And shout-out to my husband, who had some really excellent draw-weight, on-line shots at crucial moments during those last three ends. If only our skip (me) had shot that well.

I was walking my whippet when I encountered one in the back alley, and I just feel fortunate that that dog was not prone to barking or lunging. We know whippets who've been hit.

The hilarious thing about skunks is that the waddle along super slowly, because they don't give a shit. They know you know, and if you don't know, you're about to find out.

I'm reminded of the joke(?) that an economist is someone who's kept up at night wondering whether what's true in reality can possibly be true in theory...

It was really interesting to watch his analytical head explode as he realized that what everyone had been (emotionally) saying was also mathematically correct

OMG, I still regret that my early-2000s community of Mommy Bloggers--a real community, where I made real friends--were early adopters of FB, which seemed fun (you could throw pies back then!) but basically destroyed our blog-village, like Walmart hollowing out a small town center.

That is to say, our healthcare helps. Childcare is less expensive (tho this varies with the province). Taxes are higher. Gas is more expensive. Housing is OMFG. The "Valley of Death" won't be quite the same, but I bet our actual poverty line is in the wrong place, too.

And of course the one we kept is Canadian, but we've been here 22 years now

Do you do double Thanksgiving now, in Canada, or just one? We did double a few different years (and once we celebrated "Cranksgiving") but it's too much work, in our collective opinion.

* Mainly, it feels bullshitty because my son knows a LOT about car repair, and had no specifics as to what stupid thing AI had told the other kid to do. It's possible this is still true, and the problem is that B's friend didn't know what the bad repair entailed, specifically.

I asked him once what it was like in his brain, before he started meds, and he said it was like rapid channel surfing, one random thing after another, bzzt bzzt bzzt, but it wasn't him controlling the remote. He had to come up with any narrative he could to string it all together.

I don't generally believe in god, but I thank god for ADHD meds every day