Mephistopheles is Hell’s Messenger, you’re thinking of malaria

Confirmation bias. If they told them what they wanted to hear, they would have believed every word

The Austin Chronicle has reliably good content. Lots of local stuff, but also commentary on the state of Texas, and a ton of arts pieces

You can gain confidence by doing it

Who said perishable items were “strictly prohibited?” Slapping a stamp on a kraft single would not meet the criteria laid out in the second half of the sentence you left out of your quote.

You’re absolutely right about this. It’s super easy to take a block of high-quality cheddar cheese and melt it with some sodium citrate to make the creamiest cheese dip you’ve ever eaten. And you can make your own sodium citrate with just lemon juice and baking soda

It’s certainly perishable, doesn’t have to be food

This would be prohibited by the USPS:

5 Perishable Matter

51 Definition

511 General Definitions

Perishable matter is anything that can deteriorate in the mail and thereby lose value, create a health hazard, or cause an obnoxious odor, nuisance, or disturbance, under ordinary mailing conditions. Mailable perishable matter may be sent at the mailer’s own risk when it is packaged as required and when it can be delivered within appropriate and reasonable time limits to prevent deterioration. Examples of perishable matter include mailable types of live animals, food items, and plants.

Full list of prohibited items

This is a great way to frame this. To put this thinking into an example, most people who are abusive toward others have themselves been victims of abuse earlier in their lives and are reenacting patterns they were taught. I think those people deserve compassion and understanding

It was a joke, because everything after the first movie might as well not exist. Apparently it wasn’t received.

Wow, thank you for the definition of the word franchise, I had no idea /s

Franchise?

Shade is everything. Tree shade is the best, because trees transpire, cooling the ground beneath them even more than shade would alone.

Inside your house (depending on what kind of home you have), you can also take a look at your overall energy efficiency, including windows, doors, insulation in walls and attic, and weather stripping to seal all gaps

Not only Austin, but Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and even Dallas are solidly blue

True story…Louis Armstrong was actually Disney’s first choice to voice King Louie, but they decided against it due to the racist implications of having a black man voice an ape character. I think Louis Prima was a better fit anyway, he had a manic energy and is a little bit sarcastic and mean, where Louis Armstrong was just a very nice man

One could argue thats a severe problem

Yes

You just repeated the same two reasons they gave like they were different.

I assume your misspelling was intentional, because it fills you with awe

Astrophysicist?

Atheist. Religion is an explanation of the world that’s made the fuck up. I think people make shit up to explain reality because accepting uncertainty is difficult, but that doesn’t make it ok. The world around you exists, just like it is. There is no special place you get to go if you follow the right set of rules .