To answer your question, I have now 3 times found myself in the living room holding the remote rather than my cellphone, which is back on the bed by the television. My only excuse is that I’m over 60, ADD, and was distracted by the dirty dishes I was also carrying.
Texas and I believe a few other states have passed anti-abortion laws that attempt to cover people leaving their states to seek safe and legal abortions. The ones I’m familiar with (as I recall) applied to things like traveling on state-owned roads to seek an abortion out of state....
California is a lovely state with many reasons to visit. If a person who happens to be pregnant comes to Los Angeles, she could go camping, skiing, surfing, tour stars’ homes or Disneyland or Hogwarts… And she could get a safe legal abortion. Or the pregnancy could spontaneously miscarry in a hotel room or on the side of a mountain, who knows?
When she goes home no longer pregnant, it’s nobody’s fucking business.
Or she could not go home, and start a new life in a place that respects her.
Edit: feel free to go back and change all the "she"s to "they"s because a pregnant trans man would deserve all the same rights and safe medical care.
Kids spend a huge amount of time at school. A good kid’s name needs to be yellable across the playground, (I knew a kid named Garfield, who went by Gar. Fine for conversation but you couldn’t call him without sounding idiotic.) singable for Happy Birthday, (my own is awkwardly long and off-meter) and not an obvious rhyme for any embarrassing body parts or functions. (Mulva?) It helps if it is spelled in a way that supports correct pronunciation, or at least doesn’t suggest an awkward mispronunciation. Kamylia (pronounced like camellia) works, Cameltoe doesn’t. A foreign language name, like an heirloom, should have a provenance or family story. Not just random appropriation. “I named my kid Shanghai because he’s how his mom Shanghaied me into marriage.” Terrible, but at least it’s better than nothing.
I have a nice aluminum stepladder. I discovered the handiest place to store it is behind the living room curtain. Much easier than in a closet. And much safer than climbing on chairs!
The best way to eat a ripe mango IMHO is chilled, with a good shake of Tajín, a tiny sprinkle of salt, and the juice of one lime squeezed over. Even better with some cut melon pieces as well for “street fruit,” but mango is the essential base.
It’s the only way! When I was a kid our neighbor had a big old Mission Fig tree with so many figs, we climbed up and picked a big bowlful, while eating so many!
We ate all the ones that split when we were picking them, so they were the ripest. And we didn’t eat the skin, just scraped the insides out with our teeth. So decadent!
I only have PayPal linked to a credit card, so I can always pit that ruthless company against them, I guess. But it does sour me on them if that’s how they treat their merchants
I’m getting really tired of my food expiring before I make anything with it, and I want to quit buying anything that can’t be frozen or last several months in the cupboard.
An easy way to add some vitamins and fiber, buy a bag of frozen broccoli cuts or other cut veggies and throw some in the boiling water when your pasta is almost done. When they froze it they cooked it a little, so you’re really just heating it up while your pasta finishes cooking. Use a rubber band or something to close the bag if you’re only using part of it. You can do this with frozen peas, cauliflower, green beans, or other veggies, but not soybeans/edamame! They have to be cooked separately to be sure they’re fully cooked, or they can make you sick.
Unlike canned, frozen vegetables retain the nutrients of fresh. And you’re not opening the drawer to find they’ve gone moldy.
The Nutcracker Suite is a whole ballet with a running time of an hour and a half. People are familiar with almost every part of it, though. Because it’s a Christmas confection.
Sorry I was too lazy to look up which part you were talking about. Interested, but lazy. Looks like it’s the Sugar Plum Fairy, which is one of the main solos of the ballet as well.
I know it’s about disappearing one’s former “friends” and I realize it might also hint at the way the sTrumpet denies having known people he was cozy with for years.
But it took me way too long to decide it isn’t also Loss.
If you mean the mail slot, it’s perhaps old-fashioned, since it’s a security weakness.
I remember seeing an old movie where a family kept the house key on a string just inside, so when the kid got home from school they could reach in, get the key, and unlock the door (parents were at work).
And a couple where someone put fire or explosives through the slot.
World’s Best clumps and is unscented. It’s corn, so there’s no clay or silica dust, but it does make its own kind of corn dust, which my previous cat tracked everywhere after thoroughly digging and burying. My present cat just tiptoes in, pees, poos, and tiptoes away, leaving the poo perched proud. It gets my attention to scoop it! But at least no dust gets tracked.
I’m afraid I need to contradict you. It is technically flushable. Certainly better than anything else out there! But depending where one lives, it can cause problems and one can’t just blithely flush it all down.
For instance, I’m in an apartment building built in 1970, in a state with low-flush toilets and low-flow fixtures. The drains were built for more water and less stuff. And if they clog it’s not only my problem, it can affect everyone in the stack. Learned this the hard way, although there was probably more than the litter to blame.
So I do flush the poo, with the litter coating it. But I scoop the pee clumps into those little green bags and put them in the trash. The bags and litter might be compostable but I’m not sure about the pee, and we don’t have compost collection set up yet anyway. At least being able to flush the poo is a lifesaver!
I’m also not 100% sure about old septic systems.
I’m happy for you that it works fine for you! You’re living the dream, dude! And with cats!
I live on the first of 7 floors (my floor is the concrete slab over the garage) so mostly it’s me who gets the backup if there’s trouble in my stack.
Just got through Thanksgiving without calling a plumber this year because I posted a note in the mailroom reminding folks to please put their vegetable peels and food scraps in the garbage can, not down the sink!
Oh I have to share what just happened! My husband’s power wheelchair suddenly wouldn’t drive. In tilt mode it would still tilt, but in the driving modes it had an error message. By asking in forums he learned that message could mean it thought it was tilted back too much for safe driving, even though it was fully upright. So he tilted way back, and I looked underneath for anything loose, finally tightened one loose screw that I frankly think was unrelated. Then he tilted upright again, giving it an extra couple seconds of push on the joystick, and I pushed forward on the back of the chair. Nothing moved, it was already fully upright. But it did the trick! It’s driving fine now.
Pick up a box on sale and put it in the cupboard. It’s a useful base for some chicken pieces, or to make some vegetables into a casserole. Excellent with mushrooms. (Take into account the liquid that will be released by the cooking veggies, or else saute them first, before mixing with the stuffing)
This year, instead of a whole bird, I made Turkey Balls using 2 lbs ground turkey, 2 raw eggs, stuffing mix, then sauteed onion, celery, apple, mushrooms, (let cool before adding) Chardonnay, and cool broth. I added the usual spices, keeping in mind there’s already some in the stuffing. I piled them in a lidded casserole, but you can also bake them on a sheet pan and serve with dips.
As a person with a super-vulnerable family member who sometimes has to go into shops, and can only wear a loose single-layer mask because he drives his wheelchair with a lip-joystick, I’m angry at you. Why not get the shots, they’re one of the few free things that do both you and others good? People like you are why our family lives like hermits and only go out when it’s really necessary.
I’m waiting for The Marvels to go to streaming. I don’t want to sit in a theater amongst the coughers and sneezers and stale overpriced popcorn. I want to be able to put on the captions and listen at a reasonable volume. Maybe I’m just a cantankerous bitch, but maybe that’s why I need to see this movie, to cheer me up.
My potted myer lemon tree started flowering a few weeks after I brought it indoors for the winter. Is it OK to let it flower? Should I try pollinating the flowers to get more lemons?
I’m in Los Angeles so my potted lemon stays outside, and it’s a dwarf Eureka, so ymmv, but I would enjoy the flowers without trying to force another crop of lemons. If you can’t resist, maybe only do one or two. Because isn’t this the part of the cycle when the tree will store up nourishment for strength?
Flowers don’t take as much energy as fruit. You could probably just remove them as they fade, and pinch off any fruit that starts to form, or most of them anyway.
Or maybe it will be okay to fruit if you give it fertilizer.
Y’know, you should probably check with a local plant expert, I’m just a random old lady on Lemmy in a 10b climate zone.
One way to get humidity is to wear a mask. An N95 isn’t necessary, you want to be getting plenty of oxygen in your sleep, but a loose-fitting mask will still hold the moisture and warmth from your exhales. And will stay in place better than just burying your head in the blankets.
I live in LA and to be fair, palm trees are basically fake trees in the first place, they’re mostly non-native Q-Tips that give no shade. The cell towers should just cover themselves with billboards, they’d fit right in and make extra cash from the side hustle.
Polyester fabric tends to hold the body odor even after washing, and in my opinion it might seem okay when you put it on fresh and dry but as soon as it gets a drop of new sweat it reactivates so you instantly smell like you’ve been sweating in it all day. It seems to vary by individual items, certain slick knits in particular I have had to toss out because I just couldn’t get the smell to stay out. Other items are no problem. If you are wearing something for the purpose of working out and sweating, you’re not trying to spark romance or seal a business deal, so being sweaty and stinky with honest effort isn’t really a problem. You’ll just get 'er done and then take a shower and change. If you’re wearing sportswear to hang out, give it a sniff, and/or ask a person who’s going to give you an honest answer. Don’t ask “Do I stink?” Ask, “Does this shirt stink, should I change it?” Because it feels a lot less mean to say Yes to the second.
I had the same problem! Couldn’t stand my own stink! Then I tried non - antiperspirant deodorant and my sweat just washed it away after a few hours, plus I felt uncomfortable with swampy pits. So I went back to my unscented Mitchum. (Which is sold as being for Men, but it’s a nongender neutral.)
Is anyone else super relieved that TV's don't feature those unsightly, disgusting, buttons anymore?
Question for legal folks: Travel based abortion restrictions
Texas and I believe a few other states have passed anti-abortion laws that attempt to cover people leaving their states to seek safe and legal abortions. The ones I’m familiar with (as I recall) applied to things like traveling on state-owned roads to seek an abortion out of state....
Theoretically, what if I named my child with a foreign but otherwise normal names
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Their foot steps sound like they just have 2 pegs for feet… they hit so hard....
What are the best ways that you beat the winter blues that really help?
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I’m getting really tired of my food expiring before I make anything with it, and I want to quit buying anything that can’t be frozen or last several months in the cupboard.
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If another species on Earth began to develop civilization, how would you like to see them approached?
Would you prefer a hands-off, leave them to their own devices kind of approach, a keep at arms reach gently advise, or something else altogether?
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Myer lemon flowering after I brought it indoors
My potted myer lemon tree started flowering a few weeks after I brought it indoors for the winter. Is it OK to let it flower? Should I try pollinating the flowers to get more lemons?
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