#tagathax

Gah, I missed the stream- but I wanted to ask where you got a copy from (I have been trying to find a place to buy one, and it just isn’t happening).

As far as I know there isn’t one; my copy was pirated. Hit me at copperbadge at gmail for more information regarding that. :D

tagathax replied to your post “froofie replied to your photo “I apparently interrupted the opening...”

It's probably the goggles but this looks like an updated version of a plague doctor outfit. Instead of a beak, you have bunny ears.

English former Girl Guide here and we definitely made s'mores all. the. time. Just with digestives and chocolate buttons and marshmellows, not with Graham crackers.

I was under the impression that s’mores were something of a thing but graham crackers were not, but I figure since in the books Adam’s a bit of a fan of American culture (likes hamburgers, envies the 32 flavors of Baskin Robbins, etc) he’d acquire some somehow :D Good to know my assumptions weren’t entirely misplaced!

Poor Aziraphale. Thinking he can finally bring s’mores to England only to find the Girl Guides have been SUBVERTING HIS EFFORTS THIS WHOLE TIME. Truly there never was a more demonic organization. 

childoffantasy replied to your photo “I have always loved scrimshaw but generally it’s very expensive and...”

Perpetually surprised at the reminder that you have a physical humanoid form like the rest of us and are not in fact a composite of cat pics and fanfic

I mean, if one assumes that’s my arm. :D 

kimmiesue13 replied to your photo “I have always loved scrimshaw but generally it’s very expensive and...”

Very cool! Also, FRECKLY ARM

tagathax replied to your photo “I have always loved scrimshaw but generally it’s very expensive and...”

You are the captain of your soul. Also, that's a lot of angel kisses on your arms.

You guys should see my face, especially in the summertime. I contain multitudes. 

kagekanecavi replied to your photo “I have always loved scrimshaw but generally it’s very expensive and...”

that is so gorgeous!! also congrats on being able to make enough money to spoil yourself a bit like that!

Thanks! It was really pretty reasonable -- $35 -- just more than I’d normally be willing to pay for something purely decorative. But it is very pretty. 

archwrites replied to your photo “I have always loved scrimshaw but generally it’s very expensive and...”

It looks great and is very appropriate for a Starbuck!

Indeed! One reason I’ve always liked scrimshaw is that my family goes back to a whaling family if you get back far enough.                      

wandererriha replied to your photo “I have always loved scrimshaw but generally it’s very expensive and...”

What is the name of your good ship?

I don’t know! I’ll have to come up with an appropriate pun. :D 

shirokou replied to your photo “I have always loved scrimshaw but generally it’s very expensive and...”

SO MANY CONSTELLATIONS

It took me way longer than it should have to work out you were talking about the entire zodiac of freckles on my wrist :D 

bigwigs replied to your photo “My friend who is Cryptidsitting sent me this photo of Dearborn,...”

Please keep both, alt text is not as accessible as image descriptions yet!

Good to know! I might even forego the actual alt text until it’s a bit more available, just keep the text body descriptions. 

pixelbypixelfanfic replied to your post “ameliahcrowley replied to your photo “My friend who is...”

If you're ever in Nottingham, PA, you can go on the Herr's factory tour, which includes a cheesy movie, seeing the production line, and getting hot chips fresh off the line

I salute you! ...with my left back foot

The left back foot is the well known foot for saluting especially honored People Who Feed Me. 

missmeggo929 replied to your video “This is what we call a toe-tal eclipse.”

My daughter is standing her entranced by Deebs asking to watch it over and over

Please tell your daughter Deebs says hello to her specifically. :D 

archantnz replied to your video “This is what we call a toe-tal eclipse.”

Surely a toe-tal eyeclipse

OH MY GOD I’M MAD NOW I DIDN’T THINK OF THIS

perkigothii-geekius replied to your video “This is what we call a toe-tal eclipse.”

Deebs has the cutest toe-beans. All hail the Slayer of Arachnids and Melter of Hearts!

I'm a bit confused about how someone adjusting a hat can hold up a plane. Was he standing on the aisle? How does one even adjust a hat without a mirror? Inquiring minds want to know!

So, for context, I nearly always fly Southwest and I always sit in the front row of the airplane, so that I have more leg room and get off the plane very early. Mr. Trilby was in the front row across the aisle from me, and had gotten up slightly before I had due to having a faster trigger finger on the seatbelt, thus making him the first person in line to deplane. Which is normally fine, I don’t need to be number one.

But usually the first person, whoever they are, is keeping a close eye on the plane door, waiting for it to be open and clear so they can leave. And I was, but he....was not. 

He was bent over, looking at his reflection in the Tiny Airplane Window which was showing him a pretty good image since it was dark outside and inside we were all lit up. Again, normally this would be fine, but he was doing this well after the door had been opened and the flight attendant was gesturing us to deplane.

Which none of us could do, because this asshole was standing in front of ALL OF US in the aisle. 

You need a tote bag to keep all the dish towels in! ;)

I DO HAVE TOTE BAGS STILL. I used to use a basket but I can’t find the basket. 

niennanir replied to your photoset “FIRST COOKING DAY IN THE SPEAKEASY!  I’m making apple-pear crumble,...”

I bought two sturdy metal U shaped coat hooks and mounted them on my pantry wall for my pastry board. You could also use a picture frame shelf. considering the layout of your kitchen, I'd mount it under the circuit breaker panel unless you plan to put Art over it at some point

That’s one option I was considering! I have a bunch of large screw-mount hooks that it could rest on, but my problem was I couldn’t work out where to put it. Beneath the circuit-breaker isn’t a bad idea, I will investigate this option further. 

theironfrogg replied to your photo “Apple pear crumble is AMAZING. It smells like butter, sugar, and...”

I want the recipe.

Sadly I just sort of slammed it together, so I don’t have any measurements, but if you’ve cooked with fruit you kind of know how much sugar to include. So:

Peel, core, and dice apples and pears, toss with a bunch of sugar and some cake spice, then sautee in butter until a bit soft and there’s a bunch of juice in the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with spoonfuls of flour until the whole thing thickens up into a clumpy mass; dump in a pie glass. 

Cut some cold butter into some flour, then stir in sugar and uncooked rolled oats. Sure, throw some walnuts in there if you want. Pour over top of fruit, spread out evenly, and bake at 350 until the edges start to brown (30-minutes-ish). 

hellygrrl replied to your photo “Apple pear crumble is AMAZING. It smells like butter, sugar, and...”

My M-i-L makes this with candied ginger shredded throughout. So, so good.

I sprinkled some dried chopped dates on mine -- not a ton, because I wasn’t sure if it would be delicious, but it was, so next time more dates! 

tagathax replied to your photo “ineptshieldmaid: yesterdaysprint: The Bridgeport Post,...”

Hi, maybe I've not followed you long enough but have you ever explained why you don't like February?

Honestly I’m neutral on February but it always seems like it has a disproportionate amount of terrible things happening in it, especially since it’s the shortest month. It’s mostly a running joke, but declaring February to be the worst, most terrible month is also a way of coping with the normal, everyday bad stuff that in this case happens in a slump time -- it’s after the holidays, everyone’s failing at their New Year’s resolutions, it’s cold and boring, and Valentine’s Day is in the middle of it. 

banesidhe replied to your photo “Apple pear crumble is AMAZING. It smells like butter, sugar, and...”

Can i have some sam?

APPLE PEAR CRUMBLE FOR ALL! 

hey-itspizzatime replied to your photoset “Between having a sinus infection for two and a half months and buying,...”

I'm gonna steal your lifting spreadsheet set up there thx my current system is v unorganized

Please feel free! I keep mine in googledocs and open it in the “sheet” app on my phone while I’m lifting, that’s how I track it. (I don’t know why this morning all my numbers are like 8.00 or 10.00, sheet just decided to add decimals onto everything.) 

niennanir replied to your post “Unpackening”

Wait.... what sky castle Glitch? I've played through the Sky Castle at least 4 times.

There is apparently a glitch -- other people have mentioned encountering it as well -- where that hole in the wall that you’re meant to creep through, the one near the mesh you climb on, towards the end of the level? It just doesn’t appear. I’ve played the game to a standstill twice (and redone Sky Castle with a walkthrough multiple times trying to solve the issue) because the hole glitched out and I literally couldn’t go any further. 

To my mind, given I played the game to a point where it stopped functioning, I have beaten Twilight Princess -- but it would be nice to do so for real. I’m just not sure I’m willing to replay the stagecoach chase or the wild boar hunt to get there again.  

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“I find your lack of treyf disturbing”, surely. ��

Do your parents/family listen to music? I'm asking because my music taste is similar to yours and I come from a family where no one really listens to music (from grandparents down to cousins). So I always thought it's an inherited thing (either through genes or by exposure) that I don't listen to music much. Just interested to know if it's similar for you.

My father played the piano and my mother is very musical -- she plays a couple of instruments (well, not really anymore, but she knows how, is my point) and sings. They had me in music education from a very young age and I think it was probably pretty upsetting to them that I just couldn’t give two shits about any classical composer except Tchaikovsky, and him really only at first because I had a cassette tape that was the story of his life interspersed with his music and I think he had a really interesting life. 

I think it was probably a relief to all involved when I quit the piano. I’m actually truly surprised Mum gave me any kind of musical instrument this past Christmas, even a learner ukulele, because I remember how frustrated she was with my total disinterest in music as a child and her HORROR at my musical tastes as a teen (ran strongly to Alternative, which is like Pop Designed To Annoy Your Parents). 

tagathax replied to your post “So what music do you like to listen to if you don't like most music?”

Can I ask you what you mean by that music's very mathy? I'm terrible with maths but I love music and I've always thought they're very opposite of each other. Although I remember reading somewhere that Bach's music has some math elements in it but I don't see it myself (or maybe I just don't understand it as maths).

All of music is basically counting and number values. Like, if you’ve ever listened to someone try to explain musical theory it’s literally all “music is twelve notes in seven tones in eight octaves and everything’s a ratio”. 

I can’t actually explain this to you because I don’t understand math or musical theory, but yeah, music and math are heavily interrelated. (I googled quickly and there appears to be a great overview from the American Mathematical Society here.)

What this means is not that if you don’t understand math you can’t enjoy music. What it means is that people who make and teach music are predominantly extremely comfortable with mathematical theory and tend to apply it in their work -- and something that is mathematically beautiful is not always audibly so to someone who doesn’t understand the underlying theory.

I believe there are also studies that link the musical and mathematical centers in the brain but I’m not interested enough in this topic to google. :D 

hystericblue replied to your post “So what music do you like to listen to if you don't like most music?”

"music's very mathy" ??? *all the question marks* so what I'm getting is, you like musicals and probably early Disney stuff where they sang parts of the story.

Not really. Early musicals in particular were zero about using the music to tell a story and 100% about showing off the vocal ability of the performers. This also influenced early film, including animated but also live-action musicals. Look at any given musical made before about 1970 and you’ll see that most of the songs aren’t about forwarding the action but are about either describing a situation or expressing a feeling. Most songs in a musical don’t tell a story so much as set a scene. Andrew Lloyd Weber, you don’t have to like him, but he changed the way stage musicals exist -- he brought the pop sensibility into the musical theatre world and made the narrative the focus. Which on the one hand is why you get ALW movies where the leads aren’t operatic diva quality, but I can’t emphasize this enough, I don’t give a fuck and can’t tell anyway. 

I love Les Mis (not an ALW joint, I know, but a part of the pop-musical movement) and I love the narrative quality of its music and I went to see the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it and couldn’t tell for a second who could and couldn’t sing. I listen to people say the singing ruined it for them and like...I didn’t notice. And it’s okay that people did, and I understand how that might have been an issue for them. But what I’m saying is that vocal quality, beyond a basic competence, is a non-factor for me, and it’s not the biggest factor in pop-musical tradition. The story rules. Hence not caring much for early musicals. (There are some old showtune songs I like. Summertime, Blow Gabriel Blow, a few others, but those are songs plucked from musicals where I may not enjoy any other song in the show.)  

There are a couple of Disney films whose music I really enjoy, but they tend to be later, from my childhood, which has a nostalgia element -- but also my childhood was a really great time for Disney movies, and a lot of the songs were written by pop stars. And pop stars DO know how to tell a story in a song and are aware that most people listening give zero shits about the vocal quality of the performer beyond “can they hit the right note at the right spot”. Elton John is a great vocalist, but he’s also aware his voice is not why people love his music. 

Uh, that got long, sorry. But yeah, I often have to defend my near-total disinterest in musicals, as a former theatre kid, because I have no ear for good singing and thus don’t care about vocalists. 

secondalto replied to your post “What are the podcasts you like listening to then? (in reference to the...”

Have you ever given Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me a try?