I still think about the episode where John walked into his stock trader and randomly bought rights to some kind of seafood (shrimp, I think), explains why, then sells it – at a huge profit. It was this little moment that explained why John could just “do stuff” and didn’t need a job.

Also, it made my hate working forever, but I don’t know enough to not have to. Yet.

… Bourbon??

My universe has just expanded.

Small correction, only discovered when I moved across the country: there are two factories producing Girl Scout Cookies – and the recipes have overlap, but each production company has a few unique ones. So sometimes I have to order from my niece rather than my neighbor.

Some of them are the same everywhere, though.

Hate the idea of the former in a private setting, would like in a business setting. Absolutely adore the idea of directions (drove a car with a “heads up” display but it only integrated with the dreadful in-car navigation system and yet it was still awesome)… But player stats dangling over people’s heads? That maybe my kid without AR glasses wouldn’t be able to see and I could be the cool parent again? Awesome.

Ed Shearing

Nepotism. There’s some story I heard about how he coach surfed in California until he got a contract, and I figured he must have SOME talent, then found out he was staying on Jamie Foxx’s couch, so clearly some he knew someone…

Except unfortunately my 30 second Wikipedia fact check shows he didn’t. He met Foxx because he was invited to be a guess on Foxx’s show and must have made a good impression. He did make seemingly the hardway; he started out as a working musician working with other musicians and worked his way up. Didn’t hurt that he got a positive review from Elton John early on, but the guy apparently has something.

Damn. I thought I figured it out…

This is what I get for not defining my acronyms.

JUSTIN BAILEY
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Original NES Metroid was the second game I ever beat, after Super Mario Bros. 3.

The Republicans will obliterate the fillibuster the day they want to, claiming the Democrats are forcing them to.

Oh, did you mean Brock "The Rapist" Turner? I heard he raped an unconscious woman because he's a terrible human being and also a rapist.

Currently, but they keep trying.

I have just ordered a Brother ADS 1700W. You've convinced me!

Since I have this exact problem and need… I went looking. By any chance did you mean the Brother ADS 1700W? If I'm going to take recommendations from strangers on the internet, I want to be sure I get it right. =)

Every time I have to confiscate the book my kid is reading after lights out I feel like an adult.

The rest of the time… fuck no.

(They get it back in the morning – I'm not a monster!)

Wow. I'm sure this is completely unrelated to Washington state's proposed capital gains tax.

The only features I appreciated were "free" and "can import data from (almost) everywhere."

I'm willing to give up the former, but I'd really miss the latter - I use Mint mostly to track spending.

I’ve ridden those donkeys!

I had a lot of trouble finding a SIM card at the top of the hill, though.