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nothing more embarassing than when you develop personal beef with a piece of media thats entirely petty. like sorry no i cant talk about that show it. bit me.

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it haunts me every goddamn day that Bela died letting Dean believe she killed her parents for money and spent her last moments letting him spew his vindictive holier-than-thou bile at her bc she thought she Deserved it (after paralleling him for a season!!!) bc she committed the cardinal sin of Supernatural-world and desecrated the sanctity of the Family Unit and then at the last possible second Kripke's like btw she did it bc her Father (!) was sexually abusing her. and she didn't even pull the trigger she was just talked into it by a demon when she was 14 years old!!!!! and she just couldn't bring herself to tell them. those righteous men. monster-hunters. justice-bringers. but what do you do if your Father (!!!) is the monster. who do you run to who can you tell. 'you wouldn't understand. no one did. never mind.' and they never find out they just never. find out. never mind all the times she looked Dean in the eyes and said you can't judge me, we are the same. he never has to think about or interrogate THAT again. the idea of the Father (!!!!!) as a sexual threat just hangs outside the narrative unsaid and unsayable. oh well looks like that arc is wrapped up . now Bela's in hell. forever. ok. jesus fucking christ.

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Kikis house on the beach! My first big build on Vide Noir 🙏

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traditional tea house with an inside garden 🍵🌱

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🍁🎃🍂✨

📍salem

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more old stuff, tropika's predecessor cures (elysian angels and two ancient cures as a treat!)

(lack of activity has been due to school, i hope to design more sooooon)

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witch's treehouse (updated)

cross stitch pattern here

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22-11-24

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bunny snowboarding in winter, nothern china by 宸宸不挑食

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I cured the brisket for a week then seared it off in tallow before braising it for 8 hours at 200 using the same recipe and aromatics as my grandmother and mother.

Plus a bunch of Yukon Gold potatoes because I happen to love potatoes. So nutritious. I’m not sure how they got to fall out of fashion with the micronutrients that they deliver.

8 hours at 200F.

Then I separated the fat from the pan drippings and made a sauce with pomegranate juice for the client to use for reheating the frozen brisket.

No, you read that right. 8 hours. I braised it for 8 hours at 200F. Not 325F. 200F. For eight hours. E-i-g-h-t (And I plan to smoke half of the rest of the ⅔ of the slab leftover, next summer).

Pretend that this has a garnish of flat leaf parsley and pomegranate seeds, yeah?

Oh it’s just so good to have brisket again. Even though the recipe leaves room for improvement.

I want to try it my way with fresh herbs and red wine, next time.

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A bee-keeper of Valeni village transports his bees in his bee wagon. Romania.

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Piece of financial advice, because I've seen too many people make this mistake: never pay off medical debt on a credit card unless you are 100% sure you will be able to pay the credit card balance off in full as soon as you get the first bill. Why? It is ALWAYS better to have medical debt than credit card debt. There is a long list of reasons why.

State and federal laws severely restrict medical debt in ways that credit card debt is not restricted.

Credit card debt can charge much higher interest rates, and in general it IS much higher in rate. Medical debt sometimes charges no interest, at least for a certain period of time. When it does charge interest, the rate is lower, and in some states it is capped as low as 5%, always at 20% or lower. Credit card interest rates are almost never below 15% and are sometimes MUCH higher than 20%.

Medical debt is less damaging to your credit history than credit card debt. And it is easier to eliminate in bankruptcy.

Medical debt also does not affect your spending limits on a credit card. If you use a credit card for monthly expenses, adding medical debt to it can bring you closer to your credit limit which might make you unable to use the card for expenses (even ones you could afford to pay off immediately.) This negatively affects your credit rating through increasing your credit utilization, it can reduce your potential to earn rewards, and it can reduce your spending power in an emergency.

Also, the penalties and fees for deliquency on medical debt are much milder and those for credit card debt are more severe. Again, laws are more restrictive on medical debt. You will have far fewer fees or penalties going delinquent on medical debt.

Also it is often easier to get medical debt forgiven or negotiated down, than credit card debt,

If you ever end up with medical debt, keep it as medical debt and keep paying it as medical debt. Go delinquent on your medical debt before switching it to a credit card. Once you put it on a credit card, you can't go back.

By keeping your medical debt as medical debt, you save money, protect your credit history, and increase your chances of having the debt forgiven, negotiated down, or eliminated through bankruptcy.

NEVER CONVERT MEDICAL DEBT TO CREDIT CARD DEBT.

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