A friend just sent this to me. Does this actually relax anybody? All I get is distracted by the continuous panning; it's definitely not having the intended effect.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CziNe66sIpt/

Big girl turned 4 yesterday.
So both girls got pup cups.
Them's the rules.
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This is a very thorough explanation by AP regarding how the October 17 hospital incident was still very likely due to a Hamas-fired rocket, even though the Al-Jazeera video has now been deemed invalid.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-hospital-rocket-gaza-e0fa550faa4678f024797b72132452e3

...but I like the copper color. At this point I'm just going to start cooking with it. For comparison, the pan on the right is a brand new pre-seasoned Victoria I've cooked on a few times.

I think this procedure is solid, as the two wipe downs prevented any pooling or built up spots during seasoning. You'll see the scratch marks which are a result of my sandpaper use and not being patient enough to step down to finer grits. But the pan feels glassy smooth.

Second attempt at seasoning this old Lodge #castiron pan. Stripped with oven cleaner, used steel wool and sandpaper to get off as much of the old gunky seasoning as I could.

Used a method I found that seemed to make sense:

Preheat @ 200°F / 15 min
Apply coat of Crisco; wipe off excess
Back in the oven @ 300°F / 15 min
Wipe down again
In the oven third time @ 400°F / 2 hours
Let cool completely
Repeat process twice more

This is four times through. It's not turning any darker...

1/2

Border crossing closed after vehicle explosion on bridge connecting New York and Canada

https://apnews.com/article/niagara-falls-bridge-explosion-4e8f9bfeabd94a0d8aa4d96eccd179b9

I want to recognize the huge emotional and intellectual bandwidth / compartmentalization demonstrated by @phase2 in her Israeli hostage posts. Especially given that some of those reports involve family members.

Now think about all of the countless hours of work we don't see before those posts happen. It's a tremendous effort.

We're lucky to have you, ma'am. o7

Dyson uses the absolute worst quality fasteners. It's like they are cast tin. The screw heads strip under very moderate torque, even if I'm using my nice Wera drivers.

Also, they use Philips P2 everywhere in the V10 body except for exactly one T8. Of course that's one of the Torx bits I don't own, and it's the screw I need to remove for this repair. So now I have to buy a T8 driver just to fix this vacuum.

#tools

Close up view.

Finished my workout, plopped on the couch, and big girl immediately plops her big head right up against me. Little foxy in the background.
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