Posts made by Auspice

@Snackness said in The Crafting Thread:

@Auspice This is a thing I did not know about and now I want to do it.

Doooooo eeeeeeet.
The first part of the pattern drops on the 11th. It's free to participate. You just gotta buy your materials (thankfully I had aida cloth on hand and, as noted above, about half the colors).

Michaels right now has 40% off (your whole order!) if you place an order online for in-store pickup (which is honestly hella convenient since they hold it for 5 days). Skeins of DMC are usually around $0.56 so NOT EXPENSIVE AT ALL (esp. when you factor the 40% off....)

So steotch launched with the thread list this past weekend.

There are over 60 colors on it. It's daunting. It's a little exciting trying to guess what it's gonna be (we guess a person/people based on how many tans and browns are on the list).

But the insane part is getting all of these. Of the local group, I think I had the most on hand and I still had just over half the list.

So people began meeting up last weekend to buy thread, share thread, and then they released an updated 'here's the exact numbers for the over 20" group'.

Some of us who shared have to re-do because we figured 'eh, it won't be THAT much over 20", so let's go with 36-40.....'

One is 2.5 yards? Many are in the 2yds range. That 3 feet ain't gonna cut it.

So I put in orders at 3 different Michaels. I picked up one order last night. I'll get another tonight. There's still 2 shades I haven't found yet.

When I picked up the order last night, the lady goes: 'I don't understand what's going on. Everyone is suddenly ordering thread.' I explained, amused, about the stitch-a-long. But it is not uncommon for those of us participating to go somewhere and find the floss section decimated. Which means outside of our group (of something like 15? or more? participants?) there are likely a fair number of people engaging.

I just loved the lady's befuddlement at why people are buying up DMC floss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DfQMPmJRI

The new Tool single (/title track), Fear Inoculum, dropped today.

(And holy shit that CD: 'Tri-fold Softpack Video Brochure featuring: CD (79 minutes of music), 4” HD rechargeable screen with exclusive video footage, charging cable, 2 watt speaker, 36 page book + MP3 code (89 minutes of music).'

https://cleancause.com/

Sparkling Yerba Mate.
I never would have thought to try it, but a coworker shared some with me yesterday (Lemon Lime flavor) and today I bought one after work (Raspberry).

These things are fucking delicious. Y'all can have your LaCroix and shit. I'mma drink this.

Update: I'd done a dumb and broke guest logins which broke ... a lot of things.

It's fixed now, sorry about that.

And we are officially open.

http://stargate.aresmush.com
stargate.aresmush.com 1994

The wiki got some organizational cleanup today and a CG guide has been added (for anyone who checked things out over the past week!).

@Ganymede said in Good TV:

@Rinel said in Good TV:

He reprised his role as the Trickster for the Arrowverse Flash as well. There are all sorts of shoutouts to the 1990s show.

Proof that the DC Animated Universe remains superior to its live-action shit.

You gotta appreciate how well he plays with himself.

I was gonna post this yesterday but decided it was a hassle from the phone.

I love that short madly.

Submitted my first draft of the outline today.

Excuse while I hyperventilate.

@Macha said in Lifehacks:

@Auspice https://www.pinterest.com/pin/81064862029140707/sent/?fbclid=IwAR20_jljSeAh9eqFaXvN0EL8vbjHese1gEESyvunulzziMYjEikDSI6AY3k

Compliments of the air fryer guru I live with.

@Wretched said in Food!:

So I forgot to take pictures of the bacon candy...

Will you forgive me for some Salmon Jerky?

A little.
Barely.

You denied me bacon.

The Damned Mob of Scribbling Women

I include the article title because I find it amazing, but don't judge a book by its cover. The contents of the article are on point.

I had to stop listening to audiobooks to sleep because I got conditioned to where any even-toned speaking would make me drowsy. I’ve only recently been able to listen to podcasts.

@Coin said in Good TV:

@ZombieGenesis said in Good TV:

I think the Mark Hamill as Joker is a fan-boy hope since Kevin Conroy was apparently cast as an older Bruce Wayne/Batman in the Crisis crossover.

THAT bit is confirmed by Conroy himself.

And is exciting af

If you're the kind of person to pull up to the crosswalk, fuck you.
Fuck people who do this for making pedestrians risk oncoming traffic just to cross the street.

Especially fuck the guy who did it at the intersection near the school for the blind. They have the line to stop at almost two car lengths back from the cross walk for safety reasons. This asshole pulled up and over the crosswalk itself.