YESSSSSS

Stainless steel bottles, if you have them, are really good for this. Do make sure to wrap them so you don't get burned. A screwtop lid where the lid threads *over* the mouth of the bottle is best for no leaks since the metal will expand a bit when hot. I do this when camping all the time.

Been sitting with this since you posted it, because I know exactly which of my ancestors were Southern aristocracy, but I don't know anything about those who might've fought that system.

That's an intentional choice on my family's part, who to honor and who to ignore. I have research to do...

Now there's a mashup I'd pay to read

Very nearly posted this one myself. It's been in my head a lot lately for SOME reason.

One of the things about going to a French immersion school as a kid was a lot of my teachers came from places that had been colonized/occupied by France.

None of my teachers were Vietnamese but one of my classmates was.

...damn.

(This doesn't quite meet the bar of "unlikely", I think; most of the food I had there was very good. But it really was a superlative soup.)

There is a roadside restaurant in Yunnan Province, China that makes the best chicken soup I have ever eaten in my life.

Love the lower left photo where the other hummingbird is going, "Dude. Stop showing off."

I'm sorry to hear this. She's published me and has always been very encouraging. I hope she makes a full recovery.

You'd have better luck with the seagull, it's probably got someone's French fries

He's going to start a podcast isn't he

Bet.

Well now I want to try both of those things because they sound amazing

"Funny with a big fucking axe" is a perfect summation of Pratchett and I thank you for it.

Lucky ten thousand!

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