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Married with two boys. Long-term care ombudsman. I like spreading hard truths and making games for all ages - so the world can be a little more genuine and fun!
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Trump lied about his new tariffs being retaliatory for tariffs against us. His numbers match up with our trade deficits though, which is a weird way of lying to the public (yet par for his course). old.reddit.com/r/economy/co...

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Here's my Bingo sheet of predictions for 2025. I'll even make one more; that I will hit Bingo across the top first.

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If you want to be really secular this season, just say "Happy Days!" That will definitely piss off anyone who was already mad about you not saying "Merry Christmas". But "Happy Holidays" = "Happy Holy Days" and that's a pretty huge concession - and one you don't have to make. Happy Days!

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The study that they're basing these fears off of didn't even include the very items that they're disparaging. They didn't exist yet! Yet the papers want you to be scared of them. Clickbait or serving the needs of advertisers? Hrm...

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Hypocrisy is his superpower.

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"...Where there's never a boast or brag..." First off, have you ever been to America? Second, and I can not stress this enough - are you really bragging about never bragging?

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It's been enough for a while now...I wish people only played Christmas music on Christmas. Then it'd be special.

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The emperor wears no clothes. (yes this is real).

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This scene has suddenly become absurdly relevant.

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The book that shaped my sense of humor more than anything else. What shaped yours?

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The Buttonball Tree is a sycamore in Sunderland, MA. It's 114 feet ball, at least 350 years old, and over 25 feet around. It's one of the largest, widest trees in the eastern half of America.

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I'd like to point that leaving each of the following off my previous list hurt my soul a little, but a favorite is a favorite! Succession Reservation Dogs The Wire The Sopranos The Daily Show Game of Thrones Station Eleven The Simpsons Futurama Curb Your Enthusiasm Stranger Things Legion

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My Favorite TV Shows of this Millennium (in order): Better Call Saul The Leftovers Arrested Development It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia The Good Place South Park Watchmen Battlestar Galactica Black Mirror Community Breaking Bad Atlanta What We Do In The Shadows The Office (US) How about you?

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How I feel with every social interaction this time of year...

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Public Service Announcement: Not sure if a Black Friday sale is legit or not? Copy the URL of the deal you're considering. Paste it into web.archive.org Now you can see the history of that item and its prices.

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The best movies of all time (in no particular order): Lawrence of Arabia Cool Hand Luke The Lord of the Rings Trilogy The Dark Knight Trilogy Seven Samurai Rashomon Back to the Future Borat Thor: Ragnarok The Martian The Life Aquatic Groundhog Day Big Fish T2 Fight Club A Clockwork Orange Airplane

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My Vibes: Elder care Designing games for all ages Card & board games D&D (typically DM) Tetris, Baldur's Gate, and whatever my boys want to play Baseball & Disc Golf Comedy, Sci-Fi & Drama Comics (X-Men, Daredevil, Spider-Man) Crosswords & Chess Investing (stocks) Vegetarian Unitarian Universalist

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