If you want cafe spaces in libraries, then you need to properly fund and staff the libraries as a whole. I’m a librarian, and we made Takeout news (by accident!) when we began allowing food in our building. Just a couple of years later, we had to reverse course and disallow all food because we don’t have the…

If Shadow and Bone doesn’t mine or decanonize the best parts of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom before it can happen. Fingers crossed!

One tech advancement that has made my life so much easier: scan and go. I have sensory sensitivities that often make big box stores a hellscape for me, and I have a ticking clock in my head that means I need to leave immediately when it runs out. In Meijer and Sam’s Club, you can scan your items with your phone in…

So onion confit? I’m in.

I’ve been on The Venture Bros. train since the first season, which means that I was likely too young to have been watching it. Haha. Harley Quinn delights me to no end, and honestly, the Critical Role show on Amazon Prime has also been fun. It’s made by Titmouse, the studio responsible for the last few seasons of…

Came here to say this! Haha

I will say, though I think he went far too hard in his first season, this last season, he seems to have mellowed and let his caring side take the lead. Whatever the other issues, (Mexican week, whatever the f that s’more was supposed to be), Matt wasn’t one of them for me this last season. I hope he gets another gig…

For real. At best book Mal was completely flat and dull. At worst, he was a clueless asshole. Show Mal has actual charisma, motivation, and a lot of personality. Both the writing and the actor brought a lot more to him.

Now that it’s broken containment, it’s over. Alas. By shining light on it, it is irreparably changed.

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

All of this plus my auditory processing issues has necessitated that my subtitles are just always on.

Yeah, this is certainly a thing for us, and it sucks. The other option that is becoming more and more popular are services like Hoopla. Unlimited copies of books, audiobooks, music, and more, and the library is charged a fee for each checkout, with patrons limited to so many checkouts a month. No waiting for books!…

I got such Ben Wyatt vibes from Gregory not understanding Gritty. Such a great episode of such a great show.

Hey, your local library has TONS of ebooks. For free with your library card. The mid-sized one I work in has over 300,000 digital items, and even smaller libraries often join consortiums that allow them access to many more digital items than they would be able to access on their own. Your library also pays money for…

My city has the southernmost Illinois location, and since we have a LOT of Chicago expats, the lines were brutal for the first year it was open (though it opened during the pandemic so it was also bc they had only drive-through). It’s a frequent stop for us, though all of my friends are originally from points south.…

Okay, but those who have poor oral health probably have other health factors going on too. They might not have access to adequate dental care, which means that they might not have access to adequate healthcare, nutrition, or activity in general. I’ll have to read the study, but at least some of it could be a “Those…

Why do we let these TERFs out of the greys?

Oh yeah, the water was actually pooling next to the foundation when I moved in, so I extended some drainpipes, dug some french drains and used the soil and beds to help grade the yard away from the house. It’s not a big yard, but man, it took me some serious sweat equity.

Moved into our house last year, and there was zero landscaping or plantings of any kind. I hauled in and spread four tons of topsoil, working it into the hard packed clay soil. I wish I would have done soil and compost together, but I figure that I’ll work in more compost and such as I keep adding more plants over the…

For me, I just want some effort. I don’t want to always plan the date. I don’t want to handle all the logistics for ever. I don’t want to be the only person driving more than 30 minutes+ to wherever you live. Put in some effort in ALL aspects of the relationship, even like. 30%. That and some respect is all we want.