After hurricane Helene we didn’t have electricity for 6 days. But I’ve been completely powerless for 34 years.

Oh, thank goodness.

Not fantastic. The kids started daycare and brought home some illness that I caught immediately. I called off work a couple days and they want documentation of some sort, as if I can afford a visit to the doctor with no insurance. On the other hand, I did land an interview for a much better job, so I remain hopeful.

I used to know a guy who would go to festivals with a super soaker he called the Job Cannon. He’d walk around sniffing the air going “I smell patchouli” and screaming “Get a job, hippie!” before spraying people.

I can’t really provide much insight, but I was once contracted by a local Masonic lodge to install new windows. I had unsupervised access to pretty much any room that had a window in it, and I was even permitted to look around in the windowless chamber where they performed many of their rituals. They were actually pretty excited to show me around. I can’t imagine that they would allow a perfect stranger into their secret lair if they really had anything to hide. But, ya know, take what I say with a pinch of salt as it’s just one anecdote about one lodge in Nowhere, Ohio.

Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps, Oswald!

After surviving my Baptist upbringing, I became an atheistic Satanist. It started as an act of pure spiteful rebellion, but over time grew into something more. I am no longer a member of any Satanic organization, but I still walk the left hand path to this day.

Thank you, friend. I’m glad that your holiday season will be more complete!

I’m not excited about much. This will be my first Christmas since my wife and I separated, and I haven’t spoken with my own family for years, so it’s looking like I’ll be spending the better part of the holidays alone.

I’m right there with you, my brother in crust.

Relevant.

If I suddenly became a competent adult, I think it might tip people off.

No.

Every day is a school day!

Absolutely a fair assessment.

I’m smelling what you’re stepping in, you devious bastard😏

Bone Tomahawk was alright. Kurt Russell played a solid frontier law man. There’s a pretty spicy gore scene in there too.

I’m replaying Chrono Trigger and I find myself lingering in parts of the game just to enjoy the soundtrack.