a thick warm slice of bread in summer spread with butter and peanutbutter both almost to the point of melting

doing boring things to exciting music

for about half a minute I was like “how is she baking at the beach? a solar oven??”

This year?

Beach Bunny — “Year of the Optimist”

All time? Probably

Brian Adams — “Summer of '69”

There’s something about the video for Len’s “Steal My Sunshine” that’s just very comforting to me. I don’t think it’s just nostalgia, because this is how I felt when I first saw it back in the 90’s, too.

toward

Sure, but it’s usually refuge: Hauling ass towards the border, hauled ass all the way home

Give back, rude

Sell, gauche (with some exceptions for real estate and timed items like concert tickets)

Give to someone else, depends:

Is it a family heirloom? Must be given within the family.

Was it handmade? Must be given to someone else with a connection to the maker.

Is it something that if taken care of can last for generations? Must be given to someone who will be a good steward of it.

For most other things, regifting is fine, including entering it into a mutual aid resource pool.

One more note: If the gift is replaced by a nicer or updated gift from the same or related source (eg. your parents get you a new laptop, replacing one they gave you five years ago) then the older one is free for you to do as you like with.

Not banned, just fed up.

It’s more like “escape” or “leave suddenly”.

I do, when it’s just my spouse and I… but then, we don’t have a staff.

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see why being comfortable alone is viewed as strange while constantly needing people around is viewed as normal.

Observation bias: Someone who’s comfortable alone but uncomfortable around others will be seen to be uncomfortable by others; whereas someone uncomfortable alone has no one around to observe their maladjustment.

They are both maladjustments though; someone well-socialized is comfortable both alone and around others.

I define progress as “drawing closer to achieving goals or meeting benchmarks as time moves forward” but that’s just off the cuff at the end of a long day

We’ll use them for other data applications.

and now I’m right bee side her

Got married and had kids earlier than everyone else in the friend group.

Yes, we have choral pieces from centuries back arranged with parts for second and third bass.

Barbershop quartets, too.

A cubic foot of baked ziti casserole with eggplant.

see also !veganrecipes@sh.itjust.works

ONLY if they don’t overlap other UI elements