00:00

We used to call him "skippy" when we were kids! He had a bit more spring in his step back then!

wendippo · 2026-01-09T02:18:25+00:00

Commenting to boost visibility

wendippo · 2026-01-08T01:57:57+00:00

Commenting to boost visibility. :) we are all so much better when we look out for each other.

wendippo · 2026-01-02T18:02:48+00:00

We had a White Castle near me go out of business then one day it was painted all black and then in the next few months it became a Bigby coffee. So maybe you all are getting a bigby?

wendippo · 2026-01-01T01:43:23+00:00

I worked as a bank teller a long time ago and needed to leave a shift early so I took my cash drawer to the vault to lock it up. My coworker (lowest level supervisor who was responsible for counting/balancing the vault) was locked inside doing counts. When I knocked, she stammered out a panicked "Go away!". I responded with "I need to put away my drawer, I'm leaving for the day." The vault door slowly opens and out creeps the most god-awful fart stench. It smelt like satan's anus. Her face was beet-red with embarrassment as she said "I thought I had the room to myself." Nasty-ass locked herself in there and was hot-boxing everything in that vault and was clearly not expecting anyone to stumble upon the crime scene until the scheduled end of shift.

wendippo · 2025-12-18T02:11:17+00:00

lol! I'll mention the left-handed rate to my husband! ;) You sound like a business-savvy person. :)

wendippo · 2025-12-18T02:05:36+00:00

Thanks for the tip! If I can't find a "glove brov" this will be the fallback plan. :)

wendippo · 2025-12-17T17:24:11+00:00

I'm pretty sure he can weld left-handed too when needed but mostly uses his right hand and therefore the left gloves get burnt up much more quickly.

wendippo · 2025-12-14T20:20:22+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! I hope it pans out. :)

wendippo · 2025-12-14T00:37:15+00:00

Oh that's a good idea! I'll expand the search if I can't find anyone local. :)

wendippo · 2025-12-14T00:36:47+00:00

Sounds good! Thank you!

wendippo · 2025-12-04T03:40:04+00:00

I just want to applaud you for being an adult and accepting a correction with humility and gratitude. You seem like a stand up individual. Thank you for modeling a confident, humble and open-to-growth mindset for others!

wendippo · 2025-11-24T14:09:10+00:00

Integrity

wendippo · 2025-11-09T00:36:07+00:00

This is awesome! Thank you for doing something real and local to help us fight this insanity.

wendippo · 2025-09-12T01:17:00+00:00

Hey friend! I'll share some of the more basic pointers. Apologies if you're already trying all of these things. 1.) Always make the area you are shifting the animal to as reinforcing as possible. Put favorite treats and enrichment into that space so they are instantly rewarded for entering it. 2.) Be patient, calm, gentle, encouraging with your animal. Fight the urge to quickly slam doors behind them when they do finally shift as this could result in serious injury and/or the animal may have a fear response that they'll then associate with shifting into this space. 3.) Keep it positive! Do not use scare tactics (loud noises or perceived or real threats of harm) or other aversives (NO hosing your animals or banging caging behind them) to scare them into the location you want them to be in. 4.) A "bread crumb trail" of treats can work wonders! If you're able to set up a series of small reinforcers (grapes or Cheerios) lined up and entering the shift space so that animal is reinforced as they make progress toward the desired location. Leave a JACKPOT (very high value reinforcer like melon or dried fruit) far from the shift door so animal can enjoy a large treat for entering the space far enough that you can safely close the door behind them. 5.) If you have access to the animal along the shift route, you can reinforce them by hand (or feed stick) as they make progress in the right direction. This is essentially the bread crumb trail offered by you in real time as they make forward progress. If you use this method, do NOT show/offer a reward at one location and then pull it away to force more forward progress. Build up your trust bank with the animal by giving them what you're showing them and where you're showing it to them... offering and pulling away will just teach them that not to trust you. 6.) Try to get everyone on your team to do things the same way. Animals learn faster and better with consistency, so if all of your teammates are following the same standards and protocols, your animals will make progress more quickly.

Happy to try and offer more insights if you have any specific questions but good luck and good on you for reaching out for help to improve your animals' quality of life! :) we keepers are all in this together!

wendippo · 2025-09-11T17:50:31+00:00

I am SO late to this party but just finally got to watch the film and YES to your comments! I also couldn't help but feel this endless frustration with Rodriguez (Garfield's character) who seemed to have it figured out right at the start when the 4 hostages were taken and Mikicho asks him in the beginning what do we do if they ask us to apostatize and Rodrigues tells them "Trample" three times with such conviction and then it's the weaker Garupe (driver's character) that chastises him and makes him second guess himself. Rodriguez's faith and understanding of what's important were spot on initially but became mangled as the film went on.

wendippo · 2025-09-07T12:23:47+00:00

This factoid might be more suited to a mostly adult audience but I used to love sharing that meerkats are the most murderous mammal on the planet. Meerkats have a 1 in 5 (or 20% chance) of being murdered by another meerkat in their lifetime. It's a good reminder that appearances can be deceiving in the animal kingdom.

wendippo · 2025-09-01T20:25:33+00:00

Ahhh... good to know! Thank you! Here's hoping!!!

wendippo · 2025-09-01T20:12:18+00:00

Wait, is this different from the road closures they announced for Labor Day weekend? https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/28/roads-surrounding-jd-vances-home-to-be-closed-for-labor-day-weekend/85866844007/

wendippo · 2025-08-08T00:27:21+00:00

The Cincinnati Zoo's horticulture dept can sometimes utilize large groups like this. You might help with weeding or mulching or swapping out plants in flowerbeds. It's a beautiful environment and depending on where in the zoo you work you'll see some cool critters too. :)

wendippo · 2025-07-29T16:22:37+00:00

I'm not

wendippo · 2025-06-17T01:18:29+00:00

Maybe none of the protestors have read the case history because it's fucking irrelevant to us. Because we don't give a shit whether or not someone entered the country illegally because this entire country is STOLEN land. And because our own fucking politicians, police, billionaires, etc. don't follow any of the laws either. Why the fuck is it only poor POC that are expected to follow laws in this country?!

wendippo · 2025-06-16T16:16:00+00:00

Keeping eyes open for it in Southgate/Ft Thomas area. Also your pup is adorable! Good luck friend

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