My dog often audibly farts when he climbs onto the couch. I've never had a dog with audible farts.

losthighway wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:23 pm My dog often audibly farts when he climbs onto the couch. I've never had a dog with audible farts.

Sprocket does too. It’s a quiet “puff”. What’s funny is that it totally startles him like someone pinched him on his ass.

Made rice again tonight to go with the nine pound pork shoulder I cooked. When I rinse the rice in the fine strainer under running water, I like to pretend, just for a few seconds, that I'm a worker in a sake brewery polishing rice.

Got a bunch of work done in the past week and am now giving myself a day or two off.

I believe a lot of people now—whether they admit it or not—are some combination of overworked, exasperated, over-committed, and so on.

For someone who enjoys solitude, I don’t have nearly enough literal and psychic space as I’d like. Haven’t had a full 24 hours to myself in a long time. Haven’t left this state since the fall before the pandemic hit. Got a little saved up but have to be careful not to piss it away.

There’s stuff around here that needs to get done that might not get done until somebody dies. It might take two people dying. It’s anybody’s guess now.

I look at the news, and the world appears to be quite a mess, even by conservative standards.

Things are basically alright though. People can throw all of the rocks at me they want, but I’ve got reasons to get out of bed every morning. There’ve been times in the past in which it appeared this wasn’t so.

It’s gonna be a long, possibly very bumpy road in between now and Election Day, so chilling the fuck out will have to be in the cards more and more. For me and everybody else. Left, right, center, it doesn't matter . . . I think rationing the chaos might be a wise strategy.

How skeptical should one be about a near-instant job interview request from something called "Job Bot"? Has anyone been thru one of these before?

The future is bullshit.

edit: it was just an automated chatbot. Basically a 'fancy' questionnaire. Whatever.

Used Uber Eats for the first time.

Have had a semi-busy week that included an appointment with a drone photographer who, as it turns out, also happens to be from Wisconsin and lived in Minneapolis for a spell. We chatted a bit about First Avenue and it was rather amusing. Am wondering now how many of the people I might encounter here are actually from here. This state has the largest percentage of transplants of any in the country.

When the sun’s been out, the weather here has been splendid, especially in the late afternoon. Has that quality of being a decent foil for either shorts or slacks, a light top or something more insulated. That’s the stuff right there. Tourists are probably drawn to the more hot and humid “beach weather,” but I enjoy more moderate temps that more resemble “Indian Summer” in the north.

I had a dream last night (couldn't find the dream thread) where I was telling someone about a collective in rural Sweden where death metal musicians live. They don't have to live in the city and they can get by comfortably on their little government ABBA checks. I'd like to think such a thing actually exists.

It is the year 2024, and studio execs are still really fucking dumb.

Verge of Light wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:31 am I had a dream last night (couldn't find the dream thread) where I was telling someone about a collective in rural Sweden where death metal musicians live. They don't have to live in the city and they can get by comfortably on their little government ABBA checks. I'd like to think such a thing actually exists.

It does, pretty much.