WTF-Beta

Yikes! Hydroplaning is scary, as is turbulence. I'm glad everyone is home safely. It is beautiful, though.

I listened to Land of Make Believe about a thousand times. It introduced me to Esther State field, so a bonus. RIP.

Great job, it looks absolutely beautiful!

@wtg said in What’s cookin’ good lookin?:

Anybody tried the Fishwife line of tinned fish? Happened to catch the rerun of Shark Tank where they appeared. Their stuff looks fabulous but definitely not cheap. Tiny tins are $11-12 each.

https://eatfishwife.com/

We've tried fishwife. It's pretty good, and I'm not one for canned fish in general. I like their anchovies, mackerel with lemon, and they've just added mussels that I'd like to try. But they are spendy so not on our steady rotation.

I can't tell from this brief blurb. Did he do this with or without the parent's knowledge? Either way, wtf?

It's everywhere. I'm philosophically opposed to making our lower case l liberal arts colleges and universities reduced to tech schools on steroids. I'm a big fan of STEM education, but we need arts along with sciences. People who go to uni to get a degree in, say, music theory or art history should know that they're not necessarily going to get jobs directly on their field, and that shouldn't be the only measurement of success for higher ed. These so-called "outcome measurements" are being used to cancel programs everywhere.

I expect many Trump voters are rapidly entering the FAFO phase

@wtg said in Impact of immigration policy:

Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry

https://www.diningandcooking.com/2134742/ices-inhumane-arrest-of-well-known-vineyard-manager-shakes-oregon-wine-industry-us-immigration/

Too late for thousands of people.

So cute! Puppies are the best

I love it! But I would clear some of the plantings near the windows. It seems like every window has something blocking it.

It's cluttered, which is not my style.

I wonder if it was originally a multifamily house, maybe different apartments on all three levels?

I've used Roundup to eradicate Bermuda grass lawns and convert to desert/native plants. I wouldn't touch it now.

The alternative is to cover the lawn in black plastic in the summer (April through September in Arizona!) and basically kill it by drought and heat.

@Axtremus said in Bezos wedding:

It's their wedding. Their party. They paid for it. They get to wear as many diamond rings as they want. I wouldn't want anyone else to tell me how many diamond rings I get to wear to my own wedding.

I'm hearing my father's voice..."just because you can doesn't mean you should"

We're all going to die sometime
(Edit: that was in response to rontuner's request for typical MAGA responses, not my personal thoughts!)

We had to spend a fortune at work to upgrade all our systems, since they were too old to support Windows 11 and our IT department wouldn't allow non-Windows 11 systems on their network. Windows 11 is a bloated piece of carp in my experience.

I'm so sorry, Mark. My dad died of dementia complications, and my FIL just died in hospice after five years with my sister in law as his primary caregiver. The cost is insane, and the toll on caregivers is enormous. I wish we would recognize this as a society and help each other out. Take care of yourselves.

Nanaimo bars FTW! But in addition to BC salmon (so much better than Atlantic IMO) I would have to add BC sushi. It seems almost impossible to get bad sushi in Vancouver, and some is downright legendary. It's not traditional Canadian, but still....

Murkowski has no shame.

@rustyfingers that looks great! I'm glad you have your new car back

I'm glad you're doing well! Yay AC and escapist TV.
Mr Nina is getting his done over the summer.

@rustyfingers said in Joann is closing:

There is however a boom in making cosplay costumes.

That's true! One of my daughter's friends does that.