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Cake day: 2023年7月9日

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  • We used t have “progressive” income taxes where higher income paid more, but tax breaks have largely gone to the wealthy over the last half century. While we still have tax brackets, they top off much lower than they used to. More importantly we have a really complex tax code, where some people are able to use loopholes and exceptions, such that many wealthy people pay at a lower rate. Were effectively a “regressive” tax code now


  • Hey, anecdotal, but you might not have to … the one time I succeeded in losing wait, they encouraged me to eat breakfast and it did seem to help. Without breakfast, my metabolism was slower - mornings were miserable. With breakfast, I became much more of a morning person, plus better at moderating lunch or snacks. While it’s easier to limit calories by reducing the number of meals, some of us are more successful sticking with regular meals and trying to reduce them… Of course I eat breakfast now also, when I’m no longer fit














  • The best cut changes seasonally

    • cut medium in the spring to better control it in fast growth
    • cut long in the summer to hold more moisture and choke out weeds, to better handle dry season
    • cut short in fall, to help it green up faster in the Spring, reduce thatch, and make it easier to keep clean of debris over winter

    Once grass is hibernating, it’s not like cutting it short inhibits anything: that part of the grass isn’t coming back to life


  • More bad driving practices in the US, that became worse as people forgot how to drive over pandemic ….

    • we allow “right turn on red”, but everyone seems to have forgotten “after coming to a complete stop”. So many times they don’t even slow down, and yes I’ve almost gotten hit like that several times
    • many drivers stop across the crosswalk or ahead of the stop line. Even if people stop, they could have already run over a pedestrian. So many times I’ve had to choose whether to walk out into the intersection, or behind the car blocking my right of way.
    • then there’s the ”suicide lane”, where even though a car sees you and stops, that doesn’t mean the next lane will. What happens when you’re partway across and no one else stops?
    • and the ever more popular running a red light. Just yesterday, I slowed to an easy stop at an already red light and two cars behind me pulled around to go through.