I average about 25 grams of fiber a day and am well hydrated. About 20 minutes after my morning coffee there’s a knock at the back door. When I answer, there’s a mass evacuation that results in no evidence. It’s quite refreshing!

The Sony earbuds I have have an “ambient sound” setting that actively brings in exterior sounds along with whatever you’re playing. Depending on the scenario sometimes I’ll wear my earbuds to send the “prefer not to interact” signal while not even listening to anything but with the ambient setting on. Yes, it’s like listening to the room with extra steps, but with the outward appearance that I’m not listening to anyone around me.

My niece has Turner’s syndrome. She had to learn to give herself hormone shots to grow and develop as others normally would during puberty, but due to very underdeveloped ovaries is incapable of producing gametes. How does she fit in?

I tend to wash my face separately from showering, and also avoid directly spraying water in my face because some lizard part of my nervous system thinks I’m waterboarding myself.

That said, there’s generally enough random drippage and mist during a shower to require I dry my face.

With Oneida Twin Star silverware. I’m 53 and still have a few pieces from my parents set floating around for the nostalgia lol.

Here, let me help - That far in the future that amount of money would probably buy a loaf of bread.

😁

Now?

Right now I hate that voice in my head that does the real voices.

“Gen Xers are the older end of the workforce. Some might be lucky enough to be able to retire, but they’re not as well off as the Boomers.”

Born in 71 from older parents who had raised my boomer siblings, once I became an adult I found out the world was not what I was prepared for. Long story short, I was able to start putting away for retirement 3 years ago. So yeah, I’ll hopefully have some money for an emergency, but not counting on actually getting to retire till my 70’s, health permitting.

My first thought was roller skates lol .

I’m almost 54 and menopause has not yet been achieved, though my system is constantly teasing/taunting me with it.

I couldn’t agree more.

I love horror, I hate anxiety.

I’d rather spent the night in the Overlook Hotel than a night in thye torture rooms 😳.

Throw a couple cups of milk in a pot, start to heat on medium/medium high (don’t let it boil.)

While that’s heating, take about half a cup of milk, and a couple fat tablespoons of flour and whisk it together in a separate bowl. It should be thick, but not real lumpy. If it comes out like mashed potatoes, add more milk.

Once the hot milk starts to bubble on the stove, slowly whisk in about half of your flour mixture. Let it come back to a slight bubble and see how thick it is. If you want it thicker, add more of the flour mixture. Once it bubbles for a minute or two, that’s almost the final consistency as it’s going to thicken a little as it stands. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, etc. to taste. Turn the heat off. Add a bunch of shredded cheese. If you heat it with the shredded cheese in it, you run the risk of the sauce breaking. Check it again for flavor, and if it thickens up too much as it cools, you can always add a little more milk.

One of the biggest mistakes that people make is heating up a sauce too much after it has the cheese in it. This can make the cheese break and get gross. I also have zero issue with using pre-shredded cheese this way either. And bonus tip, if you throw a slice of American cheese in there, it’ll have enough sodium citrate to help make it a very smooth cheese sauce.

Different cheeses depending on the end goal. If you dehydrate cheese it can be ground into a powder. I’ve seen cooks on various shows do this to recreate powders for popcorn seasoning, home made Doritos, Cheetos, or even for long term prepping/storage. Makes it easy to create sauces in a pinch as well.

And for dessert, Executive Dysfunction Glazed Croissant.

OMG you just brought me back a decade to Vat19 and their “Not a Cat” pillow lol.

The Not-a-Cat Cat: The World’s First Cat That Isn’t. https://share.google/UL2GsIwx92g9t8cNB

This is me when I’m trying to figure out what to watch. If it’s a particularly strugglesome day, I can’t get past deciding which app to load on my Roku to start searching for something to watch.

We made our entire cult out of cats 😁. If we ever end up with a non-cat, they’re first up to be sacrificed lol.

I used a bright white base coat with heavy application of a black wash, letting it pool to the edges of the robes. Then I went in with the Black 4.0 under the robes and inside the hood. Most visible on the back, I also used it for those branching “crack” like details. The base is also Black 4.0, but I took the picture under a REALLY bright light (and in the first image you can see the spots where I was too impatient to wait for the base to fully dry lol.) Under regular lighting the black is incredibly flat and the underside of the robes really does disappear.

The lanterns are painted silver with a black wash. For the glowing part of the lantern, I started with a bright white base, then layered the blue glow in the dark pigment, then a clear gloss over it.

I loved working on that piece, even though I often felt like screaming trying to get the right angles to paint one part and not fuck up something else lol.

It’s The Watcher from Kingdom Death Monster.

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Unfortunately I haven’t used any image hosting sites in years, so I did this quick. I’m open to recommendations!