This sounds completely on brand for you. Probably as a lead-in to accidentally becoming a celebrity guru and then being injured by an armadillo.

Being a guru just seems very stressful. At least, the hollywood kind of guru. Perhaps if I avoid that I can avoid the armadillo too :D

kc-crawfish replied to your post “Sam you're the resident food expert, so I'm curious to hear your...”

Whenever someone says they don’t like mayonnaise, I think about the fact that most commercial brands make it wrong. It’s supposed to be made with egg yolks only, but almost all of the ones in grocery stores use whole eggs instead. That’s why I’m a Blue Plate snob (and because I’m a New Orleanian).

I think for me it’s a texture thing -- although making it only with the yolks might solve that problem too. But it’s the thin oiliness of it that I don’t care for. Mind you, I don’t mind it in cooking, like in deviled eggs or egg salad or similar, and I’ll eat lobster roll if it’s a lobster-salad type of deal, but mayo straight on a sandwich, no thanks. 

punchholesinthesky replied to your photo “Whenever I go out on my bike (and if I go running outside), I use an...”

is that strava? I always use the follow my ride option when I head out on my own

No -- it’s RoadID/eCrumb, it’s designed more to let other people track you than to track yourself, the functionality’s quite basic. I do have a fitbit that I use for run tracking. 

delphia2000 replied to your photo “So uh. You guys remember that Breadroom Set post?  A generous Anon...”

Is the bread pillow firm enough for good support? I could use a new body pillow.

Not really, it’s quite soft, but I will say that the pillowcase is removable, so if you wanted to stuff a firmer pillow into it you probably could. It’s also not reaaaally a body pillow -- it’s longer than a normal pillow but not quite long enough to be what I’d think of as a body pillow. 

kitsparrow replied to your post “,Snape is trans!! How delightful. I had to reread SH with all the talk...”

Possibly also the "slow-burn" feel came from when it was more like twenty short chapters before you combined them?

Blasphemy roulette sounds like something we would have played at my high school.

They did not look to be long out of high school themselves, I have to say. I was mostly watching this all in delight but one portion of me felt very old and another was like ‘Eyy, the kids are all right.” 

koramberlynne replied to your photo “Hirshhorn Museum! The Duchamp exhibit was slightly underwhelming but I...”

Looks like tetherball. *Dangerous* tetherball.

Especially since when you walk out onto the field to try and play the tetherball, security will come and get mad at you for “climbing on the art” :D

goldenmeme replied to your photo “Hirshhorn Museum! The Duchamp exhibit was slightly underwhelming but I...”

Sam how could you not mention that the rock has grotesque eyes and a mouth?

Look, I had to discover that for myself as I walked around it and if I had to, everyone else should as well. 

prairie-grass replied to your photo “Checked in on the Cryptids and caught Dearborn practicing her yelling....”

She's summoning SOMETHING

Probably Polk. :D 

rsfcommonplace replied to your photo “Hirshhorn Museum! The Duchamp exhibit was slightly underwhelming but I...”

Car Being Driven By Disappointed Rock is my favorite.

I will say the discovery that the rock has a face totally altered my interpretation of the piece, so well done artist I guess...

tehnakki replied to your post “A brief overview of my day: I did the tour of the Bureau of Engraving...”

That museum frybread is some GOOD SHIT.

Right? I was a little sad not to get some, but I really wanted some french fries. And I’ve had it before, so at least I know of its goodness :D 

arsenicjade replied to your post “A brief overview of my day: I did the tour of the Bureau of Engraving...”

I love the engraving tour, it's so fucking arcane

What struck me as super interesting about seeing the presses going is that it’s like, there’s layers and layers of security, no photography allowed, very strict rules, but the guys running the presses are like...every dude in every machine/wood shop I’ve ever met. Big burly working-class union guys who are using a spare 2x4 to prop up the part that never quite sits where it’s supposed to in the machine and wash their tupperware in the dump sink. 

kitsparrow replied to your post “oh my gosh, tell me more about this much ado about nothing timeline of...”

Sam, I am OBSESSED with this idea. What would you need to be bribed with to at least write it?

I’m not sure it could be written, is the thing. Like you could write it in the sense of novelizing the play, or you could write it into the play with a shitload of stage directions, but I don’t think either would be truly satisfying. I might do some kind of larger treatment of it, though, somehow. 

katestamps replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

Rescues will take old sheets and towels, if you’re replacing yours! They won’t care if they have holes.

Oh, good to know! Usually I reuse them -- I never lack for uses for fabric -- but that’s the kind of info it’s good to pass on. 

spadesandaces replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

When you buy new sheets, please review them! I need new ones but I’m afraid I won’t like whichever ones I buy

Which is one reason I haven’t bought yet -- sheets are kind of pricey, and often cheaper online, but I don’t want to buy sheets I can’t touch-test ahead of time. Especially since I’m shopping for lightweight summer sheets and all the ones I like the look of turn out on closer inspection to be flannel :P 

figtreeandvine replied to your photo “LOL, that’s like, half a mile from where I live! The perils of naming...”

If I were the sort of person who stole road signs I would send you the "Welcome to Polk County" sign I pass every time we go to the beach. Sometimes it sucks being a good citizen. ��

I have oft considered stealing the “Dearborn and Polk” corner street sign, but it just seems like so much work :D Thwarted by my own laziness, that’s me. 

thedarkbunny replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

Have you looked into dissipative gloves? They're not quite on par with a grounding bracelet, but they're pretty good at dampening shocks.

I’d never heard of them! But I looked them up and....they have a real supervillain look about them :D Not sure the cats would enjoy them either. 

nogling replied to your post “bibliofran replied to your post “Hi Sam! I was curious, and hope...”

You should probably invest in a decent humidifier, to help with the static. Also with your sinuses. Chicago is pretty dry, anyway, but it’s so much worse in the winter.

Question on your question: Does Children of Men count as Apocalypseish in your book and have you seen it?

I remember reading the premise and thinking it was probably something I wouldn’t enjoy -- I don’t know if it would be fully classed as apocalypse or post-apocalypse in a genre sense, but it ticks the boxes that make it offputting to me: collapse of civilization, “inevitable” human brutality that comes with it, one lone single shot at a chance to rebuild etc etc so the outcome is pretty much the same -- don’t need or want to see that, so I’ll let others enjoy it. It’s not that I think it doesn’t have value, just that it’s not my bag.   

froofie replied to your post “This week on Conan O'Brian Needs A Friend his assistant Sona, who is...”

That Charles Barkley ep had me wheezing with laughter #tinyhands

I almost didn’t listen because I don’t have any interest in basketball and I wasn’t sure I really cared what Charles Barkley had to say, but he got on there and just spent the entire time ROASTING PEOPLE, it was great. And I agreed with a lot of what he said about “practice and drive are great but unfortunately there are also natural advantages you need to be born with in order to be an elite basketball player” which not a lot of people will admit. 

kitsparrow replied to your post “You made it to instagram!...”

It's always weird to me when I see you screenshot quoted on Facebook by people who I'm pretty sure don't follow you... ��

Oh, good luck! Remember it takes time.

In an effort to make sure I would actually use it, I wanted a to-do list that would be constantly accessible and visible, so I just went with Google Tasks. I always have Gmail open and pinned to my browser bar, so it’s always there, and it doesn’t take any time to load. It has an app for my phone that syncs easily and it’s so basic that I never have to remember where anything is or how to do anything. I have one list for every day of the week, and everything goes in by day, and I don’t fuck with deadlines if I don’t absolutely have to. 

I don’t know if that will work for you, because I’m a huge fan of “find what works for you” rather than “fit yourself to this system”. But I have had GREAT luck always thinking about what will:

1. Be easiest to access

2. Take the least time to access

3. Take the least time to learn

4. Be simplest to use 

For some that’ll be Google Tasks, but hell, for my mother it’s just the notepad function on her phone, for some people it’s a bullet journal, for others it could even be a big ol’ full bells and whistles program like Asana. So I would start with thinking about what kind of program will make you most likely to use it, and explore those first. 

"(if you check in using someone else’s card, the hotel needs prior documentation that you didn’t steal it)" was this instituted before or after home alone 2?

Well, I mean, if you remember, a major subplot of Home Alone 2 was that he was ONLY allowed to check in because he was related to the card holder and he pulled some shit using a recording of his dad’s voice, and Tim Curry still spent the entire film trying to pin down his dad to get his approval on the credit card charges. I’m pretty sure it’s been in place basically since credit cards became a thing. 

The Legend Of NES

After dragging Steve out of the river and escaping to Bucharest, Winter Soldier had to relearn how to use his arm for something other than murder. As his conditioning faded, so did his fine motor control, so he scrounged up the best thing he could find for practice, a classic NES and two games: Rampage, and The Legend Of Zelda II. Over the months after the fall of Hydra, Winter Soldier enjoys Rampage more, but he’s continually drawn back to the tiny, pixelated quest of a warrior with no history and no voice.