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I mean, you're both right.

Also, everything would be a lot easier if I lived in the denser part of town (somewhere between MD and CH). Northside is carsy, and because of the interstate/railroads, I need to get onto busy roads like Brook, Chamberlayne, Hermitage, or AA to reach anything.

Again, all these things are well within my ability as an adult cyclist, but they are big impediments to kids.

Must be Monday in Nola red beans and rice for the win

Hey if you want someone to lay in bed with you and binge watch something while eating snacks, let me know. Pretty much what I did all weekend.

And this isn’t all life is. It only is for right now. Doesn’t have to be, though. It’s just hard to find the energy to make it different when you wash, rinse, repeat the same mundane schedule of the hamster wheel every week. You can always change it, however. Remember that.

I'm not sure why you think that is odd - this is the prevailing model throughout most of Europe as well. Often times, private involvement is even more embedded in operations there.

For instance, unlike the U.S., private actors have a substantial stake in European airports ( over 40% have private shareholders) while in the US they are all government-owned,

Does anybody want to piggy back on my YouTube TV + 4k + Sports Package (Redzone) subscription?

$30 a month through Venmo, I give your separate google account access to my family plan. I have two one slot left.

saw billy wednesday and TABilly Goose thursday too. it was epic!!!

As cool as Billy was I was locked onto the standup bass player. One of the most entertaining performers I've seen in ages

I'll be out of quarantine by thanksgiving, but until then I guess it's just doing school work so I can catch up and playing video games

We brought home a new kitten yesterday! Her older brothers are saying some pretty rude things to her, but she doesn’t give a shit. I think one of them will be over it by tonight, though. The other might need a few more days.

That's not really odd, at least not for the US. Conservatives HATE the idea of government programs, and love to privatize. So a compromise that the liberals have come up with is public-private partnerships. Government gives some money to a private company to do the service. It causes so many problems compared to if government just did it itself, but this is what we are stuck with until people stop voting conservative.

Of course,I don't know the specifics of Richmond's politics, so I could be wrong. This idea has pervaded almost every aspect of American politics, so it seems very likely to me that's what's going on.

I’m thankful for finally buying a house and getting out of renting. It’s a long, arduous process but once you get to the other side, it’s all worth it. Lots of work to be done but I just have to remind myself that it doesn’t have to get finished RIGHT NOW. Anybody need a free bed and frame? Its a full and in great condition. You have to come and get it (west end) but it’s yours if you want it. Nothing wrong with it, just don’t need it. DM me if you want a pic!

Nice of you to call me insane while knowing nothing about my riding experience, where and when I will and won't ride with my child, and anything else about my lifestyle, safety precautions, etc. Sounds like we have different risk tolerance levels, which is fine.

Going through a break up, realizing how many people I know but how few friends I have. Thankful for the few, but damn it’s hard to move past the “stop and talk for a minute if we see each other” to actually hanging out kind of friendship.

Regardless, busting my ass trying to make myself more attractive in the future. It’s easy to be bitter and I’m trying really hard not to do that.

Same. My Crane froggy humidifier finally died after 15 years so I ordered a new one from amazon since all the reviews of the ones at target and lowes were bad. Got another crane one.

My parents are coming into town today to spend a few days in Richmond so I'm excited for that. Making a root vegetable au gratin bake!

Tbh not getting hammered is fucking awesome. I saw Senses Fail last week and Saturday I went to a hardcore show and chilled with some people.

Husband and I checked out the guitar exhibit at the vmfa this weekend and it was really cool. Perfect crossroads for us since he’s big into art and I love music.

Absolutely awful to go through, peace to you all.

Your last sentence sums up my entire life.

They have always sounded like the product of a Berkelee School of Music Jam Band Department to me.

They’ve got a lot of people excited about their music, though, so they are doing something right.

You're insane if you trust drivers around here enough to haul your children on the back of a bike in traffic.

It'd be one thing if there were bike lanes separated from traffic everywhere, but there aren't. Is it really worth that gamble? I'm gonna say no. This isn't Amsterdam. Pedestrians and bike riders get hit by cars here all the time.

Yep. If you happen to live and commute along the Pulse line, it's a good option. Anywhere else? Unreliable, and even if it is, it probably involves changing buses at least once and takes 3 times as long as driving does.

That's the thing - if you want to get cars off the road, the public transit option needs to be at least comparable in reliability and transit time. I'm not spending an extra hour round trip waiting and switching buses for the sake of not driving. No one except college students have that kind of free time.

Virginia's own Daniel Bachman has a new album out called Almanac Behind. He works out of the American primitive style of guitar but on this one his instrument is in conversation with weather radio, field recordings of thunderstorms and other "found sound" sources. It's very good!

What a kind and caring parent you are