They probably had internet in Atlantis, or something like it, so that would be a shutdown of like 20,000 years or so before it was invented again.

Disconnect your TV from the internet and don’t let it update (downgrade) your software.

Okay? I meant it quite sincerely. Don’t worry about changing your parents. They will die soon enough. Just enjoy your time together.

Judge not, before you judge yourself.

https://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/quaalude.html

Do not have an expectation of loyalty. It’s not about what you get from others but what you’re able to give/share. When you are a good friend, even to a stranger on the street, it will always come back to you. And if it doesn’t, you still have the pleasure of spreading smiles. Expectation is the source of disappointment and fear of abandonment.

I have kind of the opposite problem. My friends and family are very attached to me. I would prefer to be a vagabond again, for a while.

In 2016, for most of the spring and summer I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. In December I ran a marathon.

This year I’m a father to a kindergartner, and aside from that most of my mental energy is going into renovating my 100+ year old house.

A VPN won’t help you much. What you want is a boat, and a GPS.

But the credit card is an extra 5% on gas. Most other cars might do 3% on gas so that might only be netting 2% or an extra 10 cents off per gallon.

And even then the average person with a Costco credit card is waiting in line to save $3 per 10 gallons of gas. So a typical gas station might be netting less than $5 per tank.