Mood:

Current mood

In lobby, waiting to see doctor.

Chat is it good if my spot in the food pantry distribution system sees a 20% spike in traffic

Totoo ba ito? Because there are those who do owe me money, lots of it, but I never asked for it back out of mercy because I knew they could never pay it back.

This looks terrific. And what a title! youtu.be/97_3dkfY5nU?...

I love you potatoes I love you alliums I love you cabbage I love you dairy

Alright, off to see the gastroenterologist. Pray for me.

Hold the line, Dems.

Initium sapientiae timor Domini. (Psalm 110.10; motto of the University of Aberdeen)

initium sapientiae timor Domini - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. #quotebot

Wisdom will save you so that you are not taken by wolves; and goodness will save you so that you do not become wolves. — Patriarch Pavle of Serbia

What is my reputation worth anyway now that I have been reduced to this?

*bows low on the ground*

This would not be the first time I’ve washed a priest’s foot, rubbed it with scented oil, and kissed it. The things I do to survive poverty. If I must endure the laughter and humiliation for the sake of a crumb of meagre care, at least I shall live and not die.

De positieve krachten hebben gewonnen! Ik wil voor alle Nederlanders aan de slag, want dit is het land van ons allemaal!

My child proceeded to pronounce "Origen" and "Plotinus" impeccably.

"What's thaaat?" "The Collected Works of the philosopher named Plato." "Play-Doh?" "Nope, Plā-to." "Plāto?" "Yes, Plato."

Come and say hello to the #HistParl team at History Day next week! We're excited to talk about our research and catch up with new and old friends working in the sector. Find out more via @ihr.bsky.social #HistDay25

My maternal grandmother with my maternal uncle, Kensington Gardens, London, England, circa 1980s.

Kudos to you if you know where it is 😅

During the power outage yesterday I re-read the first ten or so issues of Saga. That’s a damn fine comic book.

I have decided that the key to Muppet Christmas Carol's popularity is that people want to see Muppets playing famous authors so my suggestion for the next movie is Kermit and Miss Piggy playing James Joyce and Nora Barnacle.

Here’s what it looks like:

You can substitute with dark brown sugar and a little molasses. Or use muscovado sugar. Piloncillo is basically a hard dark brown jaggery that you have to shave and dissolve in boiling water.

Yes, Ma, I know.

You’ve got to try dulce de calabaza (ayote con miel) sometime, Father! Delicious with vanilla ice cream and cajeta!

Cooking with #Pumpkins: Recipe 2: Spicy roast pumpkin seeds

Typically said after the Padre Nuestro (Paternoster).

Find to find on Youtube for some reason, but it has a very specific melody. I guess I know where the Migallos family is from now.

Where is the justice?! 😭😭😭

Ili ili, tulog anay Wala diri imo nanay. Kadto tienda bakal papay. Ili-ili tulog anay. Sleep a while, little one Your mother is not here. She went to the store to buy bread*. Sleep a while, little one *Buy a father? Redeem a father from jail? Bail him out?

Yes, Philippine Hispanophones, I got the symbolic twist: “Papay” is a colloquialism for both “father” and “bread” in Philippine Spanish.

*pauses for a moment* My mother sang “Ili-ili tunog anay” as a lullaby.

So, I asked my Echo to play Fur Elise and it for some bizarre reason defaulted to: (A) an “ABC Nursery Rhymes” version from an album called “Classical Baby,” which nevertheless (B) is the most cursed, horror-movie sounding rendition of the piece I’ve ever heard. open.spotify.com/track/2T1lpb...

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving: $100 billion Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%: $100 billion One is decried as "welfare." One is not. Why?

I know it's silly but this is the first thing that makes me feel like I might actually see this finished in my lifetime

Watching Murder Before Evensong. Recommended!!🕯❤️

That’s just one story. I have other spooky stories about seeing my great-grandfather walking into the bathroom, or someone tapping my shoulder at Christmastide. And I’m not the only one. Lots more relatives have their own spooky stories. Like grabbing your ankles as you sleep in an ancestor’s bed.

But here’s the thing: There was nobody there!!! And so the doorbell keeps ringing incessantly and loud for about five minutes until an older cousin of mine says, “Bisabuela Aurea, we’re going now. Happy Christmas.” The doorbell stopped ringing! And we all just freaked out, like WTF?!!!

So before leaving for the city, my family takes a photo in front of the ancestral home, right? A few days after the first day of Christmas (the 25th), we all gathered for the family photo. And as were about to pose and smile, the doorbell starts ringing. Mind you, the doorbell is at the gate.

Right?! The ancestors come to visit, like. I’ve so many spooky stories from Christmases at my mother’s ancestral home, yikes.

In the UK, I heard one old dear serving in a coffee shop, replying to someone asking: 'Hey, can I get a coffee?' 'No dear, you sit down, I get the coffee'.

Turning away a Eucharistic Procession with full monstrance? He’d have been holding the canopy over it. The man was not messing about being a Catholic.

This is unarguable, mind. Stopping people going to Mass would press every damned button he had. bsky.app/profile/mthr...

We shouldn't have to pretend the yikes stuff isn't there just to beat a turd like Musk in an argument.

Absolutely mind-blowing* that big parties pander to the right after a left-wing candidate won by a gigantic margin. "The public clearly asked for this thing, which is why we're offering the other thing." *and predictable