“Manfrotto? It’s OWLfrotto now!”

Aha! I’ve always wondered why office postage meters are called franking machines.

Both. And yeah, I like the store brand liquid flavors better too. Like the pomegranate or dragonfruit.

I gave up Diet Coke once upon a time. But to supplement my caffeine dependency, I started drinking the “energy” Crystal Light and Mio drink mixes. I enjoyed those but I noticed I had more heartburn with them. So I went back to Diet Coke. I guess this anecdote isn’t a true cold turkey example. I only switched to the nicotine patch of soft drinks.

I just wanted to add to ask the doc if they’d give the green light to seeing a physical therapist. The PT was way more effective in helping me manage my back pain, whereas the doc would advise painkillers, muscle relaxers, and heat.

I guess it depends whether you prefer reading fiction for entertainment or nonfiction. If you’re reading fiction, does it matter if AI wrote or helped write it? Do you watch movies with CGI or only practical effects?

If you don’t want to give your money to an AI’s handler, utilize the library.

If you’re concerned a book will be bad or a waste of time, then adopt a personal policy of giving yourself permission to abandon reading the whole thing if you’re not enjoying it. I call this my Bristol Rule, because I was in Bristol (Tennessee) during the last time I forced myself to finish drinking a cocktail that tasted horrible, and I didn’t want to waste my money. I ended up with a VERY regrettable hangover. I then resolved to give myself permission to give up, not finish, throw away, walk away from, or generally discontinue something I’m just not enjoying, and accept the monetary loss and the lesson.

If you’ll be accessing it through a library system or maker lab, they will probably require you to take their training before letting you have access to it. If you can’t attend their trainings, reach out to them to see if they would even accept an alternative training source.

That said, I went to a Glowforge training provided by my library and it was basically: “here’s how to access the software, here’s where to turn it on, make sure to always turn the exhaust system on here, now what small tchotchkes do you want to make to take home tonight?” (we did a coaster)

Looks like it could be a starling. They like to nest in the nooks of houses, and they’re about that size.

Maybe she came from a food service establishment. Does she also yell ‘behind’ or ‘corner’ when moving around the house?

My cat also loves the bend of my arm. I think she’s getting a big snootfull of mom scent, and it gets me emotional that that is her happy place.

Yes, they get replaced monthly.

I too have trouble with onions, but thankfully not garlic. I can safely use onion powder and even small amounts of dried minced onion from the spice aisle without causing a disturbance. I can eat foods cooked with onions and just pick the onions out. But strangely the delightful onion broth served at teppanyaki restaurants will destroy me.

I keep one near the litter boxes. I love it so much. And I use MERV13 filters in my furnace/ air returns.

What kind of motivation? For performing one’s job? For hobby projects? For cooking vs ordering out?

For example, if I have to do a major deep clean and I haven’t reached the point where it’s bothering me sufficiently to self-start, I’ll watch an episode or two of Hoarders and that seems to do the trick to put me in a headspace where I’m literally itching to enthusiastically and violently attack a mess.

For work, I’ll put on music like https://youtu.be/kGhHPX_TaI0

or https://youtu.be/wELOA2U7FPQ

For cooking…I haven’t found a video to kickstart me, but I usually have to plan ahead for the day, try not to get sidetracked in the late afternoon (which seems to be my hyperfocus time of day), and guard how many spoons I have left by mealtime in order to feel up to cooking. It helps to play a favorite podcast while I cook. The favorite podcast method also works great for doing dishes & laundry.

We put bamboo flooring in. It looks great! It’s held up to cats running claws out and me dropping things.

None 😭

Thank you for mentioning this. I tried making these years and years ago, using a pan from a gift set. It was supposed to be preseasoned. It just made a mess.

I put it away and thought of it from time to time followed by remorse at what a pain in the ass it would be to use it.

Note that I have experience stripping and re-seasoning heirloom cast iron skillets, griddles, etc. Reconditioning them and saving them from a rusty fate. But I never registered in my head that although the gifted æbleskiver pan was cast iron, that maybe I failed with it because I hadn’t seasoned it. So today I spent a few hot smoky hours with it. It may need another full treatment, but I can already tell a difference in the surface. I’m looking forward to trying your recipe!

I think you only have to worry if they keep a lot of pigs

This sounds like my honey looking in the pantry for snacks. “Where are the Oreos?” “On the shelf.” “No they’re not.” #sigh# [gets up and points to them] “Oh you meant these right here at my eye level?”

And bangin my tankard on the table just spilled my mead. ☹️