There are several areas in TN that might fit. No income tax, temperate region, and if you locate away from the major hotspots the cost of living is great.
Happy Birthday! Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest - Larry LorenzoniIt's my birthday
How annoying!Hey hosers.
I was born smack dab in the middle of the GenX years, so there's no ambiguity here) and a more modern/progressive one.
Ooh, will check this one out. I have been re-reading "Love in the Time of Cholera" and am in a bit of a "magical realism" kind of mood.
Hosers, December has been busy at work, as usual - end of semester stuff. I also had part two of my dental saga done yesterday. Had the extraction over the summer and yesterday, I had the post inserted for the implant. Heal for a few months, then the permanent crown goes in.
I don't like the dentist but have had enough work done that I usually deal with it fine, even root canals. But extraction and the post implant freaked me out so I insisted on sedation and it was absolutely the correct choice. Had a nice little psychedelic nap and woke up with the work all done.
Today, I am sore and swollen, but it's definitely easier than the aftermath of the extraction. The worst part is having to avoid hot liquids for a few days, so it's iced coffee for me this morning and for the next morning or two
There's a Shitty Camera Challenge on Bluesky, so even though I don't consider my instant cameras to be "shitty", I am breaking them out to do some long overdue shooting. I even broke out a pack of original Polaroid pack film! My Land Camera fooled me into thinking that the shutter was working so I thought the film had gone bad so I shot 10 totally blank frames. That's when I checked the batteries and realized they were starting to corrode. To salvage something from the burned-up film, I am practicing my emuslion lifts with original emulsion, which works differently from the Fuji pack pilm I am used to. Here's my first attempt at playing with shapes (sitting on the carnage from my failure.)View attachment 282036
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Agree Bluesky is chill. I follow other schnauzer people and some from TikTok. FB has become toxic. I do enjoy my FB groups for photography and schnauzers. Mostly on there to catch up with students we've hosted and my daughter will let me know when she posts the grands' photos.I also deleted my Twitter account when Musk was buying it so I haven't seen what it has become. I didn't use it all that much for a few years before that, either.
Bluesky seems pretty chill. There are some accounts that get their panties in a bunch if they follow someone that doesn't follow back, but I don't really encounter that - just hear some others chatter about how it happens sometimes. I personally use the block function freely, not because I have encountered any negativity myself - I have only had positive interactions so far - but mostly because I can't be bothered with people who just want to rack up followers or who seem a little spammy. I only follow someone back if it's clear that they followed me because of some shared interest.
I have enjoyed it so far. I use Facebook to keep in touch with people I actually know in real life, I use Instagram for my fix of art and animal photos and videos, and Bluesky seems to fit in nicely to interact with people about specific interests. I also follow a variety of news sources so I can view a good cross-section of news without some algorithm deciding what to show me.
(Let me know if you join, I'll follow you back)
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