My cat is trying to win a mildly aggressive staring contest that I'm pretty sure the other cat doesn't even know they're having. I tried telling her she already won. She's still staring. Didn't even blink at me.

@LnzyHou There's a very fine line between "being mean" and "being so kind while specifically being mean to you in a way other people will brush off if you complain". I used to hear my grandmother say things to her sister that left me in shock because you only knew how cruel it was if you paid careful attention!

The unwanted visitors have left earlier than we expected, and I didn't even have to demonstrate how Southern Passive Aggression is the shadow side of Southern Hospitality! 🥳

My steel tongue drum is very calming for me. Eleven notes that are all harmonious. I cannot screw it up. I play number sequences and let the numbers sing to me.

I was playing n^2 - 1 tonight. (2x2)-1, (3x3)-1, (4x4)-1... And I realized there is an infinite number of patterns! Adjust a number, change subtraction to something else. I will never play all the patterns!

This makes me so happy! The numbers will always have new songs to sing!

@LordsofHardwired I don't know about the others, but there's no such thing as a full serving of Thin Mints. I just pick up where I left off each time I get some.

Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your "perfect" offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.

#CoSoMusic
https://youtu.be/c8-BT6y_wYg

@AskTheDevil I am now rethinking which age group I've felt like you're in if someone has known you for over 75 years.

And just from what I see you say here, if it ever looked like you were saying women shouldn't vote I would think it's sarcasm meant to call attention to the fact that some asshole is saying that, me misunderstanding, or you accidentally misspeaking. You don't seem like someone who would mean it.

The Unwanted Visitors have arrived. I have learned enough Welsh at this point that I can say, "Dw i ddim eisiau ymwelwyr." Thinking about using it as a greeting. They won't know I said, "I don't want visitors."

With luck, my weekend will be a couple of days of quiet terror. Without luck, it won't be quiet.

@cornered I mean, seriously...just a picture, not asking that a squirrel be given a driver's license.

@ImagineThat Technically, mine is a banjo ukulele - like George Formby played. I play by picking, though, and I think he strummed.

I haven't played much since the last time I changed the strings, so everything was terribly out of tune. Actually painful for my ears. I've adjusted everything so that our cats don't go running from the sound now.

@Coffee_and_Salt The unwanted visitors are coming from Alabama. I'm sure they know hearing "Dueling Banjos" in the middle of the night means you should get out of wherever you are real fast.

Banjo is tuned. I don't have to be happy about having visitors. They don't have to be happy about visiting.

@Armchaircouch That's what I would think. It looks like hiding them is what is turned off.

We have an unavoidable situation in which relatives no one wants here will be here this weekend. This includes a homophobic person who will reject queer relatives from his own home, but isn't likely to feel he can say anything about it in our home.

So it was requested that I put up the flag I got to replace the one the wind destroyed last year. This one is much bigger! Our whole tiny rural town can see it!

@vo1de I get more clarity because the dice are representing different things than the cards, so it adds more detail. I don't always use them together, though. There are definitely some readings that do the job they're structured for and don't need extra info.

I'm not having a good week, and there's not really a chance of things getting better until next week. So I did a reading to break things down for myself and looking at taking care of my needs in this situation. I'm sharing it as an example of a very real divination reading - not just a practice reading. And you just need playing cards and 6-sided dice to do it.

https://diydiv.substack.com/p/im-sorry-but-now-is-not-a-good-time

@DavidSalo A friend of mine married a man whose family came here from Mexico when he was 4 or 5 years old. They did everything according to law. He voted for the first time in his early 30s. When I asked why he hadn't voted before he said, "This is the first time I could." Then he explained a lot of things to me about the citizenship process!

@Alfred I didn't expect such a detailed explanation! You have impressed me!

@Alfred Can you explain the difference between the knitting stitches "M1L" and "M1R"?