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Cake day: June 4th, 2025

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  • I think removing their union protections (I’m a union member and I don’t think they should be afforded the same types of protections since they’re not labor, they’re the armed section of government who are the only ones allowed to use force on the citizens) and making them carry insurance would be a start. Then, moving their budget to do something about the fact that so many of their calls are to deal with mental health crises which they’re not trained for. Plus, for as large as their budgets are, I’d expect better results in solving crimes. Lots of police departments average something like 25% solve rate which includes things like when people turn themselves in.


  • A couple of days ago we had to take our oldest dog to the emergency vet about an hour from home. She seemed to be in lots of pain from her arthritis and I was afraid of what they would tell us. They did a few tests and said basically that we should have been giving her some daily medicine to help with inflammation. We left with the pills in hand and now the old girl is walking around much better and is seeming more like her old self again. While we’re upset at our regular vet for not doing this stuff sooner, we’re happy that it’s done now.




  • I had it easy teaching my daughter to drive - she was naturally cautious so if anything I only ever had to remind her to speed up. We live in a small enough city that I never even did that unless there was traffic behind her. I let her learn at her speed (and then sent her to driving school to get that discount on insurance). No yelling or extra stress required