I do the French press thing because I’m super lazy. No flaps, no buttons, no filters, just grounds, hot water, done.

Been drinking my coffee black since I was old enough to hold a cup. I’m pretty sure any psychopathy I display is unrelated; I’m just of Scandinavian stock. I’ll occasionally add creamer if I’m using a clear cup—not because I like it with cream (it’s fine, but whatever), but because I like to watch the swirls as it…

As a huge Madame Curie fan, I’d love to see her write up, but since she’s fairly well known, maybe Irene and her physicist/chemist children (or Eve, even though she didn’t pursue a career in chemistry)?

...I see LOTS of shadows. Like, shading in even the shallowest of craters. Not all so dark that you can’t see what’s there, but there are like so many shadows everywhere.

When I came home from that fucking movie in the middle of the night (WHY DID WE GO TO THE LAST SHOWING???) by myself (WHY DID I DRIVE MYSELF??), I dove into the house in a panic and flipped on the light switch by the computer. I then sat there in that small circle of light, dead tired but unable to go to bed, because…

Eldritch Horror is my favorite, though (like Pandemic) winning is not the most likely outcome. But to me it’s one of those games where losing can be just as fun.

Which makes you a mass murderer rather than a serial killer.. which oddly enough is what we see.

I saw this image every time I closed my eyes for weeks after. I’d never before, and I’ve never since had such a “NOPE” reaction to a scene in a movie. Still just thinking about it leaves me unsettled.

Not sure if you’re talking about the character development in the books or in the movies. I’ll admit the development of Prim’s character in the movies is a bit stunted. (That’s disappointingly common in film adaptations that focus on capturing the plot of a book more than the ideas and emotions.) But in the books, we…

Not according to Pixar...

Another mind blower? A greyhound is vodka and grapefruit juice. It is delicious, made everywhere, and isn’t the first hard liquor drink you had in high school.

Also OR/WA native, 30 years. Late 95-97 was bad times. We had massive flooding in my home town (I remember boating in my friend’s back yard... which normally did not have a water feature), and the OR coast was shredded by wind and rainfall.

So sorry for your loss. I had similar concerns with my dog, Elliott. My ex and I were both students working jobs that paid the bills, but it’s not like we had a ton of extra income. Elliott had an extremely aggressive adenocarcinoma, and was just about to turn five when we found the tumor. He had just had a vet visit…

I want to have your digital babies.

That’s a dilemma which only exists if your reason for vegetarianism/veganism stems from the idea that it is morally wrong to take life to sustain life, rather than from health, environmental or animal husbandry concerns. And still only if you extend that moral imperative to animals which aren’t capable of moralizing…

Exactly. Humans are fairly unique in that our biology supports the ability to eat a wide variety of foods to obtain our necessary nutrients. Our options are further expanded if you happen to be a fairly affluent human in the developed world.

This was my first thought, but it’s not the whole picture. Vets recommend euthanasia for a variety of reasons, including monetary ones. For the average owner, the cost of treating the cat’s illnesses may have been so prohibitive that the cat’s quality of life would have absolutely suffered. But it may be that he opted…

From personal experience (sorry, no science for you here) I’d say, so long as you’re still in love, it still hurts like this. I knew for a long time that a break up was coming, and even tried to mentally prepare, but it didn’t diminish the overwhelming pain when it finally came, and it certainly doesn’t seem to be…

Not trying to poke the bear (yes, I know you know it’s not sexist), but I have read the thread and this has not yet been addressed:

It doesn’t have to be that hard to justify an improvement that makes it easier. Especially when the penalty for screwing it up is the chance to win a surprise human.