@jws Same Rx, different frames. The place I go does a BOGO deal, so I got two pairs of progressives for just over $300, which is what Warby Parker charges for one pair.
@jussipekonen Letters with diacritical marks always cause native English speakers to pause, since we essentially don't use them. Although, when you consider how nonsensical English spelling is, perhaps we should. ?
Current status: Trying to remember how to pronounce "å" in Swedish. I love my Swedish friends and family, but your alphabet is…different.
@matigo To a certain extent (tempered only by the sure knowledge that they're making people suffer, and we'll have to fix everything they've broken someday) I'm enjoying watching the Republicans flounder as they attempt to govern. It's much easier to snipe at the party in power than it is to actually be the party in power, and get stuff done.
// @jextxadore
@jextxadore Of course, as a university-educated, internationally minded, politically liberal member of the coastal elite, I would say that, though, wouldn't I? ;-)
@jextxadore He won over the southern states (and the rest of them, too) by appealing to racism and religious bigotry, and by offering overly simplistic solutions to complex problems.