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Please remember: no matter how bad things get in your life/surroundings, there's no excuse to emotionally/physically/psychologically/verbally attack another person.

1. Lift fingers from keyboard.
2. Push chair away from desk.
3. Go find a calming activity for 20 mins or until you no longer feel angry, whichever comes last.
4. Return to computer; see if you can resume at a more reasonable level of discussion.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 as necessary.

I've been there. It's a bad place.

My cat has chosen to corner herself in the room behind furniture, so I'll just share music for now.

In the USA, if you or someone you love is in mental health crisis of any kind, please call or text 988.
Experts in the mental health field will be available to help you.

Heya, @phase
Please do us a favor and do a CW for the gifs you post that have rapid animation in them. Those can trigger seizures or other neurological episodes in photosensitive conditions. Thanks!

How do you like your eggs?

How do you like your eggs?

Recipe for perfect HB egg (in shell):

1. Fill saucepan with cool water from faucet. Place pan on burner. Put refrigerated eggs in pan of water on electric burner. Turn burner to HIGH and leave there until water is at rapid boil (large bubbles).
2. Turn burner OFF. Set timer for 20 minutes.
3. After 20 mins, remove pan from burner and run cold water in it until water in pan feels very cold.
4. Enjoy your perfectly hard-boiled eggs!

"Piobar" ("PAY-par") is pepper, and "caise" ("CHAY-zuh") is cheese.

I'm learning Scottish Gaelic! It's surprisingly close to German. In fact, they both have exactly the same spelling and pronunciation for bread: Brot "broht," with a hard "R."

Hubs made Zucchini boats. Filled with ricotta, and a burger, mushroom, Italian sausage sauce. Covered with cheese. Yum.

Tis the season for creative zucchini use.


I am grateful for people with people skills. I have spent hours on the phone trying to track down why insurance denied my lumbar m.r.i. After talking to many people the last woman I talked to apologized for what happened to me and volunteered to call the people who didn't follow through and explicitly explain to them their job. She didn't have to do this for me. Having a human being stand up for me and help battle this paperwork snafu made a difference in my day.


Rlc. Pink Empress 'Ju-San' AM/AOS. x C. Mami Akatsuka 'Volcano Queen'; very fragrant.

When I worked.. if you even looked at the pens on my desk.. I would take you out.
Don't even think of touching one.

Separate and Unequal, this is NOT the direction we should be taking

Russia to Depart ISS

Russian space agency Roscosmos announced yesterday it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024, saying it would instead pivot to the development of its own orbital space station.

retooting National Integrated Heat Health Information System

Over 44 million people in the US are under active extreme heat advisories, watches, and warnings today. Learn how to stay safe before, during, and after heat events by visiting the 'Planning and Preparing' page on Heat.gov!

twitter.com/HeatGov/status/155

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