If you were going to buy yourself something as a treat or splurge, what would you get?

(hi I work for capitalism)

I was going to post a distraction thread, but I'm all consumed by Biden's age. And the stiffness and plasticky-ness that has ramped up in the past few months. Is it botox plus arthritis? Does he need a bit of prednisone? Adderall?

Have I been in denial, or is he recently markedly worse than he's been?

Can you win an election on rejection votes for a guy whose presidency has somehow faded from the median voter's mind?

I know this is all so defeatist and counterproductive, but bear with me as I spiral downward a bit.

The eldest Geeblet is getting her learner's permit this morning! Tell me all your best tips about teaching someone to drive.

Also I am curious about how the DMV process works in other states. Here they are booking appointments 6+ months out (due to chronic underfunding), and the paperwork is weirdly cumbersome. (Jammies found an appointment about an hour away at a rural DMV that had an opening a month out.) But this could be the norm everywhere - it's a hard thing to compare, because who would have many data points?

Mossy Character writes: It rhymes!:

But before this, the children were placed in exclusive boarding schools across the Congo-Belge and Ruanda-Urundi (DR Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi) where they would be taught about Belgium. The children's mothers were discouraged from visiting them.

Heebie's take: I didn't know about this, but it certainly is consistent with how colonialism played out elsewhere.

(What rhymes??)