Random Good Samaritan Just Helped Save My Family From Eviction

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Tuesday June 21, 2016 · 3:55 PM PDT

2016/06/21 · 15:55

rane/good/sam, 1/5/04, 3:46 PM, 8C, 7438x9837 (602+1011), 150%, paintings, 1/12 s, R81.4, G70.4, B84.8 — An image illustrating the story of the Good Samaritan. Seems appropos here.

I don’t understand how they knew. That’s the thought that keeps running through my mind. I don’t understand how they knew, but they did.

I have a mental health disability. Basically, over the last month I’ve been unable to sleep without heavy drugs. Before that for about two months (estimated), I had persistent thoughts of self-harm and a feeling I called “brain itch” — which is just as unpleasant as it sounds. My husband lost his job because of having to stay home too often to support me, and we’ve gradually been falling behind on bills. I thought we would be okay, but this month we’re behind by $490 on our rent. If we don’t raise and pay the full rent amount by July 5th, we won’t be able to avoid eviction even if we pay a little late. It pretty much sucks.

As you might imagine, I’ve been freaking out steadily over the past month. Unable to sleep, unable to pay rent despite working full-time, I’ve been desperately reaching out for help wherever I could; meaning from the government, and a few close friends.

So today when an envelope from “Joseph and Mary Carpenter” arrived in the mail, I really thought it was probably spam or something. Sure, it was addressed to me, but that didn’t really mean much.

Until I opened the envelope and pulled out a card from the Environmental Defense Fund.

And $140 fell out of the card.

Ohaeri

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Monday March 07, 2016 · 5:50 AM PST

2016/03/07 · 05:50

Did it make me cringe? Yes, it did. But after thinking about it, I had a different opinion.

Last night during the Democratic Debate held in Flint, MI, Bernie Sanders shut Hillary Clinton down by saying, “Excuse me, I’m talking.”

It was an uncomfortable moment, to be sure. I personally grit my teeth when he said it. I know The Young Turks (whose livestream I was watching at the time) all groaned. Nobody liked that moment. I’m sure Hillary didn’t, and I’m equally certain that it caused Bernie no pleasure, either.

Here’s the moment, in case you missed it:

YouTube Video

For those who can’t watch video, here’s a short transcript (cuts in at the end of Hillary’s answer, bold/emphasis mine):

Hillary Clinton: [T]he money that ended up saving the auto industry.

(Cheers and applause)

Bernie Sanders: Oh, [trails off]

Hillary Clinton: I think that is a pretty big difference.

Bernie Sanders: Well, I tell you. If you were talking about the Wall Street bailout, where some of your friends destroyed this economy —

Hillary Clinton: You know —

Bernie Sanders: Pretty much — Excuse me, I’m talking.

Anderson Cooper: Let him [unclear, run?].

(Cheering/Jeering from the crowd.)

That being said, after some introspection, my initial feelings of unease abated, for several reasons:

1. It was a moderated debate, during Sanders’ time to talk.

2. Anderson Cooper clearly also stepped in at nearly the same time Sanders did to cut Clinton off.

Today, having seen the cry of “sexism!” which went up after this moment, I wanted to take a second to register some strong objections to that characterization of the exchange. This is going to take a little time, as it should, so follow me if you would below the fold.

Ohaeri

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Thursday August 27, 2015 · 3:48 PM PDT

2015/08/27 · 15:48

Back in the halcyon days of July 2015, before I had heard anything about Microsoft's anti-privacy stance and embedded spyware in Windows 10, I reserved a copy of my very own. This was a mistake.

Just how hard was it to get Microsoft to stop prompting me to install Windows 10? Very hard. But after ten straight days of calling techs and posting in forums, I did it.

Please join me below the squiggly doobly-do of double infuriation for comprehensive instructions on how to get Microsoft to stop bothering you, as well as how to recover if you've actually told it to reserve your copy or, God forbid, if you actually went and told it to download Windows 10 in preparation for an install. You poor sod.

Ohaeri

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Sunday August 31, 2014 · 5:10 PM PDT

2014/08/31 · 17:10

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