My thoughts: "The prop costs more than my car. I hope they use a well fitted crate to protect it in transit to avoid shipping damage. I also like my life." Mfg: "Oh don't worry; it ships using the latest in logistical technology. The days of those heavy, old-fashioned wooden crates are over." Yes, indeed. It came in a box...made of cardboard. (It was sturdy though, I'll give them that)

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homemade carnivore-ish icecream: heavy cream egg yolks bone marrow browned butter honey to me it was delicious -- fiat food wife said awful...I guess don't try this without healing your tastebuds first

whoa training at the eldest's football practice...4 mo old, the rebellious phase is starting

Puppy's first flight

"You must adopt the mindset of an architect navigating a world of toddlers. You do not ask the toddlers for permission to build. You do not explain the load-bearing capacity of the pillars to them. You give them a toy to distract them, and you pour the concrete while they are looking the other way. ​This is the ultimate application of Schopenhauer's philosophy. You accept the world exactly as it is—dominated by irrationality, driven by emotion, and hostile to truth. You do not complain about it. You do not try to fix it. You exploit it. ​When you know that people operate on ego, you use their ego to steer them. When you know they are blind to logic, you use their emotions to guide them. When you know they are starved for validation, you feed them just enough to keep them compliant. ​You become the invisible hand. They think they are making the decisions; they think they are in control. But every choice they make is within the parameters you silently constructed. This is the transition from intelligence to power. ​Intelligence is knowing you are right. Power is not caring if they know it. Intelligence is winning the argument. Power is winning the objective while they think they won the argument." AI narration but good content