Mr. Grey is a recurring character in the series Penny Dreadful.

A rational person might talk it through. A mean person will turn up the mean. 0/10, cannot recommend

Do people ever just say no and not pull forward?

I was thinking David Bowie as a Conan supporting character. Maybe as a resourceful underworld crime boss that helps sneak the heroes into an enemy palace.

Will there be a dedicated clergy to help the majority of souls with their critical thinking skills?

This tech fully embraces the vampire joke of her profession. Her little lab is full of vampire tchotchkes. I’ll have to ask her on Monday if she dressed up today.

I go on Monday to have some labwork done. I’ll have to see if the tech knows this one!

I want to add that if kitty refuses to go in the weird litter, my vet advised this: Sit in a room with him (this method works better for boys) and have his regular litter and litter box in there, preferably do the bleach decontamination treatment on it first and use fresh litter. Wait for him to start going…and, scoot the collection cup right into the stream to catch the pee. This worked for me. Kitty was the sort to stand tall, so he kind of made it easy to have enough room to maneuver, and the vet said usually when they start going, they don’t stop, even if they are a little weirded out by you putting unfamiliar containers around their backsides.

If you don’t think he’ll let you get back there with the sample cup, you can try to catch it in something sanitary and plastic with a handle, like a measuring cup that will never ever ever see the kitchen again.

You could also try this with multiple puppy pads instead of a litter box.

I’ve had cats hold their pee all dang day at the vet even being given fluids and the vet techs periodically applying light pressure to the bladder area. But get them in a quiet room with me and let them figure out they’re not going anywhere anytime soon, and eventually they will go!

“Here’s all the time you’ll never get back. Now shoo so we can pay someone younger less money to do your job.”

What sorts of jobs are you considering?

You could get a CDL from a local community college in about 6 weeks. There are some trucking companies that will train you themselves to get your CDL. They may not be the best in terms of knowledge and skills acquired, but they would be free vs you having to pay up front at a community college.

You could do sales calling from home. If you’re not a talker, this will be draining to do. If you are a natural talker, this could be your pathway to comfortable pay. Some arrangements are commission only, so there is stress there, but at the junior/entry level, there will usually be some kind of base salary + commission arrangement.

Someone mentioned looking into a CNA certificate. You’re young so your body might handle that kind of work ok. It can be demanding and it also can be rewarding. Plus, home health agencies in your area are probably desperate for CNAs. The area of the Appalachias where I’m from, CNA is a very common path for young people to take to reliable employment.

Do you have a mower and a truck? Start cutting lawns for people. Leave a flyer or a business card around the gas stations, grocery stores, and Dollar Generals in your area. It’s getting cooler now, so those types of businesses switch to hanging holiday lights for folks who can’t or don’t want to do it themselves. Or cutting/ delivering firewood. Or someone mentioned construction (which is what the chartered fishing crews do here in the winter).

Are you more digitally inclined? Get on Fiver and UpWork and look for something that you can & want to do, then build out your profile to match that. Photography, digital art, personal assistant, writing, there are many many options here.

Here’s another… want to leave the country altogether? Look into getting your TEFL. Companies will pay to move you overseas and teach English, and most of the time, you don’t even need to speak the language of that country to start. This may not be a long term career, but it’s something to get you out and gaining life experience until you do figure out what you want to be doing with yourself.

I come with some sort of small emotional support critter tucked safe & warm into my hoodie pocket. It’d be under my hat if I wore one. I have the Radagast mutation.

Why kitty, they bring more boxes for thine amusement.

Probably entirely to do with insurance. They can’t dictate to you what level of insurance to purchase for your private vehicle, but they can for a rental.

Why it matters for the party vs a routine work trip… If they are providing alcohol, they automatically are assuming some degree of liability for your actions when you leave the party.

What if you have an accident and total your personal vehicle? You could ostensibly sue them.

What if you have an accident and god forbid kill or injure another? They or their family could sue your employer (as well as you ofc).

A rental and associated insurance coverage will provide them with a knowable degree of financial buffer before they would have to pay damages out of pocket. If you drove your personal vehicle, they have an unknown and maybe nonexistent amount of insurance coverage to help with legal fees and damages in the event of something terrible happening. All because they provided you alcohol.

This is probably about risk tolerance and not about pinching pennies.

liberals will never view cops as human enough to have mental health issues

Where is this coming from? Do you make that assumption about liberals and military? Because (while not perfect, and continually improving) mental health care for military has made huge advances in understanding and public acceptance in the last 2 decades.

I would like to see the same shift happen for police.

I would like for police leadership to truly normalize mental healthcare, and not just give it lip service.

I would also like for police as a whole to maybe adopt similar rigorous criteria for new career candidates, much like lawyers, CPAs, and other professional licenses. I’m held to a high standard of conduct and criminal liability because I have the technical knowledge to really destructively ruin peoples’ lives. And the most dangerous tool of my trade is merely a calculator.

Obligatory “how do I go 3 days without pooping?”

I thought of another one: Never Cry Wolf

I saw this way back when it was first released, and boy has it stuck with me. That said, my memories of it might have gotten fuzzy in the last, what, 42 years (😳)

A biologist goes to the tundra to investigate why caribou are dying. Wolves have been floated as the culprits. He is very isolated. Life happens. I don’t remember it as a generally upbeat movie, but it was a good, well-made movie that made me think quite a lot.

Ooh, you might enjoy Scavengers Reign.

From inverse.com:

a dark sci-fi adventure show about the crew of a cargo ship that crash land on an alien planet with no hope of being rescued

The crew are scattered across a hostile planet, so it does deal with isolation. And I think “melancholy” is a pretty good description for how it made me feel. Plus, it’s visually gorgeous and bizarre.

I’m a basic diet cokehead. But I tried a Stoney Tangawizi on holiday once and was instantly in love. I find it very frustrating that with the sheer variety of ethnic shops around the DC region*, I couldn’t find it locally!

*when I lived there anyway, in the before times

Chaining eight flaws…dude

Oh I’m expecting coffee will be offered inside. However, coffee and me don’t get along. Even I would think no coffee is cruel to a bunch of people corralled in a room together. I do love tea, but the caffeine content will not resolve a headache if it starts.