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"I made some cucumber kimchee the other day. It's a quick, non-fermented variety.
Ingredients: Cucumber, green onion, garlic, ginger, hot peppers, salt, vinegar. Cut up the cukes in 1" chunks. Put in a non-reactive bowl and salt generously...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by msali, mudpuppie
An hour ago
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"Uh, AV... A cunt is a small, usually hidden part of a person. N-----s and k---s are entire persons. There is a difference.
Are you serious? When the word cunt is used to slam a woman, not to refer to her genitals specifically, it's the ENTIRE..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kittyprecious, Elsa, sondrialiac
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"from here:
Pussy can be used as a noun that labels another person as weak or timid. Attacking another guy’s manhood by calling him a pussy is extremely offensive and completely inappropriate. More and more is “pussy” falling under this definition,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rtha
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Remember that to save tomato seeds you've got to do a little trickery, rather than just depulping the fruit. Otherwise they'll be hard to germinate.
I'll probably be able to give Cherokee Purple, pink beefsteak, sungold, german queen and maybe..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by acro
2 weeks ago
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"Also: Calimocho!
(No, really. It's good, and you're embarrassed that it's good, but the shame goes away the more you drink)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Elsa
4 weeks ago
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"BTW, I can't get the Cornell recordings to work for me. The song I linked to above, though, and the one you linked to are different examples of the Carolina Wren's typical song. Do you hear them as the same? Disregard what I'm hearing as a pitch..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by longdaysjourney
Last month
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"Hi! I yarfed this morning in the shower! My morning puke situation seems to be allergy related. When I take decongestant at night now, I don't get the pukies, but when I don't, I gag.
You did say you don't think it's post nasal drip, but I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Secretariat
Last month
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"I'm really glad this went to MeTa, because otherwise I'd not have seen it. See, I grew up in a household where pictures of cervices just like this would be lying scattered all over the living room table. Next to an orange or apple with laser burns on..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fantabulous timewaster
Last month
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"It sounds like it's a straight stairway, rather than one that has a bend?
When I was young and my parents recently divorced, my dad live in a house that had a stairway like this. An old mansion had been divided up into apartments. I used those..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by agenais
Last month
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Buying my first house: am I screwed now?
favorited 15 times, recently by Amizu, greta simone, streetdreams, InstantSanitizer, rio, littleredwagon, rsanheim, sperose, jessenoonan, Psionic_Tim, greenland, cog_nate, dersins, ochenk, grouse
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Have those of you who are bashing this woman for *making* her kid eat vegetables and thusly inflicting all sorts of psychological damage on him actually read this blog?
The project has them going through the alphabet trying different vegetables..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by kjs4, arcticwoman
2 months ago
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"As much as you dislike this woman, one way that certainly will *not* get her to move is to call her a whore or any other antagonistic names. That will just escalate things.
Calling women whores when you don't like them doesn't do anyone any good,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by minervous, Phalene
2 months ago
MeFi post:
(My)Folia
favorited 14 times, recently by entropy, Lossewen, Pollomacho, KathyK, Heatwole, nicolin, idiomatika, UbuRoivas, supercrayon, figment of my conation, mudpuppie, christopherious, schroedinger, hecho de la basura
3 months ago
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"I'm a fan of:
• scrambled eggs made with only one yolk and a few whites, on a slice of high fiber bread, garnished with Texas Pete and pepper. It's also pretty easy to sautee some peppers and onions (can buy in a bag in the freezer section) with a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"I mentioned this to the nutritionist I work with while we were taking a walk with some of our overweight patients, and she, too, was aghast. Yes, she might be out of shape and possibly have too high of body fat percentage, but at 100 lbs she's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flibbertigibbet
3 months ago
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"Yeah...I think I'm going to try to stop sizing men up from the get-go about their worthiness/potential/possibility mate-wise. I'm also going to work on cultivating friendships with males, keeping the ulterior motives away as best as I can. That's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"I am a huge fan of crocheting bags. I'm currently in love with making wool bags and then felting them, but I also made a string bag to take to the market. You can also make bags or totes out of the crap plastic bags you probably already have a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by The Light Fantastic, Polychrome
3 months ago
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When all else fails...give me some direction, please?
favorited 14 times, recently by highrise, yohko, Arthur Dent, different, vers, mathlete, melorama, baho, loiseau, notjustfoxybrown, Jurate, frumious bandersnatch, bdk3clash, tristeza
3 months ago
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"Survey says.......
Hot water, Zout, laundry detergent and a 1/2 cup of ammonia worked MAGIC!!!!
Thank you!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mecran01
3 months ago
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Help me save my shirts from being sliced up and made into rag rugs!
favorited 18 times, recently by mecran01, jujube, fidelity, Jupiter Jones, rux, redfoxtail, splendid animal, nowonmai, mazienh, belladonna, shelbaroo, Metroid Baby, SuperSquirrel, Corky, the luke parker fiasco, porn in the woods, pushing paper and bottoming chairs, ssg
3 months ago
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"I'm a big fan of mozz, garlic slices, capers, raisins and toasted pinenuts. God that just made me hungry." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sourwookie
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ew. This is extremely creepy to me.
Instead of just doing Maxim shoots, she's using Maxim to sponser her using her looks as a springboard to teach about language.
Do you really, truly believe that? I'd be more inclined to think that the goal..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hadjiboy
3 months ago
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"I love my Mirena. I've never been pregnant and got it inserted at Planned Parenthood in 2005. I haven't owned or used tampons, pads, pantiliners or any other blood-collecting device since about 3 months following insertion. The insertion was more..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by minervous
4 months ago
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"1/4 acre, huh? Does it get sun? If it gets full sun, and if your gf/housemate is up to it (with help from you, of course!), you could lay down cardboard to kill the grass, buy a truckload of dirt (not the free dirt you can get on craigslist. That's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by willie11
4 months ago
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"It's horrible, isn't it? I'm sorry you're feeling so crappy. When I've been in this space, which I have, many times, it has felt like nothing will work. Nothing. But I've gotten through it, and you can too.
A couple of concrete suggestions (I'm..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by oldtimey, Solomon, Soulbee, lucyleaf, Metroid Baby, hifiparasol, The Light Fantastic, bluenausea
4 months ago
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"OK, I'm here to shill for Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques once again.
Maybe you can start by modifying your own self-talk. Observe your inner monologue and see what you're telling yourself. I'd be willing to bet (having recognized this in..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by streetdreams, malapropist, Wilder
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hm. The BBQ sandwich at Allen and Son outside of Chapel Hill makes yet another list of bests. Problem is, I kind of think Allen and Son's BBQ sucks. My experience with it has always been of the meat tasting old, off, and without a hint of smokiness...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Comrade_robot
5 months ago
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"First, I am sorry this is so long!!
I'm assuming this is a smallish audience (20) rather than a big ol' auditorium.
I do a LOT of workshops, albeit to a different audience (adolescents) on a different type of topic (health). However, I've..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nimsey lou, Count Ziggurat
5 months ago
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"Yeah, you need to get their buy-in from the get-go, would be my take.
One thing I do is have the first session be a combination of rapport-building activities and creating a group agreement.
The former helps create a "we're in this..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sondrialiac, Wolof
6 months ago
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"Yeah...I was gonna go for mentioning DBT as well. It's been a major help in my own life, even though it was really designed for people with borderline personality disorder. People who have had to deal with other mental health issues (primarily..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
6 months ago
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"I'm the same way, and ditto to not realizing this was widespread.
I just had a brainstorm: find friends and arrange meal swaps. Make a large quantity of something you can freeze. Invite your friends to all do the same. Then have them over for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Greg Nog
6 months ago
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"The spermicides, such as the film or jelly, are most often made out of Nonoxynol-9, which has within the last few years NOT been recommended, because it may increase the risk of STD transmission. Something for everyone to consider.
I'd also like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Industrial PhD
7 months ago
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"PhatK--naw, that was the one Cortex referenced. Here's the pinball one, for reference.
Mine was some other random one, which Chococat found for me." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Big_B
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Does anyone remember a counting song from that era (not the one Jessamyn referenced, I don't think) that counts up to 10?
Um, yeah, that doesn't narrow it down too much, does it? Jeeze this is hard to describe. Let me try though.
In the 1-12..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
7 months ago
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"Spiced pecans are good. Even better are cheese straws. Combine the two for something like Cheddar Pecan Wafers. Making me hungry." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Greg Nog
7 months ago
