In fairness they asked every other time. They might’ve just forgotten, but in any event I had nothing to do with it. No little bottle or anything. Which I’d guess they didn’t give her one either since she wasn’t sent home to pass it. So anyway it went down the toilet in both cases. Maybe I left too much originally unsaid in that parallel.
I’ve had several. I guess they figured they’d analyzed enough of them.
This is obviously a dumb question, but what the fuck are the legal requirements of a miscarriage? I can imagine her thinking she was glad she didn’t have any more appointments or have to pay a huge hospital bill. What else was she supposed to do, and would she have known?
I once passed a kidney stone and they didn’t say to do anything special with it so I threw it away. Same thing, right?
I’m not a huge fan of China, but I’ll admit they’re doing at least one thing right.
Stores and banks aren’t stocked or staffed for turning off e-commerce. Banks hate when customers walk in the door instead of doing everything online. And the stores woods have to find a drastically different equilibrium without internet advertising or orders. It would be absolute chaos.
I love the idea of that, but it’s way too expensive to live in those places. I love NYC. We go for a few days every few years and we spend so much money eating and drinking and going to shows. You can always walk to an amazing bagel place for breakfast. Being there is awesome. Every time I go I think I’d love to spend all my time there.
Then I think about paying double my mortgage for a tiny apartment. Probably more for a family of four. I think about listening to my neighbors fuck or fight through the walls or smell them smoking pot. I wouldn’t be able to have a garage full of tools I can use any time I want. I wouldn’t be able to sit out on my deck drinking scotch and smoking cigars in absolute serenity - though NYC balconies have a serenity of their own odd you tune out the sirens and stuff. I think about how much I’d spend a month going out, and it’d either be more than my rent or why am I even living there anyway? I’d have to make about 5x my salary to even think about living in a big city. And if I made that much honestly I’d probably just work remotely and spend all my time on vacation in the tropics and then why would it matter where I live in the first place?
Cities are amazing places but I never want to give up everything I have here to live in one. I can get anywhere worth being around here in twenty minutes or less. Maybe another ten if I have to go during rush hour. And what is here? Food of every ethnicity - Indian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Persian, Italian - not all of it is outstanding but some of it is as good as I’ve had anywhere. An excellent theater. A planetarium. A half dozen movie theaters. A baseball stadium (minor league, but I don’t really care anyway. Tickets are cheap enough it’s something to do even though I’m not into sports), college football, basketball (where they also hold concerts though we don’t draw the big acts), and hockey. Hiking/Bike trails that cover the entire city. A zoo (it’s not amazing, but it’s here). Music and art festivals. Museums and gardens. I mean it can’t begin to compare to NYC but it’s pretty damn lively. No, I can’t walk to any of it, but it’s all so accessible. I can drive to downtown or old town or campus and walk around there to do all the city things.
I don’t mean to disparage big cities. Like I said I think they are neat. Just not for me.
Me. I’m fine with that. But also even the biggest city within 150 miles would still require me to drive absolutely everywhere, just at slower speeds. (And I’m not sure Chicago would actually be much better for mass transit). We moved near DC for about five years and we hated it and had no family support and all our money was spent going back and forth to the Midwest every holiday. We’re way happier living here and vacationing to NYC and Mexico and wherever else we couldn’t afford when we lived in a big city.
This directive isn’t going to apply to anyone with any kind of authority or decision making capability. This is just going to be a bunch of underpaid schlubs like the rest of us.
Or they’re worried he will accidentally dislodge the mask and interfere with the proper administration of nitrogen. There is no actual danger to breathing nitrogen - the air we breathe is mostly nitrogen - we just need oxygen mixed in. It’s all a stage play for delaying his execution.
I’m not in favor of execution, but this is the most humane method we have available. So until we can stop executing people, it would be good not to fuck with doing it in this way.
Four times confirmed, I think with a fifth that passed without needing to go to the hospital (had leftover Vicodin at home thankfully from back in the days they weren’t quite as stingy with it - for good reasons I understand but I always used my meds responsibly and stopped taking them as soon as I could to save the leftovers for when they were really needed). Thankfully none have needed surgery but they were all nearly that size. I appreciate the empathy and send some of my own. It’s the worst and they just send you home with pain meds and well wishes.