Why would I go ad-free on X when blocking ads is so much fun? It's like playing Whack-a-Mole.

4 year-old: Are we going to the store? Me: Nope. We have to go vote. 4: Voting? I did that at my school! Me: Who did you vote for? 4: Legos. Me: What was the other choice? 4: Stuffed animals. Me: I have literally never been more jealous.

In human society, kings have receiving lines where people line up to meet him and bring him offerings/gifts. At Mass, the faithful step into the receiving line to meet their king and _receive_ an offering ---- the most precious gift of all --- the gift of the King himself.

I wonder if it would make a difference to the outcome of elections if a president had to pick their cabinet choices (and stick to it) _before_ the people voted. Seems it should be part of their platform somehow...

C.S. Lewis with one of the most insightful paragraph ever written

If you see a product where the one-star and two-star reviews all have compliments, it's not a mistake. It means the four- and five-star reviews are fake and they threw in a few bad reviews to look normal to rating charts, but also so text search engines only see good things.

Up at Nicæa, bishops pause – Arius and Santa Claus! One claims a time when the Son was not; One says that’s a heretical thought. Ho! ho! ho! Who’s gonna go? Ho! ho! ho! Who’s gonna go? Off with a left hook, good St. Nick; Down goes the dirty heretic.

#TheDoctor is an ancient being full of pathos and trauma and full of responsibility as a result. He hides the trauma behind child-like wonder and approach, but it's there. Remove the trauma, and you're just left with... child.

You know you're in an affluent neighborhood when the Walmart shopping carts roll easily and turn well.

One whole side of the David/Bathsheeba story I never noticed until I interacted with Asian Christians? Uriah knew everything. It’s obvious when you read the story in a culture closer to the text. The folks I interacted with were a few generations removed from emperors and

The good thing about it being so cold outside is when I run out of room in my freezer, I can just stick the food on my porch.

Apparently all #Disney princess sequels must be themed pink. Mulan 2, Frozen 2, Moana 2 .... It's so disappointing.

#ExecutiveOrders #TheFork #Fed

DOGE and it's employees are technically in their probationary period ....

Politicians make it sound like the only reason we deserve anything from the government in terms of transparency, honesty, or action is because we are taxpayers. That are only interest in government is our money. Yet taxes were just a small portion of why America came to be.

Nicknames should be a sign of affection, not laziness. Refusing to call someone their given name ("Well, I'm not going to do that") just because it's not cookie-cutter is disrespectful, entitled, and culturally insensitive.

When eggs are $0.50 a pop and some are glued to the bottom of the container so removing them makes them break.

The new Android update is super terrible. It's like they did everything to make their UI bad. Are they trying to give Apple even more customers?

Sewing kits without needles and latch hook kits without latch hooks feel deceptive and are so frustrating!

I replaced my screen protector and it feels like getting a whole new phone.