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I really think that this pie would be on my list of things to make to impress hypothetical future in-laws 🥧✨

I get ~30lbs of apples from my CSA box every year so have had lots of practice; at this point it's my platonic ideal apple pie 💪 (very happy to share the recipe if anyone wants it!)
the last slice of apple pie in a ruffled-edge pie crust. you can see that the bottom crust has integrity (no soggy bottoms here!), the filling is evenly sliced and there's no gap between it and the lattice, and the top crust is golden brown, craggy, and flaky
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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happy thanksgiving! we're not doing a whole big meal today because we did that last month, but I decided we needed another apple pie anyway 🥧
an apple pie with a fluted crust and lattice topping, golden brown. it looks pretty damn delicious if I do say so myself.
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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three times as many appetizers as is reasonable & none entrée. that's for the Christmas Eve party; for Christmas Day we get Casey's pizza.
a large oval table, laden with a dozen or so different appetizers. this was food for 7 people.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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f e a s t

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a table spread with many friendsgiving dishes! clockwise from left: sour cream and chive rolls, mashed potatoes, gravy, bacon-wrapped shrimp, salad, roast chicken, pumpkin swirl cheesecake, caramel sauce, apple muffins, apple pie, cranberry sauce, acorn squash, green bean casserole
October 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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is there anything more satisfying than a really good spreadsheet? survey says no

(friendsgiving this year is happening a month early because it's doubling as a going away party for a friend who is moving. stay tuned for food pics this weekend)
a screenshot of a spreadsheet labeled "friendsgiving (observed) 2025". this is the menu survey tab. the first column is "proposed menu item" and it includes roast chicken, hot spiced apple cider, sour cream and chive rolls, green bean casserole, etc. the next two columns are for me (further columns, truncated from this spreadsheet, are for each guest), and one says "interest in eating?" and the next says "interest in making?" the "eating" column has a drop down of options labeled "definitely want", "willing to eat", and "no interest", and these options are color-coded green, yellow, and gray respectively. the "interest in making?" column can be left blank, but otherwise has a drop down of "willing to make" and "want to make". not pictured: there's a score column at the end that averages the "eating" column so we can prioritize the menu. you can see that some items are crossed out. a gantt chart for preparing friendsgiving for seven people. the columns are menu items and the rows are time slots (Weds, Thurs, Fri, and then 30-min blocks on Sat, from 11A - 5:30P). each column header is color-coded by person responsible (there is a key). the cells are color-coded based on whether the oven is involved or not, and if it goes in the oven on the day of the meal, the cell has the oven temp and timing.
October 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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remember what happened last time we started getting excited about center depth??
a chart of the blue jackets projected lines just before the 2020-2021 season. the centers are pierre-luc dubois (forced a trade halfway through this season), max domi (played mostly wing for us), mikko koivu (got COVID and retired immediately), and riley nash (actually played center but is 4th line quality) the quote below the table reads "we're a very strong team down the middle now with pierre-luc (dubois), max domi, mikko koivu and riley nash," kekäläinen said, "and we still have boone jenner, who can play center. alexandre texier is potentially at some point moving to center."
September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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a screenshot of a blue jackets article by aaron portzline; the headline reads "with monahan, fantilli, and coyle, blue jackets have center depth like never before" a still of toby ziegler from the west wing captioned "you wanna tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing?"
September 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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they do but they're pre-sliced now which takes all the fun out of it imo :(
September 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
how to win friends and influence people, by dale carnegie
August 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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I'm not even a big art guy but when I went into the musee de l'orangerie in Paris that has the big oval room with multiple huge monet panoramas of weeping willows and water lilies I literally had to sit down
photo of said museum; a few patrons admire two very large monet paintings of weeping willows in front of a pond
July 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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stained glass collection update
a black and white dog sits on a miniature blue sofa and gives the camera a suspicious look. hanging in the window behind her is a stained glass croissant. sitting on the arm of the sofa is a realistic-looking squeaky croissant dog toy.
June 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four characters you know
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
elinor dashwood from sense and sensibility lisa simpson from the simpsons dana scully from x-files amy santiago from brooklyn 99
May 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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google photos calling me the fuck out (I am not sorry)
a collage of photos identified by Google photos as "similar shots"; they are five photos of a pan of claire saffitz's sour cream and chive rolls, all from different occasions
May 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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thank you!! 🥰🥰🥰 I'm really proud of it, pls enjoy some more recent photos of things other than just plants 😁
my bedroom! a queen sized-bed with two green and gold throw pillows, a white bedspread, big fluffy emerald green blanket draped across part of it, and three visible windows with sheer curtains. you can see a soft gray rug over hardwood floors, a ceiling fan, a wall of photos, and a ceiling fan. the walls are off-white. dining room! this space has hardwood floors, a gray rug with diamond pattern, a solid wood table with extendable leaves, four wooden chairs with dark blue cushions, and an electric keyboard in the background. you can see the stairs up to the upper level with a nice wooden banister, and the hallway into the kitchen (I've changed those tiles since this picture was taken). on the wall with the stairs are some wands, a couple frames drawings, and a copy of the marauder's map; this room is on the redecorating list for those reasons living room! this space has a beautiful area rug with blue, green, and beige swirls over hardwood, a large squashy gray sectional couch with lots of colorful throw pillows and blankets, a blue padded armchair with matching ottoman, a brass and glass hexagonal coffee table (and matching end table), and a gallery wall with lots of colorful art. walls are off-white and a nice big window is visible, partially obscured with a blind. there are two plants in this pic, one sad one in the middle of the coffee table, and one considerably happier pink princess philodendron in the foreground, on the mantle of the fireplace the newest room in the house, the office/guest room! this room has bright teal walls, hardwood floors and, a rug that's an abstract mix of teal and orange/red. on one wall you can see a reeded glass cabinet full of folded fabric, underneath which there is a cot (stored upright with a cover); then a large double-hung window, then a black standing cabinet. the other wall has a mini-split AC unit, a leg board with craft supplies, a table with a sewing machine and a serger, and an office chair pushed into said table.
March 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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in summary, there are plenty of things you can do to try to *optimize* your houseplants if you get invested in them, but if you just want something alive to make your place feel nicer, I promise you that's achievable 🌿

p.s. plant tax! (one of these plants is dead now, just to prove my point)
a thriving spider plant in a blue self-watering pot, hanging in a skylight. she makes so many pups we literally can't give them away a swedish ivy sprawls out of a pot on the end of a mantle which is decorated with several candles. there's a bit of light coming in from the side of the mantle the swedish ivy is on, which happens to be east-facing (though the window is not visible in this picture) a peacock plant in a pot on the ground, vibrant and happy despite slightly crispy leaf tips (if I kept the house humid enough to fix that I would have mold issues). this is a finicky plant that I would not recommend for beginners, but being a few feet from a west-facing window and getting distilled water have been enough to keep this one going for now *knocks wood* a Hoya plant hanging in a skylight and climbing up the rope towards the beam she's hanging from. the leaves are variegated light green in the middle and glimpses of pink are visible (many of them turn Very pink in the summer, it's delightful). it's a good thing she's happy in this pot because I don't think it's possible to get her down to repot her at this point 😂
March 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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stadium series today was both extremely cool and extremely cold 🥶🥰
brunch! king cake, puck-shaped buckeyes (puckeyes), pigs in a blanket, fruit, and mini quiches, all arranged nicely on serving platters a view of Ohio Stadium for the NHL stadium series game tonight; the stadium is packed and a hockey game is underway
March 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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if your team doesn't offer adequate pride merch, homemade is fine 🏳️‍🌈🪡
a jean jacket on a gray dress form. on the left side of the image, from top left: -rainbow enamel logo pin from the hockey hall of fame -incredibly camp brooch that says "BLUE" in blue rhinestones and "JACKETS" in silver -bi pride colored hockey glove enamel pin -patch of the first CBJ logo (words "blue jackets" in wavy all-caps letters, green hockey stick in the middle) labeled "inaugural season" right side: -lapel enamel pin of a pride flag -#13 patch -stadium series logo enamel pin -cbj hockey is for everyone enamel pin -bomb with a lit fuse patch (for the cannon!) -tiny patch that says feminist (right above the monsters patch, implying 'feminist monster') -rhinestoned Cleveland monsters patch, with the old logo where the monster is rising up out of water, but the water is rainbow rhinestones the back of the same jacket, which features the CBJ primary logo (a star with the Ohio flag wrapped around it in the shape of a C), except that the Ohio flag has been replaced with the progress pride flag. the logo has been painted onto the jacket, at roughly the same size it is on a jersey. the stars in the Ohio flag have been represented with multicolored star rhinestones. sleeve detail: a patch on the shoulder that says "we add more genders every time you complain" and embroidery around the wrist of the Columbus skyline in rainbow ombré thread detail of the right side of the jacket (when facing jacket), including the bomb and monster patches. there's also a glimpse of the sleeve, which has similar embroidery as the other sleeve, and the shoulder patch is a round red patch with a blue Ohio silhouette, and a puck and stick inside the Ohio silhouette, representing Ohio hockey
February 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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switching to a TTRPG system that actively encourages narrative agency by the players, with a group who have played together for 5 years now and know each other real well = I (the DM) get to be the one going feral in the nonsense channel during sessions 😈
two memes in a discord channel called "quotes and other nonsense": the first, a chart of knowledge vs awareness with the four quadrants labeled known unknown, known known, unknown unknown, and unknown known (huge corporate vibes), and the second, a gif of bubbles from the Powerpuff girls looking angry, a city skyline on fire in the background, with the text "I'm going to hell on a full scholarship" two more memes in the same channel: one of Neville with the remembrall from the first Harry Potter movie saying "the only problem is, I can't remember what I've forgotten"; and the second two people on a couch, one repeatedly crossing and uncrossing their legs. the text below that says "that's the best gif I got for cross/uncross" two more memes in the same channel: one, a picture of a starry sky with the text "a certain darkness is needed to see the stars"; the other, Sebastian from the Little Mermaid captioned "first we got to create...da mood"
January 31, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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gauntlet at the garden is so extremely cool
a photo of the Madison square garden ceiling + a room full of nerds, with d20 branding on the screens
January 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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emoji kitchen is my favorite Google feature in decades and if they ever take it away I *will* cry. it's embedded in gboard, but if you're on desktop/don't have an android, you can use it by googling "emoji kitchen"!
an emoji of an orange and white clownfish, created by combining "clown" and "fish" in emoji kitchen an emoji of a yellow gumdrop-shaped (blob) person with round eyes holding up a smartphone in both of their hands, covering their mouth. the phone is about a quarter of the size of the entire emoji; the overall effect is very cute a deeply cursed emoji of a yellow face, smiling (?) toothlessly, its eyes replaced by hockey pucks and eyebrows by hockey sticks (with the blades pointing up, as if this is something eyebrows do???). it's also blushing, for reasons unknown. I love using this horrifying emoji to torture my friends. an emoji of a family of rabbits: two large rabbits and a dozen baby rabbits, with three floating hearts mixed in. you can make emojis of several animal families in emoji kitchen by combining an animal emoji with itself (suggesting reproduction); for rabbits, the artists made a joke about their high reproduction rates by adding in a dozen babies rather than the standard one.
January 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I ✨love✨ this emoji and it's also important to note that using it in Google's Emoji Kitchen (which is not AI!) brings the blobs back, for example:
a gumdrop-shaped (blob) yellow emoji face, smiling, its head surrounded by 7 pink hearts of various sizes a gumdrop-shaped (blob) yellow emoji frowning, its blobby body slightly bent to the right, as though it is hunching away from whatever is making it sad a yellow gumdrop-shaped (blob) emoji smiling, face slightly askew, as it melts into a puddle. the size of the puddle is more evocative than the standard round melting emoji's drips. a yellow gumdrop-shaped (blob) emoji with large red heart eyes, a toothless smiling open mouth, and flushed cheeks. its blobby body is slightly bent, as though it is leaning back, awestruck by whatever it's looking at with such adoration.
January 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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and for Christmas day:
two pizza boxes from Casey's, a Midwest grocery store chain. one of them is a breakfast pizza, which is the food of the gods.
December 25, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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we do our big feast on Christmas Eve so merry early christmas! details in the alt text ❤️

I made the yule log, three kinds of cookies, dinner rolls, cucumber sandwiches, snowman cheeseball, and fruit tree 👩‍🍳
a large oval wooden table laden with Christmas food! starting at upper left: deviled eggs, gingerbread yule log, cookies, potato puffs, dinner rolls, spanakopita, cranberry sauce, salad shaped like a tree, shrimp, pigs in a blanket, veggie tray, snowman cheeseball and crackers, ham, deviled eggs, fruit tree, cucumber sandwiches with cucumber slices in the shape of trees
December 25, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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put her in the dictionary under Perfect Baby
Maisie, a black and white miniature poodle mix who has been very freshly groomed (short cut all over, except her tail which has long, straight white fur) poses on a blue velvet dog-sized sofa in front of a dark window. she is standing with her front paws on the arm and back paws on the cushion of the sofa, looking at the camera with a neutral expression. she's wearing a red collar patterned with the state of Ohio and a red, green, and gold Christmas bandana.
December 12, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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oh I don't know about that
a fortune cookie that reads "your love for sports will lead to a healthier, happier, and more fulfilling life"
November 30, 2024 at 8:11 PM