That stuff I can tune out anymore. Also, they've taken to bickering up front where I don't have to listen to them.

Day 30 something without hearing much of anything related to politics. Mood: elevated.

Pleasant evenings with Sidekick sitting in my office and talking non-stop while I traipse through the galaxy on my 65,000 light year long exploration run.

She demands I land on a planet before she leaves my office as she doesn't want to leave the ship and float in space.

She's weird but I've learned to live with it.

@kdfrawg In the Internet age, I'd extend that to "Beware of any job that requires clothing"

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I've not really seen a job worth uprooting a good life for.

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@kdfrawg Ugh. Trouble at both ends is not a good time.

Patiently explaining to an elderly person that there is little I can do about the copious amount and pharmaceutical emails they get.

Once they learn you are old, your inbox will look like your mailbox. There is nothing you can do shy of removing them both.

Spent a somewhat relaxing morning working towards the galactic core while discussing Roth IRAs with sidekick.

@kdfrawg In my case, "raised rural" has never left my system. Every time I am forced to live in a city my first thought is how to move out of it.

@kdfrawg My "bubble" is much too large for a city. I require acreage and silence.

@kdfrawg Starbucks and large cities are two things I tend to place in the Nope box.