{"id":10465,"date":"2026-07-16T18:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/?p=10465"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:50:50","slug":"trinity-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vairtere.com\/spill\/2026\/07\/16\/trinity-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinity Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) Even though you might really really want to, there’s not a damn thing in the world you can do about what<\/strong> makes me actually happy<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Much of the time it seems as if I<\/strong> don’t even get to decide, about what makes, or theoretically will make me happy. Weird, but true. So you’re not alone, in that inability. Hope it helps.<\/p>\n

2) Can you do anything about what will make you<\/strong> actually happy? By the same logic, I quite doubt it, but I don’t know everything. Maybe. Let me know how it goes.<\/p>\n

3) Can you do anything about what I can legitimately afford? <\/p>\n

It depends on the particular standard of legitimacy, and on where you are in life. <\/p>\n

I would never ask it of you. I do my very best to never ask for it, nor expect it, even when certain representations are sometimes made. Expectations are bad juju, and they are not capable of putting food on my table or gas in my tank in any case. It is not somehow your job, ever, to get a silver roof, or even this leaden one, placed over my head. <\/p>\n

I have my minimalist government pension. I count on that very heavily. I have my Patreon, but with a couple of blessed exceptions, they come and they go, so I am grateful while it lasts and wistful when someone chooses to allocate differently. <\/p>\n

I have to live within those means. <\/p>\n

Making exceptions to that rule for good causes is a stupid thing to do, because it means piling up credit card debt, and it can quickly come to be seen as necessary. Ask ‘millions of Americans’. <\/p>\n

It’s never, ever necessary. I have no kids needing braces or college or whatever the fuck kids ‘need’. I am neither forced to work, or not-work. <\/p>\n

I’m already rich, if only I can remember to get that simple, obvious fact through my thick unenlightened skull. <\/p>\n

Over and over. <\/p>\n

Amen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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