Seriously. My cats are so relaxed because they get their food at the exact same times every day. I still hand feed the first and last meals (canned wet food), but it gives them something to look forward to during the day, even when we are at work.

They can also apparently tell time now because they get ready within five minutes of most feedings, I like to think that makes them feel more connected to their world and existence.

Way too many variables to accurately fire an inert projectile through that much atmosphere without being guided at least part of the way.

Lower Decks is awesome. The only thing I didn’t like about Picard is that romulans and vulkans need to wear nametags if they are both going to wear federation uniforms.

We had an old 286 running the HVAC at a hospital I worked at. This was a hospital with about 2000 employees in a major American city.

OG startrek was probably the “wokest” thing on TV in the sixties. And a bunch of grouchy old men that no one cared about bitched about it back then too.

The complete unwinding of social safety nets, mental health interventions, and educational funding from the Reagan years finally culminated in a completely vulnerable population. Then we began the era of 24 hour news, extremist Identity politics, and just a general erosion of any semblance of shared American identity.

That’s a nasty little stew.

The big university hospital that I work at charges $200 a month for employee parking, including for the people working near minimum wage.

Doctors park free in designated spots that are closer than patient parking.