I used to know a dozen people that had spare venison in their freezer and were happy to give some and I need to get to that again.

Yeah, get Wendy Carlos out of retirement.

Got it to update, expect the server downtime will go the full 8 hours.

My battlenet wait time is a little under 2 hours.

I just want to know what thread needs to be yanked on to get this shit show to collapse sooner rather than later?

Soil amendment is something I'll want to know because we have a dead patch in the back yard where a tree was removed. Definitely planting tomatoes with what the cost at the store is getting to.

You can learn all these genetic fun facts by reading Darwin's writings instead of just complaining about him.

Good Morning! (Although it's high noon here)

I've done egg fried rice many times for breakfast, this looks even easier for a morning when I'm groggy.

Yeah the weather has been changing every 15 minutes lately. I'm going to look some stuff up and make a list.

Always felt that in a modern context, Dionysius would also be the God who understands why someone quit drinking.

Got a standard size backyard. I'd say blue, although I change my mind a lot. Cat, not dog owner. I actually like all vegetables, never found one to hate. I live in a solid blue city in a red state.

Here we put banana in the pancake batter. Looks good!

I never claim I've had it worse than the next guy, but since I have experienced anger, depression, and loss, how could I not reach out, if only online, for someone going through all of that?

See, he doesn't know that because he only reads the cool parts of Military History.

Yeah, deployment will be tough if the whole unit gets sick at once. Sigh.

I would say, safely, that Trump is incapable of turning into Jimmy Carter.

(Googles it) I am apparently also 5b. (Iowa)

Back feels a bit better today, think I'll be taking it easy on exerting myself on my days off for a bit.

I'm going to try some gardening this year. (amateur, yes.)

Polls have always looked like this for the past 20 years so I can't accept it.

*directly not directing

Ma'am I see you have the magic 666 followers and charge for peeps addressing you directing but I am not Interested in sex talk, let us speak of cooking and pickling and baking.

Took a day off work and my lower back feels much better.

True story: I was a small child and my mother jokingly offered me a cookie or a pickle, and I wanted the pickle. This has not changed with time.

You clearly needed the entire pizza.

If you didn't already know of it, I recommend Our Fermented Lives by Dr. Julia Skinner, @bookishjulia.bsky.social as a book to read on the topic.

Image of Red Soldier from Team Fortress 2 , caption read I have done nothing but teleport bread for 3 days.

It's got this energy:

Buy local when you can if you don't grow your own! I've done a few ferments and a lot of what they call quick pickles. Need to get around to actually doing a boiled brine hot pickle. In our fridge currently there are home pickled red onions and pickled jalapenos! Cukes will come in season.

It's also about the differences in personality, the costume choice.