WTF-Beta

Klaus has done some housekeeping on the other forum because of that.

All I can find online is that he posted on truth social that the passports say that, but they don’t actually say that.

I feel like I’m the only person on the planet that found that movie incredibly irritating.

How lovely. ️

Yikes.

That little ukulele group I belonged to in Maine. We’d practice at the local nursing home, at the senior center, twice a week. All levels of players and singers. It was joyful. I loved it.

Holy wow, that’s spectacular. I could totally live there if I had unlimited funds and several full time gardeners for the topiary.

This is crazy. It’s not that complicated. I bake with my starter every week or two or three. I rarely if ever use fed starter, it’s usually totally flat, and I feed it after I’ve mixed up the dough and stick it back in the fridge. So it gets fed every week or two ( I almost never feed it if I’m not baking something). I never discard. I make mostly pizza dough and sandwich loaves in a loaf pan, and bagels and sweet rolls.. The bagels and sweet rolls go overnight, but the pizza and bread get baked the same day. I don’t weigh, and I loosely measure, sometimes I add a lot of starter to the mixture if I need to use some up. I add water, then flour until the dough feels right. I used a stand mixture and don’t do stretch and folds. It always works.

From a quick AI assisted google search (lol) - “ Knowledge is the information, facts, and skills you acquire through education and experience. Intelligence is the mental capacity to process that information, adapt to new situations, and solve problems effectively.”

I would argue that AI absolutely has intelligence. That’s the kind of the whole point of using it. Its ability to process and problem solve. AI’s can train other AI’s - Google AI swarm - the capability of this technology is fascinating. It’s a whole new world, and it’s changing FAST.

I had to try three times with the photos I took - the background needs to be white, with no detail, and our walls have a texture to them, so the lines showed up. Then I took one at the gallery where we have a pull down screen, but forgot to take my glasses off. (You can’t wear glasses) - third time, in front of the screen went through. Luckily I did it online - which was super easy. And fast! A couple weeks, maybe - passport came first, then a few days later the passport card.

I haven’t ever lived in a place that has Aldi grocery stores.

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I don’t have them on the tv non-stop like I did last year. But I do check in. It amazes me that the parents are even able to get food in those tiny little chick mouths in the beginning.

I am so sorry, don’t know how I missed your original post. So glad he’s making progress!

According to the other forum, she has not passed away, just withdrawn from social media.

Migraines - uhg. I hope the hat continues to work for you! I’ve had more than usual this past 6 weeks or so. If I’m lucky, it’s just once a month, but it’s been every 2 weeks recently, and a couple of times, two days in a row. I am super sensitive to triggers - stress, salt, dehydration, and a big change in weather can bring them on. Alcohol as well, so I don’t drink. Light can do it - I got a bad one the last time I went to the get my eyes checked and my pupils got dilated. I’ve overdue for an appointment, and I keep putting it off… So far, I just take Rizatriptan - one dose takes them away, but I have to take it early on, or it takes a long time to work.

I bought a Japanese made plastic ocarina to try. I played the recorder and the clarinet when I was younger - The ocarina is a little trickier that those - two thumb holes and you use every finger to cover a hole (or two) - so the fingerings don’t feel intuitive (based on what I’m used to playing). Fun fact - Ennio Morricone used an ocarina in his music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

@jon-nyc said:

Saw a comment online on a picture showing Marco’s shoe:

“See that gap behind Marco’s heel? That’s where he keeps his dignity”.

We unloaded the glaze kiln yesterday and a few more were fired. Here’s a video I made showing the difference in pitch after the firing - it went from close to an E major scale to an F#, so a whole step up. This was fired to cone 10 in the gas kiln, I can’t remember the exact shrinkage of this clay - somewhere around 12 - 14%. (Turn the sound up to hear the iPad video, then back down before I play at the end).

I will eventually make enough to sell some of them in the gallery, I am currently too attached to the ones I have made so far to let them go! As in most things clay related (for me, anyway, as I love to hand decorate each piece) they are incredibly time consuming to make.