So, I bought a bag of Maxwell House coffee pods at Ollie's (seriously if'n you have these and haven't visited, try it). Had no idea what I'd do with them, but was sure I'd figure something out, it certainly didn't help that they came with no info beyond 'Makes a pot of coffee' Umm, pots come in lots of sizes, but thanks to Amazon, its a 12 cup pot, and they're usually sold by the case. Cool, time for a cold brew, but how to keep the pod at the bottom of the pitcher? Butter knife to the rescue.
Honestly can't say I'm surprised, Tesla trying to invent a better battery cell? The whole thing was stupid from the beginning, even they had limited use for them, only one model, one model that's a failure. I suppose they thought that others would be interested, but changing any industry is hard, especially when the benefits are iffy at best.
Not working as they cancelled my shift, but honestly I was likely to do that as the forecast became clear, the original low was 16°F, its currently 19° feels like 4°, and my normal load time is about one hour ago. Yeah, while I might do some work #today , no package route for me, no way I'm trying to work for 6+ hours in this nonsense. And to think the high yesterday was in the 60's, maybe higher, typical St Louis winter.
Not sure what I'll do with m'self, cleaned out the closet finally yesterday, most of Vik's ( @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe ) clothes are boxed up to donate with the exception of a few things that I added to my wardrobe and a few special items to sell. Fri? Sat? Whichever, I finalized the conversion project of his 401K to an inherited IRA in my main account. Bills were paid yesterday, including county, well, property tax, for some reason they're showing me as not owing any personal property tax for some reason, I do need to sort that out.
I will be continuing to clean out my emails, we're under 1K messages and started at over 2K, mostly stuff that should've been deleted, but I was being lazy. Need to do some last comic and book pulls, and then figure out who to sell most of the collection to. Have lots of stuff to pack and send, but its cold, so that'll prolly wait until I man up and go outside. Will prolly move my car back to its usual spot in front of the gate, moved it so the room mate could get his truck out now that its running again, he blew up the transmission and had to install a new one which took 6 weeks or so, unusually fast for him, as he was doing other work at the same time, plus he's not as good as he thinks he is on repair work.
Anyone know a good charity in #STL to donate clothing too? Lots of men's clothes, but I also have a fair number of totes in the shed of women's clothing and shoes that should still be in good shape.
Max Neubauer has lived in the Grand Strand for nearly ten years and wanted to book a staycation with his wife for a weekend getaway. However, he was shocked to find out some hotels turn away locals.
Well, as I've said, I read a lot over at FiM Fiction, so I figured why not talk about some of the stuff I'm currently reading, ie what's been updated recently in my tracking.
First off, I finished both Phoenix Beyond the Veil and its unfinshed cancelled sequel. I give that a B-, and that's prolly being a bit generous, the further you get into it, the worse it gets, mostly a matter of rushing and most characters other than Sunset becoming background characters. I like the story, and I like the ideas, but it really should be stretched out so the story can breathe, there's prolly two books worth of content in there. Still, I don't regret reading it.
Blooming Days, still not sure what to make of this, its an AU where Luna was never banished, Twilight is her student, Sunset is Celestia's, there's a bit of a rivalry between them. As the story has moved along, Starlight Glimmer is now a student of both, and yes her village existed in this one too. Discord recently dropped some knowledge of how the world is cyclic, it resets and strong souls return unchanged. I think I'm still reading it because I like AU's like this where you don't quite know what's coming.
The Stone Slab Witch, another Sunset/Harry Potter crossover, but this one has some unique elements, like Canterlot High used to exist as a Muggle private school, run by Celestia Austreaus a pure blood in one of the oldest if not oldest families. During the Wizarding Wars they protected wizards and witches born of Muggles, and Voldomort killed her sister Luna. When Sunset arrives, the school is in the process of being torn down, as Celestia left the wizarding world long ago with no one knowing where she went, although she did send Minerva a letter saying her daughter will be arriving on this day. Just started this, and while it has its writing problems, its looking like a very unique variation on a somewhat common theme, jury's out on this one for now.
Harry Potter and the Luna Princess, boy, what to say about this... I think his solutions in the quest for the cup are a bit too violent, but there's so many interesting author choices here. Harry meets Luna in one of his dreams where he sees Voldemort kill a muggle, and because her student. The EQG setting exists here, its a high school in California, and they weren't aware there was a wizarding world. This leads to multiple threads going on, Harry helping the house elves get recognized as a non-human magical race both helps his friend and sets the stage for Equestria introducing itself to the wizarding world, while he takes part in the trials. Training for them has mostly been handled by Luna, Tempest Shadow and Moondancer with ruling Princess Twilight Sparkle's approval. Yep, there's another unique thing, its set later in the MLP:FiM series than usual. Just what ponies Harry interacts with sets this apart of other stories of its ilk, and there's so much more going on in here, definitely one of the most interesting of these type of crossover stories.
I think I'll stop here, there's so many more that I'm reading and have been recently updated, but this is long enough, no?
Elections have been floated as part of a peace or ceasefire deal that Ukraine has been discussing with the U.S., but voting in the occupied territories complicates the process.
@GoFedi I was able to create the account in the first place, however the password email didn't work, and as of right now, recovery still doesn't work, we simply get a 504 error. Perhaps its an email problem? I have noticed that I know longer get any email notifications from my server, and haven't since y'all took over, not that I really wanted them in the first place mind you.
MOUNT POCONO, PA—Delivering a highly anticipated speech about the state of the economy, President Donald Trump doubled down this week on his claim that groceries were a hoax perpetrated by Democrats.
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There, finished a large and long breakfast, multiple courses I guess since I ate things mostly as I finished cooking them. Buckwheat cereal, followed by a hash and cheese omelet, beans, hash and a hash brown. Then a cup of yogurt and finally a half a danish. And of course coffee, three cups, or as I called the last one, a cuff of copee... Yeah, like Korben Dallas I speak too languages, English and bad English.
I will say the canned corn beef hash that I got from Menards is terrible, should've known when I saw Save-A-Lot, yes the grocery store, as the brand, but boy this stuff is bad. I'll be glad when its gone, but I'm too cheap to just throw it away, so we'll be eating a lot of meat soup, and yes, that's an accurate description of the quality.
That's done, gotta get dressed, and head out to Ollies in St Peters. Yeah, its around 20 miles away, and there's a store closer, and another one that's around the same distance, but the close one requires dealing with US 67 in Florissant, which I avoid like the plague, the other one is on SR 100, which I avoid for the same reason, way, way too much traffic, and I hate traffic. Yes, seeing as how I happily work as a delivery driver, that seems weird, but I'd rather take the long route than sit in traffic. Need to make a list of what I need, right now AA batteries and peanut butter filled pretzels, prolly more, but nothing comes to mind right now.
Wow. That's one heck of a breakfadt. 😮 Are ya sure you'll be able to waddle out to do your shopping without detouring for a bit of a sit n your comfy couch for awhile??
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Zulius from Centaurworld
Hopefully this'll pass, it'll be nice to see things change. I also wonder how this'll impact LLC's in Montana as they're commonly used by the rich to avoid taxes and fees on cars.
A bipartisan team of former Montana officials have unveiled an oddly simple yet startlingly robust legal mechanism for undoing Citizens United that ...
@David Ok, looks like its going on the 2026 ballot, they just got a head start to so they can deal with challenges and other problems without running out of time
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Never heard of either??.. have some Coil
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