Pill poppin' for the masses
Only unsafe for work if you work with children, Puritans, or in a seminary. And they might be cool with it at the seminary.
As Stupid Evil Bastard says, "I think Ive been using this prescription for decades now..."
RIP Tom Petty
Tom Petty died today, aged 66. I won't claim to be a huge Tom Petty fan, but I've bought an album or two and sang along in the car to one of those songs everyone knows. I'll stream a lot of his catalog today to remember the songs I've heard once or hundreds of times.
I also owe Petty credit for a singular moment in my life, and one I never expected to last in my mind.
Nearly 20 years ago, I was a fresh-ish faced transplant to Ann Arbor, MI by way of my first "real job" out of college, working for a software company in Dexter. I was renting a house with some other folks who'd also been displaced as a result of a fire at my first apartment. I was the only family member East of Lansing, which made me a contact point for anyone going through Detroit Metro airport.
Which is how my uncle Dean came to spend a few hours with me one evening. At the time, my grandparents (his parents) were wintering in Texas. My grandfather had health problems most of his life and…
I also owe Petty credit for a singular moment in my life, and one I never expected to last in my mind.
Nearly 20 years ago, I was a fresh-ish faced transplant to Ann Arbor, MI by way of my first "real job" out of college, working for a software company in Dexter. I was renting a house with some other folks who'd also been displaced as a result of a fire at my first apartment. I was the only family member East of Lansing, which made me a contact point for anyone going through Detroit Metro airport.
Which is how my uncle Dean came to spend a few hours with me one evening. At the time, my grandparents (his parents) were wintering in Texas. My grandfather had health problems most of his life and…
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