After watching me get in the freezing cold pool with his two younger brothers, my 10y/o told me, “You’re a good father.”

Before I could say thanks, he followed up with, “But you’re a lousy businessman.”

Not sure if that second part was a diss, but I’m going to take it as a compliment.

@jalefkowit We've lived in D.C. since 2009, go everywhere on the Metro, including commuting to work, and have had probably five incidences of feeling uncomfortable/threatened. I almost get run over by that many cars per month.

“I grew up in Florida, where there was no mass transit, and severe racial and economic segregation. When I first visited New York City, one of the things that impressed me the most was that you could get on a subway car and see everybody—businessmen, construction workers, teachers, homeless people, students, teenage breakdancers, every race, all types of nationalities, all together, at least momentarily, in the same space, equal. In Florida, and in most places in America, there was simply no parallel for that sort of everyday experience. Wow! That’s cool.

Do you find that scary? Who are you, David Duke?”

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway-is-not-scary

@moelassus awwwww 🥰

Today I was taking some yard waste down to the compost pile and I encountered this cute fawn doing its best to remain perfectly still. I like that it can fit through the fence but none of its predators can. Today it was able to relax safely in the shade. Its only disturbance was this clumsy oaf dragging his yard waste through the woods. I kept an eye on it from our deck. I hope momma recognizes the safety of our yard and returns her baby tomorrow.

#Garden #Backyard #Wildlife #Nature #Deer

I’m shy at first but once you get to know me I’m pretty annoying.

@SRDas @farah Smart way to not heat up your whole house in the summer.

Confirmed sighting of the new #Amtrak #Acela trainsets in #Boston. There's still plastic wrap on the seats, and the old Acela in the background is the one running service today, but by God we might have the #AveliaLiberty running service soon enough!
#Railfan #PassengerRail #Trains #Rail

@20002ist @rvaweather seconded

What's the leading cause of dry skin?

Towels.

#dadJoke

Apologies if I saw that here on Mastodon some time so. Short term memory is the second thing to go. I don't recall the first.

@miah I'm glad that nobody lost their jobs. 😀

@miah I thought you were firing PEOPLE. 🤣

@APBBlue I can relate to this so hard

Mr. Blue: "Come on, horse!"

(He's playing Assassin's Creed again.)

@TD_Cycle They sound really good!

I did NOT feel like working out, but I did it anyway, so yay me?

@TwoClownsEating @Suzdal92 @WrenArcher @noondlyt wow, creepy

@TD_Cycle I've definitely never tried that!

@ebooksyearn Mr. Blue agrees with you, BTW.