“The first million is from Daddy.”

-Trump

California actively makes voting as easy as possible, protecting every citizen’s right to do so despite disabilities, travel, Acts of God, and Acts of Trump. It took me a few days to fill out my ballot this time because I took time to find out about all the candidates for smaller offices and the money behind/opposing the various propositions and initiatives. But that’s cool, I had my feet up at home doing it, and the information booklet they send is always a good start. Then I walked to the ballot box because for the first time I felt less sure about USPS. I got my text saying my ballot had been received and would be counted. It doesn’t bother me if like Mr. Rogers, they “like to take the time to get it right.” 🎶

Trains with proper guardrails, unlike the Florida Death Train

I think you meant “suddenly braking” rather than “suddenly breaking” but since it’s Tesla I’m not 100% sure.

You know, I bet President Trump is so smart and strong he can fly HIS own plane ALL BY HIMSELF! Why should a bunch of stupid losers and lowlifes like pilots and copilots and liberal media reporters be allowed on board with HIM on HIS PLANE!?!?

And they say the first million is the hardest…

I like the cursive one best, it flows so beautifully.

OSHA regulations are written in blood (and military regs, for the same reason)

Edit to add: “And it starts when you begin to think of people as things.” (Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett

Drat. I imagine the cursive is stronger, going to last better, for the same reason of fewer sharp pinches. But if you try again you’ll know that’s a critical point, and also the other tricks you learned doing the first one.

Thumbtack is good!

As an ex-schoolmarm:

Very nicely formed letters, gold star ⭐

I assume you were planning on underlining the n and adding its vertical line, so I’m allowing credit for that. I hope the distractions were fun rather than exasperating, other than the broken wire.

Have you considered your options for dotting your i ?

I suggest you get a pound or three locally so you can take your time deciding next steps. I use Groundwork and they’ve been pretty reliable.

Having a ferret whose muzzle is covered in feral rat blood cuddling up with traumatized children sounds like the first chapter of The Hantavirus Horde

Hopefully a lot of it would say, “I’m tired of hanging out in the same old crowded places, I’m gonna go where we’re few and far between.”

Just for the record it’s “Israel.” Not real.

Not if you can’t make it that long. And having to leave during the big climax is the worst.

There’s at least one app, (RunPee) and probably some websites, that will tell you the best time to take a quick mid-movie break. Then you can be comfortable even if the movie runs long. I usually pick a big fight scene myself because there’s less dialogue/plot development and the outcome will be apparent on my return. I do miss the theater from my childhood that piped the soundtrack in to the bathrooms.

It certainly deserves ridicule but it’s a different level of credibility from defaulting on promised funding for vital projects around the world. It’s also Trump-specific.

Unlike later democracies, the US Constitution has no provision for deposing a President by the public, only impeachment by Congress. And it enshrines gerrymandering, which is how we got a Republican majority in Congress. Which is (with extra evil shenanigans) how we got hard-right maggots as 6/9 of the Supreme Court. So you are correct, we citizens who oppose him and them cannot get rid of him unless we wrest the majority in Congress. Which ain’t gonna be easy, see gerrymandering above. Surprisingly, the few who have tried assassination have been disappointed he wasn’t as far right as they wanted. It doesn’t mean everyone is “willing to accept it when their leaders rape children and commit the most horrific war crimes.” If you’re advocating that I purchase a weapon, abandon my responsibilities here, travel 3,000 miles and attempt to assassinate him, may I point out that there’s nothing to that method which requires citizenship and you are equally likely to succeed as I?

The only roundabout hereabouts replaced a 4 way stop in a residential area. Little thing, one lane. So if I stop to wait for a pedestrian, the person behind me who’s planning on continuing around to another exit will have to stop too. Which, given that the whole point of a roundabout is not to stop, they will not be expecting. I will get honked at and/or rear-ended, depending what they’re doing on their phone. I think I’ll circle around until it’s safe.

I don’t hate them but I have almost no experience with them and never one with pedestrians trying to cross it.

Are you supposed to not enter the roundabout if you see a ped going to cross the road where you would exit? Or stop in the middle if they step into your exit road? Or keep going around and around until your exit is clear?

As a pedestrian, can you walk counter to the spin? Can you cross the circle ⭕ or do you have to go around?

I’m not stupid but I am ignorant and I hope I’ll soon have more opportunities to use the information you’re about to impart.