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One the coldest days of the winter, I always think of Angelique Mott and her snares.

It's -4 outside and a murder of blue jays has taken up residence at our bird feeder. There are six all together. The other two are hanging out with a different woodpecker.

Girl in the white shorts has great moves. Morning earworm satisfied.

I was trying to be more organized a month ago and put all of my lists in a folder that I have not opened since and all hell is breaking loose.

The real credit belongs to Kym Worthy and others who have worked tirelessly to eliminate the backlog of rape kits in their jurisdictions.

When the yoga instructor handles the comms

Post a car picture you took

Almost all "whole milk" in the US is skimmed down to 4% and we're being robbed.

Let your spirit move

If someone you love ever smells like rotten lunchmeat, recognize that it's a sign of metabolic acidosis. Bodies become more acidic when they're not able to make enough energy. Weight freefalls as muscle is consumed, clothes get baggy. Taking aspirin can make it a lot worse.

I usually do a "no spend pantry challenge" in January, but accidently stopped buying groceries in November. Related, my 2025 resolutions were to stop buying commercial bread, freeze lunches for my partner to take to work, and no more pre-roasted coffee or brands traded on the NYSE. WE DID IT!

scales by which all dance music can be evaluated are everywhere for those with the eyes to see them

"... but protecting the dust with his hands, said 'I beg of you, do not disturb this.'" - last words of Archimedes recorded by Valerius Maximus, 30BC.

Explaining to my dad yesterday that he is colorblind. I know for sure because I'm colorblind and obviously his daughter. He doesn't believe me. No one argues with a grown man about colors. He is 73a and no one has pulled him aside to tell him.

Dancing plague always starts so innocently. Oddly enough, the first sign of it is a decision to grow my hair out in autumn, but by now, I'm pacing around. Been sitting around in silence for weeks due to headaches, but woke up with "Mississippi Mambo" in my head and had to dance to it.

Noem is wearing bigger and bigger hats because she is no longer able to use sunlight for energy. She gets her energy second hand from men with familial iron disorders and the pain of others. Her inner voice tells her get more energy, even if she has to lie or steal. I am not speaking figuratively.

"The Rip Van Winkle Caper", but this time it's oil.

I'm letting it cook for a minute. Peruvian shaman are 1 for 2.

In Chinese #mythology, Nian(aka the fearsome “Year”) is a lion-dog beast chained to a heavenly pillar under the Purple Star God’s watch. Each New Year’s Eve it breaks loose, descending on villages to devour the unwary. Over generations, people discovered its weaknesses: noise, fire, and 1/2 🎨 丁雲鵬

Le thérapeute / The healer https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3115129

How to tell if expired milk is okay for baking: open the lid and breathe in deeply. If it smells like pancakes, put it in the pancakes.

I am sad to be missing this and have to get my updates second hand for the most part. The post I can see is about not posting because the group is being reviewed by FB for threats. Not clear if the review is due to people reporting each other or the page.

Getting my ass kicked daily by the trans-coded computer on playscrabble.com.

Celebrating the birth of a rare chlorotic man to a woman with "green-sickness" today. The idea that Jesus was born to a woman who had not had sex is from a mistranslation of Koine Greek. Frankincense, myrrh and gold light is a treatment regimen. Merry Christmas!

This is the same reason given to people who have EDS with blue sclera. We don't use it to see lichen though. Just ask Seal. But did you know that when it snows My eyes become large and The light that you shine can't be seen?

Guess I'm going to spend my morning crying over a 14yo video of a dance club in Detroit that doesn't exist anymore. We were probably at this show, sitting in the booth next to the videographer.

if you're thinking "5-12 apply to me, but I can't identify with 1-4", consider that the full experience hasn't hit you yet.

Neverland boat FB is now fully parasocial. The man is living his dream and people are coming out of the woodwork to offer Christmas at their house and objects that they think he might like. His detractors think it is an unsuccessful boating project when it is in fact a wildly successful art project

Twelve common signs that a person has "Kundali Syndrome" aka is "having a case of the nerves" aka "has been filled with the love of God" aka "is Mesmerized". I stopped short of adding "changes name, shaves head, and reinterprets an ancient religion", but there are many such cases.

going through my social media accounts with an axe. might deactivate my other accounts. It's been so long since I've posted elsewhere that I doubt anyone will notice, but if you know me from a past life, please don't tell the others I'm here.

I like to keep a hook in my hair in case I need to pull one out in public. Always makes it through security.

The policies and moderation on this website are so bad that I considered going back to FB where more of my friends are and no I cannot.

<excited woodpecker noises>

If you are not presenting your controversial creativity project with religious and artistic framing, it's like going into battle without a shield or sword.

What I love most about watching the Neverlanding Boat of Dreams is how the public reaction to such projects is always the same. Even if you're a genius with degrees or decades of experience, everyone assumes you're as ignorant as they were 5 minutes ago.

I made butter pecan ice cream instead of dinner, and then, I used the egg whites to test a 14th century recipe, "frytours of milke" from "The Forme of Cury". My version is fusion cooking because I'm serving them with maple syrup.

Yes, this is it. The essence of Neverlanding socials is 1/2 wonks and 1/2 "enlightened" people who recognize this man as one of their own and speak his language.

Inquiring minds want to know if these are the same artifacts that were displayed at the University of Michigan medical school. (The display cases were in a hallway next to the first elevator if you were headed from the hospital cafeteria into the BSRBs.)

Like all good friends, if you're in Michigan and have a free day, I will take you to Detroit and show you The Fist.

I picked this up in the foyer of Abe's Coney Island in Ypsilanti, c. 2001.

I can hardly wait to see the hovercraft version of "Neverlanding - The Houseboat Of Dreams" .

“Boats like that aren’t made for the open waters of Lake Huron” - Stop right there. Oh yes it was.

I love this study because it discusses half of extraordinary belief - cultural interpretation. My own "extraordinary belief" is that sense of self, invisibility war meditations, trance dancing, and love at first sight have electromagnetic origins and ion channel function in common.

Kalkaska, 11/28/25

We have at least 18" of snow on the ground with another 4-8" forecasted this weekend. Spectrum internet was down for 36 hours. Power through the coop has been sketchy but on. The roads are plowed, traffic is normal, and the bar next door is open.

The predictions for heaviest snowfall amounts on every map are centered over our house. A light snow is beginning to fall. If we don't get 18+ inches, we'll be disappointed.

I have a vague memory of the periscope on the USS Silversides when it first arrived in 1987. There was no museum or tour. I thought it was temporary.

Current* conditions near Isle Royale NP, MI: