I cut my own own hair. Why not? I'm practically bald and I look like a chia pet every 2nd or 3rd day if I don't cut it. I can't go to a barber every three days I'm sure I save money but have to take meticulous care of the "appliances." They aren't inexpensive. Maintaining them isn't free, either. Unfortunately, they run on lithium batteries, and this makes them disposable after about a year. The head to the head shaver is expensive and might last six months. Last time I had to take care of this the head shaver was going to die and the low end replacement was only 2x the price of the head, so I just bought a new head shaver. Shaving is easily my most expensive grooming expense.

Just think, today's students will be perfectly prepared to work in today's Health and Human Services Department.

@wtg said in Why flamingos are weird eaters: "Flamingos are doing everything wrong I disagree, they make super wrapping paper [image: 1748683869989-20250531_102940-resized.jpg]

Yes congrats, love the photos.

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Really? This is why we have all these glued paper covers and everything is wrapped in plastic. I don't like having to cut my way through all that mess. I don't like cotton balls and those moisture absorbing packets deserve a special place in hell.

Kristy Noam's behavior is vile

IMNSHO this is the best use of a cheese wheel. Yum! https://www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/pasta-alla-ruota

So, here's an article from Fox Digital in which an economist disagrees with a judge. It appear that the economist was correct ... https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/judge-rules-trump-acted-lawfully-chinese-tariffs-court-win-white-house

@wtg said in The decline and fall of Elon Musk: The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job. Gee, how awful. Not.

Historian Heather Cox Richardson started her Letters from an American substack specifically with history scholars of the future in mind. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/

I can't imagine why an imaginary currency needs so much energy.

I scrolled through the pictures and couldn't make head or tail of what I was looking at. Without a floor plan or an aerial view, I have no idea how the various areas connect. I saw what looked like two different kitchens. I'm not sure what local prices are, but it looks like a lot of square footage and acreage for the asking price. Big Al

@RichL hi! I think maybe we both went on a Steinway tour back in the day

They had Janet's favorite chardonnay for half the price here in Ohio. It was worth the trip just for that. Saved $500.

@Steve-Miller said in Memorial Day: He’s getting worse. Hard to believe, isn't it? No impulse control. No sense of propriety. Beyond that...why he thinks negotiating strategies that worked in real estate deals and that made him popular on The Apprentice are the way to go when it comes to domestic and foreign policy is totally baffling. What's with the tariffs on/off/on/off? Canada as 51st state? H seems to be accomplishing little besides pissing off our allies and wreaking economic havoc. The immigration havoc. The attacks on his perceived enemies, of which there seems to be an endless number. And the never-ending grift. Memecoins, gifts of planes from foreign countries he once denigrated, expedited project approvals for TrumpCo in various countries.. The Biden Crime Family was nothing compared to this guy. But of course it's ok, because Speaker Johnson says Trump is doing everything out in the open. Worst part is that this time around there are no guard rails in place, no one with any sense to rein him in. He thinks he knows everything, he's never wrong (it's someone else's fault), and he thinks he's omnipotent. It's a terrifying combination.