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While packing up for a car-camping trip with my 3 and 4 year old daughters; I let them sit and watch My Little Ponies while I was finishing up, it was the episode where the ponies fall into quicksand. I paid little attention, but noticed the content, as I asked them to turn it off, we were ready to go.

I went down near Moab, to cross the Paria River, and see an old settlement of dugout stone houses, on the far side of the river, which is shallow, and runs in many... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Oyéah at 5:39 PM on March 11, 2017

I can wiggle my ears independently of each other! Weirdly, one goes more up and down and the other goes front to back.
posted to MetaTalk by MadamM at 11:19 PM on March 4, 2017

Last night we did calzones for the second time ever (first time was earlier in the week). They were an absolute homerun. Below recipe is for dairy version, but we also made two non-dairy with Trader Joe's fake mozzerella shreds and a vegan ricotta recipe we found on AllRecipes (to make the latter palatable you need to add salt and a dash of balsamic vinegar).

Calzone (or pizza) dough:

3:1 ratio of bread flour to water. 3 cups of flour will yield... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by saladin at 5:12 PM on February 12, 2017

You have two and half weeks to keep making and posting wonderful dessert recipes, carsonb.

Speaking of over-indulging, anyone have recommendations for paczki in Chicago? Ideally a long walk from the Greektown area, so I can burn some of the calories off.
posted to MetaTalk by ghost phoneme at 4:57 PM on February 12, 2017

This is the official start of The California Journal. That is how it is. I am gonna get this going. There is so much here, on both the minute and grand level.

Well, the parrots are all out, on a morning like this. Next door to the west, the parrot is making muttering, crusty, parrot sounds, and the lady is talking at him in passing, as she heads for the garage. I can see parts of this through the fence slats, but really I am all about the sun. Then my neighbor goes... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Oyéah at 11:19 AM on February 5, 2017

Last night I had an Instant Pot breakthrough. I was making black bean soup, and I realized that starting the vegetables and the beans at the same time basically turns the veg to mush. So I cooked the beans and the sofrito separately, then combined them at the end.

I started dry black beans in the IP with water, a smoked turkey leg, a head of garlic, a cinnamon stick, and bay leaves. Meanwhile, in a cast iron skillet, I made the sofrito (onions/garlic/red bell... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ottereroticist at 6:36 PM on February 4, 2017

Vegan Sonoran hot dogs.
posted to MetaTalk by tofu_crouton at 6:30 PM on February 4, 2017

I CAN'T GO OUT I'VE HAD THE FLU FOR TEN DAYS MAKE IT STOP *CRY*

That said, one of my favorite things is definitely old Sesame Street videos.
posted to MetaTalk by Melismata at 4:51 PM on February 4, 2017

Mr. Tibbs has been making me smile this week. He is unflappable. Not pictured: his legs and tail hanging off the other side of the window sill.
posted to MetaTalk by MonkeyToes at 5:37 PM on February 4, 2017

This week I got a new cast iron skillet. How did I go so long without a 12-inch skillet? I don't care that I have no room to store it, so it's gotta live on the stovetop permanently. At least it's prettier than the ugly stove.
posted to MetaTalk by asperity at 5:04 PM on February 4, 2017

"My mom disapproves (I am 32, married, and have a kid, but she has Opinions About Hair)"

My mom was on my back for years to cut my hair now that I was a Grown Up Lady because long hair is for teenagers and adult women have short hair, and finally I DID cut it short (my roommate had to grow her hair out while pregnant as part of a cultural ritual around pregnancy, so we grew ours out together, and then together got it chopped and donated to... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Eyebrows McGee at 4:48 PM on February 4, 2017

Er, here's the comment with her photo.
posted to MetaTalk by LobsterMitten at 10:07 AM on January 28, 2017

I learned to use an axe and whittling knife last week and I made two incompetent spoons from tree branches that fell down in the wind. But the second one was miles less incompetent than the first, so I'm still proud of them. Especially because I had them in my pocket when later that night, while waiting for the sauna yurt to heat up, we suddenly found ourselves exactly two spoons short of being able to equitably share around the apples and pears we had just stewed in wine over the campfire.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by lollusc at 8:44 PM on January 27, 2017

I made a joke board game, Stick Fight in the Yard, which featured quilted sticks made of wood panel fabric made into tubes stuffed with batting, and a bag of chips for the winner... Your favourite virtual fight game now with IRL action! Sent one to my nephew for Christmas, the other for the gift stealing night at the fencing club.
posted to MetaTalk by chapps at 7:46 PM on January 27, 2017

Even if cd swaps are over forever, surely we can have ( npm http-server / python -m SimpleHTTPServer ) + ngrok directory swaps. It’s practically the same thing!

Or maybe USB key swaps?
posted to MetaTalk by Going To Maine at 12:11 AM on January 5, 2017

I have seen your AskMe questions and I don't want to date any of you.
posted to MetaTalk by phunniemee at 9:18 AM on January 5, 2017

I feel personally attacked by carsonb's admonishment. In retaliation, I say we pronounce his name with a silent 'c'. ARSE-one
posted to MetaTalk by DigDoug at 7:07 AM on January 4, 2017

I pronounce carsonb, "cars, on B".

It never struck me that the B was silent.

But, "Car-son"? It's like you suddenly started speaking ufo language or something. "Car. Son." Get in the car, son! ha, ha.

No. Cars, on "B".

SUCKERS!!!!
posted to MetaTalk by not_on_display at 12:30 AM on January 4, 2017

Also, I mentioned in the thread where we asked for calls in the first place that the transcription is pretty rough, and boy is it ever. Seems to have significant problems parsing all sorts of stuff, but of course usernames were sort of a special high-difficulty place to start each message transcription off.

But also it doesn't know what the hell to do with the site name. MetaFilter was transcribed variously as any of the following:

Maddie... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 10:15 PM on January 3, 2017

My voice was not as horrible as I envisioned it being.
posted to MetaTalk by Fizz at 10:06 PM on January 3, 2017

Trump has advocated the use of state power against his political opponents as well as many specific demographic groups, and many of us here have identified ourselves as

I would just like to state for the record that I have pulled things out of my dog's butt that I would trust more to lead the country than Donald Trump. My name is Jen and I live on the lower west side of Chicago in one of those scary danger neighborhoods everyone else in the country... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by phunniemee at 12:51 PM on January 3, 2017

And now you people will know how to pronounce my nick, even if >I< don't even do it consistently.
posted to MetaTalk by Samizdata at 11:16 PM on December 31, 2016

This whole "people are saying..." takedown of Sara C is really uncool. I've met her a once or twice irl and we interact a little on FB. I read askme and see her responses there. So she expresses her opinions? Unlike other users?

sestaaak's description of Sara C is not recognizable. I am mystified as to why mods are ok with leaving this up. I'm not comfortable being a part of a community where this sort of thing is ok.

I agree with... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mandymanwasregistered at 2:10 PM on December 22, 2016

I don't understand why the mods are deleting some comments here, but allowing those that seem to be pure self-justification

Yeah. I think some of the mod action here drove away a long time member while some hearsay from the OP was allowed to stand. That's pretty serious and should be discussed I think.
posted to MetaTalk by zutalors! at 12:16 PM on December 22, 2016

Why have a group promoted on Metafilter that isn't open to all Metafilter?

Yes! When an invitation "Open to any confirmed member or partner of a member who wants some sane compassionate company for a few long months" is posted to MetaTalk, the community is going to take it at face value.

When the supposedly-open invite was then amended to say "oh EXCEPT THIS ONE PERSON" then the whole... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by usonian at 11:20 AM on December 22, 2016

Any group that doesn't want Sara C is seriously wrong. I met her irl through Metafilter and cannot say enough good things about her--we work in the same industry and she is respected on every level. I'm stunned at this entire thread.
posted to MetaTalk by Ideefixe at 4:22 PM on December 21, 2016

I got your cookies today mochapickle! Or more accurately, they've been sitting in the parcel locker since yesterday some time, but I found them today. For a minute, I thought it was Secret Quonsar Part Two because it was packaged beautifully, and had a lovely card and a jingle bell pencil! And there were OWL STICKERS YOU GUYS.

Amazing. So excited to try them. Thanks for making cookie swap a ray of light in a really dark few weeks, Team Lethal Weapon.
posted to MetaTalk by guster4lovers at 12:39 PM on December 11, 2016

I had two wonderful cranberry lime bars for breakfast. I loved them! They were great with cheese. It took great willpower to save the rest. I'll have the tea for after dinner to savor with one of carsonb's salty and sweet chocolate, pretzel, and raisin morsel of goodness. I was touched by the pretty card, too. It'll have a place of honor next to okayokayigive's dancing skeleton Quonsmas card.

Team Die Hard for the win! Many, many thanks.
posted to MetaTalk by LeftMyHeartInSanFrancisco at 4:41 PM on December 9, 2016

Those cookies sound yummy, carsonb!

I mailed 2 packages off today and want to connect in person with the third Die Harder. The almond chocolate stars look rather homely, but they taste pretty good. Most of the cookies come from to 1959 cook books I got from a little old lady friend of mine: Out of Kentucky Kitchens, and a collection from the Junior League of Columbus, Georgia. I also threw in some wonderfully delicious contemporary cookies.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by LeftMyHeartInSanFrancisco at 2:09 AM on December 6, 2016

my big news here is a few months back i had sex with my wife

HERE!

Jebus man, I had a tooth pulled!
And I could ask some aftercare on the askme, avail yourself sir. On the art front I decoupaged a nice Fuetes (sic sp ) cigar box with old newspaper, a movie theme, complete side lettering mast head and listings for shows on the lid. It was from scraps, Detroit News, 11-22-63.

I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by clavdivs at 5:09 PM on November 19, 2016

I went to see one of my Idols in concert last night, Laura Stevenson. It was a small tour, and she was opening, so she manned her own merch booth. I got to talk to her for about half an hour before the show, she was very charming in an adorable awkward way, and seemed genuinely interested in talking to me.

The show was beyond spectacular, her voice is so powerful and lovely, she had to request less on her mic several times. It was an extremely small crowd, maybe 20... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by FirstMateKate at 3:59 PM on November 19, 2016

Today I walked to a nearby village, some five miles away, as the primary school was doing their Christmas fete thing. There were the traditional stands, selling plants and books and all manner of homemade goods of varying nutritional value, additives and quantities of sugar. There was a very basic Santa's Grotto.

And there was the tombola.

This is a very traditional thing. You buy some tickets, usually a strip of five for a pound; I bought green... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Wordshore at 10:51 AM on November 19, 2016

ok yes but did you see where I made cheese on toast
posted to MetaTalk by billiebee at 10:34 AM on November 19, 2016

Cat pictures!

The last photo was taken the day I found him. It still surprises me how little he was. He is now 14ish weeks and six! pounds. He is probably going to be huge.
posted to MetaTalk by janepanic at 8:26 AM on November 19, 2016

I'm afraid no album or anything fancy for the Rambler project, but here are some pics -
Original state 1
Original state 2

New paint, clean chrome 1
New paint, clean chrome 2

And....
Upholstery fabric

The headliner is a creamy white - the fabric in the shot above is on the seat faces - sides and back are a black vinyl for durability - this is my new dawg hauler.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by hilaryjade at 5:18 PM on November 18, 2016

There's an AskMe on holiday cookie best practices from 2011. It's possible cookie mailing technology has made leaps and bounds in the intervening five years, but I doubt it.
posted to MetaTalk by zamboni at 3:01 PM on November 14, 2016

Arts are great! Five things I particularly like that we've got hanging in the house:

- Can't Please Everybody by my good friend Wilder, who was the art-and-guitar-guy to my programming-and-guitar-guy around the time we were finishing up high school. This is I think the first time I ever went to an art showing and said "I will buy this art from you".

- Oregon Trail cross-stitch by the rad piratebowling, which appeared in the mail after... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by cortex at 9:47 AM on October 18, 2016

I've put all mine in one post, in which you will find:

Pictures of a dog and a woman looking out at water:
I bought the print on the left from the office-stuff of someone I worked with who died. His widow was selling his books and things he had in his office. The picture on the right I bought in a gallery in Provincetown. It reminded me so much of the woman (it's not that visible in the pic, but the dog's collar really echos the woman's belt), that I thought... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by If only I had a penguin... at 10:22 PM on October 17, 2016

(I've thought of posting a bikecheck Meta before but balked on it when thinking about the various politics of such a thing.)

I'd be all over a "show us your bicycle" thread, personally, because my bicycle is in storage in another state and I have been missing it.
posted to MetaTalk by Dip Flash at 7:40 PM on October 16, 2016

I've been able to put together a kind of cool mini collection of primate/science art, in part because my great grandfather was a nature photographer and illustrator (and super dashing). My parents have some pieces they're saving for me until I get a real job with a semi-permanent residence, but I have his drawing of these bears, and a mermoose. This summer I met Stephen Nash (the primate illustrator of all primate illustrators) and bought a print of the Diana monkey... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ChuraChura at 8:27 AM on October 16, 2016

The two ingredients that shape the soul of our living space are its light (main reason we chose this place: nine windows), and the art/craft/design objects that we've chosen to populate it.

We have at least one item per room - and we don't have a lot of things (through the years we were often asked whether we'd just moved in), so the ones we do have (and hold on to) tend to carry a whole bunch of story/significance. Here are our main... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by progosk at 5:43 AM on October 16, 2016

We try to collect local artists; here are a couple I particularly like. This glass bowl (which is on the top shelf of my bookshelves instead of by itself in display-y glory because I have children, enjoy my taped-up copy of Les Miz) is by Prairie Fire Glass and is part of a series inspired by literal prairie fires.

In the same vein, I have a Larry Kanfer I adore (sorry for the terrible glare, and ignore my ugly dining room wallpaper). He takes photos of the prairie that... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Eyebrows McGee at 4:25 PM on October 15, 2016

I have floor to ceiling bookcases in my loft. I don't have a photo to share, but believe me when I say that seeing that expanse of beautiful books brings me a joyful, comforting feeling every day--much more than any painting on that wall ever could!
posted to MetaTalk by bookmammal at 5:57 PM on October 15, 2016

I have a 10 cm high copy of this Alexander Archipenko sculpture in front of me as I type. I found it in a flea market the very first weekend I moved to Rio de Janeiro.
posted to MetaTalk by adamvasco at 5:57 PM on October 15, 2016

I'm forever in love with this giraffe painting, purchased at a yard sale the day after my first-ever acid trip. It called to me! I also have this signed poster from a joint Amanda Palmer/Neil Gaiman show which I am still very proud of and is the first thing I ever had framed.
posted to MetaTalk by Gymnopedist at 6:01 PM on October 15, 2016

My roommates kindly let me take over a whole wall of our downstairs with part of my zine collection. Believe it or not this is just a tiny fraction; need to work on hanging more of the rest

Here's a broad view of the largest wall of zines.

Here are some of the pieces. That last picture features two zines by mefi's own bile and syntax!

There are zines in there by friends, partners, ex-partners, people I don't know well but... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by ActionPopulated at 9:56 PM on October 15, 2016

I love these threads: it's been like pouring starter fertilizer on my Favorites count!
posted to MetaTalk by wenestvedt at 1:10 PM on October 14, 2016

There was a late, lamented, 9622.net once upon a time.
posted to MetaTalk by yhbc at 8:58 PM on October 2, 2016

Reviving an old meme:

Her boyfriend the amputee, Legolas
Can be fairly described as legless
And since they're both plastic
Her name is fantastic:
Legless Lego Legolas' Lego Lass
posted to MetaTalk by Kabanos at 12:03 PM on August 9, 2016

tl;dr:

the quidnunc kid is a son of a gun,
Who generates lunatic fun.
He took the Lord of the Rings
And Limericized things
To get us to vote #1
posted to MetaTalk by GenjiandProust at 3:48 PM on August 8, 2016