Good Things Friday (289) and Link Love
September 6, 2024
1. Smol Acrobat: mom, can you gwow more cucumbers for me and Wee? We wike dem!
The garden, meager as it is, is a hit with the kids too. This is maybe the most expensive hobby I’ve had in a while š
Our insurance rate hike with State Farm was terrible, this is even more: Business
Allstate receives approval for 34% increase in homeowners insurance rates
Food. Money. Sex. Tech. a practice to see yourself more closely, from Rabbi Alan Lew
Moving is always a horror show but what is with scammy unscrupulous movers? We really need some kind of licensing and bonding for that industry: My Movers Might Be Wanted by the FBI.
Anytime I hear people reposing perfect confidence in (in particular surgical) doctors and nurses generally, I shudder inside. Because no, they don’t all know their heads from their asses: Family of deceased Alabama man claims surgeon removed liver, not spleen, before his death
Another school shooting, this time in Georgia. I’m too tired to be mad right now but I am mad all the time about this. There is no place that is safe, there is no place that is exempt from this.
I have been doing a reboot of my fenced in garden (we have deer and groundhogs and rabbits and they eat everything otherwise) and I don’t even want to talk about how much I’ve spent on raised beds!
Jenny F Scientist recently posted…Five Minute Blogging: Mortality and Sense
I feel so much better knowing I’m in good company on the garden front! š I remind myself it’s a hobby and it’s ok for fun hobbies to cost some money, we’re not dirt poor like I used to be anymore!