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Now, this is not at all like that incident last November. This time, it was an accident and entirely on me. Early yesterday morning the first customer of the day came in and bought my custom Frank Sinatra fishing lure (only $9.99 for a limited time only). He handed me a 10 dollar bill, and since there was no change in the register, I just reached into my pockets for a penny like I usually do. Unfortunately, my lucky penny wasn't so lucky today, and without thinking I picked a penny from my left pocket instead of my right, where I keep my non-lucky coins.

The customer was a polite, cheerful young man who mentioned he's a big Sinatra fan as I was ringing him up. He has a cleft chin, very curly hair almost like an afro, and was wearing a t-shirt with dogs playing poker printed on it. I don't know if he lives here or if he was visiting from out of town, but if you know him, please let him know that I want the penny back, and will trade him a shiny new nickel for it, in light of the inconvenience.

It is a 1987 penny, slightly green and oxidized on the tail side. It's brought me a lot of luck, and I'd hate to lose it!

Use one of the store-provided cups or bring your own cup, it doesn't matter. Just enjoy your worms!

I was very excited yesterday for the special screening of Big Sal's nature documentary at the Granite Street Cinema. But someone, and I won't say names, was on their phone for most of the movie in front of me. I whispered to them to turn off their phone, but they quite rudely brushed me off. And the theater ushers were of no help in resolving the issue.

I was very dissapointed that there was such a distraction while I was trying to watch the movie. Please everyone, remember theater etiquette! If not for me, then do it for Sal. He is very proud of his documentary, and looked so sad when I told him about this inconsiderate theater-goer making things difficult for everyone.

In this sub and other parts of the internet, I've seen people joke about Victoria's sex life, that she "couldn't keep herself off" Albert. But was this actually abnormal behavior? She was a married woman, I would certainly hope she enjoyed having sex with her husband. Do we have any reason to believe Victoria and Albert were having significantly more sex than other married couples?

A little dissapointed by the typical drab colors, but I'm still optimistic about it. I'm especially interested in seeing how they will depict the suppression of the uprising.

Test, with a random always sunny clip

It is an uncomfortable question to ask and difficult to phrase. But what I am trying to say is, in a culture where having light-skinned children was the ideal, I can understand why someone with dark skin would seek a light skinned spouse, in order to have children with lighter skin than their own. But wouldn't it be hard to find someone with light skin who would be willing to have a child whose skin would be darker? Wouldn't that be seen as a "step back" from their perspective, with the child darker than the ancestors on the lighter-skinned side of the family?

I have always heard that after the Revolutionary War, George Washington was the most beloved man in America. That when the constitution was drafted, there was no question that he would be elected president. And even when some people disagreed with actions taken by Washington during his presidency, they directed their anger towards Hamilton and other advisors.

Were there any demographics of Americans who disliked him, or at least didn't love Washington and had reservations about him? Any cities where Washington was unpopular, churches whose members often had a negative view of him, etc? I imagine that the enslaved didn't think highly of him, and likely free black Americans as well. But I may be wrong.

In the 2019 movie, the Joker doesn't just dress like a clown. Arthur Fleck was a legitimate, professional clown working for an entertainment agency. That's how he made his living. We see him at work, performing at children's hospitals. He didn't make much money and he hated his boss, but he loved working as a clown. He sincerely enjoys making people laugh, such as when he made funny faces to a little boy on a train.

There's nothing wrong with versions of the Joker where the clown aesthetic is just an aesthetic. But there's something charming about the fact that the eventual "Joker" persona Arthur Fleck adopts derives from his own job and passions. He loved performing and making people laugh as a (somewhat) law-abiding citizen, and that carries over into his criminal career.