thrawn @ thrawn21 @lemmy.world

Just a rock-licker who loves all things sci-fi, boardgames, and growing my

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Aww what a sweet baby. I'm sure he appreciates the comforting after the vet <3

Yes! We call those her leg warmers too :D

Sure does! Another little standard issue cutie

I'll confess I do this with some regularity. If I unwrap a piece of cheese and see it's moldy, well I'm not tossing a nice hunk of aged gouda in the trash! I'll slice the mold off, then do a sniff and nibble test. If it still tastes moldy, keep slicing until it doesn't.

I've done this since I was a kid, so who knows if it's actually safe, or if I've just spent decades rolling the dice and getting lucky.

And see, I'd swap your Lawful Neutral and True Neutral, as then all the neutrals would feature one long bed edge placed against a wall.

Maybe we need more Christmas songs that are suitable to gloom of Seasonal Effective Disorder.

Yes, 100%. I'd like to see more songs about the dark cold that sucks rather than pretend with "merry and bright."

Greg Alder's Yard Posts is a guy who posts every Friday about growing food in southern California. His climate is pretty similar to mine and his advice was a huge help when I was figuring out the timing for growing a garden. He's also super knowledgeable when it comes to growing avocados, if that's your thing.

I know right? My first thought was put a heating pad on the windowsill, and the cat will be much more likely to choose that spot.

I'm a geologist, but not the fun kind that gets to look at actual rocks.

I do environmental and some geotechnical work, which pretty much boils down to "Is the dirt poisoned?" and "How hard do I have to squish the dirt to make the future building not fall down?" There's few things to get excited about, but it's steady work and pays the bills.

I've come to learn your brain is really good at subconscious processing of things that don't quite make it to conscious awareness. Some part of your brain saw the cop and the deer and was trying to alert the rest of you.

I had that happen once when I was out hiking alone doing geology research. I reached this area of the woods and was suddenly overwhelmed by this feeling of TIME TO LEAVE. I tried arguing with myself that there was still enough daylight to check out an outcrop I could see in the distance, but the feeling got so powerful, I finally gave in and called it quits for the day.

I realized while walking out, that with all the little noises of the quail and other animals I'd been hearing all day, that spot in the woods had been silent. The next time I visited the area (and not alone this time), I found a cave right behind where I'd been standing, with fresh mountain lion tracks. Who knows, some part of me might have seen a mountain lion in that cave and was doing everything it could to tell me to get the fuck away!

Thanks, I hate it.

Shaken, not purred.

When it's finally his turn with the brain cell.

Interesting how Walt's face stays pretty accurate and consistent, while Jessie's is all over the place. In some pictures it's spot on, others look like a totally different guy.

Why thank you! There's a few "genres" of cooking and baking that I know well enough to freestyle, and a lot of it is just tasting and knowing how to balance if you've gone too far in one aspect or another.

Like for example, I wouldn't normally make this with corn in it, but I'd tossed a bunch of jalapenos in with the pork that had turned extra spicy with heat stress from a recent heatwave in my area. So in tasting the stew, I decided it was overly spicy, and dumping in a half cup of corn took the spice down a notch.

I got it from this shop on Etsy, but it looks like they're out of stock :(

What a cutie!

I drove from southern California to Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico for it!

Yep, I bought the telescope for $70 and separate solar filter for $20. Can dm links if you're interested.