I didnt see the fireworks since we were at my parents house for the day, but we had a bunch of smaller fireworks to set off in the backyard. I took 1 video of it that was like a minute long and panned to my parents and my kids because im starting to get to the age where I realize that my parents won’t be around to much longer, or if they are they wont be like they are now and my kids are just growing so dam fast. I hope one day, it will be nice to have this one min video to hear everyone laugh and play from this moment in time.

Funny enough, I had the complete opposite experience. I didn’t necessarily use Samsung then either, but I would get the phone that was normally rated the best or highly reviewed. I think i came from an LG to the first pixel phone. Pixel was the first phone to ever give me issues. Felt it vibrate one day in my pocket and I looked at it a few min later and it was in permanent boot loop. Tried a lot of things, but my one regret was forgetting to turn on developer options with the usb so essentially the phone was bricked. I couldn’t access it or do anything, everytbing was lost and support was no help and told me they couldn’t replace it. Last time I used them. I also wasn’t a fan of how hard they tried copying an iPhone at the time. Since them I’ve mostly used a Samsung either the Note and now the higher end galaxies and love them. Only thing I dislike is their own line of apps for everything that I disable immediately.

I was thinking the same thing. This looks too cool for them not to.

I agree, but don’t forget that every year, things get harder because everything is trying to find more ways to take that extra money from you. From schools, companies, and government they are all figuring out ways to come up with new mandatory requirements for stuff that normally ends up being a new fee or payment on top of what you used to need. For example when you are in school, you probably need way more certifications in things which costs more money either by a 1 time fee or sometimes yearly fees and a lot of this never existed 20-30 years ago. I feel like we pay for literally everything, and it all keeps going up as well. It’s hard to get ahead when everyone wants a piece of your pie.

People being ok with their own lives being uprooted for someone who should mean absolutely nothing to them is insane.

I have one of the pro’s from a few years ago and I am just finding out now that they have software. Thanks, i will look later.

If things didn’t get bad, I could absolutely see myself saying the same thing.

So uh… what’s its name now?

We’re gonna need more laws against the homeless soon. About to be a whole lot more to deal with. Can’t tolerate that /s.

Thankfully, nothing like that has happened here, but we have a break glass account that only 2 people know of, and it’s locked in a safe. Also, my place has gotten so good at firing people they know how and when to do it to minimize risk. Like end of day when they are all packed up, and if its a really high up person, top admins are contacted prior and held on standby to disable everything as soon as the word is given. This includes admins. If they are remote, they will normally lock them out of the laptop first and make sure access is gone before letting them know.

My wife has that option as well. It takes 10% out of each paycheck, and she gets 1 additional check in the summer months of the money that was withheld. We are terrible with money, so doing that is a must, but I do wish we could just set that up ourselves instead of allowing them to hold that money.

It’s true, but not always fun or paid. Depends on the contract. A non tenured teacher can be let go at the end of the school year, and they normally let them know if they are coming back before leaving for the summer. They are then allowed to collect unemployment for the summer, but i am not sure if this applies to every state. If you are tenured, you do not lose unemployment status, but you are also not paid for the summer months either. You either set aside the money from the year yourself or use the program they offer that takes 10% out of each paycheck, and they deposit it once per month you are off.

Just like real life, it takes time, but eventually, we all get to the do drugs part.

As I have learned very quickly in the past, there are just some friends you can’t live with if you want to keep them as friends… I was lucky enough to rent out a house that my parents purchased after our neighbors passed away. First round I lived with a close friend for over a year and it’s a really small old house so we were on top of each other and it ended up working really well. After he left to move in with his long-term gf, I found 2 more friends to take the leap. It was awful… the one friend got so toxic I wrote them off for life and still haven’t heard from them since. The other one took about 3 years before seeing them again around others, and its fine now. This friend is one of my closest friends to date, so it’s almost crazy that it almost ended. I have no problems seeing them, but I will never live with a friend ever again.

I guess my point is that even if you resolve whatever this tussle is, it’s almost inevitable to come back over and over until one or both of you hate each other because nobody is going to change. If you like them, I suggest trying to part ways as roommates.

Honestly, im still big into gaming so im not sure how I missed this. I did have kids, I do have way to many responsibilities, but that just means I don’t play much or at all lol. I still keep up with most of the latest news and watch trailers. The substitute for E3 was always the dumb company showcases that happen around the same time and this year I think summer game fest had a lot of new stuff to show. I am strictly website news only, I never got into podcasts like it seems the entire world is now.

Winning, strength, success.

My kid accidentally put this video on and honestly we have all really enjoyed it more than we probably should… its catchy!

https://youtu.be/3WfegWZzxek

Yeah, from way back. I didn’t realize it got bigger or kind of took the place of E3 in any way. I’ll have to take a look because I loved E3 growing up and was sad I never got to go once.

Holy crap! I forgot all about this comic. I think the craziest part is me trying to find the last one they made only to find out its still going! Impressive.

As a parent of a kid, I actually know what this references!

Also, is that supposed to be a real-life picture of Ice King? Creepy