Songbird Stew

It was she who taught us to eat the little birds Bartolino caught -- a bad habit left over from the war. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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There is something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. I hope it will be a symbol of the little things that make your lives joyful and sweet.

-- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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Buffalo Herd at Garden City, KS, Photo by Todd Webb, 1955

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www. the way the sun shines through the leaves dot com

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“The Circus Tent by the River” by Jorge Enciso. 1923

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“I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn’t find the proof. It was just a feeling. There is goodness in blue skies and flowers, but another force - a wild pain and decay - also accompanies everything.”

— David Lynch

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emoji chain for emoji you like but rarely have a use for. I’ll start:

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Make dental cleaning appointment one year in advance bc that's the soonest availability

6 months later, current CCO pulls out of the market completely. Everyone gets switched to new CCO

6 months after that, dental office calls to update insurance info

I don't show up as enrolled in new CCO

Call CCO. I don't show up as enrolled in Medicaid

Call Medicaid. I AM enrolled in Medicaid, but was put on Open Card (???), instead of being switched to new CCO like everyone else in my house

Call dental office. They don't take Open Card (!!!)

Call Medicaid back.

Wait for new paperwork from CCO.

Then I get to call the new CCO and specify which dental plan I want.

What's the over/under on whether this will come together before my appointment on the 18th? Place your bets now! Do I get to have my teeth cleaned this year, or will I have to wait another 18 months?

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This school year, the year-long project by the back two rows of the German 2 class was to formally secede from the rule of their teacher, complete with an official Declaration of Independence (Final draft of which was typed up on a typewriter and then signed by all with a metal-nibbed dip pen).

Guess whose kid read and delivered the official Declaration to the dictator teacher?

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Royal, on their insult prowess: Because I have a mom who was an English major, and she taught me words you've never heard!

Me: You also have a mom who's a total bitch.

Royal: *cackling* And she taught me how to be mean.

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After 23 years of driving, I can no longer say I've never been in an accident, although I do think I can still safely say I've never caused an accident.

It was almost bound to happen, given the clusterfuck of three schools letting out a block away from the main highway. I put my signal on and started to get into the left turn lane when I got sideswiped by a car racing up from behind me to *also* get in the turn lane. Oop.

To her credit, she turned into the parking lot. Of course it was a teenager; I knew it would be. I asked her if she was okay before anything; she was big-eyed but seemed fine. Her car was spotless; I have a tiny dent on my front fender to go with all the others (mostly from deer, the largest came pre-installed when I bought it). I gave her my phone number and name and she was like, "Okay, thank you, I gotta go!!!" lol okay, bye gurl. Catch you on the flipside.

At first, I was mostly worried I'd get a furious phone call from an angry dad, but now I'm thinking her parents will be just as happy NOT to have their insurance rates sky rocket.

Still never gotten a ticket!

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I'm not hungry, but I do want to put some kind of fried potato into my mouth. This is the human condition

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Tonight's entertainment: Watching my intellectually disabled cat suddenly become aware of the link-spring assembly on the dishwasher, cat-vs-cucumber style.

There's a poofy tail. There's jumping out of her skin 20 times as she works up the nerve to approach. There's batting at the spring. There's hissing.

Curtis opening the dishwasher & setting the spring in motion earned the first hiss. I ran my hand over it several times to show her it's not dangerous, and my kneeling there with her made her "brave" enough to approach (literally 20 full four paws off the ground startle jumps notwithstanding).

Now she's very carefully keeping ME between her and the dishwasher.

Curtis was laughing so much he had to leave the room. And it's hilarious, but it's also a little sad. She's SO stupid, guys.

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You have to be somewhere at 9:00am. It will take you approximately 30 minutes to get there, so you will need to leave by 8:30 to get there on time. About what time will you plan to wake up?

8:30

8:00

7:30

7:00

Before 7:00

WAY before 7:00

Other/nuance/show results

Voting ended onMay 27

Thanks, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

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It's Election Day here in Oregon, and so far, the number of Fire Levies that are NOT passing, is making me real fucking nervous about this summer

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Since we switched electricity providers, they came out and swapped our meter. Curtis was out there with the guy the whole time (only like 10 minutes, thankfully), peppering him with questions. He came in to tell me, "The new meter is at zero! A bunch of zeros!" After we made dinner, he immediately went back out to check it again. "It didn't budge! I was hoping I could see how much power the oven used!" He has already emailed the power company to ask them if there is an app he can use to monitor the meter.

I guess, some guys are Leaf Blower Guys, and some guys are Electricity Meter Guys.

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i need data for a statistics project for school, so be my sample data, worms. i need thirty people minimum so if there aren't enough voters yet i'd love if you could help. thank you very much. worms.

take this test (https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/), then come back here:

what's your JND?

.00030-.00099

.0010-.0017

.0017-.0024

.0024-.0031

.0031-.0038

.0038-.0045

.0045-.0052

.0052-.0059

.0059-.0066

.0066-.0073

.0073-.0080

.0080 or greater

Voting ended onMay 13

it doesnt have to be a good score, you dont have to take it multiple times, you dont have to get on a good screen, etcetera. just gimme your score please this is my final project grade :)

i'd love if you could reblog for reach

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