If I remember right the first (and maybe only) comment in the TECO source code was "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here".

If you have relatives from Europe look into citizenship via decent. My grandmother was born in Ireland and I was able to acquire Irish citizenship because of that. Now I have dual US/Irish citizenship

wow that's cool I'll have to look into it. Thanks

My wife still teaches "Consumer and Family Studies" in one of the few school systems here that still has that curriculum. From how amazed the kids are that you can prepare things from scratch I don't think there are too many parents and grandmothers out there cooking dinner. Mostly takeout and packaged goods.

PBS has a secondary channel here called Create that runs a lot of the older cooking shows during the evening and prime-time hours. Maybe take a look and see if it available in your area.

The S&P is growing because companies are borrowing to buy back their stock. It is illegal stock manipulation but that law is no longer enforced. This makes money that used to be taxed as dividends eligible for capital gains treatment and it taxed at a lower rate than it would be as dividends. this lowers tax income to the government. A downward spiral with no end in sight.

It is amazing to hear people that would find "3/5 a person" to be revolting talk this way when a vote doesn't go their way.

Disgusting. A bitter old man with a Don Quixote complex thinking he is going to ride in and save the day in a brokered convention.

And people wonder why I call my job "Data Janitor".

Google "nicaragua neighborhood watch". It doesn't need to be high tech.

Yes. In Massachusetts for a startup by MIT professors and graduates. MA will enforce NDAs and non-compete agreements. It is nothing like California here.