The incomparable feeling of getting home from the airport and taking off the socks you’ve been wearing for 17 hours.

Couple years ago we had a BAD heat wave in Seattle (>105°F days), and @ldermer.bsky.social and I had to lock Sir Spectacles in a room with an AC unit, because he just wanted to lay down in a sunbeam in the living room.

Like, buddy, you’re descended from forest cats. You’re gonna overheat and die.

I want my box of Grape-Nuts to come with a CD containing a game about staying crunchy in milk

I also often fall asleep to YouTube videos, and sometimes I do get really into one and rewatch it the next morning so I can see what I missed.

On the subject of Star Trek specifically, I’ve “watched” TNG and VOY many many times through, but I’ve only *watched* them each once.

I definitely have two different modes when looking at recommendations: sometimes I want a thing to entertain me (and I will pay attention to it), and sometimes I want something to be background noise. A show I’ve already watched fits the second case extremely well.

Toss them a couple dollar slices. I’m led to believe that’s their primary diet.

A SKETETEON IN HELL WHOSE SCREAMEN AT THERE PHONE!!! "I ALREADY INSTALLED THE APP FOR YOUR SITE, ITS CALLED A FUCKEN WEB BROWSER" YOUR TRYING TO GET AROUND PRIVACY RESTRICTIONS, YOUR TRYING TO SEND ME MORE NOTITICATIONS, AND YOU DONT WANT ME BLOCKIN YOUR ADS AND THATS TOO FUCKEN BAD ,IF I CANT USE MY WIERD OFF BRAND BROWSER WITH ABUNCH OF WIERD EXTENTIONS INSTALLED THEN FUCK YOUR WEB SIGHT , HURRY UP AND LOSE THE REST OF YOUR VENTURE CAPITAL SO WE CAN GO BACK TO USING REAL WEB SIGHTS INSTEAD OF THIS SHIT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

THE APP - dashare.zone ADMIN

He would like to study the new texture

I’ve been progressively been replacing connected devices (and functionality from my phone) with dumber ones, and every time I do I get just a little bit happier.

The ampersand was also originally a ligature of the letters “et”, so “&c.” is probably newer than “etc.”, but at some point we reverted to the form with less calligraphic flourish.

Seattle tea-enjoying friends: there was a break-in at Friday Afternoon Tea, so if you were going to be restocking any time soon, now would be a great time to support them!

I still haven’t. I know I should! It’s on the list! I’ll get to it!

We have to. It’s the only way any of us ever know who anyone’s talking to

As a David, I grew up knowing the opening lines of Dr. Seuss’s “Too Many Daves” by heart.

That was the least easy part, I’m afraid. Cooked them down in butter over low heat for like 45 minutes, then cranked up the heat for about a minute to get some crispy bits.

I look at the spice cabinet and let my heart guide me. Tonight, it was berbere (an East African spice blend), a little smoked paprika, and a bay leaf. They’re cooked in a mixture of chicken stock and canned diced tomato, and once they were done I blended about a cup and added it back in to thicken.

A shallow white bowl with a wide rim, in which is a steaming pile of white rice, red lentil curry, and a small topping of fried onions and bell peppers.

Damn, as much as I love them I don’t know why I don’t make lentils and rice more often. Just way over in the best quadrant of the “effort vs delicious” plot

From this and the last time they met, I feel like Mamdani really can play him like a fiddle.

A 20th level cleric steps over the county border, and suddenly all the residents of the capital city start hearing ominous wedding bells

I think I probably watched all of Dead Like Me at least once year in college, and a few times since then. Such a great set of characters.

Oh my god the idle animation dance at the beginning and the fatality dizziness at the end. Brilliantly done

But seriously, a friend of mine brought some loaded kimchi baked potatoes to a recent potluck, and everyone agreed that:
1. They were delicious, and
2. The thing that made them delicious was the kimchi fried in bacon fat, which would’ve been great even without the potato under them

With great gusto

Glad she’s back home!

I’ve done it once or twice! I don’t have a strong desire to stream for randos, but I’d do it more often if I had more friends who wanted to tune in. In fact, I’m just now taking a break from writing some rust.

On a white plate, a pile of fried tofu tossed in a bright red sauce. A layer of rice is just visible underneath in some spots, and it’s been garnished with sesame seeds.

Very happy with myself right now. Found myself with a thin pantry but no desire to actually go to the store (currently wearing pajama pants), yet I still threw together an improvised yangnyeom fried tofu. Pretty damn delicious.

Also I’ve lived in Seattle long enough to be excited when the city unites this way, and in Boston long enough to earn my hatred of the Patriots.

I host every year as an excuse to cook an irresponsible amount of chicken wings.

But this year it was fun to watch with an energetic room and to hear the folks in my neighborhood shooting off illegal fireworks.

he attac