I remember my Auntie — she partially raised me when my "absentee" parents were traveling — making the point that she did not like using a calculator to do her monthly bookkeeping. Not because she didn't think it was helpful, but because she didn't want her mind to "go limp" as she called it, from a lack of needing to actually figure things out.

I know it's a stereotype, but I do sometimes see groups of teenagers sitting silently in a fast food joint, and they are literally texting each other rather than talking.

It's admirable how well you manage to keep your equanimity intact, even while dealing with MS... the world really is — sometimes — a baffling shitshow.

Meh... farts are always better out, than in! There's more room out here...

And no, I didn't make the sale... I think this person was more invested in "correcting" than in actually buying the merchandise...