Today is one of those “choose your own adventure” holiday days, so pick your lane: 💍 National Spouses Day Give your partner a little extra love today. Text them. Thank them. Or just don’t start a fight over nothing. Small wins count. 🫧 National Bubble Wrap Day Go ahead—pop some bubbles. Stress relief is productivity adjacent. That’s science (probably). 🥬 National Green Juice Day Blend something green. Drink it. Feel virtuous for 11 minutes. That still counts. 🥜 National Peanut Brittle Day Crunchy. Sticky. Dangerous to dental work. Proceed bravely. 🫶 Community Manager Appreciation Day Shoutout to the people who keep communities alive, organized, and mostly sane. If you’ve ever wrangled humans online, today’s for you. 🌏 Also today around the world: 🇦🇺 Australia Day 🇮🇳 India’s Republic Day 👉 Loco Question of the Day: Which one are you celebrating—and how? Pop bubbles? Hug a spouse? Drink something green? Appreciate a community builder? Or all of the above? Drop it below 👇

Hello everyone! Happy to be here!

@Fred Bergeron is a Distinguished Toastmaster, mentor, podcaster and photographer / videographer with a deep love for poker and an even deeper commitment to helping and advocating for the homeless as a professional speaker. With 28 years of work experience—including 9 years in management—Fred brings leadership, focus, and an impressive attention to detail, all while staying highly productive. His top skills span customer service, leadership, sales, communication, and a strong creative toolkit including photography, videography, podcasting, and social media. Fred also runs 386 Studios, offering photography, videography, video animation, livestreaming, podcasts, and hybrid meetings and events—basically a one-stop shop for telling powerful stories and connecting people. We’re excited to have your voice, experience, and heart for service in the community, Fred. Welcome to the familia—Vato’s Locos just got stronger! 💀🔥

Thanks Paul for creating this discussion! I’ve been taking care of my mom for about a year now. She is in a facility, but the staffing there is basically there to earn a paycheck and do as little as possible. So, I visit her daily or at the very least six days per week. I’m there for about an hour or so, and I bring her something that she can eat. She is on a mechanical, soft diet, and their answer to that was putting all of her food in a blender. How awful! So I bring her soft foods, like putting, single serve pieces of carrot, cake, and similar, and of course every Friday is “hot fudge Friday“ where I bring her a hot fudge sundae from Dairy Queen. I also provide her snacks to hold her over until the next day. Soft snacks, like Hostess Cakes and bags of mini donuts. Another thing we (Kristine and I) do is her laundry. She was starting to get other peoples’ clothes in her laundry, and her clothes were disappearing. Plus, she loves Downy fabric softener, so we load her wash up with that! I will straighten up her room and make her bed each day, and set out some clothes for the next day. I’ll take her for a walk (or 7🤣) around the memory care unit to get her out of her room and moving. With the travel time and the time that I spent there, it’s upwards of a three hour daily chunk. I have to manage which part of the day that’s going to be in so that I can still work, and keep up with some of the demands of bus life. That’s just my little story. I hope to hear from the rest of you!

@Hill Kane is a producer, editor, and performer with the BIT Improv Comedy Network, and if there’s a moving part in comedy podcasting, chances are Hill is already running it (and making it better). She produces, hosts, and edits a stack of comedy podcasts including Shut Up Gail, rabbitHOLE, Podcast Town, Dinner Party, Movie!Movie!, Podclass, and Billy Merritt’s SPOTLIGHT. 😎 Hill also oversees branding and artwork across the network—handling everything from editing to design to glorious, unscripted chaos. She wears many hats… and occasionally wigs. 🎩🎭 Beyond the network, Hill runs a boutique podcast concierge service, guiding shows from concept to launch, with collaborations including Hope Mississippi and Stories from Cold Springs. And just when you think that’s enough brilliance, off-mic she’s a secondee attorney with Meta’s Reality Labs Sales, Marketing & Analytics team—because yes, she is proudly nerdy like that. 🤓🚀 Hill, we’re thrilled to have your talent, brains, and chaos energy in the familia. Welcome to Vato’s Locos! 💀🔥