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Every time that song comes on I have to brace myself for the feels that are coming

Sting - The Soul Cages

This album was written when his father died. It’s a loose concept album and it devastates from beginning to end but if you haven’t heard it before two of the tracks hit hard as standalones:

Island of Souls The Soul Cages

Ah yes, I grow these orange houseplants every year. Visitors definitely admire this species of lovely orange houseplant 😉

Patches

Conservative TV commentators love dropping buzzwords, dog whistles, and conspiracy theories, to the point of incoherence. Dear god it’s been word clouds all along…

hallettj, I really like your wife’s take!

OP these two pieces of advice from an old college professor might help:

• If you can’t choose between two things, make a list of all the pros and cons of the first thing, then a list for the second thing, place them side by side, and make an emotional decision.
• Always have a Plan B.

About 15 years ago I left the career path I’d started to move cross country and go to graduate school. I thought I might want to do research. Some wonderful things and some terrible times came out of that. I learned and grew greatly. Strangely I ended back on a similar career path, not as far along as I might have been but not back at the beginning either. Nothing’s a mistake as long as you learn from it. Whichever path you take, check in with yourself sometimes to see if it’s still working for you. If not, ask yourself what you can learn from that info.

If you have any questions about specifics I’m happy to try and answer.

Many good recommendations already. Mine are: Warhammer, namely the Horus Heresy, the first few books of which I’ve read. Only 51 more to go. Robert Heinlein, all of his books are in the same universe which is pretty neat. He has his issues but the world building is top notch and sustained across so many works.

Ohhh I already wanted to give this person a big slap but now I wish I could give them a big double slap! In Minecraft

I’d recommend looking into behavioral economics. It’s in very infant stages but has a lot of potential imo. And there is bleed over into experimental psychology.

hey! i’m so old i saw that in the movie theater!

gonna file this away for five or ten years from now…