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justalurkr replied to your post “The sole benefit of people who fundamentally and on occasion...”

Is that how you know you've been blocked? You can't reblog things?

It’s the main way most people find out, yes. When you block someone, they can’t reblog from you and can’t Follow you or send you messages/asks unless they’re on anon. If they were already following you, your name drops off their Following list and your posts stop appearing on their dash. I’m iffy on whether they can reblog a post you made from someone else, but I believe not. 

wandererriha replied to your post “The sole benefit of people who fundamentally and on occasion...”

Unrelated: in FF7R you can get an item called “Enfeeblement Ring”. I thought of you.

HAHAHA HOW DO I TAKE MINE OFF. 

cactusspatz replied to your post “Were you a part of the Cassandra Clare charity wank thing back in the...”

Aww, I didn't know that's how RFM got started! That's lovely <3

Yep! It took some trial and error before it got off the ground in the form it’s known today, but that was the inciting incident. 

It’s so funny to me because I mentioned to a couple of people yesterday about the wank being dredged up, and they were like “So how were you involved” and I had to be like “Well, this is really several wanks in one, a sort of firestorm of wank as it were” and explain how the whole thing began in Harry Potter fandom before I was even a part of it. 

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wandererriha replied to your post “Hello! *puts on my KonMarie hat* A quick question about your prized...”

Maybe one of those accordion fold out peg things? I’m blanking on the technical term

Oh yeah, I know the kind you mean. It’s a kind of hat/coat rack. 

wauryd replied to your post “Out of blue question, but have you gone to see any of the roller derby...”

Chicago Outfit Roller Derby has a newsletter which sends out upcoming bout info! You can sign up on their website.

Oh thanks! I’ll check it out. 

ritavonbees replied to your post “I bought a treadmill”

I feel like a treadmill COULD be life threatening...

I’ve never fallen on a treadmill, thank goodness! And also knock wood...

col1999 replied to your link “Pringles ups Thanksgiving turkey-flavored snack game with Turducken...”

Did you get them???

Sadly no. I got them into my basket and hit the order-now button and the site, which had been crashing the whole time, crashed again :/ I might try making my own if I can get hold of the ingredients list. I can’t imagine most of them are difficult, but we’ve been discussing how one might make palatable cranberry pringles. I think there must be some citrus elements involved. 

rsfcommonplace replied to your post “I bought a treadmill”

I have purchased exercise machines in the past. But since I hate exercise they ended up being expensive clothes horses. May you have better results!

I hate running but I hate all other exercise more, and I will run if I have easy access. My building technically has a gym but it’s quite small and I get weirded out working out in quarters quite that close to my neighbors, and this way I think I actually will run more. 

roofie replied to your post “not gonna lie, your adventures with the sisters helped me make up my...”

Awww yay! My kitty of sixteen years passed away two weeks ago and though it’s been an adjustment without her, I’m secretly excited to buy my next cat a Sulk Pumpkin because of you.

I’m so sorry to hear that! But I’m glad you’re working through it. And sulk gourds are great, 10/10 do recommend, I now own four.

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kiena-tesedale replied to your post “1. I finally read stealing Harry and jesus fuck you're a master. I...”

And now, years later, you know the truth - it was a guy jogging.

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

punchholesinthesky replied to your post “sam, sam, disaster child, inquiring minds would like to know how did...”

I never even made it to confirmation class so you got further than me

I mean, confirmation wasn’t really voluntary :D I’m sure if I didn’t want to be confirmed I wouldn’t have been forced into it, but all my friends were doing it and I didn’t give a shit one way or another about religion, so I might as well. 

dreamwaffles replied to your photo “My Instinctual Monkey Brain: *freaks out because Dearborn is...”

Does she react if you fart on her? My cat would get so indignant.

Dearborn, if I fart under the blankets, will sometimes leave in disgust, but she usually isn’t bothered. Polk, if I fart, will kick me in the nearest body part. :D 

wandererriha replied to your post “kweh-not-wark replied to your post “sam, sam, disaster child,...”

Two words: tin foil. Shove a bit in the holes then put the candles in. That should help the candles stay put as well as protect the wood.

A couple of people suggested this and I did wrap the bottoms in foil to keep them upright, but I’m not sure I could really put foil into the holes in a way that’s...like, possible because of physics? But I’m going to look into getting some metal cups that would fit into them. 

debz0rz replied to your post “Obviously ignore this if it's too personal, but what made you start...”

I love all of this perspective on Judaism! I've been deeply enmeshed in the Reform movement my whole life - parents are both Reform rabbis, I went to Jewish summer camp, and now work at a Reform temple, and I absolutely identify with all of this! Well, except the kreplach; I'm a vegetarian :P

Well, I’m glad I’m mostly getting it right! 

memprime replied to your post “Obviously ignore this if it's too personal, but what made you start...”

I'm not sure I could ever give up bacon.

See, I was wondering about that, but I don’t eat many pork products on a regular basis and I realized, in reality, I eat bacon maybe five, six times a year? It’s too much of a pain to cook, so I mostly eat it when my parents make it. 

I don’t know that I could keep fully intensely kosher the way some people I know do, but I think I could give up pork relatively easily. 

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Answers About Murder Walls

merrysnork replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

I LOVE THIS PLEASE TELL ME YOURE KEEPING IT LIKE THAT

Absolutely! I bought the frame specifically for that purpose, to frame the red patch I masked off when I painted. 

I wish I could remember who suggested it -- I will backread my tag to see if I can credit whoever had the idea, but I think it was suggested in togethertube chat. Whoever came up with it, if you’re reading this, let me know so I can properly credit you with a great idea! 

ameliahcrowley replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

I feel like I should be knocking on the wall under the frame and waiting for it to open so I can whisper "Swordfish" (it's always swordfish) and gain entry to the speakeasy.

Oh man, I’ve been looking for a name for the new condo and The Speakeasy is now like, easily in the top five I’m gonna consider :D 

wandererriha replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

It’s like the eye of Sauron. Or a square pimento in an olive

Ahahahhaa it totally does look like some kind of weird architectural interpretation of an olive! 

voyageboots replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

I love the way this looks modern art-sy. And I also really love the thought that whoever lives there after you is going to view the apartment with a random red square.

Well, I will probably repaint before I sell, so the murder wall would go away (actually realistically if I were going to invest in upgrades before selling, I’d have pros come in, strip the paint completely, and repaint plus replace the baseboards), but I do like the idea of leaving it up while the place is being shown...

coppersunshine replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

honestly looks a lot more ominous like this

Ominous is never an aesthetic I really aim for but I seem to hit it a lot. I feel kind of like maybe I’m a distant Addams Family cousin. 

innytoes replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

I feel like this frame could use some tiny curtains so you can do a dramatic reveal

I read this while I was sitting down taking a break from painting and I CACKLED in the condo. If I can figure out how to do it, I might. 

geekgirl76 replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

Awesome! I'm thinking skip the keyhooks, and leave it as is, but with the museum tag. "Murder Wall" by Copperbadge, 2018. Acrylic on gypsum. A striking look at the vagarities of fate in relation to ones strugles with gravity, colour and the aquisition of real estate."

I’m considering a plaque. I’d like to credit the person who helped fund my paint job as a generous donor :D 

kissmeagainarthas replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

Well now it looks like a portal into a demonic dimension.

mooseman13579 replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

And then a red hand forms up from it and grabs anyone that gets too close

All right, creepypasta side of tumblr, slow your roll there a bit guys :D

jonlybonlyfromboldlygo replied to your photo “The last of Murder Wall.”

It looks like an opera stage, sort of ominous and promising at the same time

I was thinking the photo especially looks a bit like one of the weirder Magrittes. :D

antisock replied to your photo “Meanwhile, Murder Wall Junior is looking fly.”

Sam, I feel like you answered this but for the life of me I can’t find it: what is the brand/name of that green? It’s LOVELY.

The color is a Sherwin Williams color, “Relish”, but after picking it out from color swatches at a Sherwin Williams in Texas, I couldn’t actually get to a Sherwin Williams in Chicago to get the paint, and they don’t sell through other distributors. So I went to my local Ace Hardware and said “Can you get me something close to this?” and they custom-mixed me two gallons of it from the color sample I had. 

So it’s Benjamin Moore eggshell-finish, custom mixed to Sherwin Williams “Relish”. Now that it’s on the wall and I can really see how it looks I love it so, so much. It’s just a really nice shade of green. 

banesidhe replied to your photo “Meanwhile, Murder Wall Junior is looking fly.”

It also looks much brighter in there now!!

It looks brighter and honestly it makes the room look about twice the size it did before. It’s so much nicer now that the red isn’t looming over me anymore. 

drgaellon replied to your photo “Meanwhile, Murder Wall Junior is looking fly.”

That is no longer a murder wall. He has been rehabilitated and needs a new name. :)

In my head I’ve been calling it Minty Wall :D 

bold-sartorial-statement replied to your photo “The greening of Murder Wall Senior has begun.”

I thought it was an Aesthetic! map of Louisiana.

Which is funny because if you look at the actual patch, the more I work on it the more it looks like a map of Britain. I need to take a photo before I sand it again so I can show people. 

strix-alba replied to your photo “The greening of Murder Wall Senior has begun.”

At first glance I thought this was a Rothko painting from one of the aesthetic blogs I follow.

Ahaha, unfinished walls being painted do sometimes give off a very Rothko-esque quality to them....

ameliahcrowley replied to your post “Answers About DIY”

My father used to have a place slap bang in the middle of the earthquake zone. During the last serious earthquake I can remember (this was in the early nineties I *think*) his wall-mounted kitchen cabinets fell open and an entire stack of plates fell out, *falling together* as if they had been glued. As they approached the drawers underneath, the top drawer calmly slid open, caught the plates, and slid shut again. It was surreally cartoonish.

It’s kind of terrible to laugh at an earthquake but this mental image is KILLING ME, I am loling so hard. 

vikingelf replied to your post “So today was a “no bookend” day – I didn’t go to the new place before...”

I used extended pole for the roller so I could paint everything from the floor. So much nicer than moving the ladder all the time

I have a pole with a snap-out extender (it...could work better than it does) so I don’t have to do a ton of ladder work, but the roller doesn’t quite jam into the niche between wall and ceiling, so I have to get up on the ladder and finish that bit with a brush. 

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Answers Miscellaneous

idiagroena replied to your post “Answers About Magic, Chicken”

you're still in Chi right??? if so that's Athenian Candle, home of the best customer service and ultimate best selection I've ever experienced in a spiritual shop.

They were pretty ridiculously nice, yes! I’m gonna go back, there’s a bakery like a block down that I really liked last time I was there, I’m gonna get cookies and candles!  

myjennieblr replied to your post “So, there’s a conference I’m attending...”

Speaking as a person who accepts said proposals... if they liked it enough to accept you, they aren't going to care if you have to be reminded of topic. I've had more than a few people go "right... what did I say I was doing?" or "Can you email me my write up again?" Of course, when I send out the acceptance letters, I do include the workshop title, so hopefully you named your session evocatively.

Well, and I know definitely what my topic was, it’s just there was one part where they were like “What are the objectives of this session” and I gave them a four point list, and now I only know what two of the points were :D But yes hopefully they will include a copy of my form with my formal acceptance. 

jeanninedupree replied to your photo “vikingofficial: did-you-kno:...”

This is almost enough to make me reconsider my decision to be cremated.

I mean, you can have a casket and still be cremated! You’re just cremated in the casket.

So you could go full-irony and paint like, flames all over it. 

wandererriha replied to your link “Lemon Pigs”

DIdn't Sue Perkins make these as a dinner party centerpiece for "The Super Sizers eat The 1970s"?

I seem to recall, yes! So we’re only a little early for the fifty year cycle :D 

realmarysue replied to your photo “vikingofficial: did-you-kno...”

I remember reading somewhere that there was a casket that came with shelves (or you built it with shelves) so that until it was needed for a body, you would stand it up on one end and use it as a bookshelf. I've always been more fascinated with the Catholic religious orders whose initiates put mattresses on top of coffins and slept that way.

Oooh, I love the idea of a bookshelf you are then buried in! Which means it also has a lid, making packing easy! 

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superqueerpasta replied to your photoset “I call this photoset “Baby animals that have been dead for 100 years.”...”

jesus christ Sam

The Field can be a dark place. It’s full of dead animals and rocks from space! 

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..there's.. hardly anyone there??? It's free?! and like- empty?  Our Provincial Museum Queues around the block on the 'free day' every year!

Well, there are a lot of extenuating circumstances -- mostly that it was cold and rainy, I think, but also that the Field has multiple free days each month, usually, and it’s....it’s not the sexiest of Chicago’s museums, not even the sexiest of our science museums (that would be the Museum of Science and Industry). The Field really struggles with what it is and what it wants to project as its image. A result is that attendance tends to be on the sparse side. 

My parents love it, though. I sent mum a photo of the star sapphire from the gem room captioned “I’m in your favorite gallery!” and she was like YEAH YOU ARE! 

wandererriha

Snag the rest and sell it on eBay. That stuff is highly collectible and people WILL PAY for the old stuff because the new stuff sucks. Fridge-to-oven my behind. Only Classic Corning/Pyrex will do that and not break.

I thought about it, but in the spirit of the Free Stuff Table, if there a new haul of cool stuff, I try to leave at least some of it for other people. This time I decided I’d leave the rest there and if it was still there at 8 this morning I’d grab it, but it was gone, so someone else wanted some too, which is nice. 

ravenreyamidala replied to your post “yee-jun replied to your photo “These Instant Oatmeal Cookies look...”

Oooh I’ve been to Corning museum of glass! Very cool place.

Oh man I’m jealous! I’ve wanted to go for ages. 

rionsanura replied to your photo “These Instant Oatmeal Cookies look kind of okay!It’s possible the key...”

on first, second, and third glance I thought the logo on your parchment paper was a complex sigil, and wondered why you would lie about being drunk when it's way more impressive that you did a successful cookie spell

niennanir replied to your photo “These Instant Oatmeal Cookies look kind of okay!It’s possible the key...”

trust me when I say cookies are borderline dark magic. (I'd know, my Mum's a cookie sorcerer) There's a correlation where the less delicate the ingredients the more stable the incantation. Oatmeal is pretty sturdy.

I love this idea, COOKIE SIGILS AND BAKING WIZARDRY.

It reminds me of this comic: 

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perishedoffits replied to your post “Do you listen to podcasts? There was a re-run of a This American Life...”

Beat me to it! I was gonna ask Sam the same thing! XD Go sniff your fill, because the episode says that that chocolate smell is going away soon--it's pollution!

So I hear. I’m sure it’s a net gain -- there are probably negative environmental impacts to the smell -- but I’m sad that one of those unique only-in-Chicago aspects of life downtown will be going away. Though it will be funny to be able to say to the younger generation someday, “Ah yes....the city...it used to smell like chocolate....”

yee-jun replied to your post “Today my realtor sent over the approved bylaws of the condo...”

I assume that 'Condo Association Hijinks' will be the tag ;)

I was thinking Sam Owns A Home but if the condo association gets especially exciting I will consider a hijinks tag :D 

yee-jun

I wish I could be bothered to add a zip and shoulder straps to a tote bag and turn it into the worst backpack ever. (Ignore me, I've been in this sort of mood for about 4 days now and started pissing myself off 3 and a half ago O.O )

Aw, I hope you get out of your funk soon! But see, that’s the thing -- if you add shoulder straps (or even better, a messenger-style chest strap) and a zip top, you have fixed what was wrong with the tote bag:

1. Shit could and did fall out of it because the top didn’t close securely 2. The handles were inconvenient for carrying long distances and it took up a free hand (I don’t like to have my hands full when walking). 

I still wouldn’t need like ten of them, but I would accept that object as a perfectly useful bag; especially if it had a cool design on it, that might be quite novel. The conflict for me came into the fact that even after I explained exactly why I couldn’t use tote bags, Mum still kept sending them because SHE found them so useful, how could I NOT?   

Mum tends to get a little fixated on an idea sometimes.

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You're welcome to ship me tote bags too. Especially if they're snarky. I use 'em all the time until they go threadbare.

wandererriha

You can send me the tote bags!  :D  I love tote bags!

See, that’s the thing though, the thrift box postage is free (paid by the thrift shop) and you just print out a label and leave it for the postman. And I’m sending a bunch of stuff at once, which ameliorates the packaging cost. 

So if I send them to other people, in individual packages for which I have to go to the post office and pay postage, at this point? A gift I did not want and explicitly told people not to send me is now costing me money and time. 

I am 100% humorless about this and I apologize for that, but if I let it be funny Tumblr will take it and run with it and that will cause me genuine real life actual consequences, so I can’t.  

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strangeselkie replied to your photo “I thought I was done with omens but I guess not. No more keys, but...”

JUST IN TIME FOR PURIM! Esther loves you.

AND I LOVE ESTHER TOO. We watched Esther last night (sorry the link says it’s a bible movie) with Crazy Emo Boy Ahasuerus and Holy Shit That’s Jurgen Prochnow As *noisemaker rattles*. It’s a weirdly satisfying movie. 

My favorite part of the story of Esther is that she solves most of her problems with dinner. Can relate. 

firelightmystic replied to your photo “I thought I was done with omens but I guess not. No more keys, but...”

@copperbadge I can't help but feel like this is akin to finding a ton of power-ups right before the boss music kicks in??

THAT’S WHAT WORRIES ME. 

wandererriha replied to your photo “Operation Toasty New Blanket Nest is fully underway. That plaid...”

I like your doggo sheets. Is that perchance a French Bulldog silhouette?

I don’t know! I’ll try and remember to post a better picture of the sheets tonight so you guys can see the pattern. 

cameron-mckell replied to your post “geekgirl76 replied to your post “If you were to put together a...”

Seconding support for heated mattress pads. They're great, I had one a few years ago, and I'd turn it on to heat while I got ready for bed, then when I climbed into a newly-toasty bed, I'd just turn it back off (unless it was mega cold and I was getting drafts through the mattress, then it stayed on at a low setting to maintain temps).

Yeah, that’s what I’m doing -- my mattress is an Ikea mattress and it’s designed for air circulation, which is great in summer, but in winter means it’s SUPER COLD to get into and until it warms up. But the blanket warms it up just enough that I’m happy to get into bed, and then I just switch it off and coast on body heat all night.