P.K. Subban has fulfilled his $10 million commitment to Montreal Children’s Hospital — the largest donation by an athlete in Canadian history ❤️
A decade-long promise kept, with approximately 100,000 children helped. Respect 🫡
Bob Seger is better than Bruce Springsteen. I don’t know how many of you are joining me on this island but I feel like it will be 50% geniuses and 50% guys who make women instinctively lock their car doors.
Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:
"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."
"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."
"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."
Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?
I used to be entirely in the camp that said you should kick your kids out at 18 and force them to live independently and make their own way in the world. I don’t feel that way at all anymore. I want all my kids to live with us until they get married. Even after they’re married, if they want to live on our property, or close by, my wife and I would love that.
The important thing is to teach your kids responsibility, which we’re doing. They need to contribute and help around the house, which all of our kids do from a very young age. Provided you aren’t raising ungrateful useless moochers, why kick them out? Why drive them away from your family home? I don’t see the point in it anymore. I actually like my kids and like being around them.
Maybe they’ll all end up scattered to the wind. But I’d prefer to keep the family together. Why wouldn’t I?
Never Forget...when skate parks were filled with sand to make them unusable during COVID mandated lockdowns.
Never forget how they treated us, locked us down & ruined outdoor parks to keep us inside.
The Cars were one of the defining bands of the late ’70s and early ’80s. They had the hooks, the cool, the style, and that rare ability to sound sleek and sharp without losing the rock edge. Ric Ocasek and Ben Orr were a huge part of that magic, and with Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, and David Robinson, they built a sound that helped define new wave while still feeling timeless.
They could do catchy, they could do moody, they could do polished radio hits, and they could still sound effortlessly cool doing all of it. From the late ’70s into the MTV era, The Cars barely missed.
Just What I Needed
Teaching my daughter about payroll withholding
She did chores all week so I owe her $10
I hand her $7
> this isn't $10
"right, I withheld the rest"
> what does that mean
"I kept $3 of your money"
> but it's my money
"It was your money"
> what are you even doing with it?
"Funding household infrastructure"
> what
"The roof over your head. The hallway you walk through to get to the bathroom. The door locks that keep strangers out"
> you're charging me for the hallway
"I'm charging you for access to the hallway. The hallway itself was a capital expenditure"
> you're my dad. you're supposed to---
"I'm also your government"
> what if I don't want to pay for the hallway
"Then I can't guarantee the hallway"
> it's a hallway. It's already there
"For now"
She asks what else the $3 covers
"Meals, dispute resolution, nightlight maintenance"
> dispute resolution?
"When your brother takes your toys and I make him give them back. That's taxpayer funded"
> that's just parenting
"That's the Department of Justice"
> what about meals. You already feed me
"That's a social program. Not everyone qualifies"
> I'm your daughter
"Which is why you're currently enrolled"
She wants to see where the money goes
I tell her that would require a FOIA request
> what's that
"A form asking me to show you what I do with your money. Processing time is 6 to 8 weeks"
> 6 weeks to see where my $3 went?
"Could be longer. We're understaffed"
> there's two of you
She asks how she gets any of it back
"It's already spent"
> you spent my money already?
"We had a budget shortfall"
> you just took it 20 seconds ago
"And the deficit existed 30 seconds ago. The timing worked out"
> so I'm not getting it back
"I didn't say that. You might qualify for a refund"
> of my own money
"Correct. You just have to fill out a form telling me how much you made"
> you know how much I made. You paid me
"Right but I need you to tell me how much I paid you"
> so you already know the answer
"The point is compliance"
She asks what happens if she gets the number wrong
"Penalty"
> from the money I don't have because you already spent it?
"We could set up a payment plan"
> I'm 8
"Monthly installments. Very manageable"
> you're going to penalize me for getting wrong a number you already know and then make me pay you back with money you took from me
"Now you're getting it"
> I want to talk to mom
"Mom's not a qualified representative. She can't help you here"
She stormed off to her room saying how this is extortion
Slammed the door
That's my little citizen
I've never been more proud
Installing and troubleshooting finicky instruments, which is a regular part of summit operations on Mount Washington, can become trickier in high winds. In this video, weather observers Karl Philippoff and Bailey Nordin re-install an RM Young anemometer in 70 mph winds!
"Nobody should want to go into that Hall of Fame if Bill Belichick ain't in as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. ... It's a disgrace."
@stephenasmith reacts to Bill Belichick not being a first-ballot Hall of Fame selection 👀
“My son Oliver announced at dinner Tuesday night that he wanted to be a fart for Halloween and I literally choked on my water. He's six. Just sat there with spaghetti sauce on his chin, completely serious, saying "I want to be a big brown fart cloud." My husband looked at me like I was supposed to handle this. I had no idea what to say. Where do kids even get these ideas.
I told him absolutely not, pick something normal, a superhero or a dinosaur or literally anything else. He got that stubborn look on his face, the one that means he's not letting this go. Started explaining very seriously that farts are funny and everyone would laugh and it would be the best costume. I was exhausted from work, my head was pounding, and I just snapped. Fine. You want to be a fart, you make it yourself. I'll help you find materials but you're doing the work. Figured he'd give up in ten minutes.
He didn't give up. Spent the next three days in our dining room with brown and tan fabric I helped him order from someone's shop on Tedooo app because apparently we needed "fart colored tulle" which is a phrase I never thought I'd say out loud. He watched tutorials on my phone about gathering fabric, asked me to help him tie knots but insisted on arranging every single layer himself. Got frustrated twice and almost cried but kept going. His little fingers working so carefully, tongue sticking out when he concentrated.
Yesterday he finished it. Put it on and paraded around showing his dad and his grandmother who looked absolutely horrified. I expected to feel embarrassed but instead I felt this weird pride. My kid said he wanted to be a fart, I told him to make it happen, and he actually did it. He's been sleeping in parts of it. Already got two orders from neighbors on Tedooo app asking if I'll make them for their kids. I told them Oliver takes commissions now. He's charging eight dollars per fart cloud and has never been more confident in his life.” ~Credit: Keisha TE Mason Via FB
The @RedSox can clinch the playoffs tonight for the first time in 4 years.
Boston fans? Blacked out on @NESN + @MLBTV in favor of Apple TV.
@MLB is strangling its own game with penny-rich, pound-foolish greed. This is how you lose a generation of fans.
#RedSox#MLB
I interviewed Charlie multiple times. I often pressed him on his statements and views. He was always willing to engage, and always cordial even after tough back-and-forth.
Having witnessed what political violence looks like first hand in Butler, PA last summer, all I can do is feel the breaking of my heart for the state of our nation.
I was born in Ukraine not long after the breakup of the USSR. Among the greatest promises of coming to America was the right to free expression. That is not a promise most nations can keep. I hope the United States can. But that hope is fragile right now.