Maybe add a note to your refrigerator and a card to your wallet, saying “hi, I have these pets. If I’m unable to take care of them please tell So-and-So at phone#. Their vet is blah.”

Haiti. The indigenous people were wiped out through disease and slavery.

Payments available for withholding include the federal taxes collected from the paychecks of state employees, as well as grant payments owed back to the federal government.

As I read it: as a state employee my federal taxes would still come out of my paycheck, but the state would hold to the money. Sounds like it could get complicated for me come tax season.

I have a 7-hour work day and a 5-day work week. I make less than I did at my previous (8.5-hour/5-day) job, but I’m much, much happier. Highly recommend working less if you can swing it.

I do agree that coordination is a PITA. But, 7 hours is doable and it’s not like I’d be actually productive for an extra hour a day. My brain goes to mush.

Some of my coworkers work longer days and take every a day off every other week. As long as they work 70 hours a biweek they’re good.

It’s a public servants thing–the public wants to know what they’re paying for, so public servant salary records are public.

Various websites compile this information from the various state and federal sources. It’s wicked easy to find information on, say, every public servant with the title “librarian” in Fake County, Kentucky.

Knowing their full name, you can look up their home ownership records in the county real estate or tax databases and ta-da, you know where they live. You also know if they work part-time at a different public library, so that’s convenient for stalking purposes.

Edit: not that I think it’s a good thing. It’s creepy as all get out. If we have to post salaries, I’d much rather they be anonymized like on Glassdoor.

Edit2: and these lists do get used for political ickiness. There’s an anti-union group that mails out helpful tips on how to save money–leave your union. They even provide a “I want to leave” postcard addressed to your union leadership for you to sign, pre-filled-in with your info.

Step one to claiming ownership of a notebook, TBF.

I’m a librarian. I also work with members of the public, some of whom do not share my understanding of reality. My information is still public because I’m a government employee.

That’s a fair guess. I see her socialize with the other dog folk in the neighborhood, and that is mostly generic white. There are minority dog folk in the neighborhood, but none who I read as black. (I’ve not asked and it’s not my place to be certain about anyone’s background without being told)

My (white) neighbor told me Juneteenth was an insult to black people and that if she was black she’d be pissed about it. She also says that George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are much more deserving of a federal holiday. (They came up because I think my office traded president’s day for Juneteenth)

I do like my older Amazon Paperwhite, but I’m bookmarking this thread for when/if it no longer functions.

I’ve got it in airplane mode and don’t intend to reintroduce it to the Internet. I can load books from USB just fine and have no need for the Amazon ebook ecosystem.

Soylent saved my butt when I went with Partner to visit the pseudo-in-laws and they swore they could feed me. We told them I was vegetarian. (Technically I’m not but it’s complicated and vegetarian is fine).

Dinner was a pile of lettuce with some cherry tomatoes. Everyone else got burgers on buns with cheese, green beans, and baked beans. There was bacon mixed into both the green beans and the baked beans.

Anyways, Soylent came in clutch. We also cut that trip short and haven’t visited again.

Have you considered making a list /s

(But seriously, I have a sheet I take in to the doctor with my goals for the appointment, things to bring up, and citations if I’m asking something weird. I also list my name, allergies, and who I’m meeting with. I’ll have 2 copies, one for me and one for the doctor.)

Cake is a quick bread, which might not count as bread for the purposes of sandwiches.

Further study is required. OP, how was your lunch cake?

A chart made by someone that’s never eaten a whole bag of beet chips in one sitting, I see.

I own a 3d printer and haven’t had a 2d printer since childhood. I do have a personal laser printer at the office and it’s awesome.

When I was in elementary school my dad introduced me to the concept of inflation using the “candy bar index”. Candy bars were 50¢ when I was a kid. They were, like, 25¢ when he was a kid. Nowadays they’re $1.25.

I still want/expect them to be 50¢.

My mom would always fuss that I’d drip water on the floor after a shower. After one such fussing, my dad took the time to actually give me advice on how to towel off properly, so as not to drip. (LPT: start from the top, work your way down)

Anyways, he was the more patient parent and would try and help you succeed.

Like “you sweet, summer child” except less obviously condescending?

Sometimes discoloration of water is just it being full of air. My HOA’s backup water well is like that. It’s been tested and is fine to drink, but it’s incredibly cloudy until it’s sat for a few minutes.

Also, if you’re on well water get it tested. Even if it was fine when you moved in, things change. Maybe the new farm down the road’s fertilizer is leaking in to the ground water. You won’t know unless someone tests.

The water at my office smells like chlorine. It’s dreadful. I wouldn’t even use it to make coffee, I fill up a nalgene at home and bring that in. My home water is well water and tastes a tad high iron, just the way I like it. (HOA regularly tests the water and it’s always within legal limits, yay.)