Paul

[Archbishop Sheen @FultonSheen]

"God does not love us because we are good; God loves us because He is good." Archbishop Fulton Sheen

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@Vennyneckveins @sdizzy1970 @WallStreetApes "everyone knows teaching usually doesn't pay well"
It really depends on the state. But per hour, it can be a pretty well paying job.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@jarlhaesteinn @poopswag34 This post is like WD40 and duct tape. It's amazing how often it earns its place in the toolbox.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@typecraft_dev I hope you didn't spend too much on that melting one.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@SandyofCthulhu @CountDraculaDB Yeah it did a lot right (the general mood/tone) but it did so much wrong too (the love story and the sympathetic Dracula.)

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@joewightman10 @TheStingisBack You're right! I had a hard time putting my finger on exactly why this always bothered me and a lot of it is in the audio.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@TheStingisBack Yeah thie disturbed the heck out of me when I was a kid and I can't quite put my finger on why that was. I guess any unwilling transformation just bothers us on a primal level.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@japan_nobunaga I hope you understand how much innocent pleasure these posts provide. Well done and thanks!

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@iowahawkblog Did he ever not look rough?

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@JackPosobiec If you want them to see the real He-Man, get them some copies of the first run of the mini comics that came with the toys. The show paled in comparison.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@Fame_0007 Putting WW84 here instead of the first WW is kind of dishonest.

[Paula Pant @AffordAnything]

There's no freeze on property tax.

There's no freeze on the wages paid to landscapers, plumbers, electricians, drywallers, flooring installers.

There's no freeze on the cost of lumber, copper, baseboard, quarter rounds, flashing, siding, window treatments.

There's no freeze on the wages paid to janitors or porters.

There's no freeze on utilities -- on electric, gas, water, sewer (building-paid utilities in hallways, lobbies, maintenance corridors; most buildings pay water and sewer for tenants).

There are currently 57,421 units sitting vacant in NYC because it's more cost-effective to leave them empty than it is to rent them out.

If you're wondering: "How that could be possible? Wouldn't making anything be better than making nothing?" -- the answer is no, because of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.

The HSTPA mandated a certain level of renovation for a vacant unit, but did not allow landlords to raise the rent enough to be able to recoup those costs.

If a long-term tenant moves out after decades, the apartment often requires $50,000 to $100,000 in lead abatement, new wiring, plumbing, and structural renovations.

Because the law heavily restricts how much of that cost can be passed to the next tenant.

The HSPTA eliminated the "vacancy bonus" (which allowed automatic 20% rent increases when a tenant left) and heavily capped Individual Apartment Improvements (IAIs).

This means landlords who want a renovation loan would be rejected by a bank, because the landlord would not be able to show that they could repay that loan.

Landlords who pay out-of-pocket would end up losing money, underperforming even what they could get by putting their money in a U.S. Treasury or gov't bond.

Therefore, it's more cost-effective to just leave the unit vacant.

That's why we have 57,421 vacant units across New York right now.

That number is about to get much worse.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@DougTenNapel I'm amazed at how fast the popularization of the word "slop" spread, especially when you consider that people across generations are using it constantly for all sorts of reasons.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@NyinaWaJambo81 I'm not a theologian. For me, kneeling and receiving on the tongue just makes it WAY easier for me to maintain reverence.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Edward Norton talking to himself at the USA-Türkiye game 😅

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

"Much of what is called 'social problems' consists of the fact that intellectuals have theories that do not fit the real world. From this, they conclude that it is the real world which is wrong and needs changing."

— Thomas Sowell

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@AntiSaint99 @Pirat_Nation But many of those activists got jobs at Bungie.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@kangminlee I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the way people are complaining about games made in the Unreal Engine. They're all starting to look the same and that makes it less convincing.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@japan_nobunaga I think at the heart of it, we're just glad to have found someone who wants to be friends.

[Paul @paulvreilly]

@cedrichohnstadt Even as a crusty old adult, I still love a lot of this packaging. I'd still gladly eat a bowl of cereal while staring at the choclate volcano maze on the back of the box every morning if I could.