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Goofiest, most discourse-scrambling deep Abdul El-Sayed lore is that he was first inspired to get into politics when Bill Clinton told him he should think about. They were at the U of M graduation when Abdul was the valedictorian and Clinton was the commencement speaker. Slick Willie himself looked at 22 year old Abdul El-Sayed and was like, âkids got the juiceâ, and for all the complexities of Clinton legacy, that manâs instincts were always good. [citation]
This is a juvenile Chacophrys pierottii, arguably the most comically proportioned frog ever. Here is an adult. If I had not taken this photo myself I would think itâs some kind of ridiculous meme render.
These are also the frogs that bury themselves in a backwards spiral that is seriously relatable.
What's the process like for slab building mugs? I've only done them on the wheel before and i was wondering how hard it is to get a smooth rotational symmetry when you don't have the wheel helping you
theyâre pretty straightforward, but they definitely take practice. and I think an aspect of slab building (and hand building in general) is that itâs not going to be perfect. I had to learn to accept that and to love it for what it is
I use two tools to get my slab-built mugs nice and round:
1. a turntable/banding wheel. spinning it as Iâm refining the shape helps keep it round, just like wheel-thrown pottery
and
2. The Cone
The Cone can be any cylinder thatâs narrower at the bottom at wider at the top, and the right size to fit in your mug. just press it in and shape the rim to it, donât leave it in the mug as the clay shrinks
but hereâs the whole slab-building process!
under the cut
1. roll out clay.
this time I cut it straight from the bag so itâs air-bubble free, but otherwise it should be wedged first. I use a rolling pin with measured rings on the ends so I can easily roll it out 1/4â thick
2. I used to use a cardboard template and a pin tool for this (you can find the templates online and print them, or you can cut up a disposable cardboard cup to make a template)
but I upgraded to cutters a little while ago and I love them.
remember also to cut out a circle for the bottom of the mug.
3. smooth
4. let sit for a couple hours, or put it in front of a fan for awhile, so itâs not too floppy to work with. it should be flexible, workable, but not floppy. it shouldnât crack if bent but it should stand up on its own once youâve got it in a circular shape
5. I usually make a handle right before starting to build the mug, so itâs firm enough to work with by the time Iâm done with the cylinder part of the mug. I prefer handle-making tools, rather than pulling them by hand
6. cut the mug edges at a 45 degree angle. you can eyeball it or use a tool. remember to flip the slab before cutting the other side, so they line up lol. I only made that mistake once.
I used to not do this step but my seams are a lot cleaner now.
7. score and slip, then join. once Iâve blended the two sides together a bit with my fingers, I like to use a soft rubber rib to smooth out the seam on the inside and outside, adding extra slip to fill any little gaps. itâll be ugly at first, just keep refining it!
8. score and slip to attach the bottom piece to the cylinder. I add extra slip around the inside of the mug where the bottom attaches, and once Iâve flipped the mug back over, I smooth the extra slip along the seam on the inside with a brush or sponge, to help fill any gaps and attach everything nicely
9. here I usually use The Cone. the rim is going to warp again as I add my handle, so Iâll use the cone again later. itâs just helpful to have the rim round before adding a handle
10. attach handle. I like to attach them over the seam so as to leave the rest of the mug as smooth as possible for decorating
11. use The Cone again, refine the rim, cover mug with plastic and leave until leather hard
12. trim it, clean it up, etc (hereâs one I prepared earlier!)
Slab building does give you some fun options besides just "round," too. I didn't like having a seam on something that was supposed to be round, and trying to make it invisible was driving me insane, so instead I. Made the seams a design feature. Et voilĂĄ!
This one was an early attempt and came out hilariously large. I have since decided to make my mugs about four inches tall and four inches around at the top (smaller at the bottom), which makes each hexagonal side two inches wide and a bit over four tall (due to the curve). That shrinks down to about 3.5, which is what most of the mugs in our cupboard measure at.
I suspect, from the looks I got while I was making these, that this kind of geometric assembly would drive a lot of potters crazy. I had fun though.
I did, yeah. It goes a little like this. This is on 0.5 cm grid paper if anyone wishes to try and replicate it. The floating, curved bottom is A Lot but, to me, worth it - very satisfying to use a spoon with. You could also just stick a flat bottom on it. For Big Mug, simply. Make big. It's not actually much taller, but it is a *lot* wider (2.5 inches on a side instead of 2, if we trust the firing ticket.)
I roll my slabs about the same thickness as OP, except for the bottom (which I do a hair thicker). I use a similar angled wire cutter tool, just the 30° side instead of the 45°. You can do it manually with a rib or needle tool, but I highly recommend not doing that. The angle wire tool is really satisfying and a good thing to have if you're interested in slab building at all. A protractor and a ruler come in clutch for this, but aren't necessarily required.
Finished examples (ignore the messy glazing, please):
I pull my handles, but you can use pretty much any method. You do want to think about whether you want it on a side, or a corner - it affects the way you drink out of it. I also added a foot ring that I haven't included in the diagram - up to you if you wanna do that, and how.
Big Mug wasn't getting used here, so I sold it (at a discount) to someone who was very pleased by its size and heft. Hopefully it's making them happy.
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oh my goodness, one of dian fosseyâs first close up observations with gorillas happened when she was trying to climb a tree to see them better, but so badly that by the time sheâd gotten up the entire group had come out of hiding to look at her: âNearly all members of the group had totally exposed themselves, forgetting about hiding coyly behind foliage screens because it was obvious to them that the observer had been distracted by tree-climbing problems, an activity they could understand.â
[Image transcript: porch. The group had been day-nesting and sunbathing when I contacted them, but upon my approach they nervously retreated to obscure themselves behind thick foliage. Frustrated but determined to see them better, I decided to climb a tree, not one of my better talents. The tree was particularly slithery and, try as I might, no amount of puffing, pulling, gripping, or clawing succeeded in getting me more than a few feet aboveground. Disgustedly, I was about to give up when Sanwekwe came to my aid by giving one mighty boost to my protruding rump; tears were running from his eyes as he was convulsed in silent laughter. I felt as inept as a baby taking its first step. Finally able to grab on to a conveniently placed branch, I hauled myself up into a respectful semislouch position in the tree about twenty feet from the ground. By this time I naturally assumed that the combined noises of panting, cursing, and branch-breaking made during the initial climbing attempts must have frightened the group on to the next mountain. I was amazed to look around and find that the entire group had returned and were sitting like front row spectators at a sideshow. All that was needed to make the image complete were a few gorilla-sized bags of popcorn and some cotton candy! This was the first live audience I had ever had in my life and certainly the least expected.]
imagine some freakish not-a-human alien THING has shown up out of nowhere and is trying to get into your office building to study you. but it has no idea how to get past a revolving door. it tries for three hours. by the time it finally understands the concept of a revolving door and squeeze into the building everyone in the office is crowded into the lobby to watch and call helpful suggestions. itâs conclusively determined that the alien is definitely not a threat, except maybe to itself.
Oh nooo I hadnât noticed that my catâs automatic feeder was getting low on food so as usual she dashed off when she heard the machine start but I couldnât hear the usual sound of her food falling into the bowl so I went to look and my poor cat was just. Sitting there. Staring at her empty food bowl. Then for a second she glanced up at me then right back to her bowl with the biggest, saddest, most bewildered eyes you could ever imagine on such a small creature. I filled her bowl and the machine right away ofc but I still feel a little guilty đ
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Iâve hear about how having cats makes you immune to hauntings, ghosts, spooky midnight noises etc but. for years Iâve been dealing with a panic response to unexpected nighttime noises, major enough that the adrenaline can keep me from falling back asleep for hours.
A few weeks of living with a cat and my brainâs been reprogrammed. last night at 4am the furry little shitmuppet broke a vase & I only woke up long enough to call her a rat bastard & roll over back to sleep
Oh shit. This totally made me realize that it must have been my cat that killed my fear of the dark. I used to be intensely scared of walking into dark spaces. Hated any area where I had to turn a light off before I could turn another one on.
Enter my mostly black demon who likes to jump out of dark spaces at me.
Now I can just walk through dark rooms with no anxiety. Iâm now used to the darkness taking physical form and jumping at me. At this point if a monster did jump out of the darkness Iâd instinctively reach for the cat treats to offer it.
holy crap what other fears do cats make you immune to?
Iâm no longer scared to dangle my foot over the bed bc of demons with sharp claws & glowing eyes, iâm scared to dangle my foot over the bed bc of one specific small furry demon with sharp claws & glowing eyes
My cats are legit part of my grounding strategy for when I have sleep hallucinations. As part of my sleep paralysis, I âseeâ corpses in the bed next to me on a frequent basis, or shadow men lurking in the doorway; if there is a cat blissfully, softly snoring at the foot of the bed, I know I am safe, despite what my brain is trying to conjure.
the sound of my door opening slowly, but theres no one there. my cat. somethings clawing at the walls, glass or window screens, cats. somethings fucking licking my toe in the middle of the night, my fucking cat again. nothing can hurt me its all cat
My cats got rid of my fear, not because I assume every noise I hear is from them, but rather if my OCD is telling me not to look outside because someones out their waiting for me to see them so they can kill me, I know they arenât actually there because my cats arenât reacting.
Until they do some stupid shit like staring at my vent for 2-3 hours without moving at all for seemingly no reason what so ever
But seriously, if alien PLANTS ever show up, citrus and oaks are going to be trying to breed with them IMMEDIATELY.Â
We make fun of ourselves for being willing to fuck aliens, but I guarantee you that citrus and oaks are right there with us, aggressively trying to cross-pollinate with any new and interesting conquests.Â
#another iowan talking shit about plants #new stereotype alert!!!!!!!!
if you spent any amount of ur life in iowa literally surrounded by endless fields of maize (âbeautiful rolling hills of goldâ or whatever bullshit people who dont live here call it) and you remain unwilling to call plants out about the rate at which they fuck, always, constantly, ceaselessly, aggressively, than you have learned nothing and i hope u walk into the bathroom in the middle of the night and experience a scene like the bloody bathtub one in scream where u pull back the curtain and theres maize growing up the drain into ur home
Full disclosure: Iâm not an arborist, but this is how i remember it being explained to me by DBGâs Dan The Arborist:
Itâs not actually clear if Oak Trees HAVE species.
To elaborate:
One oak tree looks/grows/and even tastes very much like another, to the point where some botanists and arborists are going âCan you really call this a different species when the changes are so miniscule that they could be chalked up to differneces between individuals?
Yes, Taste. sometimes the only way to tell one oak tree from another is that the bark is slightly more bitter than a different kind fo oak.
FURTHERMORE, when you DO find two very different-looking Oaks from different parts of the world whose last common ancestor was back in the goddamn Pliestocene, you can plant them next to eachother and they will gleefully comingle their DNA into a perfectly viable new tree.
Which will somehow manage to look exactly like another, unrelated tree.
So the theory espoused by Dan The Arborist, on that cold march morning after heâd spent 5 minutes loudly and somewhat profanely rambling in front of the most Charlie-Brown-Christmas-Tree-Looking Motherfucker of an Oak Bastard Child as mentioned above, goes as such:
Dan thinks that Quercus is a genus comprised of a single, highly variable species of tree thatâs managed to take over most of the temperate parts of the world by being a little whore, unquote.
Those variants are the botanical equivalent of breeds, and a scrawny little Scrub Oak and a majrestic Burr Oak are the same species in the same way that a Chihuahua and a Newfoundland are both Dogs.
This is very much up for debate in botanical circles but if Dan discovers another redheaded bastard oak growing in the gardens he will take it to the next conference and thrash it about until they see it his way.
Quercus is a genus comprised of a single, highly variable species of tree thatâs managed to take over most of the temperate parts of the world by being a little whore Â
I need this as an illuminated botany text page or something. I have not laughed this hard in weeks.
âour age of bronze is collapsingâ is this beautiful random burst of monty python dialogue amidst the drudgery of nolanâs vision and i think it should win the first-ever oscar for best solitary line
[wringing my hands as i look out my window directly overlooking wall street, watching the sun rise on october 29, 1929] aw fuck itâs the great depression
Oat milk was discovered much more recently than you may have known. Like many now-familiar technologies, it was found by accident during the Apollo program when NASA learned what a zero-g environment does to goat milk.
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