Note: this works better on soft-neck than hard-neck, in my experience. 

I get mine from the farmer’s market, if you happen to have one near you. I get a mix, usually.  But I almost exclusively go the market route once I found out almost all garlic sold in America goes through the Chinese prison system.

I’ve been using scapes in fucking EVERYTHING the last few weeks. Suck it, regular garlic! You wait your turn. It’s scapes’ turn to shine!  I’m thinking about scapes garlic bread tomorrow.

Now just don’t get mad and slam your screen! My brother broke his new laptop as a teen getting mad and slamming his laptop closed... with his headphones lying across the keyboard.

Yep, lack of checkouts = that shit gets weeded!

I want there to be more research on the intersection of anxiety (and maybe ADHD) and the effectiveness of mindfulness-by-way-of-analog-workflows. For example, Bullet Journaling is all big now, but for the creator, it was a way to manage his ADHD. I’m unable to find much in terms of clinical research.

IMO, as a non-public librarian, the fact that my public-facing brethren help close the digital divide is one of the most valuable things about public libraries. In my old job, only a few years ago, I had a young 20-something student who didn’t understand computers to the extent that she thought something saved on her…

If you have a favorite thing, please please PLEASE help your public library by using it, being vocal about it, and voting in ways that support them! It’s a bummer when people yell about not having X service, and you’re not really allowed to reply, “well, it’s because we don’t get enough funding....”

Especially as…

I had a guy try to tell me he was homeless with kids and needed money for a job interview. I looked him dead in the eye and said, “My uncle is homeless and has 9 kids, gotta take care of my own first.” He shrugged and said, “damn, that’s rough” and walked away. The uncle thing is true, but I was still surprised I was…

I was hit by a foul ball when I was 13 or so. My contact was bothering me so I looked down to adjust it. Chris Singleton foul got me right in the hip. I had a bruise for weeks, and this was AFTER my mom slowed it down by trying to stop it with her bundled up jacket.
I’m generally a fairly alert person. All it took was…

This is hilarious to me, because we just threw out a bunch of these while cleaning out our library because we hate them so much. They are NEVER sturdy if you weigh under 125.
The real trick is to use those metal bookends to file freezer bags of liquids vertically in your freezer.

WE GOT A BADASS HERE

For those who worry this is too sadsack and unproductive - try eulogizing your past year. So much of our time on earth is spent wasted because we don’t critique how we spend our time. Eulogize your life as you’ve spent it for the past year. Is that how you’d want your real eulogy to go? If not, what can you change,…

At my old job, we switched exclusively to golf pencils for loaner writing instruments.  The students were pissed, but everyone stealing pens was taking an actual hit on our supply budget.

I’m ungraying this because my god, you brilliant monstrosity. 

I just looked at his comment history, and damn. Dude REALLY hates dogs. He also admits to keying someone’s car because their kid bumped their door into his car when opening it.   Nice guy. 

I wonder if he shoots birds on sight for shitting in public.

That’s... that’s not how dog bowels work.  Or how dog communication works.

My mom never thought to baby my vocabulary, and it showed.  My finest moment was when I called another kid a Neanderthal and he asked me what it meant.

I’m honestly confused. Where do you suggest they poop on their walks, then?  The dogs, not the owners.