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  • I didn't know it was a thing until my second child got it in 2012. He had recently turned 1, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been (baby danger is for those 1 and younger). It took a while, but it cleared up. He was put on an emergency inhaler to help with the symptoms. I'm convinced that the RSV infection plus the fact that he was a small child (25th percentile for height and weight, but otherwise healthy) contributed to him developing asthma. His asthma doctor told me that is a very real possibility (there's no way to know for certain). He's gotten better as he's gotten older, but I'm forever on edge with new respiratory infections.

  • Your spirit is there, but you have the wrong A state. It's Arkansas pulling this crap, not Alabama.

  • Oh Arkansas.... This is one of the many reasons I left my home state. I'm sadly not surprised to see this headline. This is also coming from a state that still has desegregation rulings on the books because even though the Little Rock Nine is a celebrated event - there are people who still oppose it. I am a product of that school system and am so happy my children won't be.

    Anecdotal, but I remember them shipping in the white kids to my junior and senior high schools because of those rulings. It was also a running joke among us then students about where Arkansas fell in the overall education rankings for education - we were consistently in the bottom three.

  • Business Calendar (by Appgenix Software)

    I have multiple Google calendars to keep track of pretty much everything; birthdays, anniversaries, bills, when school is in session (I have kids), scheduled days off, various appointments, etc. I've been using this since 2011/2012 with their first version, and moved over to the 2nd version after that came out. It gives me more control over how my calendar looks on my phone, I can easily toggle calendars and tasks on or off...

    Honestly, I can't use another calendar app now. I love my color coded (you can change calendar colors in the app to any color you want) month at a glance calendar.

    And I also can't recommend KWGT enough for widget making. I originally got Zooper to try to emulate Conky (from Linux), but Zooper stopped being developed. I have a lot of fun trying to get my widgets just the way I like them - even if my code is a mess.

  • You are not alone.

    While a little annoying, they are what are known as HTML entities: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp

    & is used for ampersand (the and symbol, &) and   is for non breaking space (a line break without a space between lines/paragraphs). The link I posted lists a lot of them.

    Edit: & and & come out the same way in the comments! ಠ⁠⁠೧ಠ

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  • I love my child. This is so true...