As of yesterday morning, I had 2 career crashes.

As of yesterday afternoon, I had 3 after a Tesla Model 3 rear-ended me doing 90+ while I was doing 60 in the right lane.

As of this evening, I now have 4 after a Toyota 4-runner struck me along the right rear of my rig. Police confirmed the driver was drunk.

I'm not physically hurt, nor was anyone else, but ... this is really rattling my nerves :(

I've developed a close online friendship in recent years with someone stuck in an oppressive, religious family even though he's in his 30s. WIth my impending move, I expect to have another bedroom and would really like to offer it to him, but of course I've experienced online friendships that haven't translated well to RL, so I'd like to find a way to temporarily meet up with him and I think a furry con might not be a bad venue.

I don't really do cons, as I'm stressed out by crowds and noise (guess that's agoraphobia?), but I'd do it for this, but not being on the con scene, I don't even know what's available ... does anyone know any smaller, quieter furry cons happening sometime by the end of this year?

Roommate and I been spending weeks cleaning up the house for listing photos, finally got them done and sent off.

I just can't manage the household bills alone, hours have been thin at work lately and my bills have gone up, including a 15%-ish increase in house payments thanks to the escrow payments for homeowner's insurance premiums and property taxes. I have utilities going to credit cards, along with groceries, but I haven't been able to pay the balances off, and have just been paying the minimums the last several months. I am only using about 10% of my card capacity, but the situation has been getting worse, so I'm having to downsize my housing.

This is just a starter home, but I'm going to move into a manufactured house (which I would buy) on a leased lot. Not ideal, I would not build equity, but tradeoff is my housing payment would be cheaper than an apartment, I could pay less than $1000/mo for a 3-BR, but 1 BR apartments go for around $1200/mo.

Hope to save up cash to buy land and build a house that's a lot more "mine" someday, and look forward to a huge reduction in house payments letting me pay down those balances, and eventually all my debt (~$13k remaining on a car loan).

Make sure you pay your "cheese tax" ;)

https://youtu.be/JlR-dmPA3bk

Tesla of course, but Amazon as well. Bezos abused his wealth to stifle the Washington Post. Don't give the billionaires that have taken the US any more of what little you have. Boycott them.

So I watched a Youtube short in which a doorbell is rung
Roommate's Great Dane BORKborkBORK reacts and runs to the door

but the deal is she's never lived in a house with a doorbell. She was born in the house of the previous owner, he didn't have one, and I don't have one so why the react?

CONCLUSION: Doorbell reactivity is genetically encoded in canine DNA, confirmed.

May your wings carry you to peace and joy in the realm beyond the Rainbow Bridge.

https://youtu.be/8QScpDGqwsQ?si=M-oU7urlUdc-p4lU
The biology (specifically neuro-biology) of transgenderism.

TLDR: Brains of transgendered people, whether pre- or post-op, are wired differently. Effects of the hormonal alterations involved have been ruled out as being the cause, by non-transgendered persons undergoing hormonal therapies such as testosterone boosts for women and estrogen boosts for men not showing any link to the brain effects documented in transgendered persons.

I recently bought (through Carvana) a 2019 Nissan Leaf, an electric vehicle, which will be not only my first EV, but the first time I've bought a car requiring financing instead of paying for a clunker in cash. Right now I'm going through about $50/week in gas, and recently my roommate starting paying me rent which has relieved financial strain, so the $300/mo I'll be paying for financing doesn't seem like it'd be too much to manage. As I get used to the new monthly bill, I'm hopeful I can save up more money for a good down payment on getting solar panels and maybe a powerwall, but will see -- might need to pay off the car first.

She was sick, she's been sick before, but this time bloodwork revealed her kidneys had failed and it was late stage, so just a few hours ago she was put to sleep. My heart is broken :(

Our local variety (Pacific Northwest, USA)

From near a customer site in Port Angeles, Washington (I'm a delivery truck driver)

https://youtu.be/e3MCud-OGsY

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/41080122/

First of what I hope will be many commish-puns I purchase ^^

MWAHAHA

Moving last of the big items tomorrow -- beds, computer desks. Plan to sleep in my house tomorrow. Will be glad to be free of landlord shenanigans.

Thank you all. You deserve more than the few shinies I've been able to fling ... but unfortunately got news today that all bars and restaurants will be closing. I deliver produce, and while I still have some customers (grocery stores), the surge they are having won't make up for the complete obliteration of the other stops, so my income will be falling even lower. With this, making my own basic bills is going to be a challenge, and I've had to entirely shut off my patreon subscriptions for the time being :( I also regrettably won't be able to fling the shineez I have in your streams.

I really wish it hadn't come to this :( Your creations are a vibrant feast for we fans. I fear I am not the only one falling from a position of generosity into desperate survival, so ... please be ready. I hope you can continue to work your craft.

Thank you, awesome artists. You are very dear to me. I love you all.

Coronovirus is hitting hard. I've been having 47 hours pretty consistently delivering produce driving a big truck, but restaurant orders have all but vanished and this will likely persist for many months, maybe even a year. The loss of OT I expect to shrink the pay I get for this week by 40% versus my normal checks. While a one week bump like that is certainly endurable, its reasonable for me to presume this is going to continue for the forseeable future. I can't maintain my expenses with 40% smaller paychecks :(

With regret to the many hard working artists I have a Patreon subscription to, I am going to have to pare back my subscriptions and cut some of my other expenses.

Not Safe For Sensitive Souls: https://7news.com.au/news/sa/distre.....risis-c-631457

On the FA artway, that blocking incident seems to finally have been cleared. It will take some time for this gigabytes-long backup to clear out, though ...

Thanks to Trump and Congress telling the IRS to reduce how much is withheld from Americans' paychecks to trick Americans into thinking they were getting bigger paychecks, like a lot of Americans I have a shocking and unprecedented tax bill. I have never before owed taxes, but suddenly I have a $1200 bill. This is a huge financial setback for me to say the least :( I was getting ready to arrange for an expensive ovary-sparing spay for my doggo, but now I can't afford it :(

There have been sooooooooo many fakes uploaded trolling fans :/

But just today the official Disney one has finally been released.

https://youtu.be/4CbLXeGSDxg

Owner so intolerant of my philosophy they falsified what I said to "win."

You do that, you permanently lose me.

*sigh*

Anyone know some decent Furry discord hangouts not run by liars?

Female. Not sure her age ... 8 maybe? I'm fostering her, but I don't have the financial resources to provide the care she needs. Note me here if interested.

She's been his companion for a very long time, but he was not her original owner and we don't know her actual age. We think she was 18.

Just got hit again driving my work truck (big box truck), rear ended by a pickup as I was nearing Port Angeles. No injuries.