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Oh cool; I haven't seen soil offered on my local FB buy-nothing so I hadn't thought of looking there. I should try asking next time I try to do container gardening. Thank you!
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Oh cool; I haven't seen soil offered on my local FB buy-nothing so I hadn't thought of looking there. I should try asking next time I try to do container gardening. Thank you!
If they must publish doorstops, they need to at least bring back high-quality bookbinding so that the doorstop won't tear apart under its own weight.
January 21, 2026 at 6:51 PM
If they must publish doorstops, they need to at least bring back high-quality bookbinding so that the doorstop won't tear apart under its own weight.
Oh, I'm all in favor of tiny gardens like that! But if you're already struggling to afford groceries, I'm not going to recommend going out and buying seeds and potting soil just to get some fresh lettuce.
January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Oh, I'm all in favor of tiny gardens like that! But if you're already struggling to afford groceries, I'm not going to recommend going out and buying seeds and potting soil just to get some fresh lettuce.
Yeah, the advertising is misleading. :-/ But as someone who almost exclusively buys books in print (I get ebooks from the library all the time) I'm stoked that this is finally in physical format!
January 21, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Yeah, the advertising is misleading. :-/ But as someone who almost exclusively buys books in print (I get ebooks from the library all the time) I'm stoked that this is finally in physical format!
It's so good!
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It's so good!
Ohhh, that make sense. ::despairs in librarian::
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Ohhh, that make sense. ::despairs in librarian::
In the original fairy tale, yes, but in the show not really, so that's less of an issue.
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
In the original fairy tale, yes, but in the show not really, so that's less of an issue.
Eh, I think you need both. People "logic" themselves into horrible places all the time.
January 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Eh, I think you need both. People "logic" themselves into horrible places all the time.
(This was in the show Once Upon a Time. I'm sorry, but if you're going to have Rumplestiltskin as a main character, at least have the actor and everyone writing his scenes watch someone spin for ten minutes.)
January 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
(This was in the show Once Upon a Time. I'm sorry, but if you're going to have Rumplestiltskin as a main character, at least have the actor and everyone writing his scenes watch someone spin for ten minutes.)
A great/walking wheel going clackety-clackety-clackety like a treadle spinning wheel. What on that could possibly go clackety-clack?? Great wheels are enormous, but almost silent. If you really need a sound effect, I'll allow ominous wooden creaking noises, though they rarely do that either.
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
A great/walking wheel going clackety-clackety-clackety like a treadle spinning wheel. What on that could possibly go clackety-clack?? Great wheels are enormous, but almost silent. If you really need a sound effect, I'll allow ominous wooden creaking noises, though they rarely do that either.
Mrs. Doubtfire. I...have absolutely no idea how to interpret this auspice.
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mrs. Doubtfire. I...have absolutely no idea how to interpret this auspice.
I have learned that unless someone has checked, you don't actually know how many abdominal organs you have or where they are, and the options are...varied.
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I have learned that unless someone has checked, you don't actually know how many abdominal organs you have or where they are, and the options are...varied.
I weirdly really want a whole-body MRI given how many incidental findings my other scans have turned up. What other weird things are going on in there??
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I weirdly really want a whole-body MRI given how many incidental findings my other scans have turned up. What other weird things are going on in there??
Ok looking at your profile I'm not even sure what question to ask, but I desperately want to just buy you coffee and ask you to infodump at me :-)
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Ok looking at your profile I'm not even sure what question to ask, but I desperately want to just buy you coffee and ask you to infodump at me :-)
Yep. I mean, I do read a lot at work...as do most people who work in offices. Mostly it's email. And I read *bits* of books, but not like they're picturing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yep. I mean, I do read a lot at work...as do most people who work in offices. Mostly it's email. And I read *bits* of books, but not like they're picturing.
(That is, there are definitely spiders because spiders live everywhere, but it sounds like you're not going to get many more spiders on you than you would harvesting anything else.)
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
(That is, there are definitely spiders because spiders live everywhere, but it sounds like you're not going to get many more spiders on you than you would harvesting anything else.)
The bog spiders might not be real! Now I'm sad; I wanted to play with the bog spiders: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The bog spiders might not be real! Now I'm sad; I wanted to play with the bog spiders: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
I think key elements that help for me are "regular person confronting abominations with a sort of wry resignation" and "this is horrifying but I also want to poke it with a stick and then take careful notes".
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think key elements that help for me are "regular person confronting abominations with a sort of wry resignation" and "this is horrifying but I also want to poke it with a stick and then take careful notes".
I don't normally do horror and I *love* T Kingfisher horror novels. But I'm a random stranger on the internet so I don't know if that's a useful data point...
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I don't normally do horror and I *love* T Kingfisher horror novels. But I'm a random stranger on the internet so I don't know if that's a useful data point...
Oh, excellent, the perfect plane reading for my birding trip to Albuquerque on Wednesday! This can't possibly end badly...
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Oh, excellent, the perfect plane reading for my birding trip to Albuquerque on Wednesday! This can't possibly end badly...
The cover was produced by a Swedish sheet metal company that, at least today, primarily manufactures metal for beer cans.
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The cover was produced by a Swedish sheet metal company that, at least today, primarily manufactures metal for beer cans.