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1. 1 day ago on FoxTrot

   I figure if music makes someone happy who am I to judge. To me Swift is fairly typical pop, nothing wrong with it and some catchy tunes but not something I’d be rushing to buy. But my kids don’t get the music I listen to either. It would be kind of boring if everyone liked the same music.

2. 16 days ago on The Other Coast

   If we so much as touch our vacuum, our cat runs and hides. Absolutely terrified of it. He’s a rescue cat so we always wonder what experience made him so afraid of them.

3. 22 days ago on Lio

   Not if he shakes a martini. Not to mention an even number of olives, that’s bad luck.

4. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   I learned from an old sociology prof to stand at the front of the elevator, turn around to face everyone else, and make eye contact. Possibly even strike up a conversation. Generally violate all the unspoken rules of elevator etiquette.

5. about 1 month ago on Overboard

   We’re getting a snowstorm tonight so I guess Louie’s request worked.

6. about 2 months ago on FoxTrot Classics

   I do sometimes find legitimate (and even important) emails in my junk folder sometimes, the filters aren’t perfect.

7. 2 months ago on The Other Coast

   Yeah I have two of those, they have been working so long as they are far enough away from tree branches that a squirrel can’t hang on one branch and reach across to it.

8. 3 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I think the pharmaceutical system is fundamentally broken, globally not just in the US. Currently the costs to sufficiently test a new drug are in the billions of dollars, and many don’t “pass.” With private for-profit companies doing this, they need to then recoup not only the billions spent on the drug in question, but the billions spent on failed drugs, and get a high enough shareholder return that investors will be happy with their investment (no one is doing high risk investments for a low return). Drugs with a small market then end up costing a fortune even if the actual cost to manufacture is small. But I don’t see a lot of appetite to move away from a for-profit system, particularly when the companies involved are quite profitable.

9. 3 months ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I used to find them OK to reach, but recently I had to contact them because the shipment I received was just an empty shipping envelope (which isn’t one of the options their help systems can handle). I spent probably an hour going through circular menus and unhelpful AI before I could get to a person. Once I did reach a person however they sorted the situation out quickly.

10. 3 months ago on Overboard

    We’ve discovered a rabbit living under our shed this winter that has resisted any efforts to relocate it. I suspect I’ll be sympathizing with Charlie this spring.