I do think it's very sweet that this particular guy decided to be buried with his favorite book though

and I hope this particular guy remembers that I said that when his eternal reign of terror begins

the finest academic minds of 1999 published the definitive work answering this question and NO WE ARE NOT

I would just like the software I *already found suitable, and use regularly* to continue to work as it always has, without suddenly announcing that I have to change it in ways that never seem to improve MY experience or productivity.

Respect women. But not so much that you actually hire a few so you can take their picture.

What is GOING ON with these capitals 😵‍💫

4 years trumpeting the perks of the "dad bod" and then GLP'd every one of them into oblivion

I want to believe this wasn't even in the script and KG just decided to swing for the fences

"Shakespeare? Not in MY movie for kids!"

But I have a CARD! From the INTERNET! And he's very well-behaved, no matter what Mrs. Lawson says about that unfortunate business with her 4-year-old daughter's left thumb.

Another mom suggested once that we should hold screening parties, show em what "we could have had"
so I dug up a few episodes to see what I missed.

Luckily, everyone's schedules filled up before I had to figure out how to say "THIS is what you WANT???" without destroying my kids' social lives.

If you can't visualize what an ovarian cyst feels like:

A friend who had one was rushed to the ER thinking her appendix was about to burst. She couldn't walk or sit up straight or eat.

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

Every commuter currently sitting in traffic: "Man, I wish there was also construction going on right now"

They desperately want us to tell them they really are the Smartest Boy, in all fields, including philosophy (the Smartest Boy of humanities fields).

Fin. Let's be honest here-- 90% of families, ALL of this is going to fall on one family member. They might volunteer.

Everyone else gets a vacation. You get a short-term job.

Check your bags. Pay the $50. Do it for mom. Even if she swears up and down that she doesn't mind & wants to save money.

6. Souvenirs? Forget about it. Not happening.

5. You may discover that your laundry plan isn't going to work. You should probably have been keeping your dirty items in 2 sets -- "can wear again if needed" & "absolutely requires soap". Start sorting & figuring out what you can handwash in the bathtub and dry hanging over the shower curtain rod.

4. You will be doing laundry every 3-4 days. The hotel laundry room/laundromat will not be open 24 hours and some machines will be broken, so assume this is half your day.
You packed a travel size detergent and a lot of quarters, right?

3. Your 1st stop out of the airport is going to be a grocery store. You will not be packing toiletries, cosmetics, feminine hygiene, diapers, OTC meds, snacks.
You can each pack toothbrush, small comb/hairbrush, & prescription meds, that's it.
You'll leave any unused behind when you go home.

2. If you're moving around, changing hotels during your trip? Your head of logistics is going to be on duty each time. Enjoy spending your evening carefully sorting and folding everyone's dirty clothes.

(1b. This person is also going to have to be HARDLINE in refusing everyone's request for "but just this one thing....")

1. One person does all the packing for everyone. Foget about telling your husband and teenager to figure themselves out. ONE czar of logistics and cramming. No one gets their own individual suitcase, either. Everything is packed according to space needs.

Ditto for the repack to go home.

So, I've done this. With kids and photography equipment for 2 week+ trips.

It is not for the faint of heart (or of logistics).

Here's what that looks like 🧵

As a 5'2"er: we know how to handle the inappropriately tall around us. But it's a trade secret, at initiation we swear a blood oath not to tell.

And if I have to go to WORK there...... no one is taking you seriously after you wear the same skirt 4 days in a row, no matter how well you sink-wash it every night.

I see this all the time on "how to pack" things. And I'm like, ok, but what if I don't just stand around looking cute all vacation? Maybe I want to go to a museum AND a nice dinner/show evening AND hike up a mountain .... this 2 skirts and a sandal "capsule wardrobe" plan doesn't work.

I've only missed 1 flight in my life, and that was due to circumstances completely outside my control.

I can't imagine having so little going on at my destination that when I arrive just doesn't matter at all. Or paying ticket change fees like they're just a tollbooth to get through on the way.

Shoving the siblings out in front

Lesson of the trip: plan to wash, but be prepared for lack of availability.

It would have cost less in $$, time driving around hunting, and mental stress, to just pay the checked baggage fee.

It was, literally, the *only* available option. Everything else we *thought* was there was a wrong listing, or broken.

It wouldn't allow us to use our own detergent. Only preinstalled detergent pods.

Which were bright red (FOR SOME REASON), and didn't dissolve correctly, and ruined 2 of our items.