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things this good are so hard to come by this is so good I'm gonna scream omg omg omg

Hi friends! Just wanted to let you know about a collab I did with my friend Shardro on an audio RP video~ I wrote the script and he did an absolutely amazing job bringing it to life. 😊 Go show him some love!

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I'm gonna die...this is the sweetest shit and I'm gonna die...oh my god

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I'm trying to make a good pot roast in my crockpot, but after I take it out it gets dry. It's on "low" (whatever that means) for 8 hours. I've tried searing it before and still dry. It's submerged in plain water with some herbs and spices for that time. Am I over/undercooking it? It's a cut with low fat %, is that why?

I love you. I think you learned how to make pot roast from someone on Opposite Day, or perhaps April 1st. The only thing you got right is 'low heat for 8 hours'.

Choose a fatty cut of tough meat. Look for lots of fat marbling on a Chuck roast or Shoulder roast. Tough meat has a ton of flavor, and the fat keeps the meat from drying out. The long cook time on low heat, plus acids will make 'tough' meat into a pull-apart, melt-in-your-mouth glory.

Make sure the meat is completely thawed, NOT frozen.

Plain water and nothing else except herbs/spices is.... not what I'd do. A lot of flavor can come into the broth when you add whole carrots (minus the carrot top!) and quartered onions in there. I'm a fan of adding some big chunks of pumpkin or butternut squash and chunks of turnip as well.

I think using red wine for part of the liquid base, and adding a hearty helping of worcestershire sauce will also help the flavor and making the meat 'melty.' The acid and alcohol will draw more, and different flavors from the meat and vegetables that water alone cannot do. Makes it richer.

For my very best pot roast recipe, which had my wedding guests fuckin' clamoring to get the recipe; I cheat. I'm not ashamed of that fact. For the richest, most face-punchingly meaty tasting broth, go to an asian market (or online) and find a mushroom hot pot soup base. It'll be a thick liquid inside a bag, which you then dilute with water. Use THAT as the liquid base (remember to dilute it!), and add your wine and wocestershire sauce to it, along with those herbs & spices. Your whole face will be blown off with flavor. It's the best.

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If you see this on your dashboard, reblog this, NO MATTER WHAT and all your dreams and wishes will come true.

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LD 2 - Making Art

Itty bitty shenanigans!

Keep reading for their full-sized "photos"

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G/t things I've found as references but probably will never use

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"it's hard to believe you can still love me like this."

"Funny, I feel the same way"

I have been considering writing the actual story behind these, possibly putting their whole thing in a side blog but I'm not sure yet. Thoughts on that would be appreciated. For the time being though I think I'll keep doing these until I come to a decision either way.

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"holy shit...I-I'm...nothing to you"

Hey, no, don't say that. You're everything to me"

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Steve From “Blue’s Clues” Just Checked In On “The Kids He Raised” And Gave Them A Safe Space To Offload After Donald Trump’s Election Victory.

Interestingly, Steve doesn’t even speak in the 59-second video, but appears to give viewers a comforting presence as he enters the outdoors shot and “offers them” a hot drink.

And many of the comments thanked Steve for offering them this safe space, with one person writing: “As a trans man, I felt this to my core. I took the breath with you then started bawling. Thank you.”

“The man who is a staple of my childhood didn’t say a single word and it brought me to tears. Steve, thank you. I don’t know where we go from here,” somebody else wrote.

Another popular comment reads: “He didn’t say A WORD and said everything at the same time. This man should be guarded at all costs.”

“Neither of my dads checked in on me today. But you did Steve. Thank you,” one more acknowledged.

“So much responsibility on Steve’s hands to make sure we are okay. We need to make sure he’s doing okay too. I mean I’m not doing great, but he’s still looking after the kids he raised,” somebody else added.

While another concluded: “I bet you didn’t think you’d still be raising us all these years later, Steve, but thank you for still being here.”

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Rainy Day

Oh to enjoy the fresh scent of rain on your walk home after enjoying some opera with your partner

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STOP BEING SELF CONSCIOUS ABOUT YOUR CREATIONS STOP SECOND GUESSING WHAT YOU REALLY WANNA DO STOP DEBATING IT'S WORTH. LET YOUR ART SERVE YOU INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND

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Trick or treat

Hopefully there's something in the mix you like <3

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So many of my human friends seem to be having a really hard day...I don't know if anything I can do would make it better. Poor little things.

" I can't fix it, but I'm here. Please know that you are loved, and the world is better with you in it. just...please don't go"

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LD 1 - Lost and Found

Starting something new! I’m so excited to try out this format hehe. I'm inexperienced enough in digital drawing that doing full color jobs on anything still really intimidates me, I usually just prefer doodling and keeping things in black and white (especially since I like making comics and those take long enough without coloring). But I was inspired by these new character ideas to use a texting format so that I can still tell a story without having quite as many drawings to make. This way I can practice coloring while indulging in a new project 😊 

This series will be called “Long Distance.” Unlike Salt & Pepper, I have no posting schedule of any kind for these, I'll just be posting them whenever I make a new one. I can't wait for you guys to get to know these two 🥰

Keep reading for their full-sized "photos"

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You are the child of Death. Everyone always assumes that you were adopted, but you are in fact Death's biological child, although they are unwilling to tell how exactly this happened.

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Smuckers Unfuckable

sipping on drinks you can’t pronounce in bars you’ve never heard of