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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Are you open to moving?

    My niece jumped on a video program in high school and is going to college for film. In both cases, industry connections were a huge part of the program, and she has been able to find a good amount of part time work to help offset the costs of college. She even has IMDb.com profile and credits.

    From what little I know about the industry, this seems like one of those careers where connections are critical. Of course the problem is you’ll find only a small number of schools and locations with those connections.

    I know moving is not realistic for most people so I’ll second the other recommendations about seeing what your school can do for you.


  • Automating bill payments had been such a huge change for my life - I was only sporadically able to maintain good habits but now everything just works. Minimal effort, maximum gainz!

    But I’d also include

    • tap-to-pay means I never have to carry cash, never have to pay exhorbitant atm fees, don’t even need to carry my wallet
    • online payments - even people you’d normally expect to require cash, will now take Zelle or Venmo or PayPal. No cash needed. This winter I had neighborhood kids shovel driveways that took Venmo!
    • Square. Yes, now we can even go to festivals or farmers markets without paying ridiculous fees for cash or the risk of carrying cash. My kids scout troop was an early adopter and for several years made huge donation money as one of the few booths to take credit card.






  • It’s never futile. Sure, Trump will never listen, never care about anyone whose not himself, never face justice (crap, now you’re depressing me), but what about Al the minion who do his bidding. I mean, they’re evil too, but going deeper ….

    This all can’t happen without supporters. Maybe it’s voters who are low information or easily manipulated finally seeing the truth. Maybe it’s federal employees feeling the support to do the right thing. Maybe it’s law enforcement growing shame at how they’ve been used. Maybe it’s judicial branch standing up from being marginalized and corporatized, fighting back against legalized bribery and corroded ethics at the highest court.

    The billionaires big bill was passed in the senate on a tie breaker. It would have take only one more senator to be swayed. Big elections coming up in a little over a year- your peers might elect someone who will actually serve them. Various states and cities, corps and law firms are standing up for what’s right: maybe you can get one more


  • I was hoping everyone would turn out for another No Kings event but I guess too many people complained.

    If we can’t be proud of the mess we’re in now, maybe we can be proud of the people who speak up, who try to create change. Maybe we can hark back to our origins tearing down oppressive political and corporate systems. Maybe we can hold up the mythical ideas that used to unite us and fight to make them true. It’s our duty as patriotic citizens to set our country on the right path toward one we can be proud of.