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alantea87 · 2 months

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So, I’ve clocked my first 24 hours with the Nokia 2660 Flip. Truly a flip-you to my iPhone and its addicting qualities. Nothing groundbreaking to use a dumb-phone, but I wanted to challenge myself again to rejoin reality and reconnect with my friends and family properly… by stripping back my use of technology to its bare essentials.

Why…

After many months of wanting to pull away from social media, WhatsApp and iOS, I was apprehensive yet elated at the very idea. What about the memes? Thirst posts? Corgis? I’d miss them all. But much needed clarity came crashing in: my iPhone had become my adult pacifier (or dummy for us Brits). Using your smartphone during times of boredom, times of stress, or times of wanting connection has become a habit of many. And, I was no exception. Especially the doom-scrolling for hours on end after work. Luckily, after some realisation… my emotions were at the mercy of this bloody thing. Not to mention the continued horrors of witnessing violence or harassment on Instagram reels - content like this seemingly slipping through censorship safeguards. I had enough and wanted to go back simpler times, even at the dismay of others. I finally bought my second dumb-phone in two years, but this time it was far more usable (bigger buttons, predictive texts, foldable display). I wanted to really try much harder in having an iPhone-less life, even if it created a touch more inconvenience.

Neck-deep…

Sometimes I feel that tech companies invent inconveniences in order to sell more solutions directly to you. And as someone who used to work at Apple’s Regent Street store years back (when the first iPhone was launched, mind you), Apple has turned into a capitalist nightmare. I miss their earlier days of really creating a tech solution to improve your life. Now it’s all about that coin and I forget I am neck-deep in their eco system and feel like I’m drowning in their “YOU’RE MY ELITE EMPLOYEE” energy, so I feel I have to keep on buying more. Yes, the integration of all of their devices work incredibly well. But sometimes I feel that innovation doesn’t always address your ability to connect (naturally) with other people. In fact, my self and a lot of my friends (at my age), now feel that modern technology hinders deep, meaningful connections e.g. good old face-to-face conversations in the real world. I think as a millennial (and listen up gen z), I forget that conversation in person is incredibly nuanced: one has to balance tone, emotion, inflection and practice patience. It involves drama and full expression - hands, legs and otherwise! Real connection. No avatars, no emojis, no hiding. Worst case scenario, make a phone call and use your voice. Having said that, I will have to practice what I preach now that it’s much harder to write big messages via SMS on an alphanumeric keypad, lol. I’m more likely to text “can I call you in a bit instead?”.

Current tech hoes…

I have in fact have not fully compromised my relationship with tech. I am using an iPad for emails and internet. Plus, I have resorted to using my Apple Watch as a “mp3 player” paired with my AirPods Pro 2s. I forgot that if you have an Apple Music sub, you can download songs/albums/playlists directly to your Apple Watch via Wi-Fi etc. Perfect for the gym and the commute. Because I am sure as hell that I won’t be touching those dodgy Temu-like music players on Amazon. Frankly, they look like they would crumble in your hand and would be carcinogenic. Remember guys, tech companies have turned once a useful tool (the smartphone) into a slot-machine in your hand. Your emotions are being played with and sometimes I did enjoy aspects of that (memes, targeted videos/content etc) but I say: no bloomin more. For now. Lol. Famous last words. I’m going to try and do two weeks minimum with my Nokia 2660 and see how I survive.

Challenges to expect…

Unlike the Nokia 2680 Flip (only sold in North America, I think) as a fancier operating system that allows WhatsApp and a stripped down version of Google Maps. GPS navigation on that version of the 2660 apparently works alright, but you wouldn’t be able to use it in car for driving (I don’t drive anyway). But my main concern about using a feature phone is that lack of mapping. And I chronically get lost in London, despite being born and raised in Hackney/Islington. So I do plan to use my iPhone (loaded up with a data eSIM) to use it like it was a good old TomTom. Sorry gen z, these were old standalone GPS screen/devices you retrofitted in your car. But only if I plan on going somewhere totally new. Otherwise, I will try and relearn the bus network (within reason, lol) and tube map relative to my needs. I kinda miss those days of printing out directions and/or relying on your actual brain to problem solve and to get your bearings. Other things I may or may not miss out on: QR code scanning/presenting, tube/weather updates, voice notes.

Final words…

Scaling back to a dumb-phone has actually already reduced my levels of anxiety, sense of disconnect or being part of comparison culture. The very act of adding in your contacts manually one-by-one like the 90s/2000s into a cellphone was quite therapeutic despite its novelty. I think you can import a vCard, but couldn’t be arsed. *Carrie Bradshaw voice* But then I thought to myself (as I typed each contact into my Nokia keypad): damn boy… do I only really have three (actual) friends?

Two books I am currently reading and recommend.

#Nokia #nokia2660flip #dumbphone #digitalminimalism #social media #sherry turtle #cal Newport #tech

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yorshie · 3 months

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I have been called yorshie. Yorsh. Yorkshire. Pudding Monster. Yorkshire Pudding. Yorsherrific. And Yorshalicious

Soon. Soon I will reach my final form. I will be unstoppable.

#I. fucking love all these nicknames.#I feel so loved.#I’m putting every single one of them on my tombstone #I’ll be dead then it won’t matter my great grandkids can just know I was a mutated turtle man fucker at that point #back in my day-> grannie back in your day you shitposted over going down on giant turtle men just drink your sherry and shush #my shitposts

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stuckinakillingjar · 2 years

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tbh everything about polnareff is literally so sad it depresses me so much

#i mean #his sister got raped and killed #he searched for her murderer and in that process abdul got killed for protecting him #abdul is dead in his eyes but in reality he is not and the other crusaders keep it as a secret from him because they think that he won't be #able to keep his mouth shut about it #(which would make me absolutely furious if someone did that to me tbh. i'm still mad at joseph jotaro and kakyoin for that)#a stand user attacks polnareff and brings his sister back to life but in like a zombie kind of way #judgement brings zombie abdul back too and him and sherry start eating polnareff 😭#then the REAL abdul comes back from the fucking dead and saved polnareff #but polnareff thinks that abdul is an illusion and thinks that he's gonna fucking die god this is so sad #damn the judgement arc is a fucking ride #and then literally everything that happened during the vanilla ice fight #abdul and iggy basically dying for him which leads to polnareff having the worst survivor's guilt #then post stardust crusaders he almost gets killed by that fucker diavolo #falls down a cliff or something loses both of his legs and has to use a wheelchair #fucking DIES but gets swapped during whatever the fuck happened with silver chariot requiem and survives #and then has to live in a fucking turtle fpr the rest of his life #someone help this fucking dude he is actually such a tragic character #jjba #jean pierre polnareff #stardust crusaders #golden wind

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petermorwood · 1 year

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Hey, since cloning technology is good enough for them to create mammoth meatballs but not the entire mammoth yet, which prehistoric animal do you feel like taking a bite of?

Given where I was born, and where @dduane and I currently live, I think some Giant Irish Elk venison would be about right.

Enough for the entire clan with plenty of leftovers and a Handy Thing To Hang Stuff From.

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Which leads via Memory Lane to a funny by John M. Ford, who used to post such things - along with witticisms, wise observations and poetry - on Making Light.

He produced these in the same way a bonfire produces sparks: random, unexpected, brilliant and without apparent effort - though like the graceful swan on the river, I bet there was a lot of work going on out of sight. Or maybe not. Mike was that good.

For instance, he wrote THIS just to comment on another post...

I saved everything I could find offline because You Can Never Tell about online stuff, and also because there was, for a time, doubt - happily, It Got Better - that ANY of his writing would ever be seen again.

(Dammit, just like Terry Pratchett I HATE having to refer to Mike in past tense...)

And now, the funny (original archived Here). I've been assured that This Recipe Will Work, though the assurance also came with a strong suggestion about reducing the ingredient quantities More Than Somewhat.

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Hot Gingered Pygmy Mammoth & Jumbo Shrimp Salad

Feeds your whole tribe.

1 pygmy mammoth, boned and cubed (about 1 ton) 1 ton jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined (many many ordinary shrimps, or one Ebirah claw) 10 buckets sesame seeds 60 pounds bean thread noodles if you are an Eastern tribe, whatever your tribe uses for noodles otherwise. If you have not yet invented the noodle, this might be a good time to do so. 1 bucket vegetable oil 1 bucket sesame oil Salt 10 buckets minced fresh ginger 6 buckets minced garlic 15 buckets dry Sherry 15 buckets rice wine vinegar 60 pounds sugar 60 buckets diced fresh mangoes 15 buckets chopped green onions Big Snorgul's helmet full of red pepper flakes 10 buckets chopped fresh cilantro, plus 5 Big Snorgul's helmets fresh cilantro, garnish 1000 large heads lettuce, cored and leaves separated (a raid on the People Who Grow Stuff may be necessary) 30 buckets thinly sliced, peeled, seeded, drained cucumbers, or just chop up the damn cucumbers and say "Fie to thee!" a lot All the chives you got

Preheat a giant turtle shell over a fumarole. A big giant turtle. Put some oil in there. Make sure no other giant turtles are around to see you do this.

On a flat rock, stirring with your Stick of the Dining God, dry cook the sesame seeds over medium heat until they are brown and smell good. Remove from the heat. Add the noodles to the turtle shell and fry fast until puffy and the color of sunrise. Remove from the oil and drain on non-itchy leaves. Throw salt. Set aside.

Sear the mammoth meat on the flat rock. Salt but don't overdo it, you remember what happened to the Chest-Clutching Tribe of the Plains. Drain.

Get a less giant turtle shell. Okay, think of this as a celebration dish for a good turtle hunt and shrimp catch. Make the vegetable oil and most of the sesame oil dance. Add the shrimp, mammoth, ginger, and garlic, and cook fast, stirring, until the shrimp are just pink and firm. Doom of Ten Thousand Wretched Canapés awaits those who overcook shrimp. Remove from the shell with pole weapons. Add the sherry and vinegar, and sing the Song of Deglazing over medium heat. Add the sugar and stir until it is one with the sauce. Cook until half the fluid is gone. Feed anybody who thinks this is waste to the giant turtles. Add the rest of the sesame oil, mangoes, green onions, and pepper flakes, and stir to warm through and wilt. No, this wilt is good. Tell the people it is the wilt of the Wilt God. You need all the mojo you can get. Remove from the heat and add the shrimp and ginger, and the cilantro. Stir to warm through and do the Highly Dramatic Ritual of Adjusting the Seasoning to Taste.

Now your tribal status is on the thin edge of the cleaver. Have everybody bring what they eat off of. You know your tribe. Put lettuce on whatever they hold out and spread the hot stuff on it. Those who have no eating platters should be used to the drill by now. Arrange cucumber slices on top in whatever symbolic pattern seems propitious to you and sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds. If you have a really tough tribe, yell "Bam!" until they get a groove going. Add fried noodles, cilantro sprigs, and chives, and watch for any signs of people keeling over that can't be blamed on strong drink.

#prehistoric animals #edible archaeology #irish elk #pygmy mammoth #john m. ford #gnu terry pratchett #recipes

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kaiyonohime · 2 years

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Warning to all fiber artists

This is an updated and abbreviated post to warn all fiber artists about a scam artist that is currently fleecing the community. I will keep this post pinned and updated with new information as it becomes available.

There is a scam artist in the fiber arts community named Sherry Tenney. She sells fleece and wool on facebook and etsy. She frequently does not send the fleece or wool she has been paid for, and plays the customer until the time window for a dispute is passed. Afterward, if you continue to contact her, she will leave unhinged, violent, and threatening messages to you, doxx your name and address on her facebook live streams and posts, and still refuse to either send product or refund you.

A lot of complaints have also come forward about the product she does send out. It is frequently moth and larvae infested, contains large amounts of shit, completely matted fleeces, or are trimmings that are completely unusable. If you have received product from her you must quarantine it and freeze and bake it to destroy the moths and larvae.

She frequently tries to force smaller fleece sellers from small farms to go out of business to purchase their fleeces for cheap. She, with the help of several associates and sock puppet accounts, will contact people in the groups of small sellers and offer them fleeces for cheaper and claim they will be of better quality. She, and her associates and sock puppets, will then report the small farms public media repeatedly until they are taken down, thus preventing the farmer/shepard from being able to sell. Several small farms have confirmed losses of nearly 60% in sales due to her actions. Some have unfortunately gone out of business due to her actions as well.

Sherry has also focused her scam on small, independent suppliers as well. She will orders goods and services and then, once received, she will refuse to pay for them, or dispute charges with PayPal and her credit card. She will claim the items were never received, were not what she ordered, or were damaged. She will then sell them to gain a full, one hundred percent profit on the goods. If she contacts you to purchase goods, or to do labor on her farm, she will not pay you. Shearers on the east coast will not work with her or shear her sheep any longer because of her actions, and she depended on a young charity shearer to save her sheep from heat stroke this year.

Sherry Tenney is also currently trying to sell lambs on facebook (against facebook rules). Her animals do not have official papers (she does not control breeding, her ewes and rams are mixed together at all times), she does not know the breed of most of her sheep (lots of random breeds together with unknown breeding has resulted in unknown crossbreeds and a large quantity of inbreeding), and her sheep/lambs do not have the proper veterinary certificates that would be required for transport.

Sherry Tenney’s confirmed know aliases and the names she goes by (she changes her name frequently on social media):

Sherry Tenney

Vondorp Sherry

Sherry Vondorp

Lee Giltay

Sara Rudacille

Sherry Lee Price

Sherry Tenney Giltay

Sherry Tennay

Giltay Sher-Lee

Rudacille SaraEarle

Known associates that are actively working with her on her scam:

Suzanne Smith Collier

Cynthia Karitianos Tilker

Caroline Moss

Roberta Van Harn

Adrienne Lehman

Jeannine Talley-Cramer

Lindsey E Bucci

Brice Wonders

Elizabeth Nicole Washburn

Tuesday Rose

Sherry Tenney’s facebook groups are:

Farmlife in the country

RAW WOOL 4 ALL selling buying group USA

Wool and Fiber artists supplies buyers group and silks too

Fiber sellers

The Cashmere Turtle luxury fiber affordable prices

The Dye house and Mrs Tuttle country fiber arts (community)

McCullough Farm primitives and country life

Sherry Tenney’s instagram is:

wensyledale_and_elenor

mccullough_farms_and_primitive

tenneysfinnsheep

Sherry Tenney’s online shops are:

Shop Website: Tenney’s Fiber Farm https://tenneysfiberfarm.com/

Etsy Storefront: TenneysFiberFarm

eBay Storefront: crabapplesheep

Suzanne Smith Collier’s etsy is:

FinerThanFroggyHair (Spinning Yarns & Weaving Tall Tails)

Suzanne Smith Collier’s facebook group is:

Finer Than Frog’s Hair

If you have a Ravelry account, this has all been compiled for viewing here. I do warn you, the videos are unnerving and I could barely stomach just reading the transcripts.

Here is a link to a google form filled out by those who Sherry has stolen from, and how much she has stolen. It is currently at over $15,000+ USD.

Here is a link to a YouTube channel of Sherry’s livestreams. I feel I should warn everyone that they can become violent and aggressive in nature, and several have been known to trigger survivors of domestic violence.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General has filed suit against her, and you can read the paperwork filed here. If you have filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Attorney General they will keep you up to date. If Sherry has stolen from you, please contact the Attorney General, even though they have already filed against Sherry, every victim coming forward helps. The next court date is February 1st, 2024.

Here is a link to a video on YouTube that goes into detail about the charges filed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General against Sherry Tenney. The judge has ruled that Sherry’s case is going forward, and has overruled Sherry’s lawyer’s attempt to get the charges thrown out. Cases take time, but Sherry Tenney is being charged!

Sherry Tenney has once again filed for bankruptcy! She filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Here is the info:

[The Bureau of Consumer Protection is writing to update you concerning the consumer complaint you filed against Tenney’s Fiber Farm, LLC (the “Company”) and the above-referenced litigation.

As you may know, Sherry Tenney has filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania under Case Number 1:23-bk-02752-HWV.

If you have not done so already, you may wish to file a proof of claim form in the bankruptcy. A proof of claim form may be filed either electronically or as a paper document. The Bankruptcy Court has set a deadline of February 12, 2024 for creditors to file proofs of claim. To assist you in that matter, we have enclosed a blank proof of claim form for you to complete and submit to the bankruptcy court.

Please send the completed proof of claim form to:

Sylvia H. Rambo US Courthouse U.S. Bankruptcy Court 1501 N. 6th St. Harrisburg, PA 17102

Please be advised, our office cannot offer you legal advice. You should consult with a private attorney to ensure that your rights are preserved in the bankruptcy proceedings.

Very truly yours,

Mia Paone Consumer Protection Agent]

If Sherry Tenney owes you money, please file immediately!

Sherry Tenney has made multiple claims that would indicate she is abusing and neglecting her animals. Please do not contact authorities as that would give Sherry Tenney reason to sue someone for harassment. That is the unfortunate state of laws in the US. All of her chickens died of neglect last year, she would not bring them in at night and they were eaten by local wildlife, and she has claimed that a fairly large number of her flock has passed away last year and this year as well, over 10%.

Sherry has changed the name of her facebook group to ‘McCullough Farm primitives and country life’ and is claiming that her farm is the historic McCullough farm. Her farm is not historic, the previous owner was named McCullough and it was owned by them since 2015, before that no McCullough’s owned it or were associated with it. In fact, Sherry bought the farm in 2021, it is not a generational farm. Her and her husband move states fairly frequently, they have no generational farm. She has changed her group name, and has started randomly posting stolen food recipes with stolen photos, in an attempt to confuse people and attract new victims to her group. Please warn others. Yes, she frequently uses the word ‘primitive’ for many things. She is that kind of person.

Sherry was selling in the FB group WAFA via pm, and was called out several times by customers who had received moth ridden fleece that was shorted weight. After a month the head of WAFA finally stepped in and kicked Sherry and several of her associates from the group. Unfortunately Brice Wonders of Spinaway Farms is still a member of the group, and he does work with Sherry. So WAFA is still a group that has a warning about using, as they are incredibly slow to react and only when called out on social media are they willing to take action at this time. WAFA has also contacted an attorney about the situation, though it is unknown what will be done.

Sherry has been stealing photos from noteworthy people in the fiber arts community and linking back to them in an attempt to appear that they associate with her. If you are well known in the fiber arts community please know that she will try to make it appear that you know her and approve of her business. So please be warned, and please warn others who follow you if you know that Sherry is doing this with your name.

Sherry is currently bragging about luring black bears to her farm to threaten her sheep by urinating, very frequently, on all of the fences that surround her animals. Human urine will attract black bears, as will animals left in the open all night that a bear would have easy access to. She enjoys luring them to the farm, and then brags about threatening them and shooting at them with her guns.

It cannot be stressed enough: DO NOT APPROACH THIS WOMAN IN PUBLIC OR AT PUBLIC EVENTS! She has threatened to shoot and kill people in several posts and rants, and brags about the amount of guns she has. Within recent days she has bragged about owning a glock, an AK, multiple shotguns, and frequently has them on her person. A shotgun has been spotted improperly and dangerous stored in the background of her photos. She is to be considered armed and dangerous at all times. Do not drive by her farm if you live in her area, do not sign up to attend a class if she holds one in person on her farm. She is a mentally unhinged and violent woman. She should not be approached in person at all costs. No one wants to see anyone hurt because of this. Especially now that her scam is failing and legal authorities have filed suit.

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dreaminginthedeepsouth · 1 year

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According to the mid-century florist Constance Spry, by midday on the date of your party you should have turned “the contents of two tins of turtle soup into a pan”, added a glassful of dry sherry and left it “ready for reheating”.

Your main course, Spry wrote in her 1961 entertainment manual Hostess, sauté of beef with button mushrooms and jellied stock, should be ready. The pancakes for your crêpes pralinées must be “spread out” primed to be baked, smothered with praline butter and rolled “in the shape of a cigar”.

You must have trimmed your flowers to below eye level and shined the silver. The sherry glasses should be polished and ready to quench the thirst of the turtle-soup eaters.

The resulting evening would, in theory, have had the shape and appearance of a dinner in one of England’s finest country houses at the time Spry was writing the book. But rather than taking “a thirty-six person staff” — as it would have in the 1930s, according to butler and writer Arthur Inch’s own handbook, Dinner is Served (2003), this meal could be prepared and served entirely by a lone woman. (There is no suggestion that a man attempt it.)

The years following the second world war saw a slew of such hosting guides, each promising to unlock the secrets to gracious party-throwing. Done right, they tantalise. A party can unlock access to a new milieu and even advance your career. Do parties today still carry the kind of social weight they did back then, or even at the tail-end of the 1990s when another author, Sally Quinn, who was married to the then Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, irreverently dissected Washington’s glitzy social scene? And is there anything we can still learn from these doyennes of entertaining?

The party scene has certainly evolved for women. In Dinner is Served, which draws on Inch’s lifetime experience as a butler serving Churchill and the Queen Mother, and, later, as technical adviser on Robert Altman’s Gosford Park (2010), he notes that not only were ladies seated for dinner first but that, in the name of chivalry, ladies should actually already be seated “before the men enter the room”.

[Financial Times :: via Scott Horton]

#dinner party #Scott Horton #fine dining #parties #history #social secrets #food #recipes #entertaining #dinner #style #party #the party scene #setting the table

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ashley-slashley · 2 years

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tagged by @katecaru to spell my username with song titles. thank you!

a - at last (etta james)

s - somebody groovy (the mamas & the papas)

h - hush (joe south)

l - lil' red riding hood (sam the sham & the pharaohs)

e - elenore (the turtles)

y - you better run (pat benatar)

s - sherry (frankie valli & the four seasons)

l - learning to fly (pink floyd)

a - astronomy domine (pink floyd)

s - strange kind of woman (deep purple)

h - hold tight! (dave dee, dozy, beaky, mick & tich)

l - let me (paul revere & the raiders)

e - everybody needs somebody to love (the blues brothers)

y - you stepped out of a dream (tony martin)

tag (optional): @theoriginalpurpledogpalace @david-watts @rogersgarden @slashybois @laing-caster @harbinger-of-chaos-and-nebulae @catboy-kenobi @glennsdick @obsessive-dork @r3animat0r and anyone else who wants to

#the shitposter gets tagged

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trivialbob · 2 years

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Sheila and I went to a tasting dinner last night. We were at this place once before and loved it. This time was just as fun.

Besides the owner and several employees, there was a guest chef and guest bartender from New Orleans. Du Nord distillery (Minneapolis) was a sponsor so the drinks used a number of Du Nord spirits.

I like just about any kind of drink. One had a pinch of red caviar. It was quite sour. This was very tasty: Andouille & Oyster Shooter - Andouille sausage fat washed vodka and bloody Mary mix with an oyster in the bottom. The bartenders used liquid nitrogen to cool some of the glassware before adding the drinks.

The food was wonderful. My favorite was turtle soup. After a few bites the chef added some sherry to our bowls. WOW! Then we added a spoonful of potato salad. I plan to add sherry to my next can of Campbell’s Chunky soup.

Seating is limited to twelve. We all sit at a bar in a private room. Everyone got to know the couples on each side of them. That’s part of the fun.

With so many drinks to taste we arranged rides to and from the restaurant. Our neighbors brought us there and had a drink with us while we waited for the dinner to start. They weren’t part of the tasting dinner.

Sheila picked up the bar tab to say thanks. She wouldn’t let me see the bill. I did mental calculations, wondering if those drinks cost more than an Uber! Maybe we could have saved money! (OK, I’m kidding about bar tab vs Uber. I like our neighbors and it was worth it to spend some time with them.) My dad gave us a ride home.

This adorable child lunchbox was on a shelf behind the bar.

The menu. I am very happy they gave us this list

#ten food items and ten drinks #The employees yelled corner when they carried food and drinks in and out of the room #I wanted to yell corner too but I didn't think anyone would be amused #I just realized I didn't take pictures of any of the food items

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shokly · 2 years

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Some drawings.

1) Kinda "crossover" with ninja turtles but not literally

2) Small Sherry with big eyes. (Dunno I need it :0)

#sherlock holmes chapter one #shco #Sherlock Holmes #jon #Fanart #my things

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ebookporn · 2 years

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Shelve This In Memoir: Confessions of a Teenage Bookseller

by B.J. Hollars

A few months after being hired as a bookseller at the second largest independent bookstore in Indiana, I received an unexpected promotion—to Easter Bunny.

I stared at the bunny suit and accompanying head crushed into the crate in the bookstore’s backroom. “So you want me to put that on?” I said, turning to my boss. My boss—a man in his late 20s—nodded.

“Why me?”

“I don’t know,” he said, grinning. “You look about the right size.”

It was the spring of 2001. I was 16, a sophomore, and, as it turned out, about the right size for the entire menagerie of Saturday morning story hour costumes. Following my stint as the Easter Bunny, I became Clifford the Big Red Dog, Angelina the Ballerina, Franklin the Turtle, Curious George, and Spot, amid a host of other children’s books characters. Since the clunky costumes didn’t allow much in the way of maneuverability, I relied on Sherry—the store’s story time specialist—to guide me by the furry hand from the backroom to the throne in the children’s section. No matter the costume, as soon as I turned the corner, the children greeted me with an enthusiasm generally reserved for Barney and Big Bird. While Sherry read the story, I summoned the miming skills of Marcel Marceau, dramatically reacting to every page. When the story ended, the children engaged in a little light rioting in their attempt to hop onto my lap for a photo.

#booksellers #bookstores #costumes

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tailsrevane · 1 year

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2022 in review, part 6: comics & manga first reads

1. orcs! by christine larsen (2021)

this is frighteningly perfect. orcs as protagonists, cute (but not too cute for orcs) art, and just supremely powerful good boy energy. (yeah a lot of the protagonists aren’t boys, but i feel like all orcs have good boy energy regardless of gender.) also it’s kinda gay!

this filled a hole i didn’t even know could be filled (which despite being ace is oftentimes what i’m looking for with orcs, hey-o), with the only problem being that whenever i go out looking for more orc fiction i’m looking for this specific vibe and nothing else has it. woof.

(in all seriousness i wouldn’t want every orc story to have this vibe because that would make it less special, but still i want more of this than this and its immediate sequel, y’know?)

2. the witch boy by molly ostertag (2017)

given the title & author i am less than 0% surprised how strongly i vibed with this. this gave me so many gender feels.

3. batman/teenage mutant ninja turtles (2015-16) writer: james tyrnion iv / artist: freddie williams ii

a love letter to fans of both franchises. this is one of the all-time great crossovers between two totally separate franchises. it might be the best ever.

4. the adventure zone, vol. 4: the crystal kingdom (2021) writers: clint mcelroy & griffin mcelroy & justin mcelroy & travis mcelroy artist: carey pietsch

it took me a minute to get into adventure zone because i was so thoroughly spoiled by the frankly superior dimension 20, but it really does grow on you. and i think the crystal kingdom story is the first one where the comic adaptation actually noticeably improved upon the podcast. the ending especially was just so arresting seeing it in comic form, and it really had an impact on me that i don’t remember it having when i was listening to the pod.

5. superman: birthright (2003-04) writer: mark waid / artists: leinil francis yu & gerry alanguilan

not only is this the best verison of superman’s origin story i’ve ever seen, it’s one of the best superman comics i’ve ever read.

6. batman, vol. 2: the city of owls (2012) writers: scott snyder & james tynion iv / artists: greg capulo & rafael albuquerque & more

what made this so special is not just that it was the epic confrontation between batman and the court (and possibly his long-lost brother). it also had two side stories, one that showed that the new 52 version of mr. freeze is kind of a unique twist on the character, but i'm actually way more interested in the last issue of the volume. this issue featured a pair of super gay siblings named harper and cullen row. harper will eventually become the hero bluebird, but for now we just see her civilian life and how she first comes into contact with batman. and honestly, just seeing these two low-income queer siblings existing and being extremely relatable was such a joy.

7. avatar: tsu’tey’s path (2019) writer: sherri l. smith / artists: dan parsons & jay durresma

basically a drastically better version of the first movie with less human stuff. it couldn’t totally remove the shitty white savior stuff from the narrative obviously since it is following the same events, but it did at least push them off to the side as much as it could.

8. batman: hush (2002) writer: jeph loeb / artist: jim lee

i’ve been a batman/catwoman shipper since before i knew that shipping was a thing, so obviously i loved this. ivy being blatantly femdommy, and bisexual at that, was also extremely, extremely, extremely my jam. yes please. more of that, please.

9. pleasure & corruption, vol. 1 by you someya (2019)

*pounding fist on table in rhythm to words* more. boy. subs. more. boy. subs. more. boy. subs.

i do wish so many authors didn’t seem so convinced that subby boys always have to “deserve it” by being pervs or whatever in stories like this, it makes them way harder to relate to. but yeah. seeing a boy get tied up and bullied a bunch is extremely wish fulfillment imo. also, loveloveloved the heavy emphasis on bondage, obviously.

10. 5 seconds before a witch falls in love by zeniko sumiya (2021)

a super cute enemies-to-lovers yuri about a witch & witch hunter. hell yeah.

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karlohabagatstudios · 1 year

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[Splatoon MMD] Team Pandra

Here’s one (or four) of my first ever Splatoon OC characters in the Habagat Studios universe, Team Pandra! These characters are based on Erect Sawaru's PANDRA characters and these four are extremely different from their original counterparts. Additionally, most of their traits and personalities were a fusion between their counterparts' and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'. This was submitted from my DeviantArt page. Check ‘em out: https://www.deviantart.com/karlo-habagat BIOGRAPHY Team Color: Depends on what color they have during Turf War matches Members: Sherry - Hair: Banger - Gear: School Uniform (Custom-made), School Shoes - Weapon: Varies The team's antihero, Sherry is a white haired half-elf Inkling girl and Reily's twin sister with the ability to summon any dark creatures at will. She has a quiet nature, and seldomly hesitates to torture those who gets out of harm's way. Her personality can be quite dead and deadly, and she oftentimes delivers nonsensical humor. She is intensely loyal to her friends. Reily - Hair: Banger - Gear: School Uniform (Custom-made), Fringed Loafers - Weapon: Varies The optimistic member of the team, Reily is a kind, sweet, friendly, fun-loving, black haired half-elf Inkling girl known for her soft-hearted nature. Reily has the same abilities as her twin sister Sherry. She gives good advice to her friends, though she still has an adventurous side. She was oftentimes the mother figure of the four. Fumika - Hair: Pigtails (w/ Blue Scrunchies) - Gear: School Uniform (Custom-made), School Shoes - Weapon: Varies The brave, proud leader and adoptive daughter of Zeus, Fumika is an Inkling girl with brown hair tied in pigtails with the ability to shoot lightning bolts out of either her fingertips or her hands. As the most conscientious of the four, she often bears the burden of responsibility for her friends, which commonly leads to conflict with Sherry. Unico - Hair: Haircut - Gear: School Uniform (Custom-made), Fringed Loafers - Weapon: Varies An intellectual bookworm, Unico is the team's second-in-command. She is a light blue haired Inkling girl and a member of the legendary Wingedhorse clan with a miraculous ability to read countless books in a matter of seconds. Unico is a pure and innocent girl, preferring to use her knowledge to solve conflicts, but never hesitates to defend her friends. CREDITS Splatoon, © Nintendo PANDRA, © Erect Sawaru

#mikumikudance #mmd #splatoon #nintendo #inkling #oc

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silenthill2ps2 · 1 year

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it is genuinely so fucked up that polnareff lost sherry and joined jotaro and the gang to avenge her and he ultimately did but then he lost three of his closest friends. well at least he’s in the turtle with the mafia now

#al post #al rewatches jojo #hes one of the most tragic characters in fiction ever and he looks like. that

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the-firebird69 · 2 months

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Pathfinder alternator removal and installation got to take out many pieces

I'm trying to change the alternator in the Pathfinder for some reason it's done from below and they couldn't do it and they said it's a sign and so on and they tried to get the money by taking this out there it didn't work at all and there's about Mars or something and people don't want to see that so it's kind of stupid the money didn't move to Boston and these people are unbearable so damn dumb they're running around town wearing different colored shirts and my husband says good it's like the Grease the movie but easier to tell so they got it and they stop doing it and it's raining and people say it's just cuz they're stupid and just sitting there threatening the two and life became unbearable right now BG is keeping the idiots out of France and he's using army if I text stuff and mercenaries who are minority warlock miscellaneous and some others and they can't get in yet and it's going to be war and it is edge of Tomorrow and Stan and Tom Cruise get involved and they're kind of at odds greatly and it starts a little bit of a fight between them and weekens stan and he's actually screwing around with my husband a lot and not letting him have anything and threatening him a lot and he gets beat up and that stand and starts taking hits and lose his stuff he goes down more or less than goes in Star wars trying to get stuff back and he loses stuff there and pretty much starts to get pushed out of the pseudo empire and it starts to scavenge his stuff and they eventually keep him out and Sherry is the one except to the checks I'm starting pretty soon maybe even before the next check and that's what's happening but changes are happening now. They went flying out to Boston with the money put it in the bank and drove away and people are kind of horrified they're pretty big trucks and they went back to their base and the trumps were upset and there's going to be more money moved around like this and they're going to try and get to it first and say it.

We are hearing that there are battles starting all over the world over the money and it's becoming huge and see me Doyle can't believe it but more money is going to move shortly and from all over the place.

There's more to announce John remillard is a wanted man here and they're going after him pretty good and he keeps on telling them to go screw and stuff tonight he slowed down a little city is losing stuff and his fortunate and artifacts his mouth is going and he's losing he was at about 55% overseas and now he's down to 45% and that was the latter part of the day overseas only and here he's at 65% this morning and he's down to 55%? He's starting to feel it or notice it or something which is amazing it's usually deaf there's more happening she is also taking a beating regarding artifacts and all over the world and he has all sorts of things that people want and he's losing all his cars out west people are taking them and not even blinking and they're saying you're a bum I was just going to take these share a phone and he is his vagrant is a low life Street person and a lot of people hate him for that and we think it's a joke and you messed up big time and he doesn't understand a lot of it that's because he's a bum and there's a lot happening this weekend tons of stuff and it's going to keep on going on every single site where our money is there under attack and they are taking hits every site and they're going to be attacked a lot more now and the frequency is increasing and magnitude and they are being killed rather than talk to you or negotiate with in any way they're not coming back there's several movies that are underway really huge ones the predator series and aliens serious begins it's a huge deal and it's going on shortly. My husband says it's beginning and thought it was earlier but now it's starting up now other turtles have been there but the video was from the future and it's going on now that they're out there trying to get in to find where the ships are and they see it could be a joint and trying a giant dragon and they're trying to see if someone has controls on it and they're moving out. This is a huge day and we are going to remember it in history tons of things are moving because of today and I'm very happy my husband is done a wonderful job and just started wailing away on them. And praise Salazar and goddess wife in my side too it's me that Spanish side of mine they're awesome and they do love us greatly they say and it was really awesome and it's a terrifying thing to have so many of these idiots there and they'll probably be more shows they say it was very valuable and it worked and they're the sea or d team and empire is a pain but they were exposed and that was kind of the idea the sales are tremendous they want to jump all over it so I'm going to have some talk have them talk to it

Hera

Really huge number of things happening it's Giant and she's right we have to announce some stuff

-the vermin in here are soon going to be leaving they are wanted people here in Charlotte county the town has asked him to leave again and they don't have possession of the two and they're losing the money and all their stuff and people want them out of here and they're they're going to push them out as I said earlier but they really need it they say and I listen to jobs but they're losing their jobs but the effort is real and bona fide the evacuation is on and they're down to probably 23% and another 4% getting up shortly they're packing and they will leave and it'll be 19% tonight and more will evacuate as the attacker comes closer and they may postpone and evacuations will continue we expect to have only 15% here by tomorrow morning and the planet is evacuating of warlock that are Max more locked to their Islands at 8% in the general populace 3% began to get ready to evacuate this afternoon and they're moving out now tomorrow morning there will be only 5% in the general populace the rest on the islands and they're trying to move him harder and they're going to get killed. Some changes have occurred and people are now becoming aware JC and Mary were moved to France and it happened last year it was later than May but it was not that long ago about 4 months and tons of stuff happened to the trumps and BG has been riding and he had to and he's marcone president of France. And Trump is trying to grab him and you can see in Belgium in a video it looks like he does but it doesn't mean he gets anything and he's grabbed him before and nothing happened and why they keep getting kidnapped and injured fairly soon in the war will break out in France. and so on all sorts of places are going to be robbed there's a few highlights when is Philadelphia that area is under siege and they did figure out which bank and they have a film of her and I said is laughing because she's doing her tattoo routine her cocktail routine it's Katya and she's doing the routine in the computer so wise guy and she's looking left and right and not moving her head she's with her body with those big huge square glasses on that the leader was wearing people say that it was his glasses and now it's not but their stylish back then. It'll probably come back now a lot of people are wearing them. He doesn't know why it's not like she's Billie Jean. She's mad at him right now there's a couple strikes going on but he says I just woke up and there you are everybody looking at you. So she's quiet. And they're all jealous people but it's harsh and that fight is going on now and it is out in Hershey and there is a lot of people who are angry about the helicopter and they're talking about it and they are going after them basically they're after the money is that the stuff but that's what they're doing and as opinion out they're bringing it out soon and it's not the pseudo empire it's going to be the empire again and they're trying to fight him and they're taking heavy losses. It happened in many places all over the world so far they're like 10 banks that are engulfed and the money will move soon and the big ones are going now where he was eligible and they didn't pay the full amount and that's what they're up to taking that money and saying that they did not pay you fully and they're moving out and they're not really succeeded in stopping them they move the money from westborough and purpose when is they can't move it directly here and the second is it's to move stuff out of Boston and research too and the stealing that from you idiots who knows what you'd be researching but okay. There's plenty more happening. But there is a war breaking out in France they're not mentioning it but that's what's happening it's finally happening it was terrible and Tommy f is still sitting here being a dick and he's going to get pushed out come Monday he is going to start fighting over the diamonds and find out that he's a wanted man for real like Trump more shortly

Thor Freya

I don't care what you say is finally happening is a long time just sitting here smoldering

Hera

Yeah this is not good it's really since 2009 and that is a long time and things have happened to the family and it's really mean people are here and the empire influences them but really there not too hard to influence and what they're doing is that a****** s*** but the empire was assholes too they want this code out there and it's a large part it's against these people here and Trump is seeing it and the code a little bit he's a damned annoying person that guys the last one another code and it's about him dying others too and they missed it and it's kind of nightmares but they miss all the stuff is very important

Zues

They don't do anything right and they missed a lot of code and they're looking at it now finally they see that they plan to have these Giants and all sorts of things on my son says I don't think they plan to have them like before they did anything I took over and I just see something it doesn't seem right but we have interviewed them and they said they did it to force themselves to do the job

Camilla

And she wasn't saying that for a long time but that was not really the plan it was to have your son do what he's doing and we can't seem to find Jen or whatever her name is. It's one of his lines cuz she keeps showing up with someone else and she says that too. And I really I think we're going to do that afterwards and Davis won't do it and Dave and really is granddaddy his own grandfather that is is going after it because he's ahead and projects to protest is supposed to help figure out what's going on and I'm looking at those diamond footprint said we should test one he says you should and that was like what's the psychiatrist was saying you shouldn't say the word should namaste it was Dave and so I'm trying to think of something but this is aggravating I'm aggravating myself and others and we really need to drill down we know where some are so probably do that it's so damned annoying

Mac daddy

So we are going ahead and drilling and several locations yeah it's kind of stupid I guess we think we have time to reflect I don't have any time with this stupid f****** nonsense get that piece of s*** out of there I'm going to send orders put a pain so stupid we don't know what the hell we're doing we have to ask him it's because of these two s*** heads

Olympus

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