You pay to renew your vehicle registration. At which time you may also have to get smog tested, it’s not every year.

It said “after” not “because” and not “died of a surfeit of cinnamon/cardamom buns”

Maybe he was actually suffering from a cardamom deficiency and couldn’t eat ENOUGH buns in time to save his life

Sadly, not anymore. They changed the rules over 100 years ago.

And its partner the hemiclitoris…

I appreciate how filled your time is, and I struggled with consistency myself (still do but my kids are grown, thank goodness). If possible, set a specific Silent Reading Time and sit down with them and your own book. Make it 15 minutes rather than 30, and paper not screens just so you don’t have to keep checking. Don’t have anything planned for the 30 minutes after, so any of you who wants can continue reading longer. Pre-bedtime is one option, unless you’re already reading aloud to them because that’s even better.

By the way, they’re old enough for some of the Terry Pratchett books, like Equal Rites or Maurice and His Amazing Rodents. And you might find a little relief from reality with a Discworld book yourself. When you have to get up and go deal with the dishes or whatever, leave your book open in case one of them is intrigued.

One reason assholes got mad about you doing that was probably because they wanted your attention on them in that moment. Everyone zones out and stares at nothing sometimes but some people are faster at snapping out of it. If the default position for your social engagement switch is “Ignore,” you have a delay while you switch it to “Engage.” Or they’re better at hiding the fact that they’re bored with the person who’s been talking to them. Meanwhile the asshole is already all focused on “Me! Me!”

Gazing at the bridge of their nose might help

This link is to the CalFire Incident Map, which lets you see all current wildfires, with evacuation zones, plus the aircraft fighting them. The defense against the Sandy Fire isn’t being run by CalFire but it’s still shown.

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

You realize you can just not choose different veggies for yourself, right? Nobody is stuffing asparagus in your face. Let others fill up on them, so you can have all the yu choi and fennel and parsnips.

But then I’d have to pay for shipping it from Germany, and probably a tariff on top of that

Feminism is good for men and boys, bad for entitled pricks.

But sometimes it helps if you don’t think of them as Chores on a List

You need to soup up your puttering, by which I mean making and eating soup! Or something more snacky and portable so you’ll actually eat it. Also good on you for a very productive morning!

Yep, I moved away from SoCal for awhile, had my fill and came back.

I prefer bare toes, sparkles, and a thick foam sole with arch support. Enjoy your fuzzy feet.

My flipflops have a steel shank for support, (Skechers) without them my plantar fascitis flares up.

Who wears socks? Flipflops for life. Kick 'em off as you get into bed, slide 'em on as you get up. Same for the shower.

Oh wait, some of you have too much weather. Do as you want, then. But do have easily-donned foot protection at bedside in case of emergency.

Oh geez, of course it is now. I’m old enough I knew it as Millionaires’ Row.

That Finnish farmer will finish you

Ahoy, Thirsty Aspiring Sword Lesbians!

Thank you! I figured someone would know what street it was. I do approve of Real Bike Lanes. And good point about the original spots. Now if I can just figure out where to cross from the lot to the sidewalk. I’m going to assume there’s a blue path somewhere out of frame