#brainwad

Tbh, I've never understood the hate for Christmas decorations left up year round, especially just lights. If it doesn't look ratty and gross, who cares about shiny, colorful ribbons or evergreen wreaths? (Honestly, I dont even care if it looks ratty, cuz it's not my life and potentially makes my house look better by comparison.)

Yeah, lights up year round are just a nice decoration, honestly. 

As regards ratty decorations, I think the issue is that it might make your house look better but it also makes everyone’s house worth less money. We’re stuck in this weird terrible system where the appearance of every individual house contributes to the home values of the entire neighborhood, so even if you don’t care that your neighbor’s house looks like crap, it’s taking thousands of dollars off the value of your own home when it does. People get really shirty about that, rather than about the general crapness of the overall system. And “leaving holiday decorations up” is an indicator to some that the person doesn’t care about the appearance of their home, which implies eventual yard/home ugliness, which circles back to the “home values” thing. 

I don’t mind twinkly lights or wreaths, and I bought my home to live in and not as an investment so the home values thing is unpleasant but not enough to make me be a dick to someone over it, but I do admit I don’t want to see Santa in someone’s yard in July. Though that’s not exclusive to Christmas decorations, I’d be the same with fourth of July flags in December. It’s just boring to look at after a while. 

arukou-arukou

I must've missed the story of the dragon by the door. What is this?

Is he just six months off?

Post: “Patience Bananas.” Writer: copperbadge on tumblr and AO3, angelcontagion on tumblr and AO3, brainwad, and madtumbleson Reader: rhythmia Rated: General Audiences Summary: A podfic of a tumblr post started by Copperbadge musing about an experience in the produce aisle, that led to tumblr running with it and creating a Discworld character to join the Watch. Length: 9:38, 7.94 MB Cover Art: rhythmia.

Image description: A photo of a stack of paperwork, with yellow folder tabs sticking out. Text above reads: A Discworld story that is not about bananas. Text on the folders reads: Written by copperbadge, brainwad, madtumbleson, and angelcontagion. Text below reads: Read by rhythmia

Notes: Recorded as part of the Out of the Auditary podficcing challenge! Many thanks to copperbadge, angelcontagion, brainwad, and madtumbleson for permission to record this piece!

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Do you draw more today than you did in the past, or do you draw less? 

Jane Austen would be intensley jealous.

Was she a particular fan of apples? I mean, this apple butter could inspire jealousy in anyone, mind you...

arukou-arukou replied to your photoset “I had a BUNCH of apples and decided making apple crumble was too much...”

That is not an apple corer. That is a torture device cleverly disguised as a kitchen implement.

It’s fucking awesome is what it is. I cook with apples like twice a year and I’m still considering buying one. It leaves so much more pulp on the apple than I ever have peeling by hand, and it cores and chops it at the same time so you just slide it off, hack it into quarters, and dump it in. Fantastic. 

niennanir replied to your photoset “I had a BUNCH of apples and decided making apple crumble was too much...”

proper Amish apple butter is supposed to be runny, your mennonite pirate ancestors would be proud

Oh excellent! In that case I will refer to it as “mennonite-style” and claim I did it on purpose. :D

sourassin replied to your photoset

“I had a BUNCH of apples and decided making apple crumble was too much...”

Oh, yeah, I should- I should eat a fruit

I heartily recommend dumping just a fuckton of sugar on it and eating it that way, it’s working well for me. :D 

junker5 replied to your photoset “I had a BUNCH of apples and decided making apple crumble was too much...”

Looks amazing! Bet the Speakeasy smells great!

It smelled fantastic for hours yesterday. I can still get whiffs of it when I walk in the kitchen, it’s GREAT. 

memprime replied to your photoset “I had a BUNCH of apples and decided making apple crumble was too much...”

I love how you posted the recipe and then completely changed all the ingredients in it. LOL

viga-kottr replied to your photoset “I had a BUNCH of apples and decided making apple crumble was too much...”

The fact that you posted a recipe where you used less than half the actual ingredients amuses me greatly. Hope it tastes nice.

Look, this is quarantine cooking, we work with what we have! (I did actually have apple cider vinegar and vanilla, I just figured it was a good chance to test out the vanilla vinegar.) 

brainwad replied to your post “gunkatcosplay replied to your post “The Mysterious Fistbump is ready...”

Honestly, I can't mentally connect any picture of you with my mental image of you, which is that of a golden retriever in black rimmed glasses and a cable knit sweater.

big big booty, yeah she got a big booty

“Oh my GOD Deeble, look at her BUTT” 

jumpingjacktrash reblogged your photo and added:

i think they’re both ghibli heroines tbh

Noooooooooo Ghibli heroines have like a 50/50 chance of SAD DEATH

nightshadezombie replied to your photo “Polk has strong feelings about literacy. ”

THANK YOU SAM! She's now in my screensaver slideshow and will be poster-ized for my wall after payday.

SEND PHOTOS IF/WHEN YOU DO!

marsmaywander replied to your video “surroundedbybooks: The bluegrass 80′s cover of “Islands in the...”

from the title, i got it confused with 'island in the sun' but couldn't think of the right title, so i had to search "song with 'yep yep'"

I bet “songs with yep yep” would make an awesome Spotify playlist. 

arukou-arukou replied to your post “you guys”

I've done this with deviled eggs. I make them for a party, and then to one of the yolk mixtures, I add some wasabi. I bring a small prize for whoever gets, it because they have to suffer. My mom has done the same thing, but she feels bad about tricking people into eating spicy things, so she uses a nut hidden under the yolk mixture instead.

Oh man what an amazing party game. DEVILED EGG ROULETTE. 

batbetbitbotbut replied to your post “spiderine replied to your photo “I think Dearborn might be a Disney...”

I can 100% see you as Cogsworth (based on fuzzy childhood memories). <3 This is a compliment btw, you're great.

Aw, thank you! I always rather liked Cogsworth. 

brainwad replied to your post “quackenstien-blog replied to your post “So, the most ironic part of...”

Pools are PVP zones

I HAVE THAT CAP PILLOW, TWINS!!!

It’s a GREAT pillow. Mum got it for me after surgery and I bonded with it hard. :D I also have pictures of the cats taken with it because @tzikeh​ recommended I take photos for scale every so often....

theactualcluegirl replied to your post “Sam, I just want to tell you that you getting kittens is the best...”

Pro tip: The military maneuvers will never be complete. They will only reach stages of detente and cold war planning punctuated with purrs and dominance grooming. Thus runneth cat-tactics.

Well, I figure it’s mostly war games rather than all-out war. Though the first casualty did appear this morning, they ripped the little blackbird off the top of the scratching post. (I have the most goth scratching post in existence, it’s all black velour and a blackbird on top.)

thewalrus-said replied to your photo “STUNT CAT”

Invisible rock climbing wall

LOL YES. She is an Invisible Mountaineer! 

drgaellon replied to your link “She Paid for Everything”: How a Fake Heiress Made My $62,000...”

Because I use RSS, I saw that post, but by the time I went to reply, you'd already deleted it. I've rarely seen you sound that angry, Sam. Anon must've really pissed you off, and for that, I'm sorry. I'm also a little sorry that you felt the need to censor yourself; you deserve the opportunity to be intemperate from time to time. Long story short, I wanted to say I appreciate you.

Well, it really is unfair when someone is an asshole but I’m an asshole back with a readership thousands of times what theirs is. I can afford to be quieter about it, I just lost my temper. I think it’s because I was deliberately posting a victim account in response to an article that was a little short on those, and then people were just jerks about it. But I’m glad that my self-control is appreciated, thank you :D 

rodiniaorzetalthepenquin replied to your post “Sam, I just want to tell you that you getting kittens is the best...”

Internet... not wanting cat pics? Next you'll say that you didn't know cats are fluffy little bastards!

saekokato replied to your post “Sam, I just want to tell you that you getting kittens is the best...”

...the internet is for porn and cat memes. I didn't miss a memo, did I?

brainwad replied to your post “Sam, I just want to tell you that you getting kittens is the best...”

Sam? You thought. People on the internet. Wouldn't want daily cat pics.