I used to get so mad at my grandparents for calling them that. They were COMICS, and it was Very Important to call them by the proper name.

I like to think I’ve loosened up a bit since I was a kid.

There is no such thing as a moderate conservative

IDK, I’d think most Democrats in Congress this decade are moderate conservatives (stupid Overton window shift).

Conspiracies or conspiracy theories?

There is a difference, you know.

“well, technically”

I think of it as a funhouse mirror. Everything online reflects something in the physical world, but there are a lot of distortions.

Heh. Anything on the internet invites comment. Who comments? People who feel strongly about the topic. Yep, it fits.

It can change, too.

When I was just out of college, I wanted kids “someday” (but was afraid of parenting badly).

Same when I met my wife, but she felt conflicted.

Fast forward a couple of years, she definitely doesn’t want to have kids.

I’m at peace with this path. I’d rather stay with my wife and have no kids than get divorced and try to find someone else who does want kids. My wife is amazing.

Somehow I doubt it. I’d actually expect the capital costs of designing and install the wires to make it unfeasible. Maybe if you had grants for the construction aspect…hmm…

A more likely path seems like electric tractors, maybe with swappable batteries. Really, though, I think I’d need to hear from actual farmers rather than trying to brainstorm in their behalf.

Farm equipment electrification

Now I’m picturing tractors with the power arms that you see on Vancouver buses. Putting up wires over the fields in the right pattern would be a huge project, though. Oof.

And then, sometimes

When you least expect it…

mew

Alexander, is that you?

SrGrafo! Always good to see his stuff postee

strategy, not tactics.

When do we start talking about logistics?

Do I sound “schizo”?

No. You sound depressed, not schizophrenic. At least to my ear (well, eye, since I’m reading your comments rather than listening to you!)

I shared this with my wife. She said “It sounds like pangolin programming.”

This and the shopping cart test tells you a lot about a person.

Excellent. I’m also partial to this bit in the Drumhead:

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.

I don’t think I have that much perseverance. I’m super grateful for cookbooks with easy-to-follow recipes - I’m pretty sure I would have starved under the fail-until-you-figure-it-out approach.

In order to learn how to cook, you must first learn how to cook.

I worked in a group home in college, and part of the job was cooking. When I started, my cooking level was pretty much spaghetti and sauce from a jar. Fortunately for me, there was a set menu with recipes to follow.

I’ve learned quite a bit since then, but I’m still very much a “mechanical” cook. I’m good at following recipes, but I won’t typically be able to improvise a meal with whatever is on hand. I’ll take a look at what we have and start searching for likely-looking recipes.

The horrors persist.

But SO DO I!