the boy and I were making kung pao and got the oil so hot in the wok that when we threw in the hot peppers and Sichuan peppercorns we near about gassed ourselves out of the house.
the boy: "I think we just invented bear spray."
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a Lacanian point-and-click adventure game where the mysteriously powerful "phallus" appears/disappears from your inventory seemingly at random & you must find out why/how
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that does seem very plausible. folk tradition and all
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from the Hammer-On page in Wikipedia!
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hammer-on and pull-off, guitarists' conventional terms for slurred notes, were originally coined by Pete Seeger in the 1940s when he wrote "How to Play the 5-String Banjo"
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Tersa Sphinx moth
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Striped Sweat Bee - sp. ?
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Eastern Lubber grasshopper. these suckers are big - the biggest I'm pretty sure
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in Charleston for the week and here are some cool bugs
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 American Revolutionary War was incorrectly decided
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A glittery bi-colored striped sweat bee visiting a purple cone flower.
These bees live in communal ground burrows, I see them peeking out as they come and go. Quite charming.
#insects
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people are saying that it'd be too late for Biden to drop out of the race, but here's the thing. it's not.
is anyone who was going to vote for Biden *not* going to vote for the eventual nominee when the election is held?
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wrens nesting in the shop sent out their fledglings today so truce with nature is restored for the moment
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groundhog ate the leaves off my cucumber plants. I am now officially at war with all nature until I calm down
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it's normal to think this defector.com/i-would-like...
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Sometimes people ask me about the super rich in Renaissance Florence, whether the art/culture/science boom was an example of trickle-down working. (A) Florence had a wealth tax, (B) its richest man Palla Strozzi had the equivalent of only $250 million. Want more Leonardos? Tax the Rich. π¨π§βπ¨ππππΌππππ»π°
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Inside me there are two wolves. This is not enough to control the deer population inside me, which is degrading the river ecology inside me. Iβm attempting to release more
wolves inside me to address this, but the ranchers inside me object, and
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Bullfrog ... πΈ
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and let's not forget the ol' queen of bones
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this is a let's take a moment to remember my beautiful dogs post
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errands today involve picking up in the following order some groceries, weed gummies, beer, and blood pressure meds.
love living in a legal weed state, man. buying weed is like ordinary
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let's goooooooo www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/n...
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these are dad tales. generally speaking. the specific genre is dad talking about his lawn
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pretty good. got one rash on the inside of my right wrist but it's very mild - a little always gets past my best defenses - but much less poison ivy in the yard
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Nudibranch time!! I found these flamboyant nudis last week at low tide. The first is a Cockerell's Dorid (Limacia cockerelli) and the other two are Clown Triopha (Triopha modesta).
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I can't say that out there on the lawn pushing a lawnmower in my cargo shorts and bucket hat with the full on dad gray beard isn't the absolute peak of my life
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(too many people)
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spent a very pleasant day with beautiful weather in Manhattan - zenga exhibit at the Japan Society and strolling along the High Line - reminding me once again that I never want to live there
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maybe if we all banded together to make it absolutely clear that we did not want this gorgeous weather to go we could be able to do something above that, have some influence somewhere, or something
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brand new tingler BISEXUALLY SANDWICHED BY SENTIENT BACON, LETTUCE AND TOMATO is out now amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6X3D412 and true buckaroo tier patreon www.patreon.com/posts/bisexu...
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clearing out patches of poison ivy is one of those things where you have to wait two days before you know how good your protection and cleanup game is
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I've been hearing this more and more
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I felt this in my fucking soul
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that time of year when birds are doing mulberry poops on all my outdoor stuff
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#FromTheArchives
Bold Jumper beauty shot!
#inverts #becurious
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90% of being a poet is just knowing what the names of the trees and the birds and the fish where you live are. The rest is just looking at them and writing it down.
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Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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I blew up the Moon for you please respond
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please note that I am apparently a doctrinal authority in Zen now
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did Jupiter have Buddha nature? emphatically yes
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"Doing things" is over.
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goodbye ya sweet dope
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thank you. that's good advice
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Bullfrogs ... πΈ
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I'd love to find a vet that could give straight answers to simple questions about important decisions, but I think vet school trains that ability out of them
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