It was bonkers this year!

In excess of 650 candy given out, though not my usual Famous Amos packs (wildly more expensive than last year). A solid wall of kids and families from 7-8:30 when we ran out.

I do go crazy for decorating and candy delivery mechanism.

Scientific rigor in one aspect of life does not preclude magical thinking in another. Sadly.

Healthy skepticism is a lifestyle.

She’s always been a believer in magical nonsense. My dad is a hardcore Catholic… to the point where he had to make sure there was a church nearby when he want on vacations around the world, which they did quite frequently. My mother is an irreligious Jew who believes in ANY kind of woo based bullshit she stumbles across. Astrology, psychic healing, seeing auras, channeling. All of the major bullshit that came to prominence in the new age movement (thanks Ms Blavatsky).

As such, I believe in nothing of the metaphysical nor spiritual. It’s all copium against the glory of our universe that cares nothing for our existence.

Definitely strains of my stepdaughter and her son.

I don’t know if/where he is on the spectrum, though there’s definitely a dash of undiagnosed bipolar with a heavy dose of self medication now. But as a kid, his rage issues were attributed to a WIDE variety of causes:

• autism
• oppositional defiance disorder
• ADHD
• gluten allergy
• some sort her doctor ordered during her c-section
• etc

Ignoring that most of it stemmed from abandonment issues with her. She only paid attention when he had a meltdown, so he very quickly figured out that it was the surefire way to get something from her.

All so she could feel less guilty about being a miserable parent. Yay.

It certainly was.

Much worse is that she wasn’t just some dyed in the wool hippie, but a fairly well known microbiologist. So she had at least a passing acquaintance with the scientific method.

At least she got me vaccinated.

Agreed on the first season. I enjoy the other hosts on the network, but enough of the roundtable of them on the current incarnation if ICHH are sort of meh.

Speaking of which, does anyone remember when Brandon Johnson (aka the badass mayor of Chicago) and Robert had a podcast still under Cracked?

That’s my mother in a nutshell.

TBI when I was 7, surgery was scheduled to reduce swelling on my brain, and she instead opted to feed me smoothies of nothing but raw spinach and water. Also took me to some kind of new age healer.

So yeah, thanks mom.

Sounds like one of the cats I got after Minnie.

Buttons isn’t as tiny, but still fairly wee at 9lbs. And at 16 she still runs around, especially when being chased by the poop demon. Her recently deceased brother was between 15-18lbs and shaped like a pug.

My little void passed almost 13 years ago at the ripe old age of 21 (almost 22). She was a fantastic mouser and the tiniest cat I’ve ever had at 6 pounds.

The shit they the FBI did to him was absolutely wild. And monstrously evil. Same with the Richard Jewell debacle.

Fucking adorable!

Fled New Jersey when I was 2 (months) and have only been back to visit relatives a couple times.

Cody Johnston singing the literal theme song from that iteration of the klan was something else…

What an incredibly stupid take by these jeenyuses.

Then again there’s precedence with a moron from Fox ‘News’ who prefers Trek to Wars since it’s ‘not woke’.

I know why this man isn’t a national hero with his own federal holiday, parade and maybe even tacky decorations associated.

But it’s a fucking disgrace he’s not.

I’m… learnding?

I don’t know if it’s adoption or not in my case. Either way, glad my worthless bloodline ceases with me.

I say the same as a straight guy. Then again, I throw in pejoratives like ‘jerkwad’ or ‘cursed’ for extra zest.

This is the one I had to transport back outside on a very noisy July 4th. The constant loud fireworks (most likely illegal) that lasted well past midnight must have been quite traumatizing.

The opossum I’ve had to remove from my house gently resisted being picked up and that’s it. I wore gardening gloves to avoid an accidental scratch and had my wife carry a box below it in case I lost my grip, but it was all unnecessary. The little guy/girl wasn’t too concerned about being carefully carried outdoors.

And yes, opossums are ABSOLUTELY adorable.