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oh-emdee replied to your post “Scandinavia Strikes”

So happy for you Sam! Working in DNA testing means I always hear the bad side of testing, and this is a really lovely story (especially regarding your tags)

*maury povich voice* You....ARE the father! 

superqueerpasta replied to your post “Scandinavia Strikes”

Holy shit what are the chances. That's wild.

Well, it’s a small(ish) population comparatively, and I guess if your scandinavian comes direct from the old country -- rather than from, say, somewhere Vikings used to maraud frequently -- then the odds are actually pretty high. It absolutely is wild though. 

lysapadin replied to your post “Scandinavia Strikes”

This such a Sam thing.

I did have kind of a “MY LIFE” moment. 

ceastman73 replied to your photo “gothicismblog: I regret not buying these and mailing them to...”

Huh. Tumblr declared to me that "This post may contain sensitive media." (I need to figure out how to disable Safe Mode.) Owls are sensitive media while nearly-naked Stan Lee is not? Tumblr, you are _strange._

Maybe he’s secretly a mutant, and Tumblr didn’t recognize him as a human? 

memprime replied to your post “Scandinavia Strikes”

Is that why he's the "stepdad", because he stepped up? :P

AHAHAH Imma tell him that, he’ll laugh. 

njelruch replied to your post “Rabbits or dogs?”

Wow -- that's the most visceral uncanny valley response I've ever had. Congrats?

It was either that or a picture of a steak. :D 

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Two questions: (1) Konoha clearly has electricity (Naruto watches TV, at some point there's DVD-watching). Do they have elevators? (2) What other Countries are moderately canonical in Legacy?

You have questions, we have answers!

(1) Konoha does have elevators! They’re used in the hospital in Pour Me Something Stronger and, uh, probably a lot of other threads I don’t remember right now. There’s also a lift from the Hokage’s palace to ANBU training grounds in Laws of Gravity. Ninja tend to get injured and/or disabled quite often, so mobility aids are really important.

(2) Oh man, we’ve got a list of Legacy-canon countries somewhere. ...Though it is apparently not up to date. Whoops.

Clay, Mangrove, and Tea Countries are all Legacy-canonical. Otherwise, we tend to pick and choose from among the manga-canon countries and ignore most of the anime filler ones. I mean, really, “The Land of This” and “The Land of That”?

- Ki

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ceastman73 replied to your post “More Answers About DIY”

I always thought escutcheons were something in heraldry rather than plumbing, but perhaps I am misinformed? (Now I'm imagining a description along the lines of "Plunger d'argent, on a field tenné" for a plumber raised to nobility...)

They are both! Escutcheon is just a fancy (pretty sure French) word for shield.

And there is actually a plumbers’ heraldic shield! We found this out because an ancestor of mine was a member of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers in England and I googled it and it’s still around. CHECK THIS OUT:

And there’s even a graphic explaining (sort of) what the actual symbols mean:

I’m not sure what a soodring iron is, but you have to admire their cutting knyfe.

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ceastman73 replied to your photoset “Turns out the hardware store opens...”

Clearly you do not live in an earthquake zone if you're considering open shelves (says a Californian who felt the earthquake 2 nights ago).

LOL! I grew up in California, though it’s true I live in a less earthquakey place now. But what I learned about furniture and earthquakes is a) brace bookshelves to the wall and b) if it’s strong enough to send a plate off a shelf, no cabinet door will stop it, and doors flying open in an earthquake are a legitimate concern, especially at head-height :D 

Besides, I have corelware and plastic. Anything that does break is cheaply replaced. :D

godaof221b replied to your post “So today was a “no bookend” day...”

I am mildly jealous of you, sir. My wife picked out at least one unique color for every room in our house. And a different one for the lone hallway.

That sounds like a lot of color. Is she at least happy with the result? 

guineapigwithaflamethrower replied to your post “So today was a...”

Be careful on the ladders. I have it on good authority that falling off of those can be bad. (Source: the two feet I broke in the summer of 2016)

Yikes! D: I will do my best. the ladder is not very tall -- I’m maybe 4′ off the ground at most -- and it has proven to be much more stable than anticipated, but I’m mostly concerned about it flattening out from under me and then me landing on some sharp piece of it. My plan of action is, if I feel it starting to go, to jump backwards and trust in luck :D  

iamshadow21 replied to your post “Answers Miscellaneous”

Just don't break your arm moving house, that would be too meta.

Though an appropriate bookend to ten years in Chicago, I suppose. At least if I do break a limb I can be literary about it....

toast-the-unknowing replied to your post “So today was a “no bookend” day...”

I just got the most amazing sense of satisfaction and accomplishment from reading this. Thanks for these updates. I finally understand the Dead Like Me subplot about Getting Things Done With Dolores

LOL, I’m glad it helps! I just like to complain about everything I do so it works out well that other people enjoy that :D 

brilliant-starlight replied to your post “So today was a “no bookend” day...”

I think you're making really impressive progress. Go Sam, go! (But yes, please don't fall off the murder ladder. Or let it fall on you. Or on Ghost. Etc.)

I think Ghost probably is okay with stuff being dropped on her, or she wouldn’t have survived so long with me, the Dropper Of Things. :D 

nobodycareswhatido replied to your post “So today was a “no bookend” day...”

Please don't fall off the murder ladder, Sam.

You guys have such confidence in me. 

It’s because you know me so well...:D

earthtokk replied to your post “Continuing Answers About DIY”

When you do get around to doing your kitchen, Chicago has two makerspaces with woodshops: Pumping Station One and Make-Chicago. Depending on how transport-friendly they are, you could avoid doing any woodworking inside your apartment.

I’ve considered Pumping Station! But most of the tool use I’m going to do either needs to be onsite or will require stuff that’s too large to move easily on public transit. 

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ceastman73 replied to your post: swmpmnstr replied to your post “Guess who just...

I am hoping you are no longer planning to travel given everything? :(

Unfortunately, yeah. Drs Ash and Hell will no longer be touring Europe. We’re in the process of refunding as many tickets as we can; fortunately we didn’t book too much before we realized that we would likely need to pump the brakes. 

It’s really a bummer, because the timing of this trip was unique for us. I don’t think either of us is going to have another opportunity to take a vacation that long or that freely any time in the next decade. 

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ceastman73 replied to your photo “I'm in the process of wallpapering my study room with outlines...”

man, but I can't *read* it! I want to know what the cartoon guy in the lower right is all about. (Also, good luck!!!!!)

Thanks! The little dude is mostly just a random doodle, but that’s the page on Agency (the relationship between employers/employees) so he’s a pizza guy. These sheets are reductions of all the Bar Exam essays MI has tested on a given subject in the last five years. It’s kind of tedious, but I’m finding it helpful!

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janedrewfinally replied to your photo “Polk has discovered you can go UNDER blankets and will not let any go...”

Has Dearborn discovered that sometimes blankets contain Fascinating Lumps that kittens can pounce on?

I mean, they figured that out like, day two, with my feet. :D But yeah they have both now discovered that blankets are great strategic tools in the ongoing Kitten War. 

ceastman73 replied to your post “I love Dearborn's Very Pink Nose and Polk's "who me?" expression”

This is what bedroom doors are for.

The kittens seem to believe bedroom doors, when closed, are there for SCREAMING AT. :D

voyageboots replied to your photo “Polk has discovered you can go UNDER blankets and will not let any go...”

I am starting to suspect that you are not the golden labrador retriever we have pictured you as

trinket-the-bear replied to your photo “Polk has discovered you can go UNDER blankets and will not let any go...”

the way her ears get pushed back by the blankets makes her look like a lioness

One of my nicknames for her is Little Lion! That and Polka Dot. Dearborn is Derby or Monster (or, at 1 in the morning, Cuddlebug).  

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greenapple2004 replied to your photo “I decided I needed a home office in the Speakeasy, so I installed one....”

As someone who upgraded from a plastic folding table in an office recently, IKEA makes a line of desks that are similarly shaped and pleasantly deep. :-) 

Oh nice! I was looking at Ikea but it’s hard to tell on their website how deep their desks are. I’d probably even just stick with the folding table except that it’s a static-creating MACHINE and also it’s sagging -- the surface is super uneven because the plastic has warped. It was actually the first furniture I bought when I moved to Chicago, so at least I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth. 

voyageboots replied to your photo “I decided I needed a home office in the Speakeasy, so I installed one....”

omg are we seeing where the magic happens!? Behind the scenes fic set tour!

Well, about to be, anyway :D It must be working okay, I managed to finish the novel on it this morning. 

wandererriha replied to your photo “I decided I needed a home office in the Speakeasy, so I installed one....”

Maybe a desk blotter and some fountain pens. ;}

I thought about a blotter or some fabric to cover it, but I tend to rest nearly my entire upper body on the desk when I type, so I think it’d just stick to my elbows or something :D 

ceastman73 replied to your post “iamasolarchicken replied to your post “soleriane replied to your...”

Bother. This probably means I should take my non-fanfic original fic down off of AO3 if I want to respect their terms. (Which I do. I support AO3 and its mission. I'm just sorry that they've narrowed it.)

I don’t really know that they have, narrowed it I mean -- I think this was probably in place from pretty early on. That was the decision they had to make, both to be a nonprofit and to foster fanfic in specific, as opposed to like, WattPad that hosts anything. I can see why they’d make the decision to make it broad-within-a-definition -- all fanworks, but only fanworks. 

I don’t think you need to take it down, really. The sense seems to be that nothing is specifically taken down once it’s posted unless there’s egregious misuse or someone complains -- what concerns me is less whether they’d care and more whether my prominent position in fandom would make it awkward for me OR for them, especially since I’d be using them for a specific purpose not really intended by the site. I’d rather get the gentle no or go forward with their blessing than be halfway through the process and bring a wankstorm down, either because they had to remove it or because people THINK they should and they don’t. 

janedrewfinally replied to your photo “I decided I needed a home office in the Speakeasy, so I installed one....”

Errrr....I tried to send you a package about a month or six weeks ago- did anything ever turn up?

Yes! I picked it up last week, I just haven’t had a chance to post photos yet, I’m so sorry and thank you for checking. The Ofuda is wonderful! I’m planning to hang it next to my door, I just wanted to take a picture first. (I am behind, it’s been a long week.)