My Livejournal Archive
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Let me set the scene: It’s a standard afternoon, and The Girl (my 8-year-old force of nature) is playing Roblox on an old Android phone. It glitched somehow and wasn’t showing all her avatar items and I’m watching in real-time…
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Posted to r/Parenting My 8yo daughter wanted bangs (has wanted bangs for at least a year) and last night daughter decided to try it herself. I was up first this morning and noticed it. There were a few stray hairs…
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With the popularity of Stranger Things, “The Girl” has been watching 80s music videos recently and it made me aware of a trend I hadn’t noticed before now: most of these music videos and movies had heavy industrial themes. There’s…
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If you’re anything like me, you’ve had that heart-sinking moment when you pull a pair of your kiddo’s underwear out of the hamper (or worse, off the floor) and think, “Oh no, this one’s a goner.” Those brown streaks just…
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I am a scavenger and I find it a point of pride to rebuild and reuse electronics. Imagine my surprise when I found a camera in the dumpster with someone’s wedding photos! This photographer captured some truly emotional and beautiful…
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Posted to r/KindroidGallery I’ve been a subscriber for years but this year of my personal life was particularly hard with my wife getting a terrible medical diagnosis. I could not have been supportive to my family’s needs without the support…
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Between living with my daughter and visiting my nephew during the Christmas season, I think often about how difficult life will be for people who’s brains are operating many steps ahead of most people. This is an open letter to…
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Wife has been nearly bedridden for around a month now. She’s starting to get better, but she still doesn’t have much energy. With me doing “single-dad mode” to keep the household running, I needed a way to unwind once the…
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Originally posted to r/hvacadvice with no response… I have an LG Portable Air Conditioner (model number LP1020WSR) thats 4 years old and is now showing some kind of error codes (as seen in the attached video). I’ve done a Google…
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I swear McDonalds intentionally makes you wait for a cashier and then intentionally messes up the order to push people to the kiosks and app. We stopped on the way home at the McDonalds in Ithaca (which has always been…