Eh, my GSA troop did all the camping and survival and outdoorsy stuff. It really depends on where you are and what your troop leader decides to do and your region, since I get the sense that each region has a different number of camping excursions and such.

But the organization still excludes atheists and can exclude LGBTQ+ people, so I wouldn’t exactly call their move “inclusive.”  Just a way to get more money.

Hey.  Are they still excluding atheists?  Because until they stop that, I’m still not donating a cent to their stupid organization.  (They still seem homophobic, too, which is also awful.)  

Hot take - I hate the song Shallow.  It’s the fact that in the chorus, the repeated “sha sha sha shallow” parts sound so muddled and when the two voices are singing together they never seem to be doing the “sh” sound at the same time.  Drives me crazy.

Weirdly, this makes me feel a lot better about my missing cat.  If a cow can survive 6 months in Alaska, my cat is probably fine after 2.5 weeks.  He has a way longer coat and is definitely smarter than a cow.

I remember this ride, and rewatching this I recall that this terrified the crap out of me as a child.  I was so scared of animatronics.  But wow does this take me back.

Ah, so it’s highbrow porn. Like people have been making for decades. And is just in the pornier shade of gray from a lot of high-end fashion modeling. Got it.

I was traveling over New Year’s, came back the day before my birthday, and my cat is missing.  Don’t know how long for since he goes outside and the cat sitter thought he was coming in.  But no sign of him.  So, yeah, 2019 is not shaping up so well.

People from Connecticut are correctly called Nutmeggers.  Or Connecticut Yankees if you’re feeling old-fashioned.  Connecticuter is not a thing to anyone here.

Just chiming in as a fan of the old show (which really does not hold up, really really doesn’t.)  This version is significantly more interesting, the characters more fleshed out, the animation much more fluid, and the voice acting less cringey.  They are doing interesting things.  The old show had cool ideas that…

This becomes particular interesting in your context. If you and your partner have a child, will the non-heteronormative nature of your relationship affect the status of that child? If two women have a child, would it matter whether the woman who carried the child is the non-tribal or tribal partner? If two men use a…

Wait - did anyone actually taste the cookie? The cookie wasn’t the shoe, right? I mean, he seemed to bite the chocolate shoe, and a flower, but where was the cookie in all of this? I am so very confused...

I’m pretty impressed that my cat has caught a few rats in his day.  They’re big and mean and will fight back, but he’s brought them in.

Considering how many Mary Poppins books there are, it’s not really surprising that they decided to make another movie.  I just don’t know why everyone thought it would be hard to come up with ideas for it.  Just read the other books.

I felt kind of the same (former archaeologist as well - once found an almost complete pot at a dig and made the local newspaper in Spain) but then I got to the line about “alternative history” and I noped out. I have no issue with entertainment about archaeology and travel but once it gets away from the real history…

Long post ahead.  Mostly because Barcelona is my favorite city in the world.

On NPR they specifically reported this as “a lone-wolf gunman.” Seem to be an awful lot of those running around. Also, I have my suspicions about his background from that wording...

One of the most interesting talks I went to at an industrial hygiene conference this year was on IH issues in the mortuary industry.  It was fascinating, and covered less common methods of handling the deceased - tall towers of the dead, ecological burial, dissolving.  It was a fascinating and well-done presentation. …

But where can I buy that coat?!

Kangaroo meat is delicious.  Too bad they ruined it by cooking it into chili and thus removing its unique flavor.