There's no "I" in "Cerberus"
March 8, 2022 10:28 AM Subscribe
Free Thread? More like Three Head, amirte? Janus was an amateur, triple-faced hellhounds are where it's at. Is that a hot take? They said you should do hot takes to get engagement. I guess hell is hot, so that part works. He's a hot dog! Hot dogs. They're a hot dogs. Okay, this isn't going well, just come on in and chat about whatever already.
Don't forget to pet Cerberus before you leave the thread. Just be sure to pet only his leftmost head.
Who's a good boy? You are, Cerberus. You're a good boy.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:32 AM on March 8, 2022 [12 favorites]
Who's a good boy? You are, Cerberus. You're a good boy.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 10:32 AM on March 8, 2022 [12 favorites]
So, one of my job applications (see comments in previous threads) has moved from "under review" to "under consideration", which I feel really great about!
The other one, I cancelled because I noticed what i thought was a pre-employment drug test was "a drug- and alcohol-free workplace" and I was all "fuck your puritan values".
So, still, progress?
Applying for another local job today.
posted by hippybear at 10:36 AM on March 8, 2022 [22 favorites]
The other one, I cancelled because I noticed what i thought was a pre-employment drug test was "a drug- and alcohol-free workplace" and I was all "fuck your puritan values".
So, still, progress?
Applying for another local job today.
posted by hippybear at 10:36 AM on March 8, 2022 [22 favorites]
Well, if Cerberus is the theme for the day, allow me to share my favorite listing of LEGO for sale which I spotted on Bricklink about five years ago.
In this case, Fluffy from the first Harry Potter film, which is described as missing two of the heads and shrugged off as "Very minor wear". I could be overreacting, but in my estimation such modification renders it no longer a three headed dog and is instead just... a dog.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 10:37 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
In this case, Fluffy from the first Harry Potter film, which is described as missing two of the heads and shrugged off as "Very minor wear". I could be overreacting, but in my estimation such modification renders it no longer a three headed dog and is instead just... a dog.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 10:37 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
A dog with three neck bases?
posted by hippybear at 10:37 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by hippybear at 10:37 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Under the surface, was Hercules ever like "Yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus"?
We Don't Talk about Bruno gets all the love, but for me it's all about Surface Pressure.
posted by CaseyB at 10:41 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
We Don't Talk about Bruno gets all the love, but for me it's all about Surface Pressure.
posted by CaseyB at 10:41 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
Is that a hot take? They said you should do hot takes to get engagement.
Does that mean we're engaged now?
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:48 AM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Does that mean we're engaged now?
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:48 AM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Cerberus Skritches would make a good username. Or character in a Pynchon novel.
posted by chavenet at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
All before noon today I found out that someone we were about to hire at work got a background screening hit for being a multiple count convicted sex offender and also that I need to pay to have my whole roof replaced and also I had to chase my mean dog around the house with a damp cloth because the nice simple dog peed on his head, how's all yall's Tuesdays going so far?
posted by phunniemee at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2022 [15 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2022 [15 favorites]
My Physical Therapist today said, “Get a TheraGun”
Which i will now do
Finally
Guilt-free
And, suddenly and magically Deservedly
After a heap of hemming and hawing
BECAUSE THE DOCTOR SAID SO
posted by armoir from antproof case at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
Which i will now do
Finally
Guilt-free
And, suddenly and magically Deservedly
After a heap of hemming and hawing
BECAUSE THE DOCTOR SAID SO
posted by armoir from antproof case at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
Rick Astley made my day by covering "abcdefu." That is all.
posted by jocelmeow at 10:50 AM on March 8, 2022 [14 favorites]
posted by jocelmeow at 10:50 AM on March 8, 2022 [14 favorites]
They’re good dogs Brent. 45/30
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 10:51 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 10:51 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
three-headed hell hounds, nine-tailed demon foxes, what's next, 2022?
posted by martin q blank at 10:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by martin q blank at 10:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
It's International Women's Day and god bless whomever wrote the Gender Pay Gap Bot on Twitter that automatically replies to each of these hollow social media posts with the actual gender pay gap % as UK companies are required to report. Oh dear lord how I wish US corporations had to do this.
And then, of course, my OWN company just did one of these bullshit posts and I'm dying to reply to it from my sockpuppet account. Because I know we're just as bad.
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
And then, of course, my OWN company just did one of these bullshit posts and I'm dying to reply to it from my sockpuppet account. Because I know we're just as bad.
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
Rick Astley made my day by covering "abcdefu." That is all.
That isn't what I pictured when I read about this cover.
I wish I knew exactly what I mean!
posted by hippybear at 10:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
That isn't what I pictured when I read about this cover.
I wish I knew exactly what I mean!
posted by hippybear at 10:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Cerberus in Hades the game as mentioned on @CanYouPetTheDog
Previouslied here: https://www.metafilter.com/179832/You-cannot-pet-the-dog-in-Dark-Souls
posted by Horkus at 10:56 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
Previouslied here: https://www.metafilter.com/179832/You-cannot-pet-the-dog-in-Dark-Souls
posted by Horkus at 10:56 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
three-headed hell hounds, nine-tailed demon foxes, what's next, 2022?
by induction we can conclude that it will be twenty-seven-legged stoats
posted by cortex at 10:57 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
by induction we can conclude that it will be twenty-seven-legged stoats
posted by cortex at 10:57 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
Does that mean we're engaged now?
XFN doesn't really do "engaged", so we'll have to settle for enspousenated.
posted by flabdablet at 10:58 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
XFN doesn't really do "engaged", so we'll have to settle for enspousenated.
posted by flabdablet at 10:58 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
OMG! Are we on the cusp of a New Great Enspousenating????
posted by hippybear at 10:59 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 10:59 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
My update:
(a) Urinetown started this weekend, successfully. Fingers crossed we make it through the run without anyone getting Covid, but since 3/4 of the cast is going mask-free, who knows there. We were on Fox News and the clip was "Yay! No masks!" which made me depressed since I am one of the few keeping mine on...but hey, at least I look less stupid in video when you don't see my whole face, so there's that.
(b) I auditioned for Bye Bye Birdie (note: this show doesn't start until late April) at another theater in the next town. I can't say I know a whole lot about the place. The people running it seem very nice, but they had 25 people sing, then took an hour-ish to do the dance auditions, then finished with the rest of the singers and I thought "why don't you just do the dancing first and THEN you can get bodies out the door with the singing?" They also are not requiring anything safety-wise at this theater, which I am unthrilled about. (Maybe 40% of the people were masked, not the ones running anything.) And I gather it takes them weeks to decide who gets in, which is odd. I only auditioned for ensemble since I don't fit any parts in the show, so it'll be awhile. It was an odd audition in general. Probably 80-90% of the people in this one were kids and teens and it didn't look like anyone in it was auditioning for the main lead characters (I might guess a few were shooting for Conrad/the parents). Maybe those people did it on the other night, I don't know, but that's certainly not my problem to solve. I heard that 12 showed up at the first one, so who knows. My theater friends and I were shooting for ensemble/"I just want to get into the show" anyway.
I'm not really thrilled at performing at this specific theater (though former castmates seem to like it well enough) for the lax safety stuff, but am sucking it up because BBB is fun and I'm really not too thrilled about the next two shows at my "home" theater right now and if possible, I'd rather be doing shows than sitting around doing nothing until summer when the next show I want to do starts up.
Though I did like how the director directed the dancing part--either play someone who's really into the music OR someone who isn't into dancing but suddenly is possessed by the music. One of my old castmates did the latter and was hilarious at it. I think they should ask her to play the smothering mother :P
(c) I'm auditioning for a 10 minute play festival at my old theater company tomorrow (runs before the next musical would start). I hope to get into at least one show--the one my friend wrote and I helped her work on and have performed online twice--but I don't count chickens before they hatch and all that. However, the director folks know and like me and liked the video, so fingers crossed. There's a second part I'd like to get in another show, but I have less advantage there, so who knows.
Other than that, I am pretty dang tired and need a bit of a break.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:59 AM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
(a) Urinetown started this weekend, successfully. Fingers crossed we make it through the run without anyone getting Covid, but since 3/4 of the cast is going mask-free, who knows there. We were on Fox News and the clip was "Yay! No masks!" which made me depressed since I am one of the few keeping mine on...but hey, at least I look less stupid in video when you don't see my whole face, so there's that.
(b) I auditioned for Bye Bye Birdie (note: this show doesn't start until late April) at another theater in the next town. I can't say I know a whole lot about the place. The people running it seem very nice, but they had 25 people sing, then took an hour-ish to do the dance auditions, then finished with the rest of the singers and I thought "why don't you just do the dancing first and THEN you can get bodies out the door with the singing?" They also are not requiring anything safety-wise at this theater, which I am unthrilled about. (Maybe 40% of the people were masked, not the ones running anything.) And I gather it takes them weeks to decide who gets in, which is odd. I only auditioned for ensemble since I don't fit any parts in the show, so it'll be awhile. It was an odd audition in general. Probably 80-90% of the people in this one were kids and teens and it didn't look like anyone in it was auditioning for the main lead characters (I might guess a few were shooting for Conrad/the parents). Maybe those people did it on the other night, I don't know, but that's certainly not my problem to solve. I heard that 12 showed up at the first one, so who knows. My theater friends and I were shooting for ensemble/"I just want to get into the show" anyway.
I'm not really thrilled at performing at this specific theater (though former castmates seem to like it well enough) for the lax safety stuff, but am sucking it up because BBB is fun and I'm really not too thrilled about the next two shows at my "home" theater right now and if possible, I'd rather be doing shows than sitting around doing nothing until summer when the next show I want to do starts up.
Though I did like how the director directed the dancing part--either play someone who's really into the music OR someone who isn't into dancing but suddenly is possessed by the music. One of my old castmates did the latter and was hilarious at it. I think they should ask her to play the smothering mother :P
(c) I'm auditioning for a 10 minute play festival at my old theater company tomorrow (runs before the next musical would start). I hope to get into at least one show--the one my friend wrote and I helped her work on and have performed online twice--but I don't count chickens before they hatch and all that. However, the director folks know and like me and liked the video, so fingers crossed. There's a second part I'd like to get in another show, but I have less advantage there, so who knows.
Other than that, I am pretty dang tired and need a bit of a break.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:59 AM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
three-headed hell hounds, nine-tailed demon foxes, what's next, 2022?
How about palm-sized parachuting spiders invading the East Coast? How does that grab ya?
posted by briank at 11:00 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
How about palm-sized parachuting spiders invading the East Coast? How does that grab ya?
posted by briank at 11:00 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
This is the third field mouse I've caught in the humane trap in the last few days. Indigenous "streep muis". They've been coming into the house. I released her in a wild spot that's a lot safer for her than my home. She doesn't seem to have any babies at the moment.
When I opened the trap she leapt out like she was on springs.
I released all 3 mice in exactly the same place so I hope they will find one another.
posted by Zumbador at 11:01 AM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
When I opened the trap she leapt out like she was on springs.
I released all 3 mice in exactly the same place so I hope they will find one another.
posted by Zumbador at 11:01 AM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
I have seen the future and it relies on community.
posted by Thella at 11:02 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by Thella at 11:02 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
I just came out of an hour of free webinar training on preventing street harassment recently; it was very illuminating and empowering. The next session is Mar 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM.
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We’ll also talk about how to prioritize your own safety while intervening and how to respond if you get harassed. We’ll have time at the end for practice, and you’ll leave feeling more confident intervening the next time you see street harassment!
posted by Shepherd at 11:04 AM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Description from their website:
Like much of the world, we are all still figuring out how COVID19 will change us. We’ve seen what happens when millions of people ban together to take care of one another against the odds. How can we bring that forward into our lives after this is over?
It starts by taking action right now. Join us for a one-hour, interactive, virtual training to learn how to intervene when you see harassment happening. We’ll talk about what harassment looks like — from microaggressions to violence — and how Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention can help: distract, delegate, document, delay, and direct.
We’ll also talk about how to prioritize your own safety while intervening and how to respond if you get harassed. We’ll have time at the end for practice, and you’ll leave feeling more confident intervening the next time you see street harassment!
posted by Shepherd at 11:04 AM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
I suspect I've partially forgotten how to dress or put together outfits because I so rarely leave the house where I need to look more presentable. Anyone else feeling the same or noticing other previously mundane skills that have atrophied in the past two years?
posted by Goblin Barbarian at 11:05 AM on March 8, 2022 [11 favorites]
posted by Goblin Barbarian at 11:05 AM on March 8, 2022 [11 favorites]
Back into the fray this morning. The mud-shit-death-rot-rubbish stench permeating towns in the Northern Rivers will be even worse today, nine days after the record breaking floods. But not helping is worse than being covered crud and sore of back.
posted by Thella at 11:06 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by Thella at 11:06 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
other previously mundane skills that have atrophied in the past two years?
Any of you guys remember how to sit down while wearing hard pants?
posted by phunniemee at 11:08 AM on March 8, 2022 [12 favorites]
Any of you guys remember how to sit down while wearing hard pants?
posted by phunniemee at 11:08 AM on March 8, 2022 [12 favorites]
Somewhat adjacent to three headed dogs, my aged pup now has two assholes. The second one cut by a surgeon who removed a mass the size of a mandarin orange from her anal sac. Sadly this operation also left a gaping hole in her rectum and now poop chooses the easiest route out, which is through the incision...
And leave it does. There is a constant background seep of blood and feces. If she gets up, she notices the puddle left behind, and tries to lick it up. Dogs get very tunnel visioned when they smell their own blood. So we are forever changing the bedliner pads (we've gone through about a dozen packages of these) whenever she moves.
My sweetheart bought a diffuser to help with the smell. The house smells of mint, oxy-odour killing cleaner, poop and blood. Blood dominates the bouquet.
She is in a lot of pain. They cut through part of her anal sphincter, and there is a tremendous density of nerve endings there. The hours after a bowel movement (half goes through 'regular channels', half through the incision) are the worst. She comes inside, we head to the bath room, we clean up as best we can.
She's 14 and some years old, and the fact that the surgery went so badly sideways is crushing. We made the best decision we could knowing there were risks last week -- the alternative would be that the mandarin grows into a grapefruit, and completely blocks egress. The speed at which this grew, this might have been a month.
What to do ? The vet surgeon checked in on her yesterday, and said that if she were his dog, he would likely euthanize her, as the care required to get her to heal is an enormous task. Prognosis is weeks not days for healing.
On the other hand, she'd likely heal. She's also still a spirited, alert dog, who still insists on several walks a day. She suffers some, but also still enjoys dog things. She's 14 years old, and maybe this is borrowed time already? On the other hand, would euthanizing her be a choice we make for our sake, or for the dog's ? She will (probably) get better.
Meanwhile, our lives our on hold as we're with her 24/7 catching poop, changing pads, taking her to the bathtub to rinse the poop and blood out of her backside.
Every day either I or my sweetie break down in tears. Luckily, usually not at the same time.
But it's a tough go, and I don't know that we're doing the right thing...
posted by bumpkin at 11:10 AM on March 8, 2022 [19 favorites]
And leave it does. There is a constant background seep of blood and feces. If she gets up, she notices the puddle left behind, and tries to lick it up. Dogs get very tunnel visioned when they smell their own blood. So we are forever changing the bedliner pads (we've gone through about a dozen packages of these) whenever she moves.
My sweetheart bought a diffuser to help with the smell. The house smells of mint, oxy-odour killing cleaner, poop and blood. Blood dominates the bouquet.
She is in a lot of pain. They cut through part of her anal sphincter, and there is a tremendous density of nerve endings there. The hours after a bowel movement (half goes through 'regular channels', half through the incision) are the worst. She comes inside, we head to the bath room, we clean up as best we can.
She's 14 and some years old, and the fact that the surgery went so badly sideways is crushing. We made the best decision we could knowing there were risks last week -- the alternative would be that the mandarin grows into a grapefruit, and completely blocks egress. The speed at which this grew, this might have been a month.
What to do ? The vet surgeon checked in on her yesterday, and said that if she were his dog, he would likely euthanize her, as the care required to get her to heal is an enormous task. Prognosis is weeks not days for healing.
On the other hand, she'd likely heal. She's also still a spirited, alert dog, who still insists on several walks a day. She suffers some, but also still enjoys dog things. She's 14 years old, and maybe this is borrowed time already? On the other hand, would euthanizing her be a choice we make for our sake, or for the dog's ? She will (probably) get better.
Meanwhile, our lives our on hold as we're with her 24/7 catching poop, changing pads, taking her to the bathtub to rinse the poop and blood out of her backside.
Every day either I or my sweetie break down in tears. Luckily, usually not at the same time.
But it's a tough go, and I don't know that we're doing the right thing...
posted by bumpkin at 11:10 AM on March 8, 2022 [19 favorites]
Any of you guys remember how to sit down while wearing hard pants?
It's extra difficult because the pandemic, or climate change, or something, has caused a lot of hard pants to shrink several sizes. I'm not sure the exact science behind this but I'm pretty sure addressing it is one of the unspecified demands of many a convoy.
posted by The otter lady at 11:12 AM on March 8, 2022 [17 favorites]
It's extra difficult because the pandemic, or climate change, or something, has caused a lot of hard pants to shrink several sizes. I'm not sure the exact science behind this but I'm pretty sure addressing it is one of the unspecified demands of many a convoy.
posted by The otter lady at 11:12 AM on March 8, 2022 [17 favorites]
Speaking of Rick Astley, does anyone know where one might find a recording of Never Gonna Give You Up on bagpipes? Needed for an adventure I'm putting together, and my search so far has been fruitless.
posted by calamari kid at 11:12 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by calamari kid at 11:12 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
There's a campground right on a lake near here that we like to go to, but it's a popular place and there are a lot of people around here so reservations go quickly. But this year I actually remembered to wake up early and get on the website on time, and for the first time I managed to get a waterfront campsite! Very much looking forward to this.
posted by backseatpilot at 11:14 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
posted by backseatpilot at 11:14 AM on March 8, 2022 [10 favorites]
Never Gonna Give You Up - Amazing Musical Virtuoso Gunhild Carling Plays Bagpipes, Trumpet & more
posted by flabdablet at 11:16 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 11:16 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
Cortex would Orpheus that mfer to sleep and move on.
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 11:19 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 11:19 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Thanks flabdablet, unfortunately that one doesn't quite work for my plan as the stand up bard plays unaccompanied.
posted by calamari kid at 11:20 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by calamari kid at 11:20 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
I was startled when Cerberus appeared in an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Wait! The gate to Tartarus is within running distance of Ponyville?! In that spirit, I wrote this story: It Is My Fate To Enter Every Door.
posted by SPrintF at 11:20 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by SPrintF at 11:20 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
My new ME specialist* suggested I try pyridostigmine, hoping it'd improve my POTS enough that I could be out of bed. I'm about three weeks in on the full dose and I definitely feel stronger. Not "get out of bed and take on the world" stronger, but it's making a particular kind of difference nothing else ever has, which is very welcome.
*My previous one died last June.
posted by jocelmeow at 11:22 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
*My previous one died last June.
posted by jocelmeow at 11:22 AM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
I can give you a recording of Chim Chim Cheeree on bagpipes... which is as good as I can offer.
posted by hippybear at 11:24 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 11:24 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
bumpkin, I am so sorry. That is truly, truly hard. I don't think you can make the wrong decision, as long as you're doing it gently and with love, as you are now.
posted by Countess Elena at 11:26 AM on March 8, 2022 [13 favorites]
posted by Countess Elena at 11:26 AM on March 8, 2022 [13 favorites]
I'm so sorry, bumpkin. Hugs and best wishes to you and your pup!
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 11:27 AM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 11:27 AM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I released all 3 mice in exactly the same place so I hope they will find one another.
Anchor voiceover: News of a new home safe ride service spread quickly through the field mouse community as ....
posted by Mitheral at 11:27 AM on March 8, 2022 [8 favorites]
Anchor voiceover: News of a new home safe ride service spread quickly through the field mouse community as ....
posted by Mitheral at 11:27 AM on March 8, 2022 [8 favorites]
I'm envious, backseatpilot! I haven't gone camping in over 2 years and I miss it. There's a similar - and similarly popular - campground near me that I didn't think to check earlier this year, now all the sites are reserved for May and June weekends (the "nice" months before the heat sets in). I've set myself a reminder to check next month for an available September weekend...
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:33 AM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:33 AM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I could be overreacting, but in my estimation such modification renders it no longer a three headed dog and is instead just... a dog.
My neighbours have a supernatural creature: a dog that not only has three heads, but three separate bodies as well!
posted by ricochet biscuit at 11:39 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
My neighbours have a supernatural creature: a dog that not only has three heads, but three separate bodies as well!
posted by ricochet biscuit at 11:39 AM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
PSA: If anyone wants to do the Apartment Therapy 10-day spring clean that starts March 28, come join me! Several of us did the one in January and it was fun. It's free.
IRL link - IRL link - IRL link
posted by mochapickle at 11:40 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
IRL link - IRL link - IRL link
posted by mochapickle at 11:40 AM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
Dog tax: Zsuzsa in her prime
She's a beautiful dog. And I'm so sorry you're going through this.
posted by Zumbador at 11:53 AM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
She's a beautiful dog. And I'm so sorry you're going through this.
posted by Zumbador at 11:53 AM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
I've been debating with my roommate the pros and cons of starting a business dedicated primarily to the wants and needs of Karens; a place where Karen-like behavior is not only condoned, it is encouraged. I see it as some kind of restaurant/retail experience where the service is actually fairly decent until the nudging starts.
posted by coolxcool=rad at 11:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by coolxcool=rad at 11:54 AM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
I can't throw on the wheel at the moment due to the air cast on my poor right leg (Achilles tendon rupture), so I was just thinking about what to attempt to hand build at my ceramics class tonight. I wonder if I can sculpt a Cerberus to go with my sheep and the hedgehog... Thanks for the idea!
posted by gemmy at 12:00 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by gemmy at 12:00 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
you're going to need a lot of managers for that, coolxcool=rad
posted by 20 year lurk at 12:05 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by 20 year lurk at 12:05 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
I thought the Rick Astley cover would be this . Apparently I've forgotten the alphabet.
posted by The_Vegetables at 12:07 PM on March 8, 2022
posted by The_Vegetables at 12:07 PM on March 8, 2022
Hot dogs.
I had the thought the other day that we really should use hot dog buns for sloppy joes instead of hamburger buns. Chili dogs provide a clear proof of concept.
posted by jedicus at 12:13 PM on March 8, 2022 [11 favorites]
I had the thought the other day that we really should use hot dog buns for sloppy joes instead of hamburger buns. Chili dogs provide a clear proof of concept.
posted by jedicus at 12:13 PM on March 8, 2022 [11 favorites]
Pop psychology question: when you visualize Cerberus, what breed of dog do you imagine Cerberus to resemble?
posted by LeRoienJaune at 12:17 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by LeRoienJaune at 12:17 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
Who's a good boy? You are, Cerberus. You're a good boy.
I am reminded of my favorite work of Greek art, which a quick image search fails to turn up online -- I met it in a book that's boxed up in the other room. It's from a vase or dish, I forget which, and depicts Heracles in Hades with Cerberus at his feet, front legs out, shoulders down, heads raised with tongues lolling out, and the Big Guy bending down to give that good boy some pettings. The above is exactly the caption it would have if, yanno, the ancient Greeks put captions on their artistic ceramics.
Such a better image of the Twelfth Labor than the usual one, of the Herc hauling a humongous hound behind him in chains.
posted by Quasirandom at 12:21 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
I am reminded of my favorite work of Greek art, which a quick image search fails to turn up online -- I met it in a book that's boxed up in the other room. It's from a vase or dish, I forget which, and depicts Heracles in Hades with Cerberus at his feet, front legs out, shoulders down, heads raised with tongues lolling out, and the Big Guy bending down to give that good boy some pettings. The above is exactly the caption it would have if, yanno, the ancient Greeks put captions on their artistic ceramics.
Such a better image of the Twelfth Labor than the usual one, of the Herc hauling a humongous hound behind him in chains.
posted by Quasirandom at 12:21 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
"Pop psychology question: when you visualize Cerberus, what breed of dog do you imagine Cerberus to resemble?"
posted by LeRoienJaune
A Rottweiler(s?). I am assuming because of some media I have consumed that I can't specifically remember anymore. Harry Potter movie maybe?
posted by Grither at 12:25 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by LeRoienJaune
A Rottweiler(s?). I am assuming because of some media I have consumed that I can't specifically remember anymore. Harry Potter movie maybe?
posted by Grither at 12:25 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
Any of you guys remember how to sit down while wearing hard pants?
I still refuse to wear hard pants (except when forced to for theater and I ain't sitting in 'em then).
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:25 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
I still refuse to wear hard pants (except when forced to for theater and I ain't sitting in 'em then).
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:25 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
other previously mundane skills that have atrophied in the past two years?
I am struggling to control my facial expressions when people do the dumbs. I always have but it's worse now that I sometimes forget I have a visible face.
posted by srboisvert at 12:39 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
I am struggling to control my facial expressions when people do the dumbs. I always have but it's worse now that I sometimes forget I have a visible face.
posted by srboisvert at 12:39 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
when you visualize Cerberus, what breed of dog do you imagine Cerberus to resemble?
One of those vicious horrid little yappy dog breeds, which is of course 3x worse because of the heads.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:46 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
One of those vicious horrid little yappy dog breeds, which is of course 3x worse because of the heads.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:46 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
I am struggling to control my facial expressions when people do the dumbs. I always have but it's worse now that I sometimes forget I have a visible face.
Have you read Murderbot?
posted by curious nu at 12:46 PM on March 8, 2022 [8 favorites]
Have you read Murderbot?
posted by curious nu at 12:46 PM on March 8, 2022 [8 favorites]
Random question not worthy of Ask.Me: Does anyone know if the road between Agness, Oregon and Powers, Oregon is open through the winter? Road looks interesting, and I'm headed to Gold Beach soon, and I don't want to have SAR pluck me off of a mountain pass just because I wanted a scenic drive (I'm familiar with Bear Camp Road's existence).
posted by Mister Fabulous at 12:59 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Mister Fabulous at 12:59 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Quasirandom, is this it? Cerberus doesn't have their tongues out, but otherwise it is a wonderful picture, because you can recognize the "you're a good boy" feel, in a 2700 year old painting. We are all the same.
After corona, my dog, like many dogs, can no longer deal with me going out of the house without him. We've had such a nice time together, and now suddenly I'm going in and out of the door as if I have no feelings. He has feelings, and he mainly expresses them by eating things that are not his. Primarily food that has been left where he can get at it, but also my nice new slippers (he has already demolished two pairs). Just a while ago, I went down to buy a bottle of wine, because to be frank, I've had enough of everything right now and I wanted to drink a few glasses and eat some nice dark chocolate I had before going to bed very early.
Note I wrote "chocolate I had". Because now I don't have it anymore despite putting it high up on top of some books in the bookshelf. I have no idea how he got up there, he is a smart dog, I'll give him that. There wasn't a lot left, he'll be alright. But I definitely won't be going to bed early. The chocolate wants out.
posted by mumimor at 1:03 PM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
After corona, my dog, like many dogs, can no longer deal with me going out of the house without him. We've had such a nice time together, and now suddenly I'm going in and out of the door as if I have no feelings. He has feelings, and he mainly expresses them by eating things that are not his. Primarily food that has been left where he can get at it, but also my nice new slippers (he has already demolished two pairs). Just a while ago, I went down to buy a bottle of wine, because to be frank, I've had enough of everything right now and I wanted to drink a few glasses and eat some nice dark chocolate I had before going to bed very early.
Note I wrote "chocolate I had". Because now I don't have it anymore despite putting it high up on top of some books in the bookshelf. I have no idea how he got up there, he is a smart dog, I'll give him that. There wasn't a lot left, he'll be alright. But I definitely won't be going to bed early. The chocolate wants out.
posted by mumimor at 1:03 PM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
Thanks folks.
Muminor -- one thing that Zsuzsa would do when we left for too long would be to remove a single sock from the laundry, and then carefully drop it on the floor right in front of the front door. So that, upon returning we would realize what terrible people we were, and that we should know, under no uncertain terms, that she *could* have been a bad dog, but she wasn't. Or maybe it was a 'nice sock you had there buddy, shame it something were to happen to it' vibe...
posted by bumpkin at 1:10 PM on March 8, 2022 [25 favorites]
Muminor -- one thing that Zsuzsa would do when we left for too long would be to remove a single sock from the laundry, and then carefully drop it on the floor right in front of the front door. So that, upon returning we would realize what terrible people we were, and that we should know, under no uncertain terms, that she *could* have been a bad dog, but she wasn't. Or maybe it was a 'nice sock you had there buddy, shame it something were to happen to it' vibe...
posted by bumpkin at 1:10 PM on March 8, 2022 [25 favorites]
I suspect I've partially forgotten how to dress or put together outfits because I so rarely leave the house where I need to look more presentable. Anyone else feeling the same or noticing other previously mundane skills that have atrophied in the past two years?
No but it's a weird story: over the course of Covid I moved in with my partner, something of an "odd couple" pairing where I'm a software engineer who even on the most professional days the dress code is "wear shoes"; while he's a mortician who dresses formally as a matter of course. So he's been teaching me, gradually, on how to be an adult and wear adult clothes and look like the proud Mr. Business that I supposedly am.
Coupled with that is that I've always been the socially-awkward, nerdy academic type for whom social skills are an act that I present to the world because I must. So now that the covid situation is relaxing and I'm going back to the office more frequently I'm actually enjoying it! I'm stepping back into some old skills that I'm only now realized I missed exercising, and I'm enjoying practicing the adulting skills that I've been leveling up on in recent years.
I guess in the big picture it's the same thing you describe: these skills have atrophied, but they've atrophied for all of us and that has a leveling effect. It's a good, awkward world that we can all now come out in and be awkward together!
posted by traveler_ at 1:26 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
No but it's a weird story: over the course of Covid I moved in with my partner, something of an "odd couple" pairing where I'm a software engineer who even on the most professional days the dress code is "wear shoes"; while he's a mortician who dresses formally as a matter of course. So he's been teaching me, gradually, on how to be an adult and wear adult clothes and look like the proud Mr. Business that I supposedly am.
Coupled with that is that I've always been the socially-awkward, nerdy academic type for whom social skills are an act that I present to the world because I must. So now that the covid situation is relaxing and I'm going back to the office more frequently I'm actually enjoying it! I'm stepping back into some old skills that I'm only now realized I missed exercising, and I'm enjoying practicing the adulting skills that I've been leveling up on in recent years.
I guess in the big picture it's the same thing you describe: these skills have atrophied, but they've atrophied for all of us and that has a leveling effect. It's a good, awkward world that we can all now come out in and be awkward together!
posted by traveler_ at 1:26 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
>I've been debating with my roommate the pros and cons of starting a business dedicated primarily to the wants and needs of Karens; a place where Karen-like behavior is not only condoned, it is encouraged.
The Basic menu and The Managers' Menu (which you have to ask for). Staff paid well with a bonus based on the number of people who withhold tip and a nightly bonus for the most Silver Dollar tips. Wine is cheaper mid-morning than lunchtime with a discount for saying "it's five o'clock sonewhere" and "Happy Hour" is staff asking customers "Happy? How?" Staff may use a safe word for non-Karen diners.
"Curb Your Karenthusiasm" by coolxcool=rad.
posted by k3ninho at 1:28 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
The Basic menu and The Managers' Menu (which you have to ask for). Staff paid well with a bonus based on the number of people who withhold tip and a nightly bonus for the most Silver Dollar tips. Wine is cheaper mid-morning than lunchtime with a discount for saying "it's five o'clock sonewhere" and "Happy Hour" is staff asking customers "Happy? How?" Staff may use a safe word for non-Karen diners.
"Curb Your Karenthusiasm" by coolxcool=rad.
posted by k3ninho at 1:28 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
mumimor, I do believe it is. Thank you!
posted by Quasirandom at 1:34 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Quasirandom at 1:34 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I watched some Veterinarian videos with my grandson. The dog would have very torn up skin and someone would ask, are you gonna sew him up? And the Vet didn't, saying they heal better on their own. My cat was torn, either by another cat, or a nail protruding from a shelf. I had no idea what was up with the cat's butt, so my daughter helped hold him down while I looked. I could see his gut. He wasn't leaking, though. He healed just fine. And it happened again, probably the evil kitty next door, swatting him as he came in the house.
So the pup in this thread should heal, as long as he got the two week antibiotic shot. Best of luck with that pup.
posted by Oyéah at 1:38 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
So the pup in this thread should heal, as long as he got the two week antibiotic shot. Best of luck with that pup.
posted by Oyéah at 1:38 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
There's no "I" in "Cerberus"
THERE IS IF HE EATS "U"
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:00 PM on March 8, 2022 [13 favorites]
THERE IS IF HE EATS "U"
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:00 PM on March 8, 2022 [13 favorites]
It's been a rough couple of weeks here. I made the call today for an appointment to have my 16 year old cat put to sleep. He's a big orange tabby, boss of all the other cats, easy going personality, who was always into everything in his younger years. I teased that his name was Dorey-No, instead of just Dorey. So yeah, that's also the story behind my name here. Now he's so so thin, barely eating, but still happy to take a stroll in the yard. He's an inside cat, so that's a rare treat. He gets daily walks out this week, and any treats he can manage to eat, and I'll say goodbye on Friday. I'm a mess.
posted by dorey_oh at 2:01 PM on March 8, 2022 [26 favorites]
posted by dorey_oh at 2:01 PM on March 8, 2022 [26 favorites]
Does anyone know if the road between Agness, Oregon and Powers, Oregon is open through the winter?
I found this interactive map. When I click on Myrtle Grove Campground or Daphne Grove Campground, it seems to say the road is open "yearlong". The best way to be sure would be to call the Forest Service using a number from their website. Even if the road is supposed to be open, there might be a washout or fire damage or something.
posted by polecat at 2:04 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
I found this interactive map. When I click on Myrtle Grove Campground or Daphne Grove Campground, it seems to say the road is open "yearlong". The best way to be sure would be to call the Forest Service using a number from their website. Even if the road is supposed to be open, there might be a washout or fire damage or something.
posted by polecat at 2:04 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Oh Bumpkin, I'm so sorry.
When I was in a similar "what should I do about this" state with my cat, my aunt gave me some advice - she never married and has had a series of dogs instead of having kids. I fretted at one point as to whether the things I was doing were just prolonging my cat's misery just to keep him around longer for my sake, and my aunt cut through that with a really simple mantra:
"If it's treatable, treat it."
Period. Concerns about money or anything else came second. If something is treatable, treat it. No question.
Granted, it doesn't mean things wouldn't be a tough slog, but it sounds like Zsuza has got a lot of grit and spunk, and that says to me that it is at least worth a try.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:05 PM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
When I was in a similar "what should I do about this" state with my cat, my aunt gave me some advice - she never married and has had a series of dogs instead of having kids. I fretted at one point as to whether the things I was doing were just prolonging my cat's misery just to keep him around longer for my sake, and my aunt cut through that with a really simple mantra:
"If it's treatable, treat it."
Period. Concerns about money or anything else came second. If something is treatable, treat it. No question.
Granted, it doesn't mean things wouldn't be a tough slog, but it sounds like Zsuza has got a lot of grit and spunk, and that says to me that it is at least worth a try.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 2:05 PM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
We always release mice near a ravine which we call the Nezumi Forest (nezumi is Japanese for mouse). It's probably been 3-4 years since we've had one but the name still sticks.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 2:16 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 2:16 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
I'll say goodbye on Friday
I am so sorry. We said goodbye to our own big orange tabby in October of 2020. My heart goes out to you and Dorey. It sounds like he's had a very good life, which doesn't make it easier now, but the good memories will outlast these painful days.
posted by jedicus at 2:18 PM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
I am so sorry. We said goodbye to our own big orange tabby in October of 2020. My heart goes out to you and Dorey. It sounds like he's had a very good life, which doesn't make it easier now, but the good memories will outlast these painful days.
posted by jedicus at 2:18 PM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
I was listening to Fishbone's The Reality of My Surroundings a couple of nights ago and "Pressure" is still a lot of fun
FUCK YOU FUCCKK YOOOUUUU
edit to add: sorry about the cat, I just caught that
posted by elkevelvet at 2:27 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
FUCK YOU FUCCKK YOOOUUUU
edit to add: sorry about the cat, I just caught that
posted by elkevelvet at 2:27 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
there's clacky keyboards and then there's clacky keyboards
posted by cortex at 2:35 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by cortex at 2:35 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
Starting work in my office - and the big orange tabby is sleeping on one of the client chairs opposite my desk. With occasional snoring noises.
I ask clients if they don't mind cats, and if they want me to shoo him out - at which point he usually gets a head and chest rub and notification that, "Yes, you are a good boy".
We got our first family cat in 1995 and he was named "Fluffy" by my oldest daughter. He was the best mouser, so there was some nominative dissonance. But then when the three-headed dog in Harry Potter was named "Fluffy", the dissonance was no longer an issue.
We moved closer to my mother in 2004, by which stage I thought Fluffy might appreciate retiring to be with my mother living on her own rather than with a family with six children. He was miserable so we brought him back home after about three weeks, and happily hunted until he was buried beneath the rose bushes in 2006.
posted by Barbara Spitzer at 2:37 PM on March 8, 2022 [8 favorites]
I ask clients if they don't mind cats, and if they want me to shoo him out - at which point he usually gets a head and chest rub and notification that, "Yes, you are a good boy".
We got our first family cat in 1995 and he was named "Fluffy" by my oldest daughter. He was the best mouser, so there was some nominative dissonance. But then when the three-headed dog in Harry Potter was named "Fluffy", the dissonance was no longer an issue.
We moved closer to my mother in 2004, by which stage I thought Fluffy might appreciate retiring to be with my mother living on her own rather than with a family with six children. He was miserable so we brought him back home after about three weeks, and happily hunted until he was buried beneath the rose bushes in 2006.
posted by Barbara Spitzer at 2:37 PM on March 8, 2022 [8 favorites]
there's clacky keyboards and then there's clacky keyboards
Inventive, if needlessly masochistic...
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:47 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Inventive, if needlessly masochistic...
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:47 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
mumimor, you probably know about dogs and dark chocolate and have looked up how much is dangerous in relation to your dog’s weight but if you haven’t, please do. Someone close to me had a very unfortunate experience so I always feel compelled to speak up.
posted by HotToddy at 2:55 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by HotToddy at 2:55 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
While you are all outside having fun with all your tricephalic cerberi, Roky Erickson is stuck in the Kremlin working with a two headed dog.
posted by otherchaz at 2:58 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by otherchaz at 2:58 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
it may be cheesy, but only one group can provide the soundtrack to this thread
posted by pyramid termite at 2:59 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by pyramid termite at 2:59 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
my god, i can't believe how many key changes they go through in that performance - did they have to huff helium to get through it?
posted by pyramid termite at 3:01 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by pyramid termite at 3:01 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
I've been eating a lot of nuts lately and now my poop makes me look like a beta wolf.
posted by CynicalKnight at 3:06 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by CynicalKnight at 3:06 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I have lived south of the Mason-Dixon line since 1989. I am flying to Denver on Thursday to spend Friday skiing. By "skiing" I mean a 3 or 4 hour beginners class. Please pray for me.
I'm mostly kidding. I'm sure I'll be fine. It'll likely be below zero when we get to Winter Park, and the forecast high is 14F. What could go wrong? The company tab at the bar starts at 2:30 - so I gotta survive to then.
This is "work." My life really does not suck.
posted by COD at 3:13 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
I'm mostly kidding. I'm sure I'll be fine. It'll likely be below zero when we get to Winter Park, and the forecast high is 14F. What could go wrong? The company tab at the bar starts at 2:30 - so I gotta survive to then.
This is "work." My life really does not suck.
posted by COD at 3:13 PM on March 8, 2022 [6 favorites]
mumimor, you probably know about dogs and dark chocolate and have looked up how much is dangerous in relation to your dog’s weight but if you haven’t, please do.
I won't say don't worry, because I worry, but I continuously struggle with my dog's love of chocolate, and we are actually getting to safer levels. Once he ate a whole kilo of chocolate, that he unpacked from a box that was also vacuum wrapped in plastic. Today was more like 40 grams. He will get sick, but not as badly as the other day when he stole a whole bag of sugary, non-chocolate sweets from one of the kids. While he really loves chocolate, he mainly eats other sweets out of spite/loneliness/anger.
But I really can't believe it when the vet tells me about little old ladies who share their chocolates with their dogs.
posted by mumimor at 3:15 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I won't say don't worry, because I worry, but I continuously struggle with my dog's love of chocolate, and we are actually getting to safer levels. Once he ate a whole kilo of chocolate, that he unpacked from a box that was also vacuum wrapped in plastic. Today was more like 40 grams. He will get sick, but not as badly as the other day when he stole a whole bag of sugary, non-chocolate sweets from one of the kids. While he really loves chocolate, he mainly eats other sweets out of spite/loneliness/anger.
But I really can't believe it when the vet tells me about little old ladies who share their chocolates with their dogs.
posted by mumimor at 3:15 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
Re: dogs and chocolate. Not sure if this is already on the table, muminor, and I'm not a vet just a dogperson, but hydrogen peroxide can be used to induce vomiting in canines, so long as nothing hard like plastic (or bones) was ingested. It only takes a capful or two, and works um... surprisingly quickly. I always keep some in the house just for the same scenario you're dealing with.
posted by vers at 3:20 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by vers at 3:20 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
I had to have my dear kitty Purrl put to sleep a couple of weeks ago. She had been kind of wheezing for a month or so, and we thought maybe she just had a virus or something, then she started having spells where she couldn't breathe at all and was gasping with an open mouth and was clearly terrified. When we took her to the animal hospital, it turned out she had a tumor that took up more than 30 percent of her trachea. There was nothing they could do for it. She was the sweetest kitty, spent all day every day snoozing and purring on my lap. I keep looking around for her when I walk into the bedroom.
posted by Daily Alice at 3:45 PM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by Daily Alice at 3:45 PM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
We’re scheduled to go to my wife’s boss’ 50th birthday party Friday night. Her husband has rented a celebration space at a local winery. It’s going to be big shindig. Definitely a spreader event. We’ll likely mask as much as we can, enduring the inevitable nasty looks from the upper-crust hoosier republicans.
I get really super anxious about going out in public anyway, and it’s thrice as bad when it’s among the upper-crust. Which, given my depression, includes pretty much everyone I meet. I don’t have many nice clothes. I have no khakis. So, I’m stuck with wearing the lone pair of nice jeans I own. “Nice” meaning I spent no more than $40 on them. Five years ago. I haven’t figured out shirts yet. Not a big selection there, either.
Double-plus fun: I’m still in the arm brace from my shoulder surgery!
Hopefully, we’re at a table in the back where we can just fade into the shadows and get out early.
But, hey! It’s dinner and an open bar, and, knowing her husband, there should be a couple of nice whiskies to have many of.
posted by Thorzdad at 3:53 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
I get really super anxious about going out in public anyway, and it’s thrice as bad when it’s among the upper-crust. Which, given my depression, includes pretty much everyone I meet. I don’t have many nice clothes. I have no khakis. So, I’m stuck with wearing the lone pair of nice jeans I own. “Nice” meaning I spent no more than $40 on them. Five years ago. I haven’t figured out shirts yet. Not a big selection there, either.
Double-plus fun: I’m still in the arm brace from my shoulder surgery!
Hopefully, we’re at a table in the back where we can just fade into the shadows and get out early.
But, hey! It’s dinner and an open bar, and, knowing her husband, there should be a couple of nice whiskies to have many of.
posted by Thorzdad at 3:53 PM on March 8, 2022 [5 favorites]
Steer clear of "Old Lampshade's", Thorzdad, and you should be fine.
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:03 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:03 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Why are there Zebras?
posted by dg at 4:51 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by dg at 4:51 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Why are there Zebras?
I dunno, you should go Ask!
posted by curious nu at 4:53 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
I dunno, you should go Ask!
posted by curious nu at 4:53 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Why are there Zebras?
Because Giraffes were already done?
posted by Thorzdad at 5:58 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
Because Giraffes were already done?
posted by Thorzdad at 5:58 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
In my neighborhood it is Cerbericito.
posted by Oyéah at 6:04 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Oyéah at 6:04 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
If that's not the name of a rap artist, it should be.
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:55 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 6:55 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
One of my goals for this year is to make my home fit for use by myself and others. I moved during the pandemic and have been camping out here amid the questionable choices of prior occupants. Company is coming in mid-April (aiee), so I've signed up for the spring cleaning cure.
posted by mersen at 6:58 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by mersen at 6:58 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Of course there's no "I"; Cerebus always refers to himself in the third person.
posted by Slothrup at 7:04 PM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by Slothrup at 7:04 PM on March 8, 2022 [9 favorites]
I wrote a blog post about Cerberus way back in the Before Times, because he is a good boy.
posted by obloquy at 7:33 PM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by obloquy at 7:33 PM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
when you visualize Cerberus, what breed of dog do you imagine Cerberus to resemble?
Definitely something double coated though in summer trim. And something close to ur-dogs (wolves). Elkhound maybe.
posted by Mitheral at 7:34 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Definitely something double coated though in summer trim. And something close to ur-dogs (wolves). Elkhound maybe.
posted by Mitheral at 7:34 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
Of course there's no "I"; Cerebus always refers to himself in the third person.
Flagged as fantastic.
I didn't realise that I have a very specific mental image of Cerebrus till the question was asked here. I see him as being a large mixed breed, with lots of wolf and mastiff in there.
The mention of murderbot reminds me of something I only figured out recently and I wonder if this resonates with anyone else:
I have started to think I might be somewhere on the spectrum. And that might also be why I'm so fond of dogs.
One of the things I find so incredibly charming and relatable about dogs is how they are constantly trying to understand the humans they are forced to live with, and how they try their best to communicate with them.
Dogs will adopt human body language and expressions that are alien to them (like some dogs who "smile" by baring their teeth).
They exaggerate their own body language in a sort of clownish mime to show us what they want because most of us don't even realise that dogs communicate differently from how we do.
OMG that's how I feel about humans too!
Although to be fair, it's not surprising that I relate to dogs. Our family dog, Patrushka, adopted me as her puppy when I was a baby and apparently used to wash me and guard me.
One of the earliest phrases I remember is "Patrushka thinks Masha is hers".
Her death was also the first death I encountered. I was four years old. She had to be euthanized because she killed another dog. This was explained to me. I remember sitting on our front step with my arm around her, trying to understand what it meant that she was going to die.
posted by Zumbador at 7:42 PM on March 8, 2022 [13 favorites]
Flagged as fantastic.
I didn't realise that I have a very specific mental image of Cerebrus till the question was asked here. I see him as being a large mixed breed, with lots of wolf and mastiff in there.
The mention of murderbot reminds me of something I only figured out recently and I wonder if this resonates with anyone else:
I have started to think I might be somewhere on the spectrum. And that might also be why I'm so fond of dogs.
One of the things I find so incredibly charming and relatable about dogs is how they are constantly trying to understand the humans they are forced to live with, and how they try their best to communicate with them.
Dogs will adopt human body language and expressions that are alien to them (like some dogs who "smile" by baring their teeth).
They exaggerate their own body language in a sort of clownish mime to show us what they want because most of us don't even realise that dogs communicate differently from how we do.
OMG that's how I feel about humans too!
Although to be fair, it's not surprising that I relate to dogs. Our family dog, Patrushka, adopted me as her puppy when I was a baby and apparently used to wash me and guard me.
One of the earliest phrases I remember is "Patrushka thinks Masha is hers".
Her death was also the first death I encountered. I was four years old. She had to be euthanized because she killed another dog. This was explained to me. I remember sitting on our front step with my arm around her, trying to understand what it meant that she was going to die.
posted by Zumbador at 7:42 PM on March 8, 2022 [13 favorites]
geez Zumbador, thanks
some of us will love dogs, and be loved by dogs. aren't we lucky?
me too, my first death, 4 years old: Tikey
I remember seeing my folks heading down to the highway with my snow sled, a yellow thing with black hand brakes, and it was July and I was confused. I remember sobbing and sobbing, standing on the rear bumper.. my god I remember the neighbour coming down from the path, a grown man make a disparaging remark about my tears and I've hated that man since then and I haven't even heard his name, or seen him, for over 40 years.
I don't think Tikey loved me, she was my dad's dog and too old to have much use for a kid, but she let me handle her ears and she was kind.
posted by elkevelvet at 7:56 PM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
some of us will love dogs, and be loved by dogs. aren't we lucky?
me too, my first death, 4 years old: Tikey
I remember seeing my folks heading down to the highway with my snow sled, a yellow thing with black hand brakes, and it was July and I was confused. I remember sobbing and sobbing, standing on the rear bumper.. my god I remember the neighbour coming down from the path, a grown man make a disparaging remark about my tears and I've hated that man since then and I haven't even heard his name, or seen him, for over 40 years.
I don't think Tikey loved me, she was my dad's dog and too old to have much use for a kid, but she let me handle her ears and she was kind.
posted by elkevelvet at 7:56 PM on March 8, 2022 [7 favorites]
Chihuahua, six bug eyes, six pointy ears, three little yappy, coughing, barks.
posted by Oyéah at 8:02 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Oyéah at 8:02 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
Why are there Zebras?
Because Giraffes were already done?
I thought maybe it was because the animals were created in alphabetical order and there weren't many parts left, since the Platypus used up most of them.
posted by dg at 8:28 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Because Giraffes were already done?
I thought maybe it was because the animals were created in alphabetical order and there weren't many parts left, since the Platypus used up most of them.
posted by dg at 8:28 PM on March 8, 2022 [1 favorite]
Bjorn, Lady Gaga, and Billie Eilish.
Ok thanks, bye for awhile.
posted by firstdaffodils at 9:12 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
Ok thanks, bye for awhile.
posted by firstdaffodils at 9:12 PM on March 8, 2022 [2 favorites]
*please correct to Bjork.
posted by firstdaffodils at 9:18 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by firstdaffodils at 9:18 PM on March 8, 2022 [3 favorites]
God, elkevelvet, I hate that neighbor for you! Scorning someone's grief is so cruel. The only time in my life I was ever violent was in sixth grade, after my grandpa died. I was crying in the bathroom when this horrid girl, supposedly my friend, came in and said something snarky. I exploded, grabbed her by the hair, hit her I suppose, although all I really remember after grabbing her hair was her stupid little quilted purse--she was the only one in our class to carry a purse, a Chanel knockoff--flying across the room. I had her on the floor when someone came in and broke it up. It was so completely out of character for me. That experience gave me a deep appreciation for the formulaic recitation of "I'm sorry for your loss" when someone dies. Better safe than sorry!
posted by HotToddy at 9:57 PM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by HotToddy at 9:57 PM on March 8, 2022 [4 favorites]
dg: Why are there Zebras?
Dunno but the existential question is:
"Is it a black horse with white stripes or a white horse with black stripes?"
Alan Watts: "Neither; it is an invisible horse with stripes so folks don't bump into it."
posted by BobTheScientist at 12:28 AM on March 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
Dunno but the existential question is:
"Is it a black horse with white stripes or a white horse with black stripes?"
Alan Watts: "Neither; it is an invisible horse with stripes so folks don't bump into it."
posted by BobTheScientist at 12:28 AM on March 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
Any of you guys remember how to sit down while wearing hard pants?
I thought it was a fit issue, I bought new jeans in the right sizes and I still don’t want to wear them!
I’ve booked another trip back to England at the end of April, after not being able to travel much during the last two years I am going a ridiculous amount this year with no shame.
posted by ellieBOA at 12:48 AM on March 9, 2022 [1 favorite]
I thought it was a fit issue, I bought new jeans in the right sizes and I still don’t want to wear them!
I’ve booked another trip back to England at the end of April, after not being able to travel much during the last two years I am going a ridiculous amount this year with no shame.
posted by ellieBOA at 12:48 AM on March 9, 2022 [1 favorite]
"Random question not worthy of Ask.Me"
posted by Mister Fabulous
No clue, sorry. But now you can ask as many askmes as you want, no more limits!
"Why are there Zebras?"
posted by dg
I probably read it on metafilter somewhere, but in case you missed it, they think the stripes are to confuse mosquitoes! They hover around zebras, but the color change messes with their depth perception and they have trouble landing.
posted by Grither at 5:12 AM on March 9, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by Mister Fabulous
No clue, sorry. But now you can ask as many askmes as you want, no more limits!
"Why are there Zebras?"
posted by dg
I probably read it on metafilter somewhere, but in case you missed it, they think the stripes are to confuse mosquitoes! They hover around zebras, but the color change messes with their depth perception and they have trouble landing.
posted by Grither at 5:12 AM on March 9, 2022 [3 favorites]
I grabbed the Master Chief Collection on sale on Steam and have started playing Halo: Combat Evolved. It still holds up. And it has a great feature to let you compare the remastered graphics. If you press [tab] it switches the graphics to the original appearance. Which now look shockingly dated. I'm looking forward to playing through the series.
posted by One Hand Slowclapping at 5:44 AM on March 9, 2022
posted by One Hand Slowclapping at 5:44 AM on March 9, 2022
My landlord has to have the house I rent lead certified (required by city ordinance), so I have to mop the hard floors, vacuum the rest, and wash all the woodwork.
The basement doesn't get tested, thank goodness.
It feels distinctly like I'm trying to get my internal teenager to do chores. And they don't wanna.
posted by Wilbefort at 6:34 AM on March 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
The basement doesn't get tested, thank goodness.
It feels distinctly like I'm trying to get my internal teenager to do chores. And they don't wanna.
posted by Wilbefort at 6:34 AM on March 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
so I have to mop the hard floors, vacuum the rest, and wash all the woodwork
would you please post the soundtrack to these labours? cooking and housework are much improved by tunes
posted by elkevelvet at 7:23 AM on March 9, 2022
would you please post the soundtrack to these labours? cooking and housework are much improved by tunes
posted by elkevelvet at 7:23 AM on March 9, 2022
cooking and housework are much improved by tunes
*slides into room*
Okay, checkit: a few months ago I was looking for guidance on a specific cleaning task, and came upon a page for said task, but it had a playlist organized to accompany your work as well. The idea was that if you followed their plan, you would be done with stage 1 by the end of song 2, stage X by the end of song Y, and so on.
But it was a great playlist which I adapted to be my general cleaning playlist, and y'all, it slaps. It's got B-52s, Bowie, James Brown, Bill withers, Jon Batiste, Sly and the Family Stone, Bruno Mars, Outkast, Harry Styles, and Junior Senior in there.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:03 AM on March 9, 2022 [5 favorites]
*slides into room*
Okay, checkit: a few months ago I was looking for guidance on a specific cleaning task, and came upon a page for said task, but it had a playlist organized to accompany your work as well. The idea was that if you followed their plan, you would be done with stage 1 by the end of song 2, stage X by the end of song Y, and so on.
But it was a great playlist which I adapted to be my general cleaning playlist, and y'all, it slaps. It's got B-52s, Bowie, James Brown, Bill withers, Jon Batiste, Sly and the Family Stone, Bruno Mars, Outkast, Harry Styles, and Junior Senior in there.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:03 AM on March 9, 2022 [5 favorites]
I keep trying to listen to something other than Godspeed You! Black Emperor and failing. It fits how I'm feeling a bit too well, the immense emotional range of all the terrible things and all the beautiful things all at once.
Other than that, I successfully automated some tedious stuff at work with a python script and now I'm feeling much more confident in putting python on my resume. It only took me a week to automate a task that took 3 hours a week, so it'll pay off soon enough!
posted by schyler523 at 10:01 AM on March 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
Other than that, I successfully automated some tedious stuff at work with a python script and now I'm feeling much more confident in putting python on my resume. It only took me a week to automate a task that took 3 hours a week, so it'll pay off soon enough!
posted by schyler523 at 10:01 AM on March 9, 2022 [2 favorites]
BTW, the question answered above is 'what do cerberus heads look like?"
posted by firstdaffodils at 10:08 AM on March 9, 2022
posted by firstdaffodils at 10:08 AM on March 9, 2022
What I think of when I think of Cerberus: kind of like Hydra in the MCU, or maybe Project Cadmus in the DCEU, or just a bunch of black ops evil science assholes in any random space opera (this is from Mass Effect). Bonus: Jack (former subject of a particularly heinous Cerberus project to increase her quasi-psychic superpowers) and Miranda (former Cerberus operative) have drinks.
posted by Halloween Jack at 1:33 PM on March 9, 2022
posted by Halloween Jack at 1:33 PM on March 9, 2022
Honestly, I hope that Cerberus is, like, three Scotty heads, each of them with their own personality and regional accent, and not always agreeing on everything.
posted by hippybear at 2:40 PM on March 9, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 2:40 PM on March 9, 2022 [3 favorites]
Fun update: I just got asked to be in Evita at my current home theater, as they are short on people and said they'd work around my rehearsing for the 10 minute play. I'm considering for various reasons, including that I feel bad leaving them and not so good about the place with no safety protocols. I swore I'd take a long break because apparently Evita is even more intense than the show I'm in now for ensemble, but after two days of being home I'm now kinda bored :P
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:48 PM on March 9, 2022
posted by jenfullmoon at 2:48 PM on March 9, 2022
Evita is a gigantic amount of work. I've longed to do the show for decades, but I'm not diving into a production right now.
posted by hippybear at 5:10 PM on March 9, 2022
posted by hippybear at 5:10 PM on March 9, 2022
including that I feel bad leaving them
The truth is you never left them.
You kept your promise, just social distance.
posted by mochapickle at 5:44 PM on March 9, 2022 [17 favorites]
The truth is you never left them.
You kept your promise, just social distance.
posted by mochapickle at 5:44 PM on March 9, 2022 [17 favorites]
We've been having surprisingly nice spring weather compared to our usual this time of year and while I don't always take my camera with me on a casual afternoon walk, I decided to do so today.
Bald eagles are pretty common around here - more days than not if I needed to look at one I could look out my front window and scan the trees on the opposing hillside until I spot a white head among the branches.
But I have taken very few decent photos of them because the color scheme of the mature adults is a challenge for me when it comes to getting the exposure correct (i.e. without either blowing out the white head or underexposing the dark body) and to complicate matters they are rarely considerate enough to sit still in good lighting.
Today was an exception to that and that added a nice bonus to what was already a pretty fine spring afternoon stroll.
posted by Nerd of the North at 9:32 PM on March 9, 2022 [7 favorites]
Bald eagles are pretty common around here - more days than not if I needed to look at one I could look out my front window and scan the trees on the opposing hillside until I spot a white head among the branches.
But I have taken very few decent photos of them because the color scheme of the mature adults is a challenge for me when it comes to getting the exposure correct (i.e. without either blowing out the white head or underexposing the dark body) and to complicate matters they are rarely considerate enough to sit still in good lighting.
Today was an exception to that and that added a nice bonus to what was already a pretty fine spring afternoon stroll.
posted by Nerd of the North at 9:32 PM on March 9, 2022 [7 favorites]
I have watched act 1 of Evita so far online (I watched one production and then switched to another) and I'm all "um....seriously, I just see people wandering around, I was expecting intense dance numbers or people playing multiple parts and it just doesn't look THAT intense?" Also compared to Urinetown, there's more moments with lead roles only onstage so presumably the ensemble can find some time to pee or something (I note we have 1 10 minute break apiece per act in Urinetown). I messaged the director to ask what the big deal with ensemble is is, because so far I'm not seeing it?
The truth is you never left them.
You kept your promise, just social distance.
LOL. My therapist was singing Evita at me (similar topic) during session yesterday when I said I felt guilty for not auditioning, and sent me another text themed to Argentina after I told her the news. "If you choose not to do Evita/It's not strategic/I'll have no pity/I can't help it/Look at the evidence," followed by a bunch of affectionate/head-exploding emojis.
My auditions for the 10 minute plays tonight went well and was a lot of fun. My old theater friend group was the entire bunch that went tonight (not too many people auditioned for for these, apparently), so presumably I get in at least one. One of the directors was a guy I met at the previous 10 minute festival once and thought "this guy is never going to cast me" and he was a lot nicer tonight, though I still suspect he wouldn't cast me. He definitely preferred my other female friend to me on my second choice show because she got to read longer. Ah, whatever, I suppose. I will hopefully at least get in my friend's show. It was really gratifying to see one of my friends reading her show aloud tonight and TOTALLY LOSING IT and I was all "I warned you! I've been telling you about this play! Shoulda read it beforehand!" I wish I could have filmed it for her, it was very gratifying.
posted by jenfullmoon at 11:07 PM on March 9, 2022
The truth is you never left them.
You kept your promise, just social distance.
LOL. My therapist was singing Evita at me (similar topic) during session yesterday when I said I felt guilty for not auditioning, and sent me another text themed to Argentina after I told her the news. "If you choose not to do Evita/It's not strategic/I'll have no pity/I can't help it/Look at the evidence," followed by a bunch of affectionate/head-exploding emojis.
My auditions for the 10 minute plays tonight went well and was a lot of fun. My old theater friend group was the entire bunch that went tonight (not too many people auditioned for for these, apparently), so presumably I get in at least one. One of the directors was a guy I met at the previous 10 minute festival once and thought "this guy is never going to cast me" and he was a lot nicer tonight, though I still suspect he wouldn't cast me. He definitely preferred my other female friend to me on my second choice show because she got to read longer. Ah, whatever, I suppose. I will hopefully at least get in my friend's show. It was really gratifying to see one of my friends reading her show aloud tonight and TOTALLY LOSING IT and I was all "I warned you! I've been telling you about this play! Shoulda read it beforehand!" I wish I could have filmed it for her, it was very gratifying.
posted by jenfullmoon at 11:07 PM on March 9, 2022
Ah, I've been waiting for this. Back by no popular demand, it's another recipe by yours truly:
valkane’s Huevos Rancheros (or Breakfast Chilaqiles)
1 small potato
1/2 a medium jalapeño
1/4 red onion (or shallot, or onion, whatever)
olive oil
butter
2 eggs
handful of tortilla chips
1 crumbled slice of pepper jack cheese
Sauce:
1 tbs. sour cream
1/2 tbs. of mayo
dash of garlic powder
dash of Italian herbs
1 tbs. Milk
salt & pepper
Dice potato into 1/2 inch cubes. Microwave for one minute with a knob of butter. Heat a small (8”) cast iron skillet with a drizzle of olive oil. Add potatoes. Salt and pepper. Turn heat to low.
De-seed and remove pith and ribs from jalapeño and dice. Add to skillet after potatoes have begun to get brown and crispy. Cook until peppers are soft, then add diced red onion. Salt and pepper.
Keep the heat low. Once onions have softened, push everything to one side and add a little more butter, then crack eggs into the pan. Continue cooking on low heat until bottom of eggs have set.
Crumble tortilla chips over the top, then add crumbled cheese. Cover and turn off heat.
Mix sour cream, mayo, garlic powder, Italian herbs and milk in small bowl. Whisk until incorporated and thin enough to drizzle (add more milk if needed).
Once sauce is complete, use a spatula to transfer eggs and potato hash to a plate. Drizzle with sauce. Enjoy.
Serves 1 outlaw cook. Double everything (including the size of your skillet) to serve 2.
Cook’s note: I throw in hot sauce, compound butters (like tarragon) southwest seasoning (garlic, chili and cumin powder), Aleppo chile flakes, salsa verde, salsa roja, any kind of cheese, whatever when making this. So don’t let my recipe limit you. Got serrano peppers? Use those instead! Don’t have tortilla chips? Serve over a toasted English muffin! Go crazy! Got some chives? Hell yeah! This is your farmer’s eggs!
Eggs can be temperamental, so use your own judgement. I like mine with soft yolks, but if you want them well-cooked, you can add a teaspoon of water to the skillet before you cover it. Or you can transfer the whole shebang to your broiler (uncovered) to finish.
¡Buen provecho!
posted by valkane at 6:03 AM on March 10, 2022 [6 favorites]
valkane’s Huevos Rancheros (or Breakfast Chilaqiles)
1 small potato
1/2 a medium jalapeño
1/4 red onion (or shallot, or onion, whatever)
olive oil
butter
2 eggs
handful of tortilla chips
1 crumbled slice of pepper jack cheese
Sauce:
1 tbs. sour cream
1/2 tbs. of mayo
dash of garlic powder
dash of Italian herbs
1 tbs. Milk
salt & pepper
Dice potato into 1/2 inch cubes. Microwave for one minute with a knob of butter. Heat a small (8”) cast iron skillet with a drizzle of olive oil. Add potatoes. Salt and pepper. Turn heat to low.
De-seed and remove pith and ribs from jalapeño and dice. Add to skillet after potatoes have begun to get brown and crispy. Cook until peppers are soft, then add diced red onion. Salt and pepper.
Keep the heat low. Once onions have softened, push everything to one side and add a little more butter, then crack eggs into the pan. Continue cooking on low heat until bottom of eggs have set.
Crumble tortilla chips over the top, then add crumbled cheese. Cover and turn off heat.
Mix sour cream, mayo, garlic powder, Italian herbs and milk in small bowl. Whisk until incorporated and thin enough to drizzle (add more milk if needed).
Once sauce is complete, use a spatula to transfer eggs and potato hash to a plate. Drizzle with sauce. Enjoy.
Serves 1 outlaw cook. Double everything (including the size of your skillet) to serve 2.
Cook’s note: I throw in hot sauce, compound butters (like tarragon) southwest seasoning (garlic, chili and cumin powder), Aleppo chile flakes, salsa verde, salsa roja, any kind of cheese, whatever when making this. So don’t let my recipe limit you. Got serrano peppers? Use those instead! Don’t have tortilla chips? Serve over a toasted English muffin! Go crazy! Got some chives? Hell yeah! This is your farmer’s eggs!
Eggs can be temperamental, so use your own judgement. I like mine with soft yolks, but if you want them well-cooked, you can add a teaspoon of water to the skillet before you cover it. Or you can transfer the whole shebang to your broiler (uncovered) to finish.
¡Buen provecho!
posted by valkane at 6:03 AM on March 10, 2022 [6 favorites]
I went by the pottery studio this morning, just to lurk. It's spring break here, so nobody's using it, and bisque firings have just started. I think all my stuff is in the kiln, I didn't see any of it.
However, everyone else's stuff on the drying racks was SO GOOD - people got into surface decoration this semester, and there were a couple of slab building workshops, so there are new forms and new ideas all over the place. I get such a kick out of making things and seeing what others are making.
- A friend decided to build gnomes and owls. Gnomes! Owls!
- A student got really into slip with sgraffito decoration, on the tiniest thrown vases you ever saw. Think dollhouse size.
- One of the workshops led to a bunch of slab-built casserole dishes, many of them with folded edges that look like takeout cartons. I love them all!
- Someone had sculpted a single boot! Like, just an untied messily laced boot, about 3 inches tall.
Me, I decided that vessels with feet are what I want. Lots of tripod bowls. Also a single mug with no handle (handles are still intimidating.)
After spring break comes GLAZING, which is also very fun. Which colors? How apply? What outcomes? Much to think about.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 8:10 AM on March 10, 2022 [6 favorites]
However, everyone else's stuff on the drying racks was SO GOOD - people got into surface decoration this semester, and there were a couple of slab building workshops, so there are new forms and new ideas all over the place. I get such a kick out of making things and seeing what others are making.
- A friend decided to build gnomes and owls. Gnomes! Owls!
- A student got really into slip with sgraffito decoration, on the tiniest thrown vases you ever saw. Think dollhouse size.
- One of the workshops led to a bunch of slab-built casserole dishes, many of them with folded edges that look like takeout cartons. I love them all!
- Someone had sculpted a single boot! Like, just an untied messily laced boot, about 3 inches tall.
Me, I decided that vessels with feet are what I want. Lots of tripod bowls. Also a single mug with no handle (handles are still intimidating.)
After spring break comes GLAZING, which is also very fun. Which colors? How apply? What outcomes? Much to think about.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 8:10 AM on March 10, 2022 [6 favorites]
Part of this past weekend was spent helping the Randomlet put together their ukulele. They did in fact do the majority of the assembly, though I strung it (knots are still hard). However, comma, I've ended up playing the thing more than Randomlet ... a lot more. Which isn't fair.
So later this morning, when the plumber is finally done with this now week-long project of replacing the master bath tub and faucet and drain, I'm going to go buy my own. As a reward, yeah, that's why. Totally.
I've been interested in it for a while, and have been considering whether to make it or a concertina my next instrument. This is just a push in the right direction.
posted by Quasirandom at 8:44 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
So later this morning, when the plumber is finally done with this now week-long project of replacing the master bath tub and faucet and drain, I'm going to go buy my own. As a reward, yeah, that's why. Totally.
I've been interested in it for a while, and have been considering whether to make it or a concertina my next instrument. This is just a push in the right direction.
posted by Quasirandom at 8:44 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
..is the title of this post referring to Cerberus as a wiener? (He's a hot dog-)
posted by firstdaffodils at 8:49 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by firstdaffodils at 8:49 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
I hope this is okay to put here, because I feel like such a total idiot for not being able to figure this out, but...is there not a way to create a new post on mobile? I always end up switching to standard to post an AskMe and feeling like the site has defeated me.
Also, while I have you all here listening to my questions that don't rise to the level of a MetaTalk post, can someone please for the love of God tell me why this joke about fishing is funny?!?! Please. It haunts me.
posted by Snarl Furillo at 9:25 AM on March 10, 2022
Also, while I have you all here listening to my questions that don't rise to the level of a MetaTalk post, can someone please for the love of God tell me why this joke about fishing is funny?!?! Please. It haunts me.
posted by Snarl Furillo at 9:25 AM on March 10, 2022
Little Charlie has not realized that the kind of fish makes no difference to the total number of fishes, or he's unable to add ten and five, so it's funny because mocking people who can't do things is funny. Either that or he was just trolling the teacher for the lulz, and trolling is also a kind of fishing, so it's vaguely a meta-pun. Two stars out of five from me.
posted by flabdablet at 9:42 AM on March 10, 2022
posted by flabdablet at 9:42 AM on March 10, 2022
My own interpretation is that the humor comes from the deliberate nonsense of the premise (getting the species of fish wrong makes a difference in the counting process).
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:46 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:46 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
is there not a way to create a new post on mobile? I always end up switching to standard to post an AskMe and feeling like the site has defeated me.
The only way I know how to do this involves saving the New Question link as a browser bookmark. And the posting form isn't that great on mobile, I need to turn the phone sideways to make it usable.
posted by flabdablet at 9:48 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
The only way I know how to do this involves saving the New Question link as a browser bookmark. And the posting form isn't that great on mobile, I need to turn the phone sideways to make it usable.
posted by flabdablet at 9:48 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
To establish my credentials for awarding ★★☆☆☆ ratings to treasured family jokes, I would like to point out that the only joke my mother claimed to be able to remember was the one about Mummy Bear and Daddy Bear having had a baby who was born with no fur, so they called him Fred.
posted by flabdablet at 9:53 AM on March 10, 2022
posted by flabdablet at 9:53 AM on March 10, 2022
Oh my god. So the fish joke is not about:
-some unknown to me similarity between more common names for the involved species of fish
-some fishing pun in which "counting perches" sounds like another fishing thing
-perch as a homonym (fish species, thing bird stands on)
That is a... frustrating relief? I really thought was getting tripped up by my lack of domain knowledge.
flabdablet, thanks for the new question link! Good to know there wasn't something super obvious that I was missing.
posted by Snarl Furillo at 9:54 AM on March 10, 2022
-some unknown to me similarity between more common names for the involved species of fish
-some fishing pun in which "counting perches" sounds like another fishing thing
-perch as a homonym (fish species, thing bird stands on)
That is a... frustrating relief? I really thought was getting tripped up by my lack of domain knowledge.
flabdablet, thanks for the new question link! Good to know there wasn't something super obvious that I was missing.
posted by Snarl Furillo at 9:54 AM on March 10, 2022
so they called him Fred.
..."Fred Bear" as in "threadbare"?
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:31 AM on March 10, 2022
..."Fred Bear" as in "threadbare"?
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:31 AM on March 10, 2022
If you click on the person icon on the top right you have the option to make a new post or question.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 10:43 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 10:43 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
"Fred Bear" as in "threadbare"?
It is, rather, isn't it?
I always preferred the riddle she'd usually use to follow up the only joke she claimed to be able to remember.
Q: Why is a mouse when it spins?
A: Because the higher the few.
posted by flabdablet at 11:02 AM on March 10, 2022
It is, rather, isn't it?
I always preferred the riddle she'd usually use to follow up the only joke she claimed to be able to remember.
Q: Why is a mouse when it spins?
A: Because the higher the few.
posted by flabdablet at 11:02 AM on March 10, 2022
Oh, and when asked by the unwary if she meant "fewer", she'd always say no. Quite emphatically. And chuckle.
I miss my mum.
posted by flabdablet at 11:09 AM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
I miss my mum.
posted by flabdablet at 11:09 AM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
Yesterday, I had planned to make American-Chinese beef and broccoli because I found some really cheap broccoli. While I was in the store, looking for some beef, I bought noodles on impulse. I haven't had a lo mein dish for decades because I thought I didn't like it, but because of this weird impulse, I now know that I do like it, I just didn't like the one they made at the incredibly cheap and greasy Chinese restaurant next to the dorm I lived in when I was a student.
But the beef -- normally, when I am planning to make a stir-fry with beef, I buy a nice small single steak of good quality. This is very simple where I live, because there are tons of singles in the area, and at the local supermarkets, you can either just pick one up from the counter or ask the in-store butcher for a good steak. But yesterday, I decided to shop at the store near my workplace, and things were very different. The in-store butcher only made micro-wave-ready dishes, and in the counter, there were only family-size packages. I guess in that area, near the Technical University, singles microwave stuff, and families eat cheap meat in large amounts. In the end, I went for a package of strips of beef, which I guessed was intended for either Stroganoff or stir-frys. Well, I don't know what the intention was, but the meat was absolutely not good for fast cooking, neither Stroganoff nor in the wok. There were lots of delicious aspects of my lo mein (thanks again Woks of Life), but the meat was not one.
Anyway, I had already divided the package of meat, with the intention of making something else today, and after the disaster yesterday, I decided the solution had to be something long-cooked, like goulash. But I didn't want to make an authentic Hungarian goulash, I wanted a stew with mashed potatoes. And right now, something is simmering on my stovetop and it looks and smells amazing and authentic, and is still very soup-like, and now I am tempted to make the soup instead of the stew. Oh, the dilemma!
And what a privilege! Just a couple of generations ago, people here could never have Chinese food one day, and Hungarian the next, not to speak of American versions of both, as well as tons of other foods from all the countries and regions of the world. I have my grandmother's "round the world" cookbook, and the recipes are all near inedible, they are versions made by local home economy teachers who had never travelled abroad, and who couldn't understand the recipes they heard of from other countries. They probably didn't understand other languages either, so their sources were probably already botched in translation.
posted by mumimor at 11:15 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
But the beef -- normally, when I am planning to make a stir-fry with beef, I buy a nice small single steak of good quality. This is very simple where I live, because there are tons of singles in the area, and at the local supermarkets, you can either just pick one up from the counter or ask the in-store butcher for a good steak. But yesterday, I decided to shop at the store near my workplace, and things were very different. The in-store butcher only made micro-wave-ready dishes, and in the counter, there were only family-size packages. I guess in that area, near the Technical University, singles microwave stuff, and families eat cheap meat in large amounts. In the end, I went for a package of strips of beef, which I guessed was intended for either Stroganoff or stir-frys. Well, I don't know what the intention was, but the meat was absolutely not good for fast cooking, neither Stroganoff nor in the wok. There were lots of delicious aspects of my lo mein (thanks again Woks of Life), but the meat was not one.
Anyway, I had already divided the package of meat, with the intention of making something else today, and after the disaster yesterday, I decided the solution had to be something long-cooked, like goulash. But I didn't want to make an authentic Hungarian goulash, I wanted a stew with mashed potatoes. And right now, something is simmering on my stovetop and it looks and smells amazing and authentic, and is still very soup-like, and now I am tempted to make the soup instead of the stew. Oh, the dilemma!
And what a privilege! Just a couple of generations ago, people here could never have Chinese food one day, and Hungarian the next, not to speak of American versions of both, as well as tons of other foods from all the countries and regions of the world. I have my grandmother's "round the world" cookbook, and the recipes are all near inedible, they are versions made by local home economy teachers who had never travelled abroad, and who couldn't understand the recipes they heard of from other countries. They probably didn't understand other languages either, so their sources were probably already botched in translation.
posted by mumimor at 11:15 AM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
Amazon sells special-purpose sauce botchers, but I generally just use a cast iron pan. I find I can botch them just as quickly in that.
posted by flabdablet at 11:24 AM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 11:24 AM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
I broke my arm Sunday doing Hot Farmgirl Shit, and yesterday I had surgery on it to install a plate and some screws to pull it all back together nice and tight. The post-op pain peaked at like a 9 on the pain scale and I spent most of the evening at around a 6-7 still, despite having oxy, tylenol, aleve, gabapentin, and a nerve block. Much better today but when I spoke to the bone doc today she said be prepared for the pain to go back up when the nerve block wears off some time in the next 24 hours. So this has not been a good week!
posted by drlith at 11:53 AM on March 10, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by drlith at 11:53 AM on March 10, 2022 [9 favorites]
I had a quick-hit post on LinkedIn get picked up in one of their sidebar news items yesterday, so it's been weird seeing comments and reactions from lots of people outside my tiny network. I've been trying to engage with the people who commented, but I doubt I'm going to get much of a long term boost from it.
posted by fedward at 11:54 AM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by fedward at 11:54 AM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
Hot Farmgirl Shit?!? *raises eyebrow*
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:01 PM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by jenfullmoon at 12:01 PM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
I got a call back on one of my two job applications! Playing phone tag right now, will try from my side again in an hour (not to be too pesky).
posted by hippybear at 12:18 PM on March 10, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 12:18 PM on March 10, 2022 [4 favorites]
Oh bumpkin, I know this is late to the game, but I'm so sorry. We went through something very similar with my partner's dog last year, and it was so hard and so gross (frankly). But I am here to cast another vote for fighting through it -- it took a long time for our girl to heal up but she did, and now she is in robust old-lady-dog health. But that 24/7 care, the worry about "is this getting better? is it worse?" is just so hard.
I don't know that your vet is wrong, necessarily, and certainly if that is their honest opinion then they can and should give it. Sometimes, though, I think vets are blunt about euthanasia because they worry that people feel too guilty to even consider it, and they want to put it on the table. i hope if you are not choosing that option, that your vet practice can work out a good pain management regimen for her.
Sending good healing vibes to your pup and restful, calm ones to you.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 1:07 PM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
I don't know that your vet is wrong, necessarily, and certainly if that is their honest opinion then they can and should give it. Sometimes, though, I think vets are blunt about euthanasia because they worry that people feel too guilty to even consider it, and they want to put it on the table. i hope if you are not choosing that option, that your vet practice can work out a good pain management regimen for her.
Sending good healing vibes to your pup and restful, calm ones to you.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 1:07 PM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
The man who killed Ché Guevara, passed away today at 80 years old.
“It was the worst moment of my life,” he told reporters later. “I saw Che large, very large. His eyes shone intensely. I felt him coming over me and when he fixed his gaze on me, it made me dizzy ...
“‘Calm yourself,’ he told me, ‘and aim well! You are going to kill a man!’ Then I took a step back toward the door, close my eyes and fired.”
From The Guardian, today.
posted by Oyéah at 1:34 PM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
“It was the worst moment of my life,” he told reporters later. “I saw Che large, very large. His eyes shone intensely. I felt him coming over me and when he fixed his gaze on me, it made me dizzy ...
“‘Calm yourself,’ he told me, ‘and aim well! You are going to kill a man!’ Then I took a step back toward the door, close my eyes and fired.”
From The Guardian, today.
posted by Oyéah at 1:34 PM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
Finally decided to get a haircut, double checked the time the shop opens on google maps, on a whim clicked on their website, closed for two weeks. Well enjoy the tennis Phil. Hmm never tried to pull back into a pony tail...
posted by sammyo at 4:02 PM on March 10, 2022
posted by sammyo at 4:02 PM on March 10, 2022
I busted someone for lying today. Like holy shit, I am baffled that this person went to the lengths that they did with this lie. How on earth did they think they weren't going to get busted for this?!? It's ridiculous and I can't get over laughing in my head about the whole thing.
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:40 PM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by jenfullmoon at 4:40 PM on March 10, 2022 [1 favorite]
Just heard that my country is almost out of the Pfizer vaccines that were donated, so my next booster will have to be j&j. Just as we're approaching winter and expect a 5th wave fairly soon. Lots of jokes around here about working hard on perfecting the next South African variant.
Am enjoying my new morning ritual of extremely dark chocolate with my SSRI.
posted by Zumbador at 7:10 PM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
Am enjoying my new morning ritual of extremely dark chocolate with my SSRI.
posted by Zumbador at 7:10 PM on March 10, 2022 [2 favorites]
rediscovered Paul's Boutique today. It owns. Shake Your Rump, y'all.
posted by dismas at 8:39 AM on March 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by dismas at 8:39 AM on March 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
I have to go and have dinner with a very old and quite deaf lady soon. She is brilliant. I really, really like her and I can't cancel because she is an old lady and she can't handle changes. But my PTSD has been acting up. I woke up at 4:30AM after a series of nightmares and even though I took the afternoon off, I haven't recovered and couldn't get the nap I had hoped for. I don't know how or why, but the PTSD comes with inflammation of joints and stomach and those symptoms have increased dramatically after my otherwise mild bout with corona.
I think I'll walk over there. Maybe the fresh air will help...
posted by mumimor at 8:55 AM on March 11, 2022 [4 favorites]
I think I'll walk over there. Maybe the fresh air will help...
posted by mumimor at 8:55 AM on March 11, 2022 [4 favorites]
CD sales see first growth since 2004
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posted by Monochrome at 10:10 AM on March 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
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posted by Monochrome at 10:10 AM on March 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
other previously mundane skills that have atrophied in the past two years?
The domestic arts. All of them. This morning I got winded shaking out and resettling the quilt that covers my couch. If I carry in groceries from the car I have to lie on my bed for a minute or two until I catch my breath.
By default I’m alone about 99% of the time which is what it is. The other day I achieved transcendent isolation. It was almost a physical sensation but the mental sensation was a desolate island and there was no one else in the world. It felt like accepting a fact.
On the 21st I’m starting a full-time job. For all my efforts I haven’t had full-time work since June of 2014 and while I’ve tried being a contractor and a freelancer I just can’t do it. The instability has been painful and I’m fantasizing about having a 401(k).
I haven’t seen anyone in my family in over 3.5 years - it’s been almost four since I’ve seen my mom. She’s figuratively talked me off the ledge so many times in the past few years, I may not have made it without her. I booked a flight for next week - I’ll see her at the bus stop at exit 8 at 9:45 AM on St. Patrick’s day.
I’m sitting on my front porch relaxing. I can’t remember the last time I was still anywhere but on my couch. There’s warm sunlight on my leg and the cherry blossoms across the street are just starting to bloom.
posted by bendy at 2:26 PM on March 11, 2022 [3 favorites]
The domestic arts. All of them. This morning I got winded shaking out and resettling the quilt that covers my couch. If I carry in groceries from the car I have to lie on my bed for a minute or two until I catch my breath.
By default I’m alone about 99% of the time which is what it is. The other day I achieved transcendent isolation. It was almost a physical sensation but the mental sensation was a desolate island and there was no one else in the world. It felt like accepting a fact.
On the 21st I’m starting a full-time job. For all my efforts I haven’t had full-time work since June of 2014 and while I’ve tried being a contractor and a freelancer I just can’t do it. The instability has been painful and I’m fantasizing about having a 401(k).
I haven’t seen anyone in my family in over 3.5 years - it’s been almost four since I’ve seen my mom. She’s figuratively talked me off the ledge so many times in the past few years, I may not have made it without her. I booked a flight for next week - I’ll see her at the bus stop at exit 8 at 9:45 AM on St. Patrick’s day.
I’m sitting on my front porch relaxing. I can’t remember the last time I was still anywhere but on my couch. There’s warm sunlight on my leg and the cherry blossoms across the street are just starting to bloom.
posted by bendy at 2:26 PM on March 11, 2022 [3 favorites]
Following up on yesterday, after work I became the eager owner of a tenor ukulele. I've been strumming various chords from tablature charts online, and looking at apps for lessons. At the moment I'm doing a free one-week trial of Yousician but plan to try a few more.
Does anyone have any recs? Or possibly must-have lesson books?
posted by Quasirandom at 3:21 PM on March 11, 2022
Does anyone have any recs? Or possibly must-have lesson books?
posted by Quasirandom at 3:21 PM on March 11, 2022
I have no specific recommendations but I am excited and happy for you! The uke is really fun and approachable as an instrument, and you can in principle use just about any guitar reference for it too if you don't mind things being a little wonky, which is nice.
posted by cortex at 3:34 PM on March 11, 2022
posted by cortex at 3:34 PM on March 11, 2022
after work I became the eager owner of a tenor ukulele
I had more success with the free parts of the app Yousician than anything else I have ever tried to learn the uke. Hopping on their site right now it looks like they're a lot less generous with free content than when I tried it, but might be worth looking at.
posted by Shepherd at 4:20 PM on March 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
I had more success with the free parts of the app Yousician than anything else I have ever tried to learn the uke. Hopping on their site right now it looks like they're a lot less generous with free content than when I tried it, but might be worth looking at.
posted by Shepherd at 4:20 PM on March 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
And you may say to yourself, "Well? How did 'I' get here?"
Letting the days go by, let the hot-dogs something something
posted by not_on_display at 9:07 PM on March 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
Letting the days go by, let the hot-dogs something something
posted by not_on_display at 9:07 PM on March 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
Here on my 8th week of 3+ dogs in one house, I have to wonder if Cerebus plays bitey face with himself. Bitey face is a big hit at 7 in the morning here, which is the earliest I will now let the puppy sisters get me out of bed.
We're down to two of the three fosters, plus our resident dog, who's gone from hating their existence to loving them. He's likely part beagle, but also part cat, because he doesn't want to be outside or inside, he wants be within 5 feet of the back door with the door open at all times. Even when it's below freezing out.
Our house is slowly sinking on one side, and until we fix it alter this year with pylons sunk down to bedrock, all the doors are janky and don't latch right, which means that Back Door: Open or Closed? is a constant power struggle between humans and beasts, because the beasts can just pounce at the door and it will open unless we have it dead bolted. This is the face I get when I tell him I am not playing the door game anymore and he's won himself a ticket to the inside of the closed door.
If you know anyone in Colorado who's considering getting a puppy, you can shoot me a message about this girl. She's pretty special, but three dog heads is just too many.
posted by deludingmyself at 6:59 AM on March 12, 2022 [4 favorites]
We're down to two of the three fosters, plus our resident dog, who's gone from hating their existence to loving them. He's likely part beagle, but also part cat, because he doesn't want to be outside or inside, he wants be within 5 feet of the back door with the door open at all times. Even when it's below freezing out.
Our house is slowly sinking on one side, and until we fix it alter this year with pylons sunk down to bedrock, all the doors are janky and don't latch right, which means that Back Door: Open or Closed? is a constant power struggle between humans and beasts, because the beasts can just pounce at the door and it will open unless we have it dead bolted. This is the face I get when I tell him I am not playing the door game anymore and he's won himself a ticket to the inside of the closed door.
If you know anyone in Colorado who's considering getting a puppy, you can shoot me a message about this girl. She's pretty special, but three dog heads is just too many.
posted by deludingmyself at 6:59 AM on March 12, 2022 [4 favorites]
Thanks, cortex and Shepherd.
This is my first foray into strings -- well, not counting piano. My collection is mostly recorders and ocarinas.
posted by Quasirandom at 10:13 AM on March 12, 2022
This is my first foray into strings -- well, not counting piano. My collection is mostly recorders and ocarinas.
posted by Quasirandom at 10:13 AM on March 12, 2022
My brother had to put down his old man cat (17 years) on Wednesday. When he took Bowie to the vet last week the doctor said she thought it was leukemia. Bill brought Bowie home and loved on him. I went over on Tuesday to spend sometime with Bowie. He was skin and bones. The vet is closed on Wednesday, so Bill decided Thursday was the day. Thursday morning, Bowie no longer wanted to eat. Bill said goodbye. His other cats are kinda lost now that Bowie is gone. I miss Bowie too.
posted by kathrynm at 9:03 AM on March 13, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by kathrynm at 9:03 AM on March 13, 2022 [6 favorites]
I wonder if it would be better for pets if they saw their friends dead?
Often, we just take them away, they disappear, and their friends have no idea what happened. Did anyone do research on this?
Back when I was a kid, I had two ponies. The first was a Welsh Mountain, and then I got a New Forest pony when I grew too tall. They were dear friends. At some point, I got to take the New Forest with me to the city and the Welsh Mountain was left behind at my grandparents' farm. Not at all alone, he had his mum and his brother, and his friend's sister and her multiple off-spring, because my grandmother was building a succesfull pony farm. But I will always remember the first time I came back to the farm with my New Forest pony, the joy the two guys showed when reconnecting. I felt they had written each other off as forever gone and then reconnecting seemed like a miracle. After that, they seemed to get used to the fact that big guy went away for a while every year.
Maybe I'm just imagining stuff, but I was very close to both of them, they would follow me around like puppies, I could ride them without reins, and once when the little guy was ill, I slept with him in his stable till he recovered. I felt I knew them and their feelings.
posted by mumimor at 2:12 PM on March 13, 2022 [3 favorites]
Often, we just take them away, they disappear, and their friends have no idea what happened. Did anyone do research on this?
Back when I was a kid, I had two ponies. The first was a Welsh Mountain, and then I got a New Forest pony when I grew too tall. They were dear friends. At some point, I got to take the New Forest with me to the city and the Welsh Mountain was left behind at my grandparents' farm. Not at all alone, he had his mum and his brother, and his friend's sister and her multiple off-spring, because my grandmother was building a succesfull pony farm. But I will always remember the first time I came back to the farm with my New Forest pony, the joy the two guys showed when reconnecting. I felt they had written each other off as forever gone and then reconnecting seemed like a miracle. After that, they seemed to get used to the fact that big guy went away for a while every year.
Maybe I'm just imagining stuff, but I was very close to both of them, they would follow me around like puppies, I could ride them without reins, and once when the little guy was ill, I slept with him in his stable till he recovered. I felt I knew them and their feelings.
posted by mumimor at 2:12 PM on March 13, 2022 [3 favorites]
Getting in a day before Caeser's Knife Salad Day, it's a new Free Thread.
posted by cortex at 7:38 AM on March 14, 2022
posted by cortex at 7:38 AM on March 14, 2022
I wonder if it would be better for pets if they saw their friends dead?
I don't know. My mother's dogs have not ever been quite the same, since their fearless leader died in front of them. It was too awful, they were the ones who alerted my mother, and crowded around her the whole time. I do not think the Big Derp Girl has ever been back into that room, she won't even go upstairs anymore. Little Beast became a real jerk and a bully without Fearless Leader around to keep her in line -- but that might have happened regardless.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 10:16 AM on March 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
I don't know. My mother's dogs have not ever been quite the same, since their fearless leader died in front of them. It was too awful, they were the ones who alerted my mother, and crowded around her the whole time. I do not think the Big Derp Girl has ever been back into that room, she won't even go upstairs anymore. Little Beast became a real jerk and a bully without Fearless Leader around to keep her in line -- but that might have happened regardless.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 10:16 AM on March 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
My kitty Ivory searched the house for my dad (her person) when he passed. It lasted a couple weeks. Now she's decided that I can be her person.
posted by kathrynm at 4:39 PM on March 14, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by kathrynm at 4:39 PM on March 14, 2022 [5 favorites]
I am struggling to control my facial expressions when people do the dumbs. I always have but it's worse now that I sometimes forget I have a visible face.
Have you read Murderbot?
Why would I read my life story when I can watch recorded dramas?
posted by srboisvert at 9:48 AM on March 22, 2022 [3 favorites]
Have you read Murderbot?
Why would I read my life story when I can watch recorded dramas?
posted by srboisvert at 9:48 AM on March 22, 2022 [3 favorites]
Just heard that my country is almost out of the Pfizer vaccines that were donated, so my next booster will have to be j&j. Just as we're approaching winter and expect a 5th wave fairly soon.
If it helps at all the long term numbers for J&J are much better than the short term numbers that led to US dropping it. It also appears to be more resistant to waning than the mRNA jabs.
posted by srboisvert at 9:55 AM on March 22, 2022 [1 favorite]
If it helps at all the long term numbers for J&J are much better than the short term numbers that led to US dropping it. It also appears to be more resistant to waning than the mRNA jabs.
posted by srboisvert at 9:55 AM on March 22, 2022 [1 favorite]
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