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…that’s okay; in star citizen the vapid simulator download service is called electronic access…

…cave diving is the most dangerous deadly recreational sport of which i’m aware…

…that looks pretty modestly-sized in the foreground, honestly…

(this is a huge red flag:)

…do three strikes laws apply to simultaneous convictions?..

…that’s pretty much my improvisational style, everything eyeballed, nothing measured: sometimes things turn out amazing but of course the cost of those happy surprises is that i’ll never make it the same way again; couldn’t if i tried…

…i dated a girl who dogmatically followed published recipes, considered any deviations anathema to the authors’ labor developing them, and she was horrified to watch me cook…

…let me introduce you to single cask-strength malts: one drop, drawn delicately through your lips, let diffuse across your palate by capillary action, that’s how i learned to appreciate alcohol for the first time after four decades of not getting it…

…the great thing about cask-strength sipping whiskies is that one bottle can last years if kept properly sealed between pours…

…so about fourty years ago i met a deer raised with farm dogs and it pretty much behaved like one of their pack, barking and all…

…in my experience, polyester teabags never really took off stateside: it’s only imported british mass-market teas which did the fused-pyramidal-bag thing as a product differentiator…stateside,i occasionally see boutique teas with fused polyester bags + strings, but i expect they’ll change in short order based upon this controversy…

…if your tea uses folded-paper bags stapled or tied-off with cotton string, you’re safe…

…canadians may be low-key, but they don’t f*ck around…

…last i heard, canadian snipers outperform the finns…

“Wisk gets ring-around-the-collar and your whole wash clean.”

…their first-generation cards were poorly received, but intel kept at it and recently achieved parity with low-end offerings from ATI and nvidia as a respectable selection for a budget machine…

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/review-intel-arc-b580-is-a-compelling-if-incredibly-tardy-250-midrange-gpu/

…if they stay committed to the effort, i think intel might stand toe-to-toe on midrange cards within a generation or two…

“Freedom is a scary thing. Not many people really want it.”

…body count!..now that’s a name i’ve not heard in a long, long time: a long time…

…two-faced rarebit…

…multi-whole-grain sourdough and way more dairy than i should be eating…

frog fractions

…trump’s trivially manipulated: the next four years are china’s best shot and they know it…

(ha - getaway car)