One step at a time…

Cool. Do you own hockey skates though?

And if said friend was full of cr*p, it wouldn’t be the first time. He was a lovely friend, but could be misled

Unrelatedly, friend passed away before Obama left office, I didn’t pay attention after that

Due diligence! During the Obama administration, I helped a friend evaluate his options, and my understanding was this IS an executive branch decision to support, ignore, or forbid dual citizenship by policy. Obama was “ignore”. Friend was concerned another admin might forbid it later

And I just got home from Palm Springs an hour ago!

“It will completely destroy the nightclub and restaurant industries” ad infinitum

I did Chicago to SF (Emeryville) a couple of years ago. I noted that at ~60, I was once the oldest diner at the table, and another time I was the youngest. So awesome.

Did you tell them I follow you on BlueSky? 😜

I am visualizing a beautiful kimono with toy springs printed all over it

True of most of PV, but those trucks stood out to me for the trip (although the margaritas may have prepped me for the experience)

If there’s a taco truck across the street, I promise they are a religious experience

My mom was recruited to be a model in her 60s. She had the look they wanted for a Senior community. Somewhere, someone right now is producing an ad that you are the quintessential model for

Also try to travel in daylight if possible. I used to commute 7 hours every few months with two cats. They would sleep through much more of it in daylight, and get very restless after sundown.

Assume he will throw up at some point, and bring clean up supplies, including a plastic bag to put the debris in. Small effort, hugely useful if needed.

Raised Episcopalian, went Quaker thanks to my high school. You can definitely do worse. (And my Quaker meeting endorsed you retaining your previous affiliation in parallel)

y’all there are so many of us here who LOVED old twitter. i loved it so much i worked there for five years! it was wildly imperfect but it was part of my soul. i miss it. walking away from it was so hard. but i won’t go back.

I remember that building, a close family friend worked there. I didn’t realize it was a Gehry design.