#petercapaldish

Yes!! Oooh let's take a look

For pleading - ooh I had a few interesting ones for this

“Don’t go,” she breathes, almost pleading. “Please –”

For zany - I know there's nothing because I haven't even SEEN this word before, what does that even MEAN i'm crying

For spiral

RE the crawl space sounds like a great supernatural / horror prompt.

Yeah, as soon as I said it I was like “This fucker better not give me nightmares.” 

wholetthedogdrive replied to your post “regonym replied to your post “Soooo, my home inspection meant to be...”

If it's a condo with central air, the system is probably on the roof of the building. Have your guy look at that and tell you how old it is. They are a bear to replace (we had to hire some guys with a crane). If not, carry on, nothing to see here.

I’m not entirely sure we’ll have access to the roof, most buildings in downtown Chicago don’t give access unless there’s like, a party deck up there. Fortunately I have some very meticulous friends who also live in the building and they did their due diligence, so I feel relatively confident in the actual building’s integrity and finances. 

seekanewerworld replied to your post “regonym replied to your post “Soooo, my home inspection meant to be...”

UGH, the radiator under window thing. Currently battling that in my new apartment. It's 80 degrees in my room, and MUCH colder in all the common areas.

Yeah, I don’t know if radiators are more fuel efficient than central but they certainly aren’t as good at actually heating a room. 

FWIW, I found that a very low-powered fan, situated in front of the radiator and blowing outward (ie, with its back to the radiator), helped a bit -- the fan sucks in the heat and blows it out into the room. It’s not pleasant to be in front of, but it helps at least circulate it a bit when you’re not in the room. 

petercapaldish replied to your post “regonym replied to your post “Soooo, my home inspection meant to be...”

Wait what else do people use to heat their homes if not radiators??

It’s called “central” or “forced” heating -- there’s ductwork throughout the home which blows hot (or cold) air into the room through vents in the walls, ceilings, or floors. I grew up with central heating so I had never encountered a radiator until I lived in Boston one summer in college, and since it was summer I didn’t encounter a functioning radiator until I moved to Chicago after grad school (I attended grad school in a Hot Place). Central/forced HVAC tends to be more effective at heating or cooling the entire room, and much easier to control (you use a thermostat as opposed to turning the valve on a radiator to release more/less heat). 

Dazed, Loki could only stare as they stretched out his hand,spreading out his fingers. When one of them took out a knife he started tofight, but he was too well bound to do more than scrabble and strain.

Ignoring him almost completely, the one with the knife set theedge to his smallest finger.

“No,” he said, without meaning to. “No, don’t, don’t-”

It was fast, at least. And clean. Loki still screamed, staring athis hand, the gap between it and the finger that was no longer his.Unconsciously he lunged for his magic to lash out - and failed, again, alwaysfailed, but at least the pain granted him oblivion.

okay houmous mashed potato literally sounds like a fuckin dream food. those are like the two best foods

They are super delicious and very easy -- basically you just cook potatoes the way you normally would for mashed potatoes, mash them, and as you’re mashing add spoonfuls of hummus until you get to the right consistency. You can add a bit of milk or butter for creaminess but it’s not really necessary. Good recipe, do recommend.  

obeechris replied to your post “27dragons replied to your post “Sam doesn’t do any gatekeeping, not...”

my brain went into shutdown mode at "Spaghetti-o Gelatin". The fuck???

That’s pretty much what happens when you take a bite of it, too. 

jmathieson-fic replied to your post “scifigrl47 replied to your post “27dragons replied to your post ...”

Please, please tell me that you do not have a beard, Sam!

wow, i am in AWE

pro-antagonist replied to your post “who wants some writing stats! (probably this is just interesting for...”

Wow, that is amazing. YOU are amazing!

petercapaldish replied to your post “who wants some writing stats! (probably this is just interesting for...”

jesus christ how are your fingers not worn down to the bone

thelightofthingshopedfor replied to your post “who wants some writing stats! (probably this is just interesting for...”

42k words per month on average, holy shit

portraitoftheoddity replied to your post “who wants some writing stats! (probably this is just interesting for...”

jfc lise

so this is the part where I note again that I am probably not the healthiest person about this and it is somewhat likely that my hyperproductivity is at least a little tied to the fact that I hitch my self-worth and value to whether or not I am actively doing something and am really, really bad at relaxing, so like, don’t be me but also...thank you XD

honestly it is a little gratifying to do this if only to have a concrete measure for the fact that I really do write a lot. it’s a little validating as far as “feeling good about myself” goes.

isn't there an ao3-saviour (kind of like x-kit)? I don't use it so I don't know if you can blacklist a specific fic, but I seem to remember that you can use it to blacklist certain tags, so that might work?

yeah, I have one that I’m using, and may just end up doing that...the issue is mostly that there’s one fic specifically that I don’t even want to see the blocked tags for it turning up when I’m browsing. 

In the interim between now and getting curtains, a cheap way to insulate your windows is to spray them with a bit of water and then lay some bubblewrap on top. It “sticks” no issue and when you’re done you can just pull it off and there’s no weird residue or anything. We’ve done it on our front door and the hall is noticeably a few degrees c warmer (we measured)!

It’s a great handy trick! The problems with the bubblewrap are, sadly, twofold -- one, the windows are too tall to go all the way to the top, negating a lot of the benefit, and two, we’re not allowed to have anything but white drapes or blinds in our windows :D 

rose-draconum replied to your post “I think I’ve figured out my super high electric bill for January....”

As an engineering major, I appreciate the extent to which you investigated this lol