KittenBiscuits

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Agreed! I don't put bills there for that reason. I used to be the finance director for a large community event, very cash dependant. And we definitely got nasty sweaty boob money, money soaked in beer, you name it. The cash counting machines had trouble with it, so a lot had to be hand counted. Handling so much cash with mystery wetness was one of the less pleasant aspects of the job.

 

It's just a handy place to put my phone down for a second. Or stash a pen or a credit card.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was thinking 'bunblebee', but i like yours better.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I registered as an auntie on r/auntienetwork. Haven't been needed in that capacity yet, but my door is open. Speaking of... is there a similar community here? If not, would there be an interest in spinning something like that up?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Brahm's lullaby was the one mom would hum to me and would buy music boxes with it.

Blackbird by the Beatles was the one I wanted to sing to my kids if I'd ever had any.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I can respect this. Beats racking my brain every night trying to think of what I want to eat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Too busy putting cats into cradles?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

That bird was just farting glitter. Rules for thee, not for me?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

It's posted elsewhere in the comments

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago

Don't forget your pencil^scarf^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I did both when learning but did have to separate them because thinking about all the things, clutch, gears, RPM, mirrors, traffic, pedestrians was too much all together at first. I drove my grandma's automatic to get used to driving on the road in traffic, and I drove my dad's manual around empty parking lots, fairgrounds, etc until I was comfortable with the car. Then I moved on to driving dad's car in traffic.

I loved driving manual, but my husband can't drive one, so if we took my car somewhere on a trip, I had to commit to being the driver the whole time. I gave it up after my job required me to do a lot of driving in bad traffic. For fun I will get one as a rental if we travel somewhere that has them commonly available to rent. I've had to convince well-meaning but somewhat judgy rental clerks to not upgrade me to automatic and that yes I did know that I selected manual when I made the booking.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Closeup of trypophobic nightmare

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

(that was the joke) 😉

 
 

This came up in the rotation on the tv and it amused me. I tried asking it for a pattern but it was unresponsive 😂

 

I don't really see many people talk about this game, but I also could have just missed its heyday.

I really enjoyed playing this game. The hospital and the metro stations were my favorite things to brave. And having to sneak into a nest of monsters to recover something for someone.

Played on the PS5. I didn't care for the add-on DLC fight ring stuff, mostly because I hate timed missions. I much prefer the dangerous urban exploring at a leisurely pace.

Has anyone played the first Dying Light? How do the two stories compare?

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Motorcycle (lite.cnn.com)
 

Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction By Jay Ganglani, Lisako Neriki Ancheta and Chris Lau, CNN

Updated: 3:18 AM EST, Mon January 6, 2025

Source: CNN

A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.

 
 

Mom hung a mass produced art print on my bedroom wall when I was about 8. It's of a little girl holding her puppy.

oil painting titled Miss Bowles and her dog by Joshua Reynolds

Cute, right?

Thing is, this painting terrified me. And I was raised in the time where you just kind of swallowed any complaints and didn't bother mom or dad with kid foolishness.

Here is a copy of the thing I actually had hanging on my wall. This same frame. Probably came from Service Merchandise or some such.

larger crop of the same work of art

What in the everloving hell is lurking just over her shoulder?!?! To me it always looked like a skull wearing a hat on the side of his head, like a little old timey jaunty hat a clown would wear.

It's a wonder I got any sleep. I was too afraid to tell mom I hated it. I never considered that I possessed the agency to take it off my wall and hide it at the bottom of the closet.

I think of this cursed painting still.

Did you ever have something in your childhood that unnecessarily scared the bejeezus out of you?

 
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hmmm (i.imgur.com)
 
 

I'm so frustrated with myself. No clue when was the last time I've seen this thing (wallet of crochet hooks). Yesterday I searched every project bag, every bag of my yarn stash, every drawer, nook and cranny where I might have put it absent-mindedly. I just went through them all again today. I have memories of seeing it on the breakfast table, on my desk (where the cat tried to annihilate the decorative tassle on its zipper), and in a project bag. I've moved it somewhere. I want to start a new project but need a hook of unusual size that is in the wallet. I haven't been motivated to crochet in a while, and I caught a spark over the weekend by finishing up another project. Blegh. Fuck.

Thank you for reading my rant while I wallow in self-loathing.

P.S. This thing is neon fucking pink and bigger than a paperback book. I must have a forgotten project bag smushed into a closet or left out in the camper. I thought I accounted for all my half-started projects though.

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