Color coding my closet has changed my life!! The rest of my house is maximalism and clash, but my closet *chef's kiss*

I am a fast and avid reader, and I never saw the appeal in owning books. I have a pretty strict one book in, one book out rule, so I have to REALLY love something to purchase and shelve it. I give books away to friends, I stick them in little free libraries, I have (I know) cut particular short stories out of…

Mine are roughly organized by height, with similar topics, authors, etc. grouped together. That said, I am much more of a library loaner than a book owner, so my collection is mostly reference/non-fiction and fiction/short story collections that I love love love. My rocking chair is home to my rotating cast of library…

I actually wonder if you hit on something there in terms of people’s relationship with books. I hate bookshops (beyond browsing for new titles), and their general aesthetic. But I ADORE public libraries (where I will now borrow said new title). My bookshelf is organized like an underpaid public librarian shelved it,…

I think you're right about sidewalk spitters but wrong about Carl! Generally speaking yes, spitting in public when anyone is "within range" is gross, especially in the age of COVID. But, I see Carl's point that for some people it might be second nature (when I was in Austria people picked their nose at the table!!?).…

Congrats!! I think it's a scam that "wellness culture" has declared scrolling through your phone an unhealthy coping mechanism after a stressful week. As long as you're generally engaged and back at it most of the time...sometimes we all deserve a little pity party to crash on the sofa and surf endless links and…

This is also a good and worthy mental image.

Aw dang!! But that cake IS adorable. I got a flat tire because I was in a rush and nicked one of our notoriously textured New England curb. Feeling your pain on the expensive bad luck!! Here's to having hopefully gotten it out of the way.

Thank you for the mental image of god giving a lobster the finger.

Fabulous! Back from a "work" trip in the mountains where the work day was short, the hiking free time ample, and the farm house I was staying in absolutely precious. The owner made the best baked apples and brown sugar for breakfast and I'm going to try to recreate them this week. Home now on the sofa with a delicious…

There often aren’t better options if you need to get to work. Greenways are great for recreation, but unless you’re somewhere like Minneapolis they don’t often serve commuters well. When I bike commuted into Boston regularly my only options included dangerous stretches - but I couldn’t afford a car and I certainly…

I got a ticket on my bike because I had to swerve out into traffic to avoid roasting a dude who stepped out into the street on his phone. Somehow I was deemed at fault for not anticipating his idiocy. I was going to contest the ticket, but it was a $20 and there was a $25 court fee...

I got a little sink hookup wash machine + rinse + spin cycle from someone on Craigslist for $30. It’s AMAZING! We take sheets, towels, and jeans to the laundromat once a month. I will never prioritize a shittier apartment because it has laundry again AND we're definitely more conscious about our laundry habits now.

Ok slow night for me as...here I am commenting about two people I don't know AT ALL but...the only benefit of the doubt I see for him is that it sounds his overbearing MIL let herself into their house, while his partner was out, against his will. That said, the way to handle that like a NORMAL PERSON is the opposite…

FWIW this all has only made me want to rewatch Hannah's work!

I’m generally game to watch an old film and enjoy its merits and critique the parts that have aged poorly. I think the difference with some of the boycotting is impact. I.e. I already have a Netflix subscription - no one really benefits/suffers from me watching an old Connery Bond any more than they do if I were to…

Nothing to add except WTF Gaugin???? This is a new and horrible fact for me.

I mean it's a western...it makes sense to shoot in NM for a whole host of reasons...

Aw man I’m not bummed and glad there aren’t many “real life” scares this year. Those are always way scarier for me than the "got a bad feeling and later learned this house had something happen here" stories, but then again I'm also glad fewer people are being traumatized by like, the scary landlord creeping in through…

I need to know more about Cricket Boi