I feel like doing something a little different today, so drop a piece of poetry you wrote! It can be old, new, or written on the spot. It can be funny, sad, dramatic, or challenging, whatever you feel like!
My wife is looking forward to deleting her Instagram account once she can connect with the same folks from her Mastodon account. Being able to remain in touch with over 100M people who still use Meta products out of the comfort of an ad-free, privacy-friendly platform like Mastodon is a game changer.
Are atoms alive?
If they aren't alive, how do they make up living things?
What happens to my atoms when I die?
Wait, are we just like a the same stuff in different combinations?
How are new atoms created?
Energy isn't made of anything, wtf is that about?
The Christmas party is the weakest part of the "plot".
I've been working since the 1980s and have never had an office party on Christmas Eve.
They vary from year to year, some years being in late November but no later than about the 15th-20th December.
By the time the 24th rolls around, our office is closed, as people hit the road, and client offices shut for the holidays.
Also, far more often than not, the parties are off-site at some catered venue.
I, admittedly, curse way too much, but I just adore a faux curse. When I was a kid, one of my Mom's friends was a very proper Southern lady. Instead of saying "They think their shit don't stink" she would say, "Some people think they poo poo vanilla ice cream".
@RickiTarr
I think we only have control over whether we act on it or not
For me, it's usually very quick if not instant attraction. I've grown to like people over time, but usually those are platonic friendships
I've had relationships with a few redheads, those were consistently bad and I kind of figured that out early on. At a certain point it's the "Look, this isn't working..." discussion and that's it.
Not saying it's a byproduct of hair colour, more attractiveness can cause entitlement
😳 “#Israel officials obtained #Hamas battle plan for Oct 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show. But Israeli military & intel officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.
The approx 40-page doc, which Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people”
A buddy in high school had a cat called "Rectum". At first I thought it was just him, but his whole family called it that.
I had an all black German Shepherd. He was a big goof, and my shadow. He'd steal tools for attention while I was working. Started calling him a "German Shithead", then just "Shithead". He seemed fine with it.
My last dog was a Lhasha Apso I got for my daughter. Called him "Tucker with a T", but sometimes not. "*ucker, get in here!"
I was a teen in early '80s when I found Atlas Shrugged in Dad's bookshelf.
I started reading it. I thought it was awful in about every respect. Single dimensional characters, clumsy prose which moved the story along at a snail's pace, and ideas which just bore no semblance to my reality.
Dad noticed me reading it: "It's not very good, is it?" "Nope." "Let's find something better." He gave me his copy of Clavell's Shōgun, which was an absolutely fantastic novel.