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Fantastic increase and decrease work!!

everyone say hello to my most recent finished crochet project: the very hungry caterpillar scarf!!

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Natural druzy Amethyst crystals with Haematite Inclusions Locality: Boekenhouthoek, Mkobola, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Collection: Macro_crystals

Photo: Matthew Parshchikov

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Fun with being in a state with legalized weed: You get to find out which of your neighbors smokes the good shit.

I mean, yes, you can do it in states where it's not legal, but we smell several more strains than I think you can get in a non-legal state.

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it is super cathartic to watch someone do all the terrible shit I unfortunately have a conscience to stop me from. Even though I am sure I would be happy with my choices in the single moment they are occurring.

"How can you like these very toxic and horrible characters that have done despicable and unforgivable things?" oh it's quite simple actually, this is fiction and I think with my dick.

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"porn brain" is a far right conspiracy theory, misogyny in porn is a result of structural societal misogyny and not the cause of it, the way to help sex workers is decriminalization and worker's rights, banning sexual expression is fascist. i will not be taking questions at the time.

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The thing about House and Wilson, and Holmes and Watson obviously, is that it's a story about two people who are fucking weirdos but wired in similar weirdo ways.

Except. And this is the important part. Holmes KNOWS he's a weirdo, and Watson has a hard time accepting some of his own levels of weirdo.

But, because Holmes is like "ALL IN ON WEIRDO," it gives Watson the opportunity to go, "WAIT. WE CAN DO THAT."

And it's not to say that Watson is absolutely unable to be a weirdo without Holmes. He can be. But Holmes helps him see that there's LOTS of ways to be a weirdo without hurting anyone and making himself happier and ALSO that there are definitely ways to be a weirdo that aren't about being a weirdo and are, in fact, about doing drugs. Which is not great for you. And that's where Watson comes back to Holmes and says, "Hey, maybe be fucking reasonable about this one goddamn thing."

Which, even in the end of the show, we see. Wilson's wondering who he would have been if he were a huge prick like House, and House gives Wilson the last of his vicodin because he cares about his friend having any sort of comfort in a trying time.

Anyway, they're a perfect Holmes and Watson because they match each other's freak.

that's how they match each other's freak

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Please enjoy the slow efforts of the creature to cause mayhem

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THEY ARRIVED! THERE WERE TWO:

I like how the label on the jerky makes it look like he turned Sean into food.

Other notes you didn't ask for:

Realized the other night we actually still have some stuff from last year that we didn't get through, so this is apparently the second year in a row dad has been into that mustard BBQ.

We have decided we will make wings for Christmas dinner to use up some of the sauces.

The hot sauces are cayenne and jalapeno. I will likely wuss out on both, which is a shame because I LIKE hot sauce. But MCAS does not.

Dad actually has the doo-dad to make the fancy wraps at the top of the hot sauce bottles. That is how much he makes. There are several varieties that do not make it to us because of my previously mentioned wuss-level.

Pretty sure those two random jars of tomatoes from 2023 are because he needed to fill out the box. We shall find a use for them.

The Lindor truffles and the lotion bars are stocking stuffers, basically. He always sends a little something like that.

I unwrapped everything outside because it all comes in layers of bubble wrap, and it all smells like smoke, and better to just toss it all in the outdoor bin right away.

While the label implies it, I would like it known Dad did not turn Sean into teriyaki jerky.

Awaiting the arrival of the Christmas box. Which is the box of food my dad home cans and sends out every Christmas. It might be two boxes again this year. I'm not sure.

Anyway, Dad sent me a text last weekend when he got them in the mail "Should be there Tuesday!"

They were not.

This has led to a hilarious back and forth with my dad this week about whether or not the boxes have arrived.

I woke up today to a message from him that just says "Should be there by 3!"

If the post office doesn't drop them off in the next 90 minutes, I fear my dad will go to war.

"Gayle, why didn't he just send you the tracking number?"

Oh, my sweet summer child, this is the man who is the LESS crazy about Christmas in his family. My aunt won't put nametags on gifts because she thinks it ruins the perfect wrapping job (yes, she lines up the pattern edges), and she can tell you which identically wrapped gifts go to which people in the family. We do not have a small family.

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Still looking for recs on books/documentaries about the Russian and Chechnyan wars. There was some mention of them in a documentary I watched recently (KGB: The Sword and Shield; it's on Amazon Prime), and it made me realize I wanted to learn more.

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Awaiting the arrival of the Christmas box. Which is the box of food my dad home cans and sends out every Christmas. It might be two boxes again this year. I'm not sure.

Anyway, Dad sent me a text last weekend when he got them in the mail "Should be there Tuesday!"

They were not.

This has led to a hilarious back and forth with my dad this week about whether or not the boxes have arrived.

I woke up today to a message from him that just says "Should be there by 3!"

If the post office doesn't drop them off in the next 90 minutes, I fear my dad will go to war.

"Gayle, why didn't he just send you the tracking number?"

Oh, my sweet summer child, this is the man who is the LESS crazy about Christmas in his family. My aunt won't put nametags on gifts because she thinks it ruins the perfect wrapping job (yes, she lines up the pattern edges), and she can tell you which identically wrapped gifts go to which people in the family. We do not have a small family.

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if people know a showrunner by name then u just know they were committing war crimes throughout their shows

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YES ONE OF MY BELOVED TRADITIONS

What's that blog that goes over ridiculously expensive magazine christmas kitsch? Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

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By the clanging of my ass, something wicked this way shall pass

--a knight at some point, probably. Or just, like, a dude from Boston

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I'm Wolverine

Art by Dan Schkade

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Of course I made vintage potholders to end out Vlogmas. These were really fun, though I do not recommend trying to whip out a set before Christmas this year unless you've already got the colors and blocking board ready to go.

Anyway, pattern is available here (that's my crochet website).