Yeah, I'm not in a flood zone, but seeing things like this is why I mounted a hatchet on my attic wall. It's pretty certain I'll never need it, but I can live a little lighter with the delusion that I'll be able to hack my way onto the rooftop instead of dying, unfound, in a sweltering attic.

Mt. Airy is Andy Griffith's home town, and was the inspiration for Mayberry.

I've given money to both charities and people. Here's the thing about donating, though: you'll get on all sorts of mailing lists and shit, and you'll get lots more begging letters, emails, phone calls and texts. You know those PBS/NPR donation drives, where they're like "We just need ten more donors this hour, it doesn't matter how much!" or those charities that send you pre-printed labels and say "Hey, just send us five bucks, that's all we need"? Yeah, they're harvesting your information. If you even send them a penny, they'll be back for more, and they'll sell or trade your information to other charities.

I give money to our local volunteer fire/ems department every year, but I don't use their pre-printed mailer; I hand them cash when Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny come through on their trucks. I have one of those pre-paid Visa gift cards that aren't tied to an actual person; if I do an online donation, I'll use that and give them fake information. The money is legit, the information is good enough to pass, but they can't come harass me for more.

This includes all donations, by the way - political, religious, civic, charity, social, whatever. Do it in cash or by an anonymous Visa gift card.

I'm sure she'll be just as vigorous in granting him every conceivable doubt as she is with Trump.

Sounds like another fucking narcissist.

It seems like you're leaning toward getting standard light fixtures. Are you looking at the ones with naked bulbs, or those with the glass coverings over the bulbs?

If you're looking at naked bulbs, and if your landlady doesn't already have one, you might also consider getting her a lightbulb-changing kit so she can change any dead bulbs without climbing a ladder. Something like this with an appropriate-length pole.

Ah, yes, another old white man who wants to control women. I am so sick of this shit.

They've also killed a bunch of old Republicans because of the anti-vax thing.

He doesn't. His base might, depends how much they have left. The people who definitely will are the Russians, Chinese and Saudis.

This was obvious from the moment they built a road cutting Gaza in half.

Well, is not like covid is going away.