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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Pay off debt.

    Edit: adding context

    My wife recently lost her job to AI. She wound up finding a job that she actually likes, but at about 50% of her old salary. At the same time, I racked up some healthcare bills and we have a child trying to get out of the country for college, but of course the loan from Sallie Mae may not get to school in time for the first year, despite the fact we started the process about a year ago. About the only way we can think of to temper the loss of income is to sell the house and use the cash to pay off debt and live… somewhere.

    If we could get out of the debt we are in, my wife would be able to keep her job and we would be able to help pay for college without selling the house.

    Hopefully, we will find another way because ain’t nobody willing or able to give money away in this country lol



















  • My grandfather (2nd generation polish immigrant) used to hate having to correct people on how to speak and pronounce our family name and decided to change it to something more “Americanized”. It took me a while to understand why until I spent 40 years having to correct people on the spelling and pronunciation of the Americanized version.

    Then, two of my kids turned out to be genderqueer and they both chose new first names for themselves. It was them that I realized that choosing your own name is a powerful thing and you should be proud of forming your own identity. So, ignore everyone who questions choosing your own name. It is a good thing!

    As for Cliff, I like it! It sounds good and it’s a name you hear a lot. Stick with it if you also like it!