That a bon fire was a “bomb” fire and therefore, very loud and very dangerous.

We are getting better at navigating the system! Horrible skill unlocked. 😉

A pediatric neurologist told me definitively that my oldest son did not have autism. After a year of no improvement and assuming he was a particularly hard to diagnose, I got on the wait-list at the local university medical hospital. They were able to diagnose him quickly (apparently he’s pretty text book, but the pediatric neurologist didn’t ask the right questions). But he had been without supporting therapies and help in school for years as a result of the misdiagnosis.

My other kid (also autistic) had an ear ache. The urgent care doc was unfamiliar with how to deal with an autistic kid and assumed he didn’t have an ear infection. The next day his ear drum burst and we ended up at the big children’s hospital.

In both cases we had huge delays in appropriate care and had to pay twice.

Was this in SeaTac?

Edit: looks like it was on Dexter.

Lots of the places where be traveled have American restaurants. They are a fascinating look into what people think is American. I love it

This is an outstanding idea.

Music therapy helped my son a bunch (in line with the other singing recommendations).

Maybe they should warn the healthcare executives not to be such terrible people.

I came from an upper middle class family have 2 great parents, and have wonderful extended family near by.

I dunno…https://youtu.be/KBgIvH0tu6Y?si=-jdeWokV06dtR0Wz

We hosted one while I was in college. He fit into our family well and we still stay in touch 20 years later.

It is ok to have standards. 😉

Edit:This absolutely is not helping the situation:

I was not! I’ll have to check it out.

I assume there will be a Go Fund Me for his legal fees…

Unknown! Profit share is something I’ve done with my own business and feel like it produces better outcomes for everyone (we measure our impact on customers, employees, owners, the business and community to make sure we are serving all of them). I’m looking into actually granting shares, so it is more real for the employees. Maybe other owners don’t do it because it does require some amount of effort and transparency into company performance. IMO, owners can be really lazy.

COVID originated in the swamps of the deep south.

Edit: obviously, not really, but we shouldnt be too quick to judge where it came from.

Musicals. 😬

Bill Long (now retired), who helped to transition WinCo into an employee owned business.