darkmarx

Addendum...

Kevin Smith built a character he inhabited to deal with everything that crossed over from his professional life into his personal life. That cross-over got to the point where he didn't feel like the real him existed anymore.

We all wear masks in one way or another. Never being able to take off the mask is terrifying.

People become entertainers for a myriad of reasons. Some do it for attention, of course. Others so they can pretend to be someone else. It's a form of escapism to get away frm the anxiety of life. When fame comes along, they can no longer hide behind the chatacter, and the attention bleeds into their personal life, ratcheting up the anxiety. Similarly, many comedians tell jokes to hide pain. The pain is still there, just hidden. For actors like this, the anxiety is still there and the constant attention makes it worse.

The lack of empathy in celebrity culture is the real problem. The fact that entertainers are real people with real lives gets lost in the noise. When Emma Stone is off screen, and not promoting something, she should be able to go out to eat without being followed, questioned, or harasssed. She can't, because as a society, we've choosen to treat her as something different than a person. She's treat as a celebrity, somehow making it ok for her to be hounded everywhere. It's no wonder many of them have anxiety.

Imagine not getting to live your life because of your job. Imagine people following you around to the store, a concert, or cornering you in a bathroom because of what you do for a living. It's a failing of society that lets this occur, a general lack of empathy towards celebrity, not a failing on that person's career choice.

Fire damage on the forks to sear your mutton while eating it. Frost on the spoons to keep your ice cream frozen. Admittedly, cold soup is a major drawback. But a fire butterknife would be great.

Yeah, why learn a new skill rather than letting a machine do it for you half as well, while also destroying the environment and tanking the economy?

In US, life insurance will not pay outwithout a death certificate. Going missing will never allow one to pay out, until someone convinces a court the person who went missing is dead.

Some policies, primarily Whole Life policies, have a Terminal Illness Rider. These allow up to 70% payout prior to death if someone has less than a year or two to live. Alzheimers is probably not on the list, but each company is different.

Better option is to get a lawyer and put every asset you have in a trust with your beneficiaries as thr trustees. Set up power a of attorney as well.

I'm a slow reader and have trouble sitting down with a book, though I will if the book is good enough. For folks like me, I'd recomend starting off with an audio book. You'll get the story and it might get you interested enough to eventually pick up a book. It's a good transition from movies or tv into reading. I know multiple people, along with myself, who've gotten into reading by starting with audio books.

As far as books go, you might like one of these:

• Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinnamon

I recommend this book to everyone! If you like video games and humor, this is the book for you. It's a fantasy / sci-fi about a guy forced into a type of game with a sidekick (who I wont talk about due to spoilers). It's fantastic. Quick paced and very funny. Highly recommend this in audio book format.

• The Heist by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg

FBI agent and con man forced to work together, buddy action style. Similar to Rush Hour in tone and silliness.

• The Intern’s Handbook by Shane Kuhn

An assassin beomes an intern in an office. It's dark, but funny, especially if you work in an office type setting.

• Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen

Detective and con woman team up. It's funny and fast, and kind of weird.

Most likely it's because you haven't found the types of books you like, or at least the writing style you like to read. Modern writing is much more condensed than it was even 20 or 30 years ago.

What's your favorite genre of movie or show?

Exactly!

Price is one thing, but this is the deal breaker for me. I want something I can fix when broken. Something with components that can be replaced with typical shop tools. Give me physical buttons over a touch screen. Give me hydrolics, link and pinions, and belts over electronics. There is zero reason for a door handle to be electronically controlled. There is zero reason for the manufacturer to have any control, or knowledge of, where I go or what I do. I want a vehicle, not a fucking tablet on wheels.

Humans invented war? Tell that to ants, birds, bees, wasps, wolves, and millions of other animals. We just happen to be very good at it. If there's one thing to be said about humans, it's that we are ridiculously good at killing things.

Lin-Manuel Miranda would be able to do it as a musical.

Scrape, fill, prime, paint.

Scrape the raised area with a razor blade. Block sand it with 80 grit, hitting more than just the bad area.

Cover with a thin coat of wood filler, using heavy pressure to force the filler into the fibers. Once that dries, block sand again with 120 grit, then once more with 180 grit. Make sure you sand beyond the patch to blend the repair into the rest of the sill.

Thoroughly clean the dust. Apply two coats of primer to the full sill. Once dry, sand lightly using 220 grit, without a block.

Clean up any dust, then paint.

You'l have a smooth sill with no signs of damage.

I have ADHD, so hobbies, mostly. And 3/4 finished projects that I'll totally come back to and finish one day.