My god it's fucking hot on this train

Had a work crisis last week that ate at me during the entire weekend. Luckily, things worked out and I get the feeling that my boss has a billion more pressing matters to think about than my mishap. Like how the higher-ups have finally deemed our workspace a biohazard and "may" have been the cause of getting our staff sick..

Waiting for the call from Halloween for when our rings are finished. The process has been such a joy, the owner is a very nice, straightforward guy with tons of interesting knowledge. Less than three weeks until the wedding!

I woke up this morning realizing 2008 was 15 years ago 😐

Yes, mods, this post right here.

It finally got me - came down with COVID last week and I'm finally starting to feel human again. My sense of taste and smell is slowly returning. On a flavor scale from distilled water to Mountain Dew Baja Blast, i'm at about a Lime LaCroix. 0/10 recommend the whole experience.

Hope everyone had a fun and safe New Years, and here's to a good 2023 🥂

Hate to say I'm starting off my new year a bit grumpy. I guess taking two weeks off will do that to you.

Do my sneakers have the world's worst tread, or have (underground) subway station floors gotten more slippery on rainy days? I don't remember it being that bad before, but lately it feels like I'm on an ice rink.

I definitely had to watch my step going down to PATCO stations back when I had a commute. I don't think it's new.

It's always been a bit dicey but whenever I get new shoes the difference is always marked.

Trains were functionally satan's asshole this morning. I had to take off my jacket, I watched like 2-3 people put on theirs and wondered what kind of horrible life they have if they need a winter jacket on an 80 degree train.

Wooo our resident sinkhole is getting fixed today. Crews were out cursing early in the morning and asking whose car was whose to every passerby.

Music to my ears.

I had a light spring jacket on and I was sweating like a race horse. Why are we having this freakish weather lol

And this is how I realized I graduated high school 20 years ago.

Got woken up by my doctor calling about my medication as she wrote the script wrong and she told me off for not seeing her for a year. I'm not the one with no availability and no openings for a fucking year. I'm a bit pissed off with her attitude at the moment.

I'm really getting annoyed with the girl who lives in the unit below me, who started a "dogsitting" business where she just takes random people's dogs, brings them into her apartment, and then fucks off all day leaving the dog to whine, cry, and bark nonstop for hours and hours and hours and hours. This current pooch has been wailing nonstop since 6:30am and sounds like it's being gutted alive while crows pick at its innards. My noise-canceling headphones work fine but....wtf, just take care of the dog.

Sad about Ken Block. SO and I would watch his gymkhana videos together.

Ugh, work. Ugh, foggy moist weather. What a day.

woooooooooooooooooooo i got my first “i’m gonna shoot you dead” threat at work yesterday and this stupid raccoon in my ceiling is trying to break through into my house :) i’m having a wonderful time

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Who shoots the blood delivery guy? Do they know that's not how they get the blood?

I'd be livid if I paid someone to take care of my dog for the day and they left it alone and distressed in a strange place all day. Is there any way to post a review or do something to let clients know how this 'business' is being run?

I guess the ageofadzz is a bit higher than you thought!

Probably around 1776, when we wrote a diss letter to our British overlords.

i work in a store in center city, i just deliver blood in my free time lol. i yelled at a bum to clean up the cheesesteak he dropped all over the floor and he snapped on me, saying i need to fix my attitude and chill. as he was leaving he said he’ll beat the fuck outta me and “shoot your little fucking head”. he stood outside the store doing finger gun motions over and over. dude came back, snapped a pic of my face, then ran out and didn’t come back. i’m probably calling out today, i’m totally out of it honestly

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1. Penn State won the Rose Bowl, so I'm filled with cheer and goodwill to all.
2. A week after Christmas, my house looks like a Toys-R-Us exploded and we are living amongst the debris. We did manage to purge a lot of old toys via donation and hand-me-downs.
3. New Year, Same old me: Dropped alcohol and caffeine for at least January. I HATE HOW MUCH BETTER I FEEL WHEN I DON'T DRINK, ugh.
4. Read 77 books in 2022! My goal was 52. If you like books and artificial pressure on yourself, check out /r/52book. Despite the name, people have all sorts of goals (12, 100, etc) and it's a really nice community. I love "What are you reading Sunday" This week I started the year with Liberation Day by George Saunders and it was bleak. Probably not the best book to start my 2023, so I'm following up with Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad, which is already better than his other travelogue, Roughin' It.
5. I am back on Duolingo, took off the month of december and let that streak die. 2 days strong, vamos!

Holy shit, same. This is not helping the mild anxiety I already had this morning.

I woke up today wondering if I had left the heat on over night. I hadn't. Gross.

Welp, don't like that at all. Stay safe.

>A light spring jacket

Happy April 25th to you, too!

She's not like, legit legit. Just a girl in a rented apartment (which has a dog size restriction/pet fee) taking in dogs. There's no website or anything. Occasionally a post on NextDoor.

I'm never good in these situations. I'm debating leaving a note, or just waiting until she shows up and talking to her in person. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt and they don't know the dog is noisy but....don't leave other people's dogs unattended for 9 hours a day?

>Read 77 books in 2022! My goal was 52.

well well well, look at mr "has his life all put-together".

Seriously though, that's cool as heck. Which was your favorite book and your least favorite? Any that stood out as must re-reads?

fuck jobs

Can you hit up the landlord? I'm not good with this stuff either, and usually wouldn't think to immediately go over someone's head, but what she's doing is pretty fucked up so I think it's fair to skip the face to face conversation...although it probably won't hurt and would be the more neighborly way to go about it.

i feel like the tiles at 15th street get a layer of fog or humidity or other moisture which makes them look dry but they're actually slippery as hell. i know they're easier to clean than cement but like...we need some tread.

#3 speaks to my soul.

I also just got back on duolingo and am on a 22 day streak, see if I can keep it going all year. Vamos!

Edit - forgot that the pound sign makes text big and bold. Whatever, leaving it. I probably need to yell at myself about the drinking anyway.

I could and should do that but...we've already complained to our landlords about a dog before lol. Before this girl moved into the unit below us, there was a girl who lived there who also had a dog and would leave the dog alone from 6:30pm until 8:00am the next morning (she was a night nurse) and that dog would also scream, wail, bark, howl, and cry, for every single second its owner was gone. It was an incredibly anxious dog with mental problems that really needed a yard and some kids, not hours cooped up in an apartment. She eventually did something to the dog to get it to stop when she went to work, but it took at least 3 months.

So I'm worried about annoying our landlords and....I don't know, trying to push us out if we become a nuisance. I'll go the neighborly route and do face-to-face first and hope that sorts it out.

Not sure why it hasn't been posted on here/maybe mods deleted them, but Nutter is considering running for mayor again. Would 100% have him over the rest of the field if he does jump in

oooooooo i’m def checking out that sub!!!!!! i want to get back into reading

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i don’t either. thank you, i’ll try :)

Hope the conversation does the trick, but if not I wouldn't worry about annoying your landlord unless they're some kind of mega-asshole. You staying and paying the rent should be way more important to them than fielding a couple complaints.

I'm not doing dry January, but I'm trying to save alcohol for special occasions. I've given a few Athletic NA beers a try and they're actually pretty good! I've heard Lagunitas has a good NA as well.

I am a new renter, so perhaps I just don't know what utilities cost in the city, but my December gas heat bill was almost $300 and I cannot wrap my head around that number. For background, I live in a 700-ish sq. ft. one bedroom in Rittenhouse; I set my thermostat to 69 during the day and 64 in the evening. For half the month I was away at my parents' house for the holidays and had the thermostat set at 62. I just used the PGW compare function on their website and it showed that I'm using significantly more than my block and the entire zip code.

Something has to be up, right? I put in a special meter test request with PGW to check if there may be a leak or somehow a neighbor's meter is tied into my usage, but I'm wondering if I'm just shell-shocked by the reality of city living and this is pretty typical (though the compare function doesn't seem to corroborate that lol)...

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Why I'm glad you asked! I made a whole infographic to talk about it.

My top 5 were:

1. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Bouey - a YA mystery thriller about a girl trying to crack a meth ring in her hometown. It's really good, and Netflix is making a miniseries out of it. I loved this book, but I struggle with telling people about the plot because it's, y'know, a thriller. I don't want to spoil it, but she really pays off all the subtle hints and threads well.
2. Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goldman - an oral history of the early aughts NYC rock scene - the yeah yeah yeahs, LCD soundsystem, interpol, the strokes, etc. This was my music and it was fun to go back and relive it. There's also a fantastic spotify playlist.
3. Canyon Dreams by Michael Powell - one season with a HS basketball team on the Navajo nation. Love a good sports "biography" especially the kind that focus on a single season or a unique team.
4. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson - two amateur divers discovered an unknown U-Boat off the coast of Cape May. This book was also really, really good - although it made me decide never to go into water deeper than my head lol.
5. Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe- A book about the Sackler dynasty and the opiod crisis. if there was any justice in the world, every last Sackler would be in jail for what they did.
6. Honorable Mentions: Eager: The Secret History of Beavers by Ben Goldfarb, Football for a Buck by Jeff Pearlman, Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

My least favorites were

1. Under the Black Flag by Chris Cordingly - not sure how you can make pirates boring, but he did it. 2.
2. Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller - The title caught my eye and I was hooked (pun intended), but the story kind of fizzles and the final third is really more about the author herself, which I was less interested.
3. Year Book by Seth Rogen - just wasn't that funny, and was pretty short.

Saving alcohol for special occasions is probably a more sustainable path in the future. It's funny - I managed to not drink up until I met up with some old HS friends last week, and even then it was like "i'm gonna do 1..." and then the next day I said to my wife "I wasn't expecting to go 4 pitchers deep," and she was like "Well it was six, so..."

We'll see how it goes. I don't have any big "drinking" functions until February.

oh god there's an asshole on my morning subway that does duolingo without headphones in (like a psychopath) and the dinging noise when you get one right is so fucking annoying in the AM

Yeah, it's a good cheat code to losing weight, too.

That's not unheard of for older houses, especially if you are on a lower floor of the building.

Oh now you're just showing off! ha.

I liked Why Fish Don't Exist. I went into it blind, not knowing who David Starr Jordon was. Seemed like a decent fella so I was a bit blindsided by the twist of >!surprise! it's eugenics!!<. But I vaguely remember when it got a little too author-y so I agree with you there.

Shadow Divers sounds interesting and I've heard great (terrible, awful) things about Empire of Pain. I would say I'll pick them up, but I have so many books on my TBR that I'm all booked up (hahaha) this year, literally.

I really want to read American Prometheus. I'm just throwing that out there.

Sign up for their budget billing (called Easy Way) immediately.

I am on the first floor of an old building with tall ceilings - I just wasn't expecting to tack that size bill onto my monthly rent...

It seems like the first day back after a long holiday break gets worse every year. Walking into the office through Dilworth Park this morning while they were taking down the tree and remaining Christmas village stuff really emphasized the post-holiday malaise.

At least Tulane won the Cotton Bowl yesterday. Hell of a game. Now if the Birds can stop stepping on their dicks and take care of business on Sunday, that would be ideal.

I don't see it in the queue, so unless it got removed for editorialized title, I'm not sure what happened to it. Try posting it again?

Unless it's a tweet, because we're no longer allowing tweets/screenshots of tweets as sources, in favor of a full article.

Thank you - just enrolled!!

High-five fellow NY6 bowl-winning team. Let's all point and laugh at Ohio State, Michigan, USC, Clemson, Utah, and KState,

Honestly any phone activity in public with the sound on is a total asshole move. One of my coworkers plays candy crush in the break room with the sound on. Kill me.

>American Prometheus

I'll check it out! From my library! or Libby!

Seriously, I only bought like.. less than 10 books this year! The rest were all library books.

Or the other David Starr Jordan twist of >!murder! !<I was like "whoa, WAIT. that's WAY more interesting than the other stuff."

I left a $15 tip on my card on Friday and I came home to an email saying my account reached zero (Of course like a dummy I used a debit instead of credit) the waitress put in $815 as the tip! She said she fixed it but the pending charge is still on my account and it is really fucking up my end of month autopayments. And of course I'm out of the country right now. Luckily I'm able to move money around so it doesn't really affect me too much (other than the anxiety of having almost $1k out of my hands) but that could have absolutely fucked myself or someone else over. Can't believe it takes this long to clear up.

Already disputed the transaction but how long does this shit take to clear.

Yeah, that can be some serious sticker shock. It's not glamorous, but putting heat wrap over the windows can make a big difference. and buy lots of blankets.

You can do it. I haven't binge drunk for years because I get terrible hangovers, but I've still drunk too much (small amounts consistently) for a long time. I'd resolve to stop the frequent drinking all the time and never followed through with it.

But this time around I'm feeling hopeful. I had a few drinks on Christmas and New Years eve, but have been mostly dry besides that for a few weeks. I think the difference this time around is the aforementioned NA beer, because I really do like to crack open a cold one in the evening. And going to the gym. I know it's cliche but working up a sweat really does quiet my constant anxiety that I try to soothe with a drink.

Phew 2023 already, how the heck did that happen? Hmm what can I report for 2023?

Starting with a weeklong cleanse, then back to keto. I was doing this in the fall and then work blew up and I had to travel all over the place and said to hell with it, I'll get a fresh start in the new year. I was ordering out WAY too much so need to get back to a routine for my sanity.

Upcoming trips! Going back to New Orleans at the end of the month for my cousin's wedding - staying walking distance to Frenchmen and plan on hanging out there and going back to Magazine St during my free time. Will take the list we had back in the summer and knock a few more off it. Then a string of work trips Feb/March - DC, Indianapolis, and a conference. Want to plan a personal DC trip in March/April probably just a long weekend to see my friends and hit some museums (Air and Space has reopened!). The big one is Germany at the end of May/beg of June - friends moved to Kaiserslautern so I'm planning about 10 days out there (free tix thanks to airline miles ftw) and will also do a side trip to Paris maybe. More stuff the second half of the year I'm sure and also expect random work trips to pop up as well, but at least I'm covered for the next 6 months lol.

I put some foam insulation around the seams of the windows, but that might not be doing enough - it's definitely better, but still drafty. I remember sitting at my kitchen table the one day and the wind was blowing and I could feel it where I was sitting. Went online and bought something immediately lmao

I don't see how Rhynhart can stay in if he runs...honestly I'd rather he get involved with her campaign as an advisor/endorser.

I hope this NOLA trip is less drama-filled than the girls trip to NOLA that wasn't

Yeah, i'd definitely recommend plastic that will seal around the edges of the window to prevent the drafts.

Yeah, he's very much in her lane and they worked together in the past. Absolute worst case would be those two splitting their support and letting some idiot win.

LOL I'm going by myself so no drama expected this time

Story I heard is that he looked at the field and decided that they all stunk. I'd personally be ok with Rhynhart, Brown or maybe even Domb. IMO as it currently stands the three of them will split some votes and Gym would be in. Maybe I'm wrong?

Had my first good NYE in a long time, and got to spend Sunday meeting up with a long-time online friend for the first time, so it was a 10/10 weekend for me.

2022 was pretty decent to me. Definitely a rebuilding year, but I needed it. Historically my life has imploded in the last quarter of the year every year of my adulthood up until now, so New Year's has been more of a "good riddance" thing for me. It was a bit strange celebrating this weekend and actually feeling hopeful for a change.

Although the roommates and I did forget to make black eyes peas and collards on Sunday so hopefully we didn't jinx anything

hahaha. I hate the sound effects even as a user. Have you picked up any of the language at least?

That Tulane game was wild!

If any of you still read magazines, and also happen to read Field & Stream, there was a really good article about mentored bow-hunting in the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge in the most recent edition. Was neat to learn about.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a *good* towing company? My car got "reorganized" and I need to get it out of the city :/

The thought of a Gym election makes me want to move lol. I can't take another 4 years of a mayor who cares more about progressive platitudes than running a functioning city.

I'm a progressive too but I wish people understood it doesn't make sense to have city policies so far to the left of federal/state policies. If federal homelessness and drug policies suck, "progressive" local policy on those matters are just gonna result in.... well, anyone can ride on the el or walk around and see for themselves.

Same for taxes. Anyone who thinks income inequality can be addressed by a local tax, when rich people/companies can just move 5 miles away to save the money, is an absolute moron.

Yeah, it's helped me somewhat with Russian (primary reason I use it), though it's incredibly frustrating because it's wrong like 10% of the time when it comes to syntax (i.e. I send screenshots to my in-laws and they're like yeah the way you said it is fine even though it got marked wrong).

Definitely has helped with my Italian, though.

Cuddling is the optimal position to go for the throat.

First day back, hoping not to be hit by the post-break blues.

I spent a good hour and a half yesterday journaling out my retrospective on last year and outlining goals for this year. That said, I'm determined to take January as a rest month. Not going anywhere or working on projects, just going to do the bare minimum.

The one thing I'm considering breaking my "not going anywhere" rule for is potentially the tattoo convention later this month. Has anyone been there? I'm looking to get my first tattoo done, just a pawprint of my last cat, but I'm not sure how it works, if I can just walk in and find an artist who will do it or what the price ranges are.

Another query for y'all, do we have a decent Indian buffet in the city? The fiancé and I want to eat our weight in butter chicken and naan, and that kind of gluttony is best suited for a buffet.

I couldn't find the F&S article, but found a similar WHYY piece

https://whyy.org/articles/first-mentored-deer-hunt-at-phillys-heinz-refuge-draws-30-newbies-to-the-woods/

I'm not anti-meat consumption by any metric, but I would like to go hunting at some point to at least have a better understanding about where my food comes from and what it would mean to get my own meat.

I'm in the same boat. Her founding a charter school and then making it far harder for charter schools to operate in Philly kind of rubs me the wrong way as well. "Rules for thee, not for me."

I read a whole 5 books last year, so 77 is a mind-boggling number. Any particular highlights?

What sucks about budget billing is last time I did that and moved, closing out the account - all of a sudden $650 was due immediately (the amount averaged out not paid yet)

I mean, that's what happens for ANY budget billing. You don't get to not pay what you owe, it's just spread out to lessen the blow.

That's definitely the same hunt, some of those people are even mentioned in the article.

I've been going to the tattoo convention for years at this point. It's one of the largest of all the Villain Arts conventions and their longest running. It attracts a lot of solid artists.

You pay a ticket price to get in (either one day or a 3-day pass). Don't bring a big bag, large food items, or water bottles. The security team there are huge assholes and will make you toss anything. Small snacks, like granola bars, can get through.

Eat before your tattoo! Eat before your tattoo!!!

It gets stupid hot, loud, and crowded in the convention center. I bring shorts to wear inside. You don't want to overheat.

There will be rows and rows of artists. A lot will have openings. Just walk the aisles and find someone who's style you like. They will tell you the price upfront. It varies between artist how much a piece will cost, so take all the time you need. Some can take you immediately, others might have a few people ahead. Friday/Saturday are the best days, by Sunday most artists will be booked.

Feel free to ask if you got any more questions.

> LOL...52 years old and you still aren't sure what to do with yourself?

Yeah, sorry...never found a way to figure it out.

Who says you have to?

RIP Sher-e-Punjab in Drexel Hill. Pandemic killed them off.

Today's Ska Tuesday selection: Desmond Dekker, 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYUrpXfkmIE

I replied below with an exhaustive list, but if I had to recommend one book it would be Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Bouey. It's a really good thriller.

My average book length was like 340 pages, so that would be like 4-5 days of reading 30 mins before bed. Part of my routine is no phone before I go to sleep, so I spend my last hour before bed reading and journaling.

I also listen to loads of audiobooks when I'm walking or riding or driving.

Check out AAA's towing benefit at the regular and premium level.

I once bought an older Honda that had been stolen and smashed up a bit. The premium level AAA towing benefit covered it and made the membership fee a real bargain. Just read the policies and work through the logistics/standards very carefully before committing to anything.

I asked some very pointed questions when I did this. I would have been very upset if I has paid the fee and then been declined when requesting the tow-job.

Fuck jobs

Hell yes

would love to have him back.

I’m into the tattoo as well

It's still going strong in Media - they actually expanded and throw shows there now too.

Owner is a nice guy.

nicely done on the 77 books. way to go!

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I'm doing dry January too, mostly because I want to lose some pounds and the easiest way to cut a thousand+ calories a week out of my diet is to stop drinking a few beers on the weekend, plus it's always accompanied by a sandwich and fries and whatnot, which isn't helping. Good luck!

Any conservationist also knows that large populations of things like deer are horrible for them (from a population standpoint) in the long run due to things like disease. We removed the predators and are now responsible for thinning the herd ourselves.

Fuck jobs

Oh! And how about that targeting non-call? Really seems like a huge mistake given what happened during MNF. That being said, very cool to see Tulane win, should help them continue to bolster their program.

When you are overwhelmed at work what do you do? I have a seemingly endless task list and no motivation after a 4 day weekend.

Asking here, and for real, for a friend: Where's the best place to get a quality leather jacket that's not astronomically priced? New, not used.Thanks in advance.

I love New Delhi at 40th and Walnut. Haven't been to their buffet in a minute though, but their food is my favorite takeout.

NYE was fun. Has some people over. Watched Glass Onion. Finished two bottles of booze and a bunch of eatables. Good time. Made biscuits and gravy for breakfast New Years Day. Gained too many pounds.

Back to calorie tracking and being good. Need to get my weight back down to where it was before the holidays.

Just did a 3.6 mile walk after seeing the doctor this morning. From Penn Perlman Center down South/Lombard to 2nd and Market. Spending the rest of the day playing games and hanging with the cat. (Mostly Fortnite & Norco.)

Nothing else too exciting going on this week. Looking forward to seeing They Might Be Giants two nights in a row next week, but that's a discussion for next Friday.

Blocking out time and turning on DnD on the messaging apps helps me. Also using something like a pomidoro timer to keep me on task.

...or chemicals that help you focus.

I really enjoyed Glass Onion, and just watched it last night. I hope they keep making those movies, because they are a lot of fun.

It's not as good as the first, but was very enjoyable. This was actually the second time I've seen it. Most the people over hadn't seen it.

It was fun looking for shit not seen the first time.

Netflix signed a deal for two new ones. So there's at least one more coming at some point.

For sure. This American Life (i think) did an interesting piece on the guy who was lambasted for doing a rhino hunt a few years ago. The details that were omitted from the general media was that when rhinos get too old, they try to kill younger more virile rhinos and auctioning off the hunt was a way for the local African government to raise conservation funds and take care of this rhino that was a threat to the rest of the endangered population.

Not saying all big game hunting is ethical, but hunting and conservation is an issue that it would benefit more people to be knowledgeable about, in my opinion.

Yeah, it's not perfect cinema but it's enjoyable and entertaining. I do love Craig's comically overdone accent.

Yeah that was really questionable - especially considering that another Tulane player was paralyzed from a hit in a game not too long ago.

Great to see them turn that program around…when I was there, I think they maybe hit 3 wins in a season at their best, and were regularly the laughingstock of D1 football. I’m sure the new stadium on campus is helping as well.

I do sober January every year and I never lose anything. It’s one of life’s greatest mysteries given the alcohol calories missing, eating out less, eating healthier in general, filling my time with the gym and sleeping better.

At the end of it I always feel mentally better but so confused.

Not sure that I have an answer regardless, but what kind of leather jacket? Motorcycle jacket? Bomber? Duster?

Bomber or motorcycle style, nothing too extreme

I miss samosa vegetarian in washington sq west.

That would be it then. Tweets don’t have enough substance, and then you run into issues with “duplicates” so going forward no tweets or screenshots, articles only.

They don’t really warn you and it’s the last thing usually thought of when moving, until you go to set up a new account, moot if you’re moving into an “all bills paid”. I went ahead and let them try to collect until I needed gas again, THEN I paid them, with no help from my former roommates that helped run it up..

Nuke your Wawa soft pretzel for 15-20 seconds before consuming.

It's not the height of gastronomy but it might be the best time/reward ratio in the known food universe.

Nothing too extreme, something that says "Leather Daddy", got it.

I was curious about your question, and i feel like places that specialize in leather are pretty scarce now. Looks like Dude's boutique on south street might be a place to check out.

Other than that, my first instinct would be to check out Macy's or a similar department store.

for me, i like getting quick wins, so i can get some momentum. when my juices are flowing, i like focusing on one of the items that seems reasonable. I'll schedule meetings with colleagues on that items if i feel like i could use some support.

I think doing a few small tasks will boost my confidence... just have to pull the trigger.

I keep getting targeted ads on Instagram for their Grateful Dead nights. Need to get out there sometime.

Can we get a bird photo flair?

My cousin plays in a (reasonably good) beatles cover band and I went out there to support him.

The place was literally packed.

I would also add that after 8 years of having a mayor who did exactly that (didn't run the city but just mouthed off platitudes) Nutter would be a welcome remedy. Her husband being a major lawyer at Amerisource is also a little sketchy IMO, especially after the news last week they're being sued by the DOJ over the opioid crisis, which is a major issue in Philly (to put it lightly).

Edit: and to your point about taxes, where did Gym's husbands company recently build their state of the art HQ: Conshohocken because they don't wanna be in the city due to its idiotic tax policy

"Go birds"

Or just get a pretzel from somewhere better. Warm wallpaper paste is still wallpaper paste

I usually set up and Eisenhower box and then focus on the Urgent/Important quadrant.

Sometimes when I'm not drinking I'll do the "I'll have a lil bowl of ice cream to make up for it" thing, lol.

Never heard of an Eisenhower box, thank you for the tip.

I find Duo mind numbingly boring, but I'll admit the repetition helps me internalize conjugation and grammatical structures without ever studying a chart.

I actually prefer the mechanics-heavy charted version of language learning but it's not conducive to short bursts of self-initiated learning, so duolingo is what I'm stuck with.

Second this - I regularly fill takeout containers from the buffet for work lunch.

I inexplicably had a subscription to Field & Stream for like 5 years without paying. It even followed me to 3 different addresses. I have no idea how that happened.

Binge listened to WHYY’s Stop and Frisk podcast yesterday. I recommend it. The episode centering the police perspective had me screaming at the sky with frustration and IMO totally reinforced the sentiment that the FOP and police don’t give a shit about making the lives of anyone in Philly but themselves any better

There are a bunch of similar concepts, that one happens to resonate with me. Search up "time management prioritize" or something similar and you're sure to find other variations.

I figure Wawa pretzels are probably the soft pretzel that people in the Delaware Valley encounter most in their daily goings about. They're far from the best but they are the pretzel that's staring you in the face when you're buying gas, gum, and a Take 5. If you're like me, that's a tough proposition to resist and more often than not, I'm walking out with a pretzel. Once upon a time, I would just scarf that down on the drive to wherever I'm going but now that I'm older and wiser, I toss that pretzel in the microwave oven, add some butter, or mustard, or cream cheese, and I'm having an exponentially better experience.

My last shift at Lululemon was on New Year's Eve and the manager asked me if I'd like to come back as a regular part-timer, which is what I hoped to get out of the experience. I received so much nice feedback about my work there, too. I hope they have a spot for me in a few months.

I took last week and this week off work and I've been a complete slug since.

Waiting for my landlord to get back to me about signing another one year lease. Been nervous about losing my housing this last month so them dragging their feet isn't helping. Combined with them continuing to blast the heat on the building even as it warms up, I don't feel great lol

Images of 'people' I once knew in my brain...the council of critics. Really, just one 'bully' in my head that uses 'people from the past' as a rotating carousel of 'voices' to take advantage of my self-doubt. I used to think it was an actual demon -and that I was possessed.

Haven't been to the convention before but I finally pulled the trigger on getting my first tattoo two weeks ago (after 7.5 years of chickening out) and was really glad I did! I hope you also have a great experience if you do.

I don't want to be any more disgruntled than I am regarding cops. Inevitably, I'll be listening to that podcast. Thanks.

Someone make it stop

https://twitter.com/VoteDomb/status/1610383797823873147

Given how wet they usually are out of the bag, might be worth trying an oven/air fryer instead of the microwave.

man, 2008 was such a nice year for me

Today is the anniversary of my move here. I'd celebrate but it's hard to do so soon after NYE

Goth Night on NYE was amazing. Met lots of nice folks, controlled myself to one mixed drink and one small cup of free champagne, and just had a great time boogieing with my partner.

Last week it felt like my soles were covered in oil, even on the regional rail

Sometimes I’ll populate a to-do list with a few things I’ve already done

Completely forgot it was Tuesday lol hope everyone had a nice NYE. Good luck in 2023, all

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Knock it off, Dee!

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What is the billing period for the utilities? If it's within your "last month" you might be on the hook for the bill. However IANAL, so might be best for you to wait to see if any legal action is actually taken. If so, contact a lawyer.

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"Where was I the whole time this was happening? Oh, ummm..."

Are there any communities, clubs, centers, etc. for Irish language speakers in the Philly area?

Hernandez Towing!

Anyone notice the water tasting more metallic lately or is it just me?

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There is an Irish Diaspora Center located in Havertown!

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How have you liked Philly so far ?

Honestly love it in a way I never thought possible, warts and all. To the extent that at least once a week I'll be struck by a wave of total satisfaction while walking down the street

Thank you a ton!

That is good to hear? which city did you move here from?

it's called schuylKILL for a reason