Not a popular opinion, while Voyager was not a great show, Janeway is my favorite Captain of the whole franchise.  She just has that perfect blend of command and humanity that makes her seem slightly more real then any of the rest of them, while still being an incredibly impressive role model.

This is a saltbox.

In the poem,

“fences make good neighbors,”- I am not sure that line from a Frost poem means what you think it means.

All of these can be easily grown in containers and people commonly do so.

I’ve been with my husband for over twenty years and we text all day. About a quarter of our texts are logistical (what do you want for dinner, please pick up x on the way home), the rest is talking about our day or jokes we think the other will like. We have tech jobs so we’re on Slack all the time. Might as well make…

We take all the currency we have left to the front desk when checking out of the hotel & have them credit it against our room charges.

Sorry, I should’ve been more specific... I take out the plunger and then fill the pot with some water, swish it around a bit, then kinda just forcefully chuck it (approximately) where I want it to go. There are definitely some leftover grounds that way but not enough to cause any issues with the sink.

Agreed that cleaning out the press is a mostly-simple thing that feels like a pain.
What’s helped me is: a) really do use a coarser grind, it won’t be sludgy and will tip out more easily b) I put the old ground into a plastic container (like a cottage cheese or a big yogurt pot - the mouth needs to be large enough for…

I get that and it is very true and yet there is something about how their ways somehow are more important than other that may need to hear it every so often.

I use one currently. Let it sit for a while after brewing. The mess of grounds will soak up a lot of the excess water and dry out a bit. You can then scrape it into the trash with a spoon a lot easier.

It’ll still need a rinse, but I’ve been saved from any clogs by a garbage disposal. So I can’t tell you if the…

The nonsensical argument that due process should only apply in court settings would bear weight if college administrators weren’t issuing judgment and punishment.

Are you my husband?

The sole reason that I started using a wireless charger exclusively is that the most common failure point on my phones has been the charging port. Crud and pocket lint gets shoved up there, the contacts wear out, and if a phone case has a little rubber flipper to protect the port, that rubber flipper wears out and…

If you want help identifying the birds visiting your feeder, I highly recommend the free app Merlin Bird ID - available for both Team Android and Apple. Very easy to use and thousands of birds in their data base (pics, songs, general info). I use it all the time to id birds on golf courses.

I’m an Android person all the way and I’m glad to see all this stuff coming to iOS. If they don’t build off each other, there’s nothing to drive the other to improve. Without one, you’re stuck with the other sitting idle maybe tweaking things here and there. Having similar feature sets in both pushes them to do things…

The squirrel sequence has always stuck with me.

I forget to ask local artists for postcards! Thanks for the tip.

Old post offices have such beautiful glass and marble, don’t they? 

As souvenirs I like to get refrigerator magnets of the places I go. Cheap, don’t take up much room in luggage, and don’t clutter up my home.

In a bold move, I cleaned the best looking spot in my living room, took a photo and use that. It covers up the mess in the day to day, but looks like mine. The best version of my own space, sans Lego and blanket forts.