For the same reason switching to fiber helped me shatter my Minesweeper top score

Oh boy, this is going to really take me to the next level in Balatro

Crane flies don’t have those feather like antennae. As another poster commented, this looks like a midge

All classic Universal movie monsters. Wolfman, Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula, etc. Are they tucked into those jeans? You bet they are.

I know it’s not answering the question of the post, but I’ll chime in here because it’s related. It’s also kind of the opposite experience. My mom grew up Mormon and was excommunicated from the church before I was born for living with my dad “in sin” out of wedlock. That in and of itself is an interesting story, but it led to her really turning her back on the church. My dad was basically already atheist despite a Catholic upbringing. Serving in the Vietnam war made him question all of that. Also a very interesting story, but maybe one for another time.

The result of all of that was that I was raised, more or less, in an passively anti-religious household. My parents taught me that it’s okay to be spiritual and believe what I want but that organized religion is poisonous. They encouraged me to think what I want but to be very critical of anyone or any establishment that wanted to tell me what to think. I love my parents and deeply respect them for going their own way and raising me and my siblings the way they did

Good for you. Sincerely.

This is second hand from a friend, but he said he overheard a conversation between 2 coworkers:

Person A: looks like you got some sun this weekend

Person B (badly sunburned): Yeah, I just bought a convertible and did a lot of driving with the top down. I figured that the wind would stop me from getting sunburned, but I guess it wasn’t cold enough

Person A: That’s… not how that works

Nice! Congrats to both your son and you!