Doing it "for the children" always works for me. Heck, I'm old... "do it for your grandchildren" also works... Oh, I enjoy the fight... bellyaching about it, shining the light on it,

Ah yes, I've vaguely heard of variations of that... all in pursuit of the almighty dollar. I just wanna be able to pay my freakin' bills! I'm glad Idiocracy has at least gained a bit of momentum as a cult

Midwitocracy™ — I like it! It just got trademarked via "poor man's trademark," timestamped on the blockchain. But yes, it is unfortunately cyclical and I have not been able to find any evidence

I was actually a little surprised... I saw something tiny and yellow in the thicket from my home office window... and it was forsythias! We've only had one significant snow, and ne period of hard freeze

Minnesota... yeah, those are the really cold parts! We're a lot milder out here on the coast, and no Lake Effect snows. It's just nice to see life come back to things... 400"+ at the Interstate 90

It's interesting how these Midwit Power Enclaves seem to self-organize across almost all systems on this planet; governments, corporatocracies, religions, families, Hive... Steph sounds like an interesting

Congratulations @jsantana on 5 years of doing this! It has been quite a journey, no? I remember seeing your photos when I first began here, too... that was early 2017. Yes, let's hope we make it to 10

Well, there's your difference. On the occasions I was shuffled off to stay with my auntie instead of going with my parents, she lived on 24 acres of woodland and meadows... I never kept up with the journal

It's entirely possible I should have been an accountant, archivist or something else "organizational" like that.

As much as anything, I think it was just something to do. We were so often not in the same place for more than a few months, and we typically lived in high rises where there were no kids, and going outside

Following this with interest... and very happy that you are taking an active stance on moderating appropriate use of tags. I'm really hoping @hivelist can do something with the space the guys who once

One of the things I always encourage people to do — when the red dips hit — is shift their chart view to where they can see 3 months or even a year on their screen, rather than just today or this week.

Yes, I noticed the change of appearance... you gotta do what you gotta do! Sometimes change is what's needed to keep the inspiration going.

Yer preachin' to the choir, my friend... Part of what you're saying here is precisely what I have experienced, too... a strong sense of self-identity (personal individuation) seems quite different from

Ask, and ye shall receive:

She's totally adorable! And how cool she fit into the house without muss or fuss. It's always super hard when you lose "that" cat... we've had many along the way, but my Kramer kitty had been

I find it hard to believe, but maybe people are just that bored due to lockdowns and such... but one of the fastest growing segments of web video content is at the long (hour+) end of the spectrum. I have

Someone was probably responsible before Hippocrates... but their record keeping was a bit shabby, back then...

I'm quite content with who I am and see no need to be anyone else! I do find some of the typology systems interesting, and even somewhat accurate at times... and they can be helpful in connecting with

If you try hard enough, you can always find something to be offended by. Just ask all the snowflakes... they'll "count the ways..."