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Here’s my (late, I’m so sorry) gift for @djinnj for the @daredevilexchange! Chapters two and three will be up tomorrow and the day after.

Sam, how sure are we that you're not a video game protagonist and we're just part of whatever simulation you're from? 'Cause now there's LORE about you.

I prefer to think of myself as a creature of legend in the making, and the Oral Tradition Of Sam is being built as we speak. :D 

kissmeagainarthas replied to your photo “Polk wants everyone to remember that it's a school night, and hopes...”

Poor cold cryptid! I hope she gets lots of warmth from snuggling you tonight!

She always does! She’s the cuddler of the two in terms of sleeping -- Dearborn cuddles on my lap all day long if allowed, but at night she wants to sleep directly next to my ankles (Unless it’s cold in which case, directly next to my ankles under the blanket). Polk likes to sleep somewhere between shoulder and mid-chest, so that I’m within scent-marking range if she wakes up in the night and I’m not smelly enough :D 

mangy-mongrel replied to your photo “Polk wants everyone to remember that it's a school night, and hopes...”

I have no idea why but I thought her tail was her paw and she was like putting her paw to her chin to ponder shenanigans

She does do that sometimes, with her paws! 

merwinist replied to your photo “Polk wants everyone to remember that it's a school night, and hopes...”

You mean this isn't a fanpainting????

No! Although I think it has that painterly quality because I took the photo with some serious zoom, which kind of washes out detail a little. 

shirokou replied to your photo “Polk wants everyone to remember that it's a school night, and hopes...”

THOUGHTS ARE FULL OF MAYHEM, SHE IS SO PRECIOUS HOW CAN SHE????

Her heart is devoted to destruction. It’s not her fault. 

mystrade4ever replied to your photo “Polk wants everyone to remember that it's a school night, and hopes...”

At least Polk knows about proper coverage. My poor boy never quite manages.

She is queen of figuring out how to get precisely underneath any blanket she wants. I’ve seen her do it, she wriggles until she’s in JUST the right spot. 

voyageboots replied to your post “What is this pigeon punching copperbadge lore that I missed?”

And its almost as bad as the time you forgot what you ordered for breakfast.

TWO POACHED EGGS AND THREE PIGS IN A BLANKET. I WILL NEVER FORGET AGAIN. 

djinnj replied to your photo “I don’t see this image posted enough. Where’s the selfie In John...”

John Hamm is not a fan of social media. Contacting him is not going to get it released.

Honestly Beijing's are Peak Mascot Design & every else needs to go home

I did think Beijing and Munich had pretty stand-out mascots, although Munich’s admittedly had nothing to do with actual sports or the olympics or anything. It’s just a cute dachshund with mod stripes. 

ameliahcrowley replied to your post “I’m not watching the Olympics but I did accidentally click a link...”

Being in Britain at the time the London mascots were revealed was ridiculous: there was a *huge* hype about the approaching Mascot Reveal, then, when they actually did reveal them everyone assumed it was a hoax and the real mascot was yet to be seen. At least one topical comedy sketch showed the Olympic marketing team being shown the final mascots and just sort of staring in confusion until they eventually turned to look into the camera to share their stunned disbelief with the world. 

The only thing I remember from the London olympics was that someone pointed out the 2012 logo looked like someone giving a blow job. 

jmathieson-fic replied to your post “Are you watching the olympics? If so, who are you cheering for?”

Sorry, that probably came across really badly. My parents were so worried about violence at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal (my hometown) that we went to England for the summer, and I watched the Olympics on TV from London... So it just seemed odd for me to to read you saying "I’m having a lot of uncomfortable memories of the Atlanta olympics bombing in 1996, and the Munich massacre in 1972" when I know you're almost 20 years younger than me...

Well, “memories” was not an ideal word choice, but I assumed people would work out what I meant :D  Given the trauma associated with both, I felt flashbacks was a poorer choice of words. I mean I wasn’t there but I have seen video footage, and I remember it at times like this. 

geekgirl76 replied to your post “crocophant replied to your post “Hi Sam! I realize that you may or may...”

"Sub optimal for lit candles" sounds like there's a story there. I have two wall sconces that F bought me at a party light thing that are in a box somewhere gathering dust. I'll have to revisit them with an eye to display shelves instead.

The sconces I have are just two tea-light cups, one mounted above the other one, and the top one isn’t far enough above the bottom one -- the candle in the top cup melts regardless, just from the heat of the flame underneath. I never set anything on fire, but cleaning the top after putting a votive in it was a pain. 

djinnj replied to your post “Sam! I made curtains, using bedsheets as the liners, and it was pretty...”

I picked up inexpensive curtains from Ikea for my festival booth display. They're really nice heavy cotton and sturdily made. No finished bottom edge, though, just serged so they can be taken up to the necessary length as desired. That actually worked out better for me because I needed the extra length.

Yep, those are the ones I’m looking at! I will need their full length....

banesidhe replied to your photo “The comments about needing more owls drove me to dig through the...”

Not gonna lie, I was super chuffed to see Captain Owlmerica up there. Made a shitty week a little better. <3

Aw, I’m glad! I have a few more owls from people that I gotta dig out, I guess they’ll go down below...

compromised-by-castiel replied to your post “Thank you for the very interesting and informative text about masks...”

it reminds me of this one place I look at that had a living room with a bunch of windows into a closed off room and it was dark and creepy

I don't know if there is, but there was. I think I got this link from you originally, actually: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/15/avocado-thieves-shortage-crime-fruit-black-market-new-zealand

Oh man I don’t remember that news story but it’s totally possible. Though I feel like I would remember an AVOCADO CRIME WAVE. 

djinnj replied to your post “grannyweatherwaxofficial replied to your post “I am glad you’re...”

Sounds like the perfect time for a taste test, although buying a single potato of each available variety is kind of hard in a standard supermarket.

Well, there are probably 4-5 different kinds so I suppose I could, but I honestly have just realized today that I probably don’t like the taste of potato. 

tienriu replied to your post “grannyweatherwaxofficial replied to your post “I am glad you’re...”

Hold up, white potato varieties are supposed to taste different?!

I DON’T KNOW ANYMORE *wails* 

chthonicly replied to your post “Hey Sam, do I understand that right that you as a supertaster would...”

maybe you would like sour beers? they are becoming popular, you can find them with a lot of different fruit flavors (like plum or pomegranate)

I don’t think the fermentation technique is really the issue, though -- I think it’s the alcohol and hops. Do they not add hops to sour beer? I couldn’t quite tell, it was all very technical and focused on the yeast involved.

justice-turtle replied to your post “I wonder if the global acovado shortage has cleared up. Black market...”

On one hand, I feel like it would be hard to buy smuggled avocados without noticing. On the other hand, that's exactly the sort of thing that would happen to you. :D

Other bean waters work, too.

OH MAN I AM GONNA MAKE SOME REFRIED BEANS THIS WEEKEND, finally a use for the bean cookin’ liquid. 

cenoturk replied to your post “My email and Askbox are both down to under ten items, and my Drafts...”

Cookerbadge!! I love it! :D

I’m not gonna lie, I laughed super loud when I came up with it. 

vachebleu replied to your post “Sam, I've just learned that you can make meringue out of the water...”

My mutli-allergied sister made these and they were amazing! I honestly couldn't work out what they were made from and couldn't quite believe it when she told me.

Your dentist stories are very comforting since I need to make an appt to get a root canal and either a crown or an implant (probably and implant). It makes me look at the whole "dagnabit, I have to do this tedious and uncomfortable, and expensive thing" much more of an opportunity for fun stories.

I had really positive experiences with the dentist when I was a kid, I think is part of it -- our dentist had a video game cabinet installed, so you played games while you waited, and he used nitrous very liberally if he had to do anything fancy, which for me he did a LOT (I have a very small mouth, and actually four fewer teeth than most people because he did some permanent extractions to help me out). So I’ve never dreaded the dentist. I never even understood why people hated the dentist until the one time I went to a dental school for a filling and they used NEITHER nitrous nor novocaine -- their pain management solution was “if it hurts, lift your left hand from the armrest”. It was horrifying.

And apparently nitrous is almost unknown in the midwest, so I go to one of like four dentists who even use it at all in Chicago. When I was searching for a dentist I basically went to Yelp and worked my way down the top rated dentists until I came to one that used nitrous and went “that’s the one for me!” 

seekanewerworld replied to your post “Dentist: You have different colored hair every time I see you....”

Sam your dentist is amazing and you ARE metal.

*devil horns gesture* I do my best. 

dignitywhatdignity replied to your photo “I made pretzel dogs. THEY SMELL AMAZING. When one of my teeth isn’t...”

Same tooth still not fixed, or yet another one? Also, will they reheat ok?

Same tooth -- finally, hopefully, fixed! 

The hot dogs should reheat okay -- I will probably toaster-oven them instead of microwaving, or maybe microwave and then toast briefly to crisp them up. I was mostly worried they’d shrivel or burn in the oven but they did okay! I’m very pleased. 

janedrewfinally replied to your post “So you seem like you're kind of an accident prone person--been...”

5. Do not punch pigeons.

If you open it up yourself you may void the warranty. Call them first and ask!!!

There aren’t any seals to break (I checked) but it’s not a bad idea. Either way I’ll need to remove the hard drive before sending it in, though -- Dell by policy reformats your hard drive when you send your computer in for repairs, unless you remove the hard drive first. 

mosieart replied to your post “Sam, I've just learned that you can make meringue out of the water...”

Did you reduce the liquid from the can or whip it up without reducing?

Whipped without reducing, per the directions -- just threw in some cream of tartar and whipped it forever. They do take a lot longer than egg whites, even with the cream of tartar. 

djinnj replied to your video “cookerbadge: From @knottahooker – I watched the video but used the...”

If it uses baking soda as a leavening agent, then the ketchup is your acid source. If it uses baking powder, then I'm baffled.

It uses both! :D

everbright-mourning replied to your photo “Well, everything’s done but the Grandma’s BBQ recipe, which is tasting...”

Portable soup, like the stuff that's a solid sheet you break into pieces? How do you dry it?

Well, in theory you slow-cook it until it’s reduced to gelatin, then you pull the gelatin out and put it on a rack to dry for a couple of days. It’s why having enough collagen to make it gel is really important in the stock. 

archwrites replied to your post “Great-Grandma Smith’s BBQ”

The potlucks at the Church of Sam would be WILD

Living on $37K in NYC...feel you.

YIKES, how do you even eat?

arsenicjade replied to your post “punchholesinthesky replied to your photo ...”

But, like, doesn't needing to make ten times what you make put you in the 10? That's, like, totally better than 90% of people. (Also, poodles, which is what muy phone tried too say.) you elitist.

I do feel confident saying I am better off than 90% of poodles. My hair’s not as nice though. :D 

djinnj replied to your post “trickyarchangel replied to your photo “I made pretzel dogs. THEY...”

Your Chicago is showing in your hot dog choices! :D Being from the NYC area, I find Sabrett to be a superior dog, but the spice blend used in hot dogs is apparently a regional flavor preference thing so Chicago and NY have definite flavor differences.