While looking up rules for traveling with prescription medication, I found a site that I suspect was written by a clumsy AI, or perhaps someone drinking their way through a breakup.

“ Hello Joshua L,

Thank you for participating in the Summer 2022 NASA's Astrophoto Challenge! You were part of the largest NASA's Astrophoto Challenge we have ever had with over 1,500 different submissions! Out all of those entries, your entry was selected as one of the standout entries!

You can view your image and others that we selected as standout entries here:

NASA Data Challenge -
mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/OWN/ast […]”

Well, gonna find out just how much willpower I actually have. Sure, I’ve quit alcohol and tobacco and McDonald’s, but this is di-i-i-i-iffere-e-e-e-ent!

When I did in-house IT at a company in the Windows 95/98/NT era, there was someone in HR who every six months or so, like clockwork, would start nuking files on her computer that she didn't recognize in order to clear up space, and I'd have to explain to her yet again why she shouldn't do that as I was reinstalling her OS.

Backstage with another fun Confessional show in the books, where I faked knowing anything about “Toy Story”

Is this where the purchase offer number came from? An ether induced hallucination?

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At this point I’m pretty convinced he has a studio in his home where he records terrible comedy albums (so far all unreleased) to a studio audience that signs NDAs.

Looking at this, I keep thinking back to a few months ago, when there were charts showing what a second much bigger wave would look like if restrictions were eased up too soon and things weren't taken seriously enough.

Though I like to go out often, growing up an indoor kid, I have adapted to shelter-in-place rather well for the most part. But some days like today, I find an old Panera receipt used as a makeshift bookmark four years ago, and I don't know if I'm more on the verge of tears or screaming until my throat gives out.

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