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For All Your Flower Shop AUs

Yesterday I learned from @hinerdsitscat that while it’s apparently very difficult to find a complete and comprehensive listing of hospitals in a major metropolitan area, your best bet is to consult a florist*, because they send so many flowers to so many hospitals. 

Use this knowledge wisely.

* She says it’s still not always fully accurate, but better flowers than nothing, I guess. 

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annechen-melo replied to your post “Tonight in Sam Plays the Ukulele”

I'm going to be the difficult one and ask, "Are you working up to The Axis of Awesome's Four Chords?"

It’s so interesting actually, because of seeing that video I went looking for the Four Chord Progression and it turns out there is an insane level of musical theory surrounding four chord progressions, including gendered chord progressions. Like, it goes DEEP. It’s one of those dives you don’t want to go on without a safety line. 

hinerdsitscat replied to your post “Tonight in Sam Plays the Ukulele”

So many BNL songs are this way. "Call and Answer" is just D and G for the entire song until you get to the bridge and it demands your fingers as a sacrifice.

Yeah, it reminds me of the old joke -- you can make a decent album on three chords and win a Grammy on four. :D BNL clearly has a lot of theory knowledge because they’re capable of the really complicated stuff and they throw it in there from time to time, but I think they’re aware that their audience is more focused towards the less complex stuff. Probably one reason I like them so much, I have no real ability to appreciate complicated music :D  

nehirose replied to your post “Tonight in Sam Plays the Ukulele”

sammmmmmmm. i know you don't do, like, Your Face On The Internet, but would you ever consider video of, like. Your Hands And The Uke While Possibly Singing From Out Of Frame? (or even just the first half.)

No, I think not tbh. I’m not really all that good (yet) and I’m not comfortable on camera, so I don’t think that’s in the cards. Trust me, the posts are more entertaining than my music :) 

jamoche1 replied to your post “Tonight in Sam Plays the Ukulele”

Oh, yeah, there are guitar chords where you do that on purpose, and also some cheats for barred chords where you just skip the strings you were meant to bar.

Yep, that seems to be mostly what I’m doing. I really like the app I found, The Ukulele App by Corona Labs, where you can look up any chord and it will give you all the variations. It gave me a simpler version of E minor that I’ve been using, but I’ve gotten good enough at the simple version I can now start doing the more complex version. It’s a great help to a beginner. 

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cameoappearance replied to your post “I have to tell you all a secret”

I don't normally like pepperoni, or any kind of spiced sausage really, but I'd try it with this set of accompaniments. 

Well, that’s the lovely thing -- the fat of the avocado and the dairy fat of the cheese both cut the spice! Though turkey pepperoni isn’t really that hot to begin with, thankfully. 

iamshadow21 replied to your post “I have to tell you all a secret”

'Taken' makes it sound like you stole it, like Hardison stealing Eliot's perfect sandwich in The Office Job.

IT’S EVEN BETTER IF YOU STOLE IT! :D 

terrie01 replied to your post “I have to tell you all a secret”

Why is it forbidden?

It’s too delicious to be common! It is forbidden knowledge! 

hinerdsitscat replied to your post “I have to tell you all a secret”

Okay yes but what about cinnamon Have you considered the cinnamon???

Or ... *dramatic sting* cumin! /joke-nobody-else-will-get

geekgirl76 replied to your post “The pineapple is her one true love.”

I always want to zerbert their tummies... No I have no common sense and will one day lose an eye doing it, but tummies MUST BE ZERBERTED!

Dearborn would probably let you, at least the first time. After that she would grow suspicious :D 

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hinerdsitscat

A friend of mine got trapped in Wrigleyville one weekend night and encountered, in the midst of all these Cubs fans, this one brodude who was *furious* with Keats. Yes, KEATS. The POET. According to my friend, this guy just kept screaming "FUCKING KEATS" at the top of his lungs while very loudly drunk.

Being fair, Keats probably couldn’t field for shit. :D

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hinerdsitscat replied to your post:Dorky afghan pattern requests

I found an awesome afghan crochet pattern at one point for the Settlers of Catan game board. Not sure if that’s your cup o’ tea.

OHMYGOSH YES.

I will google for it but if you can send me a link that’d be amazing.

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hinerdsitscat replied to your photo “And the award for “most disturbing photo Sam has seen this week” goes...”

Two things: #1: It looks like he's pinching his cheeks. #2: Still not as unsettling as Giant Rahm Face

I totally thought it was someone pinching Warren Buffett's cheeks before I scrolled down. It says something about his public image that I believed Warren Buffett would let a random person pinch his cheeks for a photo shoot.

Rahm Emanuel's Giant Face is the gold standard for surprise unsettling, that's true. But the placement of the hands in this one almost makes me think it's some kind of horrifying sculpture. It gives it the illusion of depth. I feel like maybe they did that on purpose, just to mess with us.

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hinerdsitscat replied to your post: Playing the same song over and over as...

I know, right???

I was complaining to my mom right before GenCon about all the stress, and she was like "so, work's bad?" and I was like "pfft, no, work, I love work.  Stupid HOBBIES are gonna be the death of me" and she gave me that 'oh, kiddo, you are so weird' look.

LARPING IS STRESSFUL, OKAY

It's also like top five favorite things in the universe to do.

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Since the Wimbly Womblys' change in strategy, I've come up with a new chant for the supporters: "One goal up to two goals down / Have you lost your mind, Seb Brown? / One goal up to two goals down / That's how John repeats Swindon Town"