When we moved into our house, we had two cats and kept finding mouse droppings. (The house had been flipped after belonging to a hoarder.) Lived there for two months and the cats did nothing and we still had mice. Got a dog and suddenly no more mice…

Surprised they made it that long. I guess a kid would complicate breaking up.

Knitter here. I’m literally making clothes! Yes a sweater takes months but you know… also good for meetings.

Sorbet!

Am I reading correctly that nothing is wrong with them except the tread is worn down? See if there is a shoe repair shop near you. Cobblers can usually replace tread. That way you’re not falling whim to capitalism, keeping something out of the landfill, and you don’t have to break in a new pair.

Haha I have, at least if I’m thinking of the right thing, the YouTube video? He stretches a few (my degrees are in music theory so I can hear what he means and not all of them are exactly the same chord progressions) but I feel seen nonetheless.

Yeah, I feel for the string players, honestly. Especially the ones who take wedding gigs.

Gonna go against the grain here with something classical: Pachabel’s Canon in D. I liked it when I was a kid, for at least the first 10 or 20 times I heard it, but since then I’ve probably heard it thousands of times, and I’m not even a strings player. I’m not exaggerating either; it’s in so many commercials, weddings, movies, just over loudspeakers in the grocery store… ugh it’s inescapable. Pretty the first few times, sure, but it’s so aggressively bland.

Okay so his thought is to cut back wage requirements for construction workers so that they can address the housing shortage by building housing quicker. Where are those construction workers going to fucking live while they build? They probably barely afford rent as it is! And you just know that the companies that employ them would happily pay them less but somehow make record profits…

The Fifth Element

My kids still have desks like these starting in about 4th grade.

Knowing how many TERFs there are in the UK, I’m guessing their definition of “woman” is probably pretty narrow. So while I like the idea in theory, I’m betting some in our community will still be discriminated against, unfortunately.

I just listened to the first book, finished yesterday (it was a whopping three hours, as it’s really a novella). It seems the show is following the first book pretty closely. Some changes sure but the main plot line seems intact. Can’t speak for later books and of course all of the episodes aren’t released yet but it seems to be season 1 = book 1, which is All Systems Red.

Ha I get these exact same texts but in California

My husband has been wondering if he should get formally diagnosed for ADHD now that our kid has been. (Talk about a carbon copy of a parent, this kid, geeze.) This explains a lot about the way he cooks. He always says it’s because he “needs more practice” but all I see is a chaotic stressful experience, and of course if I try to help him I just get in the way and make him irritated that I seem to think he can’t manage it on his own. Anyway all I’m saying is that it’s interesting to read your comment because I wonder if that’s my husband’s trouble, too.

Running doesn’t work for me but I like to walk. Do I ever do it? No. Or at least not consistently. I’m gonna take a walk today too. Let’s do it! One day at a time, right?

Though we got her from a shelter, one of ours definitely picked us. We were cuddling a different kitten who looked extremely similar, and she was making a huge racket from her kennel. There was a post-it note on it that said “HOLD” so we assumed someone was coming back for her, but since she was yowling so much, we asked what it meant. The staff didn’t know; one of them went to find out, came back and tore the post-it note off the kennel. So of course we asked if we could hold her. She snuggled up to me and licked my chest immediately. So of course we adopted both of them. Funny enough, she is now 99% my husband’s cat.

No no, it’s dumb. It’s not the cadence that makes it dumb; it’s the substance, or sometimes utter lack of it in Trump’s case.

The first time my cat met my husband, she made it abundantly clear. I was in grad school and living with my parents. One of my parents’ cats and my cat didn’t get along so she hung out in my room most of the time. My room faced the driveway so she could see when I got home. On this day, she came running from the room as new boyfriend and I walked in, ran right past me and went straight to him. I felt so snubbed! It was particularly notable since she had always hated any men that had come over at our old apartment prior to that.

KnitPicks (I’m a knitter primarily) and they have a sister site, WeCrochet I think; I haven’t used it but you might try it out. I shop for most of my yarn online and have gradually learned over the years what qualities to look for to know if I’m going to like how it feels.

Runners up: Jimmy Beans Yarn

Eat Sleep Knit

Cascade Yarns