@AuthorGFAllen My love for physical books is overruled by the convenience and practicality of e-readers. I can read in the middle of the night without disrupting my husband. I no longer have to store books in my NYC condo.
@GovTimWalz What is happening to my home town, the Twin Cities?! I left for NYC after graduating from the U some years ago. I’m just so saddened by this sh** last few years. This is NOT the place I grew up. @GovTimWalz please fix it.
@real_dreamr@flowidealism I’m also from working class MN. This is 100% true, my family had no idea how to even apply for college, I had to figure it out completely on my own. There’s satisfaction and pride that comes from that.
@annbauerwriter I shared a room with my oldest sister until around age 11, we were so close, told each other everything. Then, we moved to a larger house, and got our own rooms. I immediately noticed our bond diminish.
@grace_panetta@moorehn One plot point that isn’t being talked about is how some (many) of Belle’s “friends” abandon her in favor of keeping the relationship with her finance bro husband. Her generational wealth connection was no longer useful nor necessary.
@TakoTreba@ObakengManopole@Airbnb THIS. Guidelines that allow for reasonable wear & tear, if host is charging a cleaning fee, no expectation for the guests to launder, vacuum, dust, etc, transparency of house rules before booking so you can back out if rules are crazy, cancellation policy.
@janecoaston@emilykmay Once during a convo with 2 dads at my kid’s hockey game, the guys started talking about marathons they’ve run. I piped up that I’d run marathons too. One looked at me and said “that’s nice.” My marathon times were considerably faster than theirs, and yet they never asked.
@CheyCab Went to a geriatric practice with my Dad in Coon Rapids. Patients all hard of hearing, all on speaker. WHAT? WHAT? Louder than a heavy metal concert.
@aliciaandrz The Christian performance of forgiveness gives them carte blanche to sin, and the ability to totally avoid accountability. It’s mind boggling.
@aliciaandrz I hear you, when I’d walk with my son as a child, he would always jump up on stoops, flip on railings, look into planters for treasure. Made us late, but I knew one day it’d be over so I let him. You know the firsts, but you never know the lasts.