第五年第八天

Jan. 18th, 2026 08:22 am
nnozomi: (Default)
[personal profile] nnozomi posting in [community profile] guardian_learning
部首
心 part 19
想, to think/to want/to miss; 惹, to provoke; 愁, to worry pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=61

语法
2.18 正在...呢, to be doing
https://www.digmandarin.com/hsk-2-grammar

词汇
诚实, honest; 诚信, honesty pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-4-word-list/

Guardian:
还有什么想要说的吗, is there anything else you want to say?
他现在正在担心呢, he's worrying about that right now
[no 诚 words]

Me:
别惹他了,别吵架。
不要害怕,他很诚实。
kaberett: Trans symbol with Swiss Army knife tools at other positions around the central circle. (Default)
[personal profile] kaberett

The context for yesterday's frivolous low-stakes question was of course indexing for Eat Your Books, where I've been stalled on my current cookbook for... a while... for ...reasons... including but not limited to needing to ask for a bunch of new ingredients to be added, and then having a social anxiety about ever touching the work-in-progress again.

And then I did touch it again! And a recipe where I'd requested the new ingredient "mixed leaf salad" had instead... been given the ingredient "mixed greens", synonymous with the base ingredient "mixed lettuces".

The cookbook in question is The National Trust Cookbook; The recipe is Goat's cheese tartlets with pickled cucumber; the headnote to the recipe includes

Serve with a home-grown asparagus, pea and broad bean salad mixed with baby salad leaves.

The ingredients for the salad, helpfully listed under the subheading "To serve", are:

12 spears of English asparagus, woody ends trimmed off 55g/2oz podded broad beans 85g/3oz fresh or frozen peas 70g/2½oz mixed leaf salad with rocket leaves 3 tbsp extra virgin rapeseed or olive oil 1 tsp runny honey

So I am reassured that the breakdown of opinions falls almost entirely along side-of-the-pond lines, suggesting that the reason I'm going "this is neither of these two things??? if EYB told me I needed mixed greens for a recipe and turned out to mean mixed leaf salad I'd be extremely annoyed??? if a recipe told me I needed mixed greens for a recipe and turned out to mean lettuces--" because, yes, I think "mixed greens" are a thing that need cooking (probably referring to brassica but I only roll my eyes a little at pre-packaged bowls that decide that various forms of pea, broccoli, and leek also count), and "mixed lettuces" is a strictly narrower category than "mixed leaf salad".

I had absolutely no idea that this might be a point of US/UK confusion, and thank you all for providing me with Data!

[personal profile] infinitum_noctem posting in [community profile] fan_flashworks
Title: Put A Sock In It
Fandom: The Legend of Korra
Characters: Zaheer
Rating: G
Summary: Sticker/Button design of Zaheer with a sock in his mouth.

Read more... )

Merry Christmas

Jan. 17th, 2026 02:01 pm
susandennis: (Default)
[personal profile] susandennis
My nephew's not-yet-fiance sent me a Christmas card wishing me happy holidays from her and my nephew and included two photographs - one of her and her two dogs and one of her and my nephew. Oh and the envelope had two return address stickers - one on the back and one on the front - same address so, of course, I Google mapped the shit out of that. Google says most of her online presence is Facebook so my journey ended. It's ok, I know enough. I'm flattered to be included but it's still kind of weird.

Both cats are in the dog bed. I think it's all good under there.

Elbow Coffee was pretty good all things considered.

And now everyone but me is hunkered down waiting for the game to start. Assuming an hour of pregame crap, they have a couple of hours to wait yet.

(no subject)

Jan. 17th, 2026 03:11 pm
staranise: A star anise floating in a cup of mint tea (Default)
[personal profile] staranise
What a week, up and down the whole time. I hope I don't have the flu because I'm supposed to be starting painting classes tomorrow.

I unfortunately have to ask for money again; here's the gofundme campaign.

Humor

Jan. 17th, 2026 04:06 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
So very true. Do not view with mouth full.

Read more... )

Ugh y'all I'm so far behind!

Jan. 17th, 2026 03:11 pm
used_songs: (srs bzns Who 2 and 3)
[personal profile] used_songs
Challenge #9 at  [community profile] snowflake_challenge 


Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)

I cheated and read an article online that listed a bunch of tropes and these are my findings. I like hidden worlds and secret societies, but I strongly dislike chosen one stories. And I don't read a lot of fantasy, so I don't tend to encounter hidden worlds much. I guess I just like the idea of their being a secret mirror of our society. I've written a couple of fics where various pantheons of gods intersect with modern society and with each other because I like imagining what might be going on that we don't see. 

I LOVE me an amateur sleuth. That's why Miss Marple has always been my absolute favorite, closely followed by Jessica Fletcher. Right now I'm reading Three Bags Full where the sleuths are the ultimate amateurs - a flock of sheep whose shepherd has been murdered! I also like amateur spies like Tommy and Tuppence and Mrs. Pollifax.

If I like the source material, I will try almost any type of AU. The only kind I tend to bounce off of are set in school; as a teacher, I find them so unbelievable that I can't suspend my disbelief.

I'm also very fond of crossovers. Sometimes I'll see someone bigging up a crossover on the AO3 subreddit and, even if I know nothing about either canon, I'll give it a try. I also really enjoy writing crossovers; it's like weaving together two different fabrics or putting together a puzzle. 

And while we are on the subject of things I like, I love writing and reading drabbles. I enjoy a fic where someone has provided a link to a playlist. I like when people play around with form and experiment, even when it doesn't quite work. I like an author with audacity. 

Write Every day 2026: January, Day 17

Jan. 17th, 2026 10:03 pm
trobadora: (terrible)
[personal profile] trobadora
[community profile] fandomtrees reveals have happened! I received two excellent sets of cooking/food icons from [personal profile] holyscream and [personal profile] peasina and a Zhubai ficlet from [personal profile] facethestrange. :D

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to finish things myself ...

Today's writing

I wrote a little this afternoon (new, much better beginning for one of the fics), then had a vertigo attack and had to take a break. (Seriously, what's wrong with this week?! I would like a refund!) Planning to write a little more later today, and tomorrow hopefully I'll actually finish something ...

WED Question of the Day

In honour of my icon:

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 22


My first complete draft is usually ...

View Answers

very close to the final draft
7 (33.3%)

a bit sparse, but otherwise close to the final draft
4 (19.0%)

a bit wordy, but otherwise close to the final draft
5 (23.8%)

structurally messy, but otherwise close to the final draft
1 (4.8%)

messy overall, but with the important pieces in place
3 (14.3%)

so different it bears little resemblance to the final draft
0 (0.0%)

something else entirely (see comments)
1 (4.8%)

My first complete draft is sometimes ...

View Answers

very close to the final draft
12 (54.5%)

a bit sparse, but otherwise close to the final draft
9 (40.9%)

a bit wordy, but otherwise close to the final draft
5 (22.7%)

structurally messy, but otherwise close to the final draft
8 (36.4%)

messy overall, but with the important pieces in place
6 (27.3%)

so different it bears little resemblance to the final draft
2 (9.1%)

something else entirely (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Tickyboxes ...

View Answers

need no hindsight
8 (44.4%)

make it easy to change your mind fifty times
9 (50.0%)

know no such thing as overkill
12 (66.7%)



Tally

Days 1-15 )

Day 16: [personal profile] badly_knitted, [personal profile] brithistorian, [personal profile] china_shop, [personal profile] cornerofmadness, [personal profile] goddess47, [personal profile] luzula, [personal profile] sanguinity, [personal profile] sylvanwitch, [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Day 17: [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] ysilme

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

scouring, etc

Jan. 17th, 2026 02:19 pm
jazzfish: Malcolm Tucker with a cell phone, in a HOPE-style poster, caption NO YOU F****** CAN'T (Malcolm says No You F'ing Can't)
[personal profile] jazzfish
Just finished Lord of the Rings. This may well have been the first time I read the Appendices all the way through (though I did skim the ones on the calendars and the alphabets).

Two takeaways from RotK:

First, the Scouring of the Shire hits different when you're under occupation. It's also perhaps the most fantastical part of the book, since it posits that the citizenry were nearly all ready to rise up and just needed a push, as opposed to a third of them cheering on Otho and Sharkey and a third of them just hunkering down and hoping it would all pass them by.

Second, the meme take on Denethor as 'doomscrolling in the Palantir to Sauron's algorithm' is ... remarkably apt.

Now ebooks for a couple of days, and then once I'm home the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. UT is, as I recall, mostly-complete fragments with some commentary. The twelve-volume History of Middle-Earth reverses the proportions, and is thus less interesting to me. UT also contains a version of the Quest of Erebor ("The Hobbit") as told from Gandalf's perspective, which should be neat.



All quiet on bus stop patrol. Tuesday had a couple of plateless SUVs and a couple of blocks-away whistle choruses; Thursday and yesterday were quiet. It's nice to be out in the snow in my black wool coat and hat, though, and nice to get some smiles from folks driving past.

La chambre du chat

Jan. 17th, 2026 12:08 pm
susandennis: (Default)
[personal profile] susandennis
1768680279126~2

Ok everything is positioned and velcro'd down and cameras placed and fuck is it dusty under there. I had a coughing fit like I haven't had in ages. But it is all done. Biggie is happy. Julio is going in and out - not willing to commit.
spikedluv: (winter: mittens by raynedanser)
[personal profile] spikedluv
[community profile] fandomtrees has revealed and I was gifted some great fic and art: Kevin Can F**k Himself moodboards from [personal profile] pattrose, a Hudson & Rex drabble from [personal profile] lomelinde_laurea, and a really fun Murder, She Wrote/Midsomer Murders crossover from [personal profile] cornerofmadness!!

Check them out at my tree and please tell them how wonderful they are!
umadoshi: headshot of a young Chinese woman with short white hair (webcomic art) (AGAHF - Rachel 01)
[personal profile] umadoshi
I finished Chuck Wendig's Wanderers (which according to the acknowledgements clocks in around 800 pages in hard copy) and wound up in that all-too-familiar place of "that was interesting, but I don't think I'm going to bother with the sequel". (Although by definition, I imagine the sequel must be telling a very different kind of story.) No idea why it is that I can often tell only partway through a book that I probably won't pick up its sequel and yet still want to finish the current one.

I also just read Inside Threat, the sixth of K.B. Spangler's Rachel Peng [see icon] novels. There's one more planned, and then that's it for this novel series; I think she's still intending to write a third Hope Blackwell novel (some of the events of that probably-someday book directly influenced what happened in this one, but the whole 'verse is a very twisty pretzel in terms of chronological vs. publication order). And this reminds me--I don't think I ever mentioned here that Act III of the A Girl and Her Fed comic, the core of the whole thing, wrapped up a few months ago, ending the series. (IIRC, Spangler does have ideas that could eventually turn into a fourth act of the webcomic, but has no current plans to pursue doing it. It sounds like AGAHF and the associated works understandably got harder and more exhausting to do over the last decade as the real-world US political situation got worse and worse and worse.)

There isn't a whole lot I can say about a sixth novel in a series, but Spangler's descriptions of the series when she's doing promo on Bluesky always entertain me. Yesterday she posted "It's book launch week! Spend the weekend catching up with my bargain basement cyborg hivemind. Murder, mystery, and a detective who just wants to be left alone with her poetry and bad romance novels"; here's her "what's this series about?" Bluesky thread from a few days ago.

So once again: highly recommended, and it's entirely possible to just read this set of novels without reading/knowing the comic. It means not knowing a lot of things about the world overall, but they're things that Rachel herself doesn't know at this point (and doesn't learn about until Act II of the comic, which starts after her books have wrapped up). I enjoy the comic and other material very much, but the Rachel books are by far my favorite.

And that bit got long, so just quickly:

--I'm a few more chapters into Braiding Sweetgrass and haven't picked up a next novel yet.

--[personal profile] scruloose and I are current on the new season of The Pitt and four episodes into Pluribus, and just watched the season 2 premiere of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. (Now to just hope this season covers past vol. 10 of the manga, since after we finished season 1 in 2024, I read volumes 7-10 before deciding to stop reading ahead and stick with the anime. It'd be nice to get at least a bit of new-to-me material this season, given that. Anyone know offhand how many episodes S2 will be?)

--And I've technically started a new (!) video game, in the form of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (on Switch), but am not very far at all yet.

Birdfeeding

Jan. 17th, 2026 12:09 pm
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Today is cloudy and cold. Yesterday we saw several skeins of geese, but they were mostly flying east or west rather than north; go figure.

I fed the birds. I've seen a flock of sparrows and a male cardinal.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 1/17/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 1/17/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 1/17/26 -- I did more work around the patio.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

(no subject)

Jan. 17th, 2026 12:55 pm
maju: Clean my kitchen (Default)
[personal profile] maju
My daughter and the girls have gone to visit a friend who lives an hour or so away, west of us and therefore closer to NYC. Just as they were leaving it started to snow lightly and as time passes the snow is getting heavier. Presumably the snow ploughs will be out and they won't have any trouble getting home again.

Yesterday I actually sat down and started getting the edge pieces of the puzzle in place, and I'm going to work on the puzzle some more this afternoon while it's quiet. My motivation for getting started was that my youngest daughter gave me this puzzle for Christmas and I don't want her thinking I'm not going to do it.

Snowflake Challenge 9: Tropes

Jan. 17th, 2026 10:49 am
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
Snowflake Challenge 9: Tropes

Let's talk TROPES! Our ninth challenge is about discussing your favorite tropes, which can include requesting recommendations or making recommendations for a particular trope. Follow your heart! (Also a trope.)

Talk about your favorite tropes in media or transformative works. (Feel free to substitute in theme/motif/cliche if "trope" doesn't resonate with you.)



An old-fashioned ornament of two young girls bundled up in coats and walking side by side is nestled amidst pine boughs.

Read more... )

Round 183 Theme Poll

Jan. 17th, 2026 09:23 am
runpunkrun: combat boot, pizza, camo pants = punk  (punk rock girl)
[personal profile] runpunkrun posting in [community profile] fancake
Poll #34091 round 183 theme poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 91

Pick the next theme of fancake:

In Denial
28 (30.8%)

Inept in Love
35 (38.5%)

Power Dynamics
28 (30.8%)

Saturday

Jan. 17th, 2026 07:51 am
susandennis: (Default)
[personal profile] susandennis
Well, the big news today is upcoming mail. My email from USPS says I am getting something in an envelope from my nephew's new girlfriend. ???? She has gotten 5 star reviews from my nephew and my brother (his father - they met at the other nephew's wedding last October). I am dying of curiosity. BUT, often, the email from USPS says I am getting something today and it doesn't come until tomorrow and in this case, tomorrow is Tuesday so I am steeling myself for disappointment. When the mail person finishes filling the boxes here, Timber Ridge sends out a "mail's here!" notice which I always ignore. Except for today!!

Yesterday, I had a knock at the door and it was Jim Across The Hall. Usually he has a question but yesterday he knocked to proudly show off his haircut and shave! He had gone down to the new beauty parlour and gotten himself beautified and was so proud. It was very cute. His caregivers are taking very good care of him and I'm glad.

Here at Timber Ridge we have a great caregiver program. Especially trained people are dispatched for whatever is needed. You can get them by the hour or by the day. Myrna had one that spent the night in her apartment when she needed it. Jim rotate through different ones that come for an hour in the morning and and hour in the afternoon and they are doing such a good job making sure he has clean clothes and knows where they are, gets meals and... gets a much needed haircut and shave. And I love his response to it.

I made another of the funky dolls. The first one (turquoise dress) was made from the top of the head down. The second one was made from the butt up (and I tweaked some stuff). The second one was not as fiddly but still I think these will be the only two. Martha will adopt them.

20260116_201920-COLLAGE

This time next week, hopefully, I'll be playing volleyball!

This morning I'm going to dash out to Safeway before elbow coffee. The rest of the world will be there stocking up on football watching foods. The local NFL teams plays a playoff game at 5 tonight and the hype is at its hypiest.

I did move the two cat beds from the closet to under the bed. They aren't plugged in but the cats still gave them a whirl. Next I need to Velcro the dog bed down. It's hard to move but they manage. They are adapting well and enjoying their downstairs bedroom. Julio even got one of their toys and left it near the bed for those emergency toy situations.

20260116_201942-COLLAGE

The Friday Five on a Saturday

Jan. 17th, 2026 03:56 pm
nanila: me (Default)
[personal profile] nanila
  1. If you could change one life-changing event in the life of someone important to you, would you?

    I know there's a philosophy that experiences make you who you are and you shouldn't wish them away, but I have a few friends who have been through what I feel is a disproportionate and unfair amount of tragedy in their lives. Partner suicide, early death of parents, sudden loss of physical health, financial hardship, homelessness. I don't think any one person should have to go through all of those before the age of thirty. And yet. Here we are. So yes, I absolutely would change that for certain people if I could.

  2. Which do you think is easier to do, being friends for many years, or being life partners for many years?

    Uh, neither? Both take work! You have to listen and try to empathise and forgive and communicate. All relationships require effort, and if they don't, someone is being used.

  3. Have you ever walked away from someone you considered a friend?

    Yes. It's not very pleasant. But occasionally necessary for the sake of self-preservation.

  4. If you had to choose between telling the truth and hurting a friend or lying and making them happy, which would you choose?

    Barring a handful of exceptional circumstances, most of which involve an immediate threat to life, lying and making them happy. Life is difficult enough without intentionally causing pain.

  5. Which would you rather hear--the truth which will hurt, or the comforting lie?

    The comforting lie, if it comes to that. I'd hope it wouldn't, most of the time. I'd like to believe that truths can be delivered kindly, most of the time.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #9

Jan. 17th, 2026 08:01 am
thatjustwontbreak: snowflake challenge (snowflake challenge)
[personal profile] thatjustwontbreak posting in [community profile] snowflake_challenge

Introduction Post * Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 * Challenge #5 * Challenge #6 * Challenge #7 * Challenge #8 *



Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #9 )

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

Snowflake Challenge promotional banner featuring an image of a wrapped giftbox with a snowflake on the gift tag. Text: Snowflake Challenge January 1-31.


placeholder microfiction

Jan. 17th, 2026 10:05 am
asakiyume: (cloud snow)
[personal profile] asakiyume
I don't like to go so long without posting! Just offline stuff piling on (nothing personally dire, though). The offline stuff is doing a number on my ability to write, but I still manage to squeeze out microfictions, though not quite daily. Here's one from a few days ago:
I dreamed of a pharaoh, awaking after death and arranging to his liking the various precious items buried with him.

"You've got quite an ego," I snapped at him (dream-me is apparently rude to people's faces), "having this massive pyramid built just so people would remember you."

"That's not why I had it built. It's for all the stories that collect around it. Adventures, time travel, curses, beings from the stars--I hear them all, and they entertain me," he replied.



And here's a sweet video my tutor sent me of Martin, a pygmy marmoset monkey, whining at Gordo-the-dog, who's relaxing.

Speak Up Saturday

Jan. 17th, 2026 03:45 pm
feurioo: (Default)
[personal profile] feurioo posting in [community profile] tv_talk
Assortment of black and white speech bubbles

Welcome to the weekly roundup post! What are you watching this week? What are you excited about?

Multi Fandom Icons

Jan. 18th, 2026 12:07 am
magnavox_23: A close up of the 13th Doctor and Yaz hugging (DW_Doctor/Yaz_closeuphug)
[personal profile] magnavox_23 posting in [community profile] icons
68 icons from Good Omens, Our Flag Means Death, Doctor Who, Xena: Warrior Princess, Reservation Dogs, Star Trek TOS, Heated Rivalry, Hazbin Hotel, Hellava Boss, What We Do In The Shadows + misc actors

  

Check our the rest here. <3

CMC Sword Pullers

Jan. 17th, 2026 08:38 am
frith: Realistic My Little Pony CMC via generative software (MLP EZ Make CMC sleeping)
[personal profile] frith posting in [community profile] ponyville_trot
CMC_Sword_Pullers_via_WaiNSFWIllustriousSDXL_by_Truekry
Source: https://tantabus.ai/images/50127
Pastiche machine generator: Wai_NSFW_Illustrious_SDXL. Prompter: Truekry.

Queens of the whooo? I didn't vote for them and where's the Watery Tart off to, anyway?

My pet robot gives me no joy when I ask it to cook up an ensemble piece like this. At best it will get "trio" and put the three CMC together for a group portrait (booooring) and then swap around wings and horns and vary the body sizes. Shake 'n' Make, with emphasis on the shake. I suspect that Truekry resorted to "Photoshop" to paste this pastiche together. Apple Bloom looks off, like she was added in after the fact. The picture is also humongous. It might be a case of stitching several pictures together?

Weekly Chat

Jan. 17th, 2026 02:16 pm
dancing_serpent: (Actors - Hou Minghao - Tianyao)
[personal profile] dancing_serpent posting in [community profile] c_ent
The weekly chat posts are intended for just that, chatting among each other. What are you currently watching? Reading? What actor/idol are you currently following? What are you looking forward to? Are you busy writing, creating art? Or did you have no time at all for anything, and are bemoaning that fact?

Whatever it is, talk to us about it here. Tell us what you liked or didn't like, and if you want to talk about spoilery things, please hide them under either of these codes:
or
nverland: (Cooking)
[personal profile] nverland posting in [community profile] recipecommunity
image host

Garden Veggie and Ravioli Skillet with Pistachio Herb Butter
Prep time: 20 MINUTES cook time: 20 MINUTES total time: 40 MINUTES yields: SERVES 6

Ingredients

Pistachio Herb Butter
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup fresh herbs (basil, thyme + oregano, etc)
1/2 cup roasted pistachios, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced or grated
1 tablespoon lemon zest + juice
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
Pinch of salt and pepper, to taste

Ravioli
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ear corn, kernels removed from the cob
1 red pepper, sliced
1 small bunch asparagus, ends trimmed and then chopped
1 small zucchini and or summer squash, sliced into rounds
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt + pepper
16 - 20 ounces prepared cheese ravioli
1/2 cup white balsamic vinegar
Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes

Instructions

Pistachio Herb Butter
In a bowl, mix together the butter, herbs, pistachios, garlic, lemon zest + juice and a pinch of both salt pepper. Stir in the parmesan cheese until well mixed. Either set aside if making the pasta right away, or store covered in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Ravioli
Heat a 12 inch or larger skillet over medium high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of olive to a pan. Add the corn, red pepper and asparagus. Sauté five minutes and then add the zucchini and tomatoes. Sauté until the veggies are soft and begin to caramelize on the edges, about 5 minutes longer. Once the veggies are soft and caramelized, add 1 1/2 cups of water and the ravioli. If you are using a 12 inch skillet, you may need to use only 16 ounces of ravioli. Bring the water to a boil and cook until the water is mostly absorbed, about 3- minutes. Add the white balsamic and continue cooking until it reduces and creates a little sauce, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in at least 6 tablespoons of the pistachio butter and a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes. Gently toss the pasta until the butter melts. Add the remaining two tablespoons of butter if desired.

January on the heath

Jan. 17th, 2026 11:22 am
puddleshark: (Default)
[personal profile] puddleshark
On the heath 1

A walk across the heath, to admire the cloudscapes. The Met Office forecast for today was not promising, but it was a lovely morning. The sun shone and the woodlarks were singing. All Max's favourite puddles were still there, though sadly undisturbed, reflecting the clouds.

Read more... )

The Day in Spikedluv (Friday, Jan 16)

Jan. 17th, 2026 06:07 am
spikedluv: (winter: mittens by raynedanser)
[personal profile] spikedluv
I hit Price Chopper, the Pharmacy, and the Bakery while I was downtown. (McD’s was warmer than yesterday, but still not ~very warm.)

I did a load of laundry, hand-washed dishes, emptied the dishwasher, went for several walks with Pip and the dogs, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, and scooped kitty litter. I made shake ‘n bake chicken thighs for supper and egg salad for weekend lunches.

I watched the current ep of 9-1-1 and both eps of The Pitt, as well as a couple eps of House Hunters International. (How I hate the people who claim they want to live in the city center so they can walk to bars, cafes, restaurants, and then complain that it might be noisy. No fucking kidding, it’s City Center!) Zoo Tampa was my background tv.

I bought several more containers of yogurt in a variety of flavors for my snacks. I have been eating a lot of them, probably because it’s been a while, so they’re tasting especially good. Also, I’m sometimes lazy and they’re easy. I have to switch it up so I don’t get bored with them!

I had no plans to go downtown tomorrow (now today, Saturday), but I’ve had to schedule a doctor’s appointment. I think I have a yeast infection. I haven’t had a yeast infection in years. Decades. I’m not saying the ultrasound is to blame, but I’m also not not saying that.

Temps started out at 13.1(F) and freaking windy! The roads weren’t great on the drive downtown and at one point I saw a cloud of snow swirling in the air before I drove through it. That was different. Temps reached 28.9. The forecast called for a high of 20, so this was a surprise. There was also a bit of sun and I got a peak of blue sky!


Mom Update:

Mom sounded good when I talked to her on the phone. more back here )
beatrice_otter: This looks like a good day for World Domination (World Domination)
[personal profile] beatrice_otter posting in [community profile] fancake
Fandom: Hench, Ask A Manager Blog
Pairings/Characters:
Rating: teen
Length: 2k
Creator Links:
Theme: crack taken seriously, superpowers, small fandoms, secret identities, crossovers

Summary: It's hench week at Ask a Manager!

Reccer's Notes: Ask a Manager is an advice column for workplace issues, and Hench is a comic about henchmen. This hilarious story is a series of good advice for both evil henchmen and people who manage evil henchmen, dealing with all sorts of workplace hazards ranging from the aftermath of sex pollen to how to manage someone who is using their evil to annoy their own team and beyond. It's amazing and funny whether you know either canon or not.

Fanwork Links: my wife doesn't know I hench, the evil sex ray made my employees do it, and more

Mods, I need some fandom tags.

Philosophical Questions: Democracy

Jan. 17th, 2026 01:00 am
ysabetwordsmith: Cartoon of me in Wordsmith persona (Default)
[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith
People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

Considering that the technology exists to enable a real democracy, would a true democracy (every single person can vote on every single legislation) be advantageous or detrimental?

Read more... )

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

December 2025

S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930 31   

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Page generated Jan. 22nd, 2026 10:40 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios