Pets are expensive, yo. — My partner and I have four cats, and having four cats means four annual vet visits. We’ve done our best to wrangle this in a variety of ways to make things easier for everyone involved, but it’s always a bit of a hassle. Last year, we took all of them…

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. — The vision for the future was supposed to be robots and AI doing all of the dirty and dangerous jobs in the world while humans lived a life of leisure. By freeing humans from the hard work that we were previously forced to do, we could instead focus on creating…

Period, full stop. — I am really tired of hearing about state legislatures passing bills that strip rights from trans folx, drag queens, women, BIPOC folks, and pretty much anyone who isn’t a straight white guy. It is clear to see that the Republican party in America has descended into full-on fascism at this…

Or: Celebrating your friends with baklava cheesecake. — We have a friend — I’ll call her Sam (that’s not her name) — who is very much like us in a lot of ways. She has spent much of her life helping other people plan for their birthdays while not actually getting hers celebrated a lot. That gets tiresome…

It seems to pour a lot here. — There is more noisy work being done on our house today — they’re replacing our gutters and the siding on our second story, which was damaged by hail and needed to be fixed up. …

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but depression doesn’t end on June 1. — It’s May again, and that means several things. First off, Spring has well and truly arrived for much of the country, temperatures are rising, and the days are getting longer. …

The joys of homeownership: tens of thousands of dollars fixing stuff. — When we bought our house many years ago now, there were some things that needed to be fixed in the intermediate future. …

“Congrats on the record year! Here’s a $20 gift card to celebrate!” — As someone who falls into the “elder millennial” category, my job track has been pretty typical for my age bracket: if I want a significant raise, I need to job-hop. …

Hard, unfulfilling work that we have to pay to do. — The MCU kicked off with Iron Man in 2008, a whole 15 years ago at this point. Iron Man launched the franchise with a bang, featuring Robert Downey Jr. as a fantastic Tony Stark that really embodied the character. It was a major success and was a fantastic start to…