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#Septopolis Elmwood is a mid-size city on a large bay; it's one of many cities on the bay. It's diverse and thriving, with many different populations groups. There's a large lake (semi-man-made) frequented by selkies and the occasional mer (they usually swim in the bay). Elmwood is for a series.
Ah! In the end, I either just cut nori sheets in half and wrap the onigiri myself, or I just skip the nori and get right to the shoving the delicious food into my mouth. (I think I'm hungry, actually. Maybe it's dinner time.)
Oh! I put plastic wrap into the mold first, then shove in rice and smush it up against the sides, leaving a gap for the tasty tasty filling. Then another fistful of rice to close the top, fold over the plastic wrap and press hard with the mold lid. This way, it's already wrapped for later.
I've given up and just started making my own. I have the little molds and everything. They're so great!
O!M!G! I'm totally stealing this, holy CATS, this is great. Onigirus. Perfect.
Yeah, it didn't work. He learned today that a childhood friend was in a motorcycle accident at the beginning of August but didn't die until the end of August. Look, this was supposed to be a mini-vacation for him. Ugh.
He was pretty good as a sleazy hitman in The Gray Man.
Happy Labrador Day, I hope your day was filled with Canadians and dogs (listens to earpiece) Sorry, LABOR Day, I hope you passed a small human out of your body in a relatively non-punishing way (listens to earpiece again)
Agreed, except that that whole part of the story is a complete utter fabrication according to the cops that were there.
I'm sorry that folks have lost appreciation for whimsy. This is astounding and I'm impressed at not just the dude's dedication to his vision, but the craft with which he built it. The cartoon doors on doors alone was amazing.
It's here! Get in on the Kickstarter for Interesting Times A Hopepunk Anthology www.kickstarter.com/projects/int...
Hmm. We can't get there for tomorrow, but I can *absolutely* plan for next year. Fun!!
Oh wow, I live a couple hours from Boston! We could do this on a weekend! Cool.
My husband is home for 6 days (a delight) but we've had two unhappy things happen in the first 4 days. I'm hoping nothing else bad happens in the next 2 days, because we both (but largely him) need an actual break. Maybe I'll try to find a new-to-us outdoor lunch place to try.
Tell your grandma the Internet says hello and that we hope she's having a great day!
This is buried in a comment stream about US trains and non-car transportation. Many USians would be excited to 'take the train', 'drive less', 'get healthcare', 'take time off to protest at the nearby country capital', 'not go into medical debt'. Unfortunately, the US doesn't have these things.
This is awesome of them to do, but also what an indictment of the way things are that it's a valid marketing tactic
I’m actually serious about this. Gimme a PC case that looks like someone in Lothlorien got bored and thought Alphonse Mucha didn’t go hard enough.
For eugenicist stuff like this, I always assume Victorians are to blame.
Whenever I hear one of the '80s songs from my poor-kid radio mixtapes, I can still remember not only exactly where I had to cut the end off to record over the radio DJ's end-of-track talking, but also which song came next on the tape. (If you understand this, remember to schedule your colonoscopy!)
When it does happen, make sure your memes have alt text and your hashtags are pascal cased. I want to be able to like and share everything.
Here’s a link to his adoption profile: 24petconnect.com/SacramentoCo...
you just know somebody’s being called by their full name right now
'democrats are obliged to govern but republicans get a pass' is bizarrely the mentality of both establishment institutions and a lot of leftist posting.
This is the heart of everyone saying there can be no TENSION in a romance if it had to end happily. With every book release, about 5 people message me saying they skipped to the end to make sure it was going to turn out okay even though the genre was a literal promise it would. That's the job.
Oooh. I do like a good bug fact!
See? That lovely being and I could fly all over looking at how pretty things are from above and dropping rocks on mean people! Then we go home and have tea and cakes. (Clearly I need to get back to writing my own stories, huh? 🥰🤪 )
Cat. Cat. Cat. I own cars, ffsake, phone.
I have never owned a car in my life. I've *been owned* by many. I did understand your actual point, I just want a giant talking kitty to ride. 😁
So I can't ride my Giant Talking Kitty? Bummer.
Old Soviet joke for today: A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves. After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?” “I’m looking for the obituaries.” “The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
The true horror hear is that you know the real estate agent tried to talk them out of those photos and failed.
EDMONTON: HELP Mayday mayday SOS: both Fiasco and Franca have gotten out of the house through a busted window screen and the back gate was found open by my catsitter I am VERY FAR AWAY! If you are in the Highlands region can you keep your eye out
You can eat the cheese burger, she gets the lettuce!!
No no no, Willow can't eat cheese!! She needs parsley and strawberries!! Congratulations on finishing a chapter! Such a great feeling.
The feeling of crawling back into bed after being up for a while and curling up in the remaining warmth is *such* a luxury. I don't get to do it often, but when I do, it's a huge delight.
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Who's the artist?
A gift from Past You!
Thank you for this!
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Oh man, car trouble always sucks and never happens at a convenient time and place. At least Willow has veggies, right????
Good girl, Willow. Nibble on that mouse cord. Show your human who's boss.
It's such a fun movie, isn't it? I love that they include many 'horror' frames and then immediately subvert them.
We watched Tucker and Dale v Evil, and are now watching behind the scenes stuff about Collateral, a criminally under-rated movie.
My personal favorite is suggesting Yoga or Kale. (as a joke, obvs.)
Social media a dozen years ago: I'll just vent about this problem Social media a few years ago: maybe if I also say "not asking for advice" people will let me vent Social media now: *types/deletes 10 variations seeing every way someone will still find a way to "help"* *closes window, says nothing*
Okay. a) authors? You don't need to sue everyone who you annoys you b) readers? Tone down the personal attacks in reviews but also c) this dumb ass is out there saying common phrases in a book she pirated are AI and also how lawyers want to charge her money www.reddit.com/r/Romantasy/...
This is a very very good reason to use alt text, too. Put it behind a sensitive content screen AND make sure the alt text includes the original text so people can use mute filters effectively.
Offering 3 resources for people seeking ideas for what they might do in this moment: 1. We made a short workbook to help people narrow down or discover their areas of interest and focus. It's been downloaded thousands of times. Hope it's useful to you: millionexperiments.com/zines/making...
OH LOOK WHAT A WILD COINCIDENCE
"Please remember, we humans are sharing this space with other species,” the city of Monterey said." Monterey Beach closes as sea lion colony takes over the shoreline share.google/ImE5ag1Sqo0t...
Oh absolutely. This will have long reaching effects. My comment was more that I'm looking around at the people I see in the shops and I wonder how long it'll take until things get more dire than is safe.
Wow, those costumes (and that fan) are amazing!
Your dress is *stellar* and you two look delightful. I hope you have a lovely life.
This describes the shape of what I see coming, and I really don't know how the US is going to weather it.
Pretty, though.
I'm cranky and it doesn't look like I'm going to be less cranky any time soon.
You wanted to learn the #KpopDemonHunters Zoey head towel thing! #yourkoreandad
We just watched the first episode of the Quantum Leap reboot and it's not awful, but it really not great, either. They sort of over-did it, somehow. (I actually loved Ian and would like more characters like that, plz.) But the rest of it was just overly earnest without anything to lighten it.
So much bunny hair, *so few veggies!!* She's clearly looking at you in despair. But hey, go you - actual words! That's great.
I just had my cover artist title 5 covers (3 for a queer romantasy, 2 for a set of queer contemp romances) and I'm about to ask him to title 4 more covers (3 queer contemp romances in a vineyard and 1 fantasy with poc in leading roles. I am super excited: this means I'm actually finishing outlines!
I'm so sad that Snoop has become this narrow.
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While riding the B or Q trains between Dekalb Ave station and the Manhattan Bridge, you may catch a glimpse of "Masstransiscope," a public art installation by Bill Brand. It was added to the #NYCsubway system in 1980.
Both movies are amazing, and it's worth watching both. They are *startlingly* close, though. Watch the Norwegian one first. Neither is particularly gory, for movies where a lot of people die.
We just watched the original, Norwegian, version of Cold Pursuit, called In Order of Disappearance. Both are fun, but it's also funny how closely Cold Pursuit followed the plot (and script) of the first one. A snow plough driver kills all the people who got his son killed.
What a cutie!
“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.” "Okay I get that," Meg whispered back, "but I've been angry for over a decade straight and my arteries are basically solid carbon fiber at this point. Do I ever get a freakin' break?"
I'm nearly done with a full outline for a novella, the first in a trilogy of contemporary queer romances set in a vineyard town in coastal California. I'm looking forward to doing the actual *writing* in October. Here's hoping I can get all three outlined, as well as at least three more books.
Okay, upon further investigation, yes, this is satire/parody. Phew.
Is this... is this *satire?* He must be kidding, right? What the fuk?
If there are reporters doing Mamdani's scavenger hunt, please post videos. I wanna see.
I'm under 5 feet tall, which skews every calculation about calorie needs. Also, I have atypical meds responses which is also frustrating.
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Has no one said it yet!? The POWERHOUSE of the cell!!! 🤩
Let’s make sure James Dobson’s books die with him. His books still pop up regularly in thrift stores and used book places. Do what I do: buy them (they’re cheap!), and then throw them away! If you can spare a child from his techniques, do it. Let’s get them out of circulation.
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so yeah. you should be against these bans/blocks for all the reasons people have been saying, but also please keep in mind that they're impossible. this can't be done. the internet just is not built for this
Saw a clickbait post that was like "K-Pop Demon Hunters wouldn't be as popular if it wasn't about pop stars or K-Pop" and congrats, this would be a different movie Star Wars wouldn't be as popular if it was about regular people, not Jedi and also took place in Minnesota
This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
That's a soft taco? (Extra Large soft taco, but still?)
Why is everyone so *white?*
Still no celery leaves, no strawberries, nothing. What a deprived bunny. I hope you have a great weekend with your family!
She seems sadly un-cucumbered, what a shame. Yeah, I'm finally managing to get outlining done and it's a relief, but boy, I want the words to just jump from my brain to the screen.
Yes, but is Willow interested back, or does she just want to smack the puppy with a carrot?
I'm spending a few hours in my craft room today to tidy up in general and I'll keep an eye out for yarn that would be nice in that pattern. It's such a gift from designers to get free patterns.
Periodic reminder to back your computer up!
This is gorgeous!
The official theme is “Adventure Awaits!” The problem seems to have arisen in the website design, which was used words like “Frontier”, “Pioneers”, “Telegraph” and “Sideshow” that evoke a Wild West aesthetic and, thus, all colonial baggage that comes with that.
I know I can make hummus. I can also make bread, granola, cereal, bagels, jam, etc. I can drive around looking for a better deal on fruit. I can grow my carrots and broccoli. etc. Getting basic food items at a reasonable price shouldn't be a part-time job.
Checked the Worldcon site and there's an apology and retraction, and a new theme for the convention. www.lacon.org/2025/08/21/s...
Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon
This is an excellent essay. Thank you for writing it, and for bringing this issue up (again and again, however many times we need to make it clear that people have value and treating them with kindness and compassion is worth the ten seconds it takes to learn a new name, ff*sake*).
Amusingly enough, I mostly know it because I learned sign language and the teacher was Very Explicitly Clear that the hand shape for I Love You was NOT the same as this one.
Daughter asked me to do this, I'm not that good with my design app but trying to learn to do more with it. It took way too long to make the text circle but here we are. I was trying to make it look like a rubber stamp but couldn't figure that out. 😁
I love this part of designing a sweater. Can I use all four of these cables in my cardi? Yes. Yes I can. #knitting
OMG, I'm adding that to next week's dinner list immediately.
There’s a thin line between staying as informed as you should and making yourself anxious in a way that is completely unproductive and every single day the news is trying very hard to push you over into the latter