Pick the Ones that Last

But I know how to apply the gel because I saw posts from trans women how to apply it and I feel that even though are reasons for using it are different that we are not so different

Lost my mind a little and added (if my math is correct) 5,615 beads to Nim Teasdale's Odenwald pattern. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!

The goal was “soothingly weighted but not uncomfortable to wear, even as someone with chronic pain.” It could have been a little heavier, so maybe I’ll make a shawl with larger beads another time, but I’m very pleased with this one. I used size 6/0 seed beads, applied as I go with a .6mm crochet hook.

Yarn-wise, used 2 cakes of YarnArt Flowers. I knitted the fully purple sections from both, then knitted all the way through the yellow-oranges with a single ball. When I hit the beginning of red-oranges, I used yarn from both cakes, alternating between them. (Not the entirety of both, I played it by ear to make sure I made it through the full rainbow.)

I do have edited charts with bead placements. I will only share them with Nim's permission.

By Maggie Smith

Life is short, though I keep this from my children.

Life is short, and I’ve shortened mine

in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways,

a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways

I’ll keep from my children. The world is at least

fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative

estimate, though I keep this from my children.

For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird.

For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,

sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world

is at least half terrible, and for every kind

stranger, there is one who would break you,

though I keep this from my children. I am trying

to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,

walking you through a real shithole, chirps on

about good bones: This place could be beautiful,

Just need a look under the hood.

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it actually happened it's actually canon an unknown rogue secunit gave MB its own code for disabling governor modules. It's codes have spread that far.

Also I am dying that MB told the rogue to get lost before it ruined MB's mission but in the same (metaphorical) breath:

I included a packet with some of my basic codes (fooling weapon scanners, taking control of cameras and drones, the original version of walk-like-a-human, etc.) And find some different clothes!

I once had a roommate who invited a roach infestation from hell. Multiple fumigations failed to get rid of them all. I took matters into my own hands. My apartment has been roach-free for years. Every now and then - maybe once or twice a year - one comes in from outside and I take swift action to make sure it dies quickly, as painlessly as possible, and without children that can reproduce. This shit works.

You need two things:

A fast-acting poison, to get rid of as many current adults as possible (or just. a shoe, if it's one freak arrival)

Insect growth regulator, to prevent eggs from maturing to reproduce

Do the usual thing with the fast-acting poison. Spray areas of high activity, try and find and spray any nests you find, spray around things that give off heat, keep it away from food and food prep areas and just keep those as clean as possible, everything that it says on the bottle or any reputable "how to get rid of bugs" guide.

Next, do a wide treatment of insect growth regulator. The main brand that sells it is Gentrol; it comes in foam spray and stick-up diffuser form. I find that the diffusers work best in general, but the spray makes a great extra boost. Does nothing to vertebrates, so you can use it pretty much anywhere...unless you have pet bugs or something, in which case you probably need to look up more specialized advice for pest bug infestations anyway, and...if you are a pet bug owner and you didn't think of that before then let me urge you to now because I would not want anything bad to happen to your pets because you wanted to get rid of the health hazard that is loose roaches.

If you see bugs shortly afterward with weirdly-shaped wings, that means the bad news is, step 1 didn't kill all the eggs, but the good news is, step 2 is working and these ones will not reproduce! The end is in sight!

Another thing that really helps is using Pine-Sol for regular cleaning. I find that most household pests HATE that shit, and it is just a really good general purpose cleaner. Of course, keep your space as clear of food trash as possible, but...this works even in an Oops! All ADHD! household. The extra step of IGR makes it a lot more forgiving than you may fear.

And there you have it! You'll be roach-free in no time!

This isn't to say that I think there's an objectively right answer to this; if you voted you'd rather have the guy because you're just that comfortable dealing with people in weird situations, even if they involve your home, I applaud you and we need more people like you in the world. Or, hell, I know in some particularly sparsely populated areas in some particularly inhospitable climates, "some guy got lost on a hike and so fucked up by the elements he had to live in my shed/cabin for a few days; well, that's why it's furnished and unlocked!" is just a thing that happens once in a blue moon and I think that's pretty cool.

The heat’s been brutal this summer but we still gotta eat! If you’re like me, heat might suppress your appetite, and the last thing any of us want is to sweat over a hot stove and oven when it’s already boiling outside. Here are some of my favorite hot-weather recipes to keep hydrated and fed with when the weather is unbearable! (All recipes should be un-paywalled).

NYT’s best gazpacho (lives up to its name!!)

Persian cold cucumber soup (if you like tzatziki you will like this!)

Eric Kim’s cold noodles with tomato (infinitely riffable Korean flavor profile — for a creamier and less brothy take, try these cold sesame noodles too)

Vietnamese chicken and herb salad (this is an excellent time to get a rotisserie chicken so you don’t have to turn the oven on)

Radish sandwiches with butter and salt (and in a similar vein, if you dig this flavor combo you should try this Polish cottage cheese dip on some good rye bread or even crackers)

It’s still a little early in the season, but you can never go wrong with a BLT (or, if you don’t eat bacon, try this tomato furikake sandwich in its place)

Infinite iterations of pasta salad! You can use anything you got but here is a template I like.

Assorted dense bean salads. This back pocket canned salad is a weird combo of jarred ingredients but it slaps, this hoagie-inspired one is super satisfying, and cowboy caviar is a classic for a reason.

Poke bowls! Canned tuna mixed with some kewpie mayo and sriracha is a budget-friendly riff on the usual ahi and makes everything taste like a spicy tuna roll, but use whatever proteins you like, this is more of a loose template.

You are not going to pass a skillcheck against a rip current once it has you.

Waves will not bow to your physical prowess no matter how impressive.

Shock does not care that you used to be on your school swim team.

If you hit your head, being good at swimming isn't going to turn you face-up while you're unconscious.

“Tour Guides”

there's an app called one sec which BLOCKS all other apps on your phone. It can also restrict specific apps. It injects a delay in opening the apps - you can customise the message and delay length.

Android (One UI, maybe just samsung, I'm not sure) phones have settings that can whitelist specific apps during specific times or when a particular "mode" is active. This is under Modes and Routines.

In my experience these are the only ADHD apps that work.

More ADHD pro tips: uninstall as many apps as possible

Set your browser to close tabs automatically after a certain amount of time inactive (mine is 7 days I think). If you REALLY need the open tab, bookmark it.

If you really need the delay, set your phone/ computer browsers to clear cookies daily. This will force you to need to log in to websites every day. This introduces DELAY and FRICTION between you and the easy, habitual distractions.

DELAY and FRICTION are short term solutions. The habits run pretty deep and humans can get used to anything; you'll figure out ways to go around the blockers you put in place in time, and you'll need to create new blockers. Use the time to address the longer term ROOT CAUSES, because that's what's gonna actually make it stick.

ROOT CAUSES is harder. What would you rather be doing, if you weren't on your phone? Journal. Journal a lot. Take long solitary walks (LEAVE PHONE AT HOME!) and try to figure out what you really think, what you really want, when you're not on your phone.

I find I tend to use the phone to Escape. I have worked pretty hard to build a life I don't always want to escape from, as well as some mindsets. I know another very common mode is Seeking, and whatever you're trying to find in Phone chances are it's not there.

I said young man. you picked it up off the ground.

I said young man. you should put that thing down.