I vaped for quite a while. Got a bit addicted to the tinkering and the juice hunting. It can be a fun hobby which probably makes it a bad way to quit if you’re anything like me.

I worked myself down on the nicotine levels until I was at zero.

Relapsed back to cigarettes after not having vaped for a few months due to stress.

Finally stopped cold turkey. Didn’t go back to vaping just decided it was time.

Things that ultimately helped:

• Having a reason to quit that I could remind myself of daily as an affirmation.
• My partner was also quitting, I needed her to stop and needed to be there to support her efforts.

If I was going to do it again, I’d probably look into Fum or something similar. Probably add some nicotine gum at the start to ease the chemical addiction.

My grandfather worked in a lab at a brewery. His job was to sample grain coming in. Rejected grain cars were sent to the cereal factories.

I mean I could but I have a nearly limitless supply of rabbits in my yard. Their fur makes great gifts. My plants love the compost I get from everything else. As a bonus the blood compost deters rabbits from eating my cabbage.

Funny thing, I can’t seem to find any type of vegan certification that is concerned with the use of animal byproducts or waste in fertilizer. A few specifically say they do not check fertilizer.

FYI PBS gets very little from public funding.

2018 Subaru Forester

It might be a bit more updated than most, but in general less smart than most cars today.

• Still have to press a button on the key to unlock the doors, or use the convenient key.
• Need to put the key into the ignition to start.
• Doors do not automatically lock out unlock.
• Manual parking break.
• Rear door is 100% manual (if you didn’t count un/lock with key fob).
• Basic Bluetooth functionality.
• Equipped with OnStar, and Sirius.
• Shipped with 3G cellular, which no longer works. They do offer a free upgrade, I never bothered.

By my own assessment, it’s the dumbest modern car you can get.

No but I did buy a pill from a pop-up ad.