"Why did you stop doing cool adventures when I was born?" asked the child who says, "I DIDN'T AGREE TO A ROAD TRIP!' when she finds out we are in Illinois (we live in St Louis).

OpenAI kills Sora. Fruit Love Island gets nuked. CEOs are admitting AI isn’t saving them money. Meta loses in court on an addiction case. I really hope this is the tide perhaps turning against the tech oligarchs.

I would give up my entire business if it means Zuck will burn. I think Meta is hands down the worst thing to happen to humanity.

Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights tickets and packages on sale today, including RIP Tours & Behind the Screams Tours. Plus there are TWO Premium Scream Nights this year, August 27 & October 19! 📸 @whatahellofawaytodad.com

Model promoting the McDonnell-Douglas Flight to the Moon attraction at Disneyland, 1967 thevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/8121565...

Thanks to this post I was reminded to have him cancel the pet insurance bc it barely covers anything

Good news everyone! While prepping some things for a drop tomorrow, I found TMKF velcro backed patches. Limited supply whatahellofawaytodad.com/products/thi...

It's my birthday week which means it's time for a birthday sale. All stickers are 25% off when you spend five dollars or more! Use code 'Sticker' at checkout whatahellofawaytodad.com/collections/...

A lot of people think I only do Disney (and maybe Universal, but they often think they are the same company). For Alaska, though, Princess hands-down is the way to go.

happy tax season!

"The message I take is too many men believe that women/children exist for male sexual gratification." Women are raw right now. Especially those of us who came up in 90s diet culture and size 00, finding out all of that was connected to Epstein in some way. bogartjulie.substack.com/p/time-to-na...

Kids, did you know that before the internet, it was highly unusual to see a real person die on video? They used to have urban legends about it, they called them "snuff films." Now we get autoplay videos of exploded soldiers and bloody mass shooting victims beamed right to our pockets.

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

It's been about 4 years and lessons were learned. Time to remodel the PodShack!

Nicholas Brendan circa 2001 flooding my feed right now is such a gut punch. I never really thought about it until now, but I was 23 that year and it was probably the worst period of my life. That was the year I had to download Buffy on Kazaa overnight & I def associate it with escape.

@whatahellofawaytodad.com swag arrived today 😎

Starting a new habit: Friday afternoon professional development. I get to pick a Disney or Universal/DreamWorks movie with no input from my child. Any guesses on my first pick?

Your dad needs weed money, so Im putting it on sale in the store. Master Help grower pins are five bucks all weekend! whatahellofawaytodad.com/products/pro...

Today, tech billionaires who are ignorant, evil, or both are trying to change how we understand what it means to be human: what we are able to do with our minds, what we want to do, why we bother living at all. Don't let them monstrify you. From HUMANS: A Monstrous History: 7/7

The tendency with stuff like The Metaverse is for the people who championed it to tell a story when it fails about how it seemed like a good idea at the time, nobody foresaw how badly it would fail, etc. It's important to remember none of that is true. Everyone saw in real time how stupid this was.

New from MECC

Let’s check the math on how much Phil Hulse/GreenStreet owes in property taxes on 3728 + 3852 Market St. As of yesterday, per Collector of Revenue’s office, the delinquent tax bills total $2,852,433.

Doctor: how’s your diet Me: good Doctor: eating… fruit? Me: I had an apple this morning Doctor: you son of a bitch

Came in first place on the quiz at the end of Universal training today in St Louis, because that's how well I know all of Universal's experiences! I take every opportunity to train on Universal, because so many travel agents only know the Mouse. 😁

Being self employed is often stressful beyond belief, but sometimes things work out in the most spectacular way. Now if "IT" could just happen tomorrow, that would be great.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

I'm already tired of "I'm not agreeing with so and so, they are agreeing with me." WHO CARES. The pendulum is swinging.

FINALLY ordering plates for the "new" van tomorrow but I have no bandwidth for clever vanity characters. Help!

Someone needs to send an ambulance to X

Finished the 3rd Discovery of Witches book (aka All Souls series) and can't decide if im borrowing book 4. The middle of #3 was absolutely glacial in its pacing. There were so many parts that had me rolling my eyes.Yet I keep finding myself wondering what happens next.

St Patrick's Day Irish dance show at a dog park in 65° weather, Ted Drewes, tornado watch, 50mph winds, snow. 24 hours in STL

@whatahellofawaytodad.com Made me think of you.

NEVER skip the local elections. They are so much more important than the presidential election!

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The joy of spring. This is why we took an entire tree worth of mulch from a tree trimmer.

BOOOOOK BOOOK BOOK

DOGE gutted spending with no rhyme or reason, meanwhile we let "use it or lose it", the most wasteful practice on earth, continue. Anyone who's ever worked with or in the government knows how insane this practice is.

is there an album, a band, a record store, a music memory you want to write about? pitch me. i take all kinds of writing just as long as you are passionate about your subject. the well is drying up and i need new essays! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Gm chat

I don't hear anyone talking about this show and it's so damn funny. Even our kid caught some of it in passing and now she loves Conway.

I love what I've seen from Virgin Voyages so far - really thoughtful design, sustainability, focus on wellness, great itineraries with very adult focused ports and excursions, like a very high quality all-inclusive resort at Sea. But no kids and no buffets!

Today is the only break in the middle of 13 days of Irish Dance Taxi.

Cat toys with catnip infused stuffing, back in stock 🚬 whatahellofawaytodad.com/products/cat...

Happy with this weekend's pattern progress. Now to make more! 🧶

The worst thing about buying crochet patterns on Etsy these days is that reviews are like, "🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟This was confusing and difficult to follow." I'm an expert level crocheter, and this pattern for a dumpster fire is a flaming pile of 💩. The final product will be entirely my own design.

Coming soon to the @whatahellofawaytodad.com shop, dumpster fire coaster set. Working on the prototype.

Sometimes when you're self employed and staring into the abyss, you have to remember that no one is going to give you a pizza party. You have to motivate yourself.

New in the store: Soviet Pin Surprise soaps. Colored gray for that real brutalist feel. Each pin is foil wrapped and bagged, and you just gotta wash until you get to it whatahellofawaytodad.com/products/sov...

Time for a new pin drop! This week it's black rainbows, serious geese, and cats whatahellofawaytodad.com/products/wee...