Tempting. I suppose they have chocolate ones, too.

dad isn't into music. kept buying the soundtrack from "2001: a space odyssey" over and over. Robert Palmer's "Riptide". Bob Segar. Mom played tapes in the car on repeat for months. Wham, Starship, Pointer Sisters, Tears for Fears, Eurythmics, Billy Joel, and the much hated Phil Collins.

The hottest dance parties take place with a fruit platter and a case of red wine with loose reptiles. I don't make the rules.

Dancing plague is a cation ion disorder related to TRPV1 activation. The visions are level 4 closed-eye hallucinations, moving geometric figures, like tornados and tunnels. Ask me how I know.

Walked on an ancient trail in my area, chased mercilessly by mosquitoes the entire way. I only stopped to take one photo. No mushrooms, but a huge blackberry crop is on the way.

I was out of the house for 6 hours, went to 7 thrift stores, spent $15 on cookbooks, Nordic Ware, and pumpkin orange corduroy pants.

My front curtains are hanging on a broken painter's pole and two hooks. I stapled a board to the bottom of the curtains so that I may roll them up to any length. I think it's brilliant. My father won't come in my house because he's scared. (Not kidding.)

The insides of my grandmother's kitchen cabinets were pasted with "Hints from Heloise". Appreciating her design choices more and more. Her gigantic tv remote was in a plastic bag because she read that it might stop working if dirt got inside.

forcing myself to go out shopping once per month. how is it possible that I once enjoyed leaving the house, driving a car, being perceived. It seems like I ordered groceries just yesterday (May 19). I would put it off, but we're out of trash bags and milk.

Would love to talk to this artist about her inspiration. She has seen The Light.

me: what telenovella is a woman my age living in Mexico most likely to have watched? him: <blank look> me: what telenovella was really popular back in the day? ... what do you want to hear about randomly after work? him: "El Maleficio" or "Muchachitas"

Henry Ford set his factory wage at $5 per day in 1914. $5 in 1914 is worth $166.51 today

update: neighbor gives directions leading his friends to my house. tattoos head to toe. seem like very nice people. today, his packages are misdelivered to my porch. Search the name. Charged with attempted murder, aggravated stalking, killing an animal, etc, 9 years ago. Wonder how that turned out.

Reminder that freaking out about raw milk is an American thing, not a raw milk thing.

Once again, wishing people would make an effort to learn about farming and cooking with fresh milk. Should we ban eggs in shells because some people don't know how to cook and others like their eggs sunny-side-up? That's what some of you sound like.

Frogs playing bass guitars, I presume.

Cloud Master, from the standpoint that I've co-owned this cartridge since 1989 and have never been more than a few seconds into level 3. Infuriating. I will play it again the next time I have custody of the Sega.

If you are/know a woman who has recently migrated to Northern Lower Michigan for reasons, I plan to be thrifting, cooking, eating in restaurants of all kinds, swimming, and hiking in abandoned areas all summer. Maybe we could be mauled by bears together or something?

Always sad to see personalized items at estate sales that won't find another home, but if our names were "Dick & Dee", I'd have that printed on everything, too.

I walked to the river hoping to be attacked by a bobcat, but all I found was a cloud of mosquitos and maybe a tick.

I've been entertaining myself with videos about biblical dieting, and they have the seed of a good idea, but the actual food is not biblical in any way. Essentially, they made a very questionable list of foods and layered it with modern dietary guidelines and practice.

GOOD MORNING, MOON.

I walked to the lake for the first time this year. The water is high.

I don't know whether to offer this new neighbor a pile of cookies or add a layer of locks to my doors.

father, competitive hoarder for many years, has been giving away all of his possessions and really enjoyed donating things. Everyone in town is shocked, but I know that he served as village Santa for many years. His latest hobby is shopping at yard sales for donations to Habitat for Humanity.

I was going to drink a cup of coffee on the porch before it gets too hot and was driven inside by mosquitoes in under a minute.

are there more people using their hands to create than ever, or is tinkering in the physical world in decline?

Traditions in fermented foods like vinegar, cheese, beer, sauerkraut, and soy sauce are just ways of guiding the natural decomposition process in ways that continue to taste good.

How the first cheese was actually made though: Step 1: Put raw milk in a bowl. Leave it in a warm place until it clabbers, 2-3 days. 2: Throw the milk away. Do not wash the bowl. Repeat step 1. 3: Repeat step 2 until the milk clabbers within hours. Use the bowl daily as long as it tastes good.

I feel like there should be professional accreditation of online moderators at this point. Like, only people who have maintained a smaller public forum for 5+ years should be hired to lead such efforts. Some of the most basic lessons have not been learned by leadership here. How tiresome.

Two very nice converted shipping containers on 23 acres in the elk range. "this is the kind of property that captures the true Up North experience."

Mad liberation! Hallelujah! Will the captain make it to Chicago, or will god call him back to Jobbie Nooner? How long will the page admin soldier on?

Contemplating this myself. It could be so easy.

The goddess Refusa wants me to go to the MSU recycling center this weekend, I just know it.

The moon is loud.

First boat of the season.

Worried about the people of Cuisinart because the grind-and-brew coffee is 6x stronger than I was making it before. I see why every thrift shop has one.

Never judge a house by the siding in Ishpeming. www.realtor.com/realestatean...

My previous residences include a former church (8 years), a former corner hardware store (10 years), a former bar, and yes, I lived in a former funeral home for 2 years. I didn't know it was a funeral home at the time. The coat/hat/boot room and two large living rooms did seem a bit odd.

This gorgeous funeral home is for sale in the UP and begs me to pursue my worst tendencies.

Irksome behavior of the Detroit Mies van der Rohe set. Owner said the neighbors love it, so why aren't the neighbors quoted? Empty lots in every commercial corridor, historic buildings to salvage, a multitude of legal ways to enjoy an office/party house, but not in their neighborhood!

The intro to Mystery! on PBS by Edward Gorey, as if you couldn't tell.

“Tsutsumimono” by Japanese ceramic artist Tanaka Yū.

Telling the kids that ancient Egyptians invented the Rosca de Reyes.

Calder's "Stegosaurus" at the Toledo Museum Of Art.

Searching bsky for things to do in Toledo is producing solid results.

It's okay to go camping with your buddies. You don't have to lie.

how many hacks would it take to gaslight the customers of a luxury underground bunker company into hiding and police the exits with drones?

The US wasn't designed to have a standing army. State militias provided national defense until the National Security Act of 1947, when they were absorbed by the power that they were designed to balance. This act armed the federal government, giving it the ability to bully people around the world.

The standing military didn't exist prior to the National Security Act of 1947. The same act nationalized the state guards, the "well regulated militia" that was supposed to oppose federal tyranny, absorbed into the federal government. Every US military intervention since stems from this document.