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Getting The Grandkid To Do The Chores

@jedda-martele gave to the fountain fundraiser and requested: Something in the same universe as It's a Very Distinctive Family Resemblance. Maybe the teams meeting? 

Title: Getting The Grandkid To Do The Chores

Rating: General

Notes: I’m not sure how far I fulfilled the spirit of the request (as you can see I pared it down a bit) but hopefully it will be super amusing to make up for it :D 

Captain America, Black Widow, the Winter Soldier, and the Falcon walked into a gastropub. 

Technically they were out of uniform, so just four unusually attractive people looking for lunch, but the host seated them and then made a beeline for Eliot. 

“Superheroes at table nine,” she said. “They are your problem.” 

“Sure goddamn are,” Eliot sighed. “I’ll take care of it.”

“Try not to break any windows this time,” she replied. “I’m staying in the kitchen until they leave.” 

She had, conveniently, seated the four of them at a six-top, so Eliot pulled out a spare chair and sat down without preamble. 

“Well,” Captain America said to him. “You must be the fella.” 

“You’re right,” Black Widow said to the Winter Soldier, also known as Bucky Barnes or, as Eliot liked to call him, granddad. “The family resemblance is uncanny.” 

“I wear less eyeliner,” Eliot said. “You’re spooking my service staff. You couldn’t call ahead?” 

“Thought you might bolt if we did,” Bucky said. 

“That sounds like you need something,” Eliot replied. 

“Imagine we do,” Bucky said.

“I am losing my whole-ass mind,” Sam Wilson announced. “Do you two do this laconic banter any time you’re in the same room or is it some kind of weird performance art you put on just for us? Also are you special forces?” he asked Eliot. “It’s a very distinctive posture.” 

“Not anymore,” Eliot said. “Not really looking to insert myself in the superhero world, either,” he added to Bucky.

“We need your crew,” the Black Widow said. “One job, in and out. We’re too visible, and we don’t have a -- “

Parker descended from the rafters, dropping into the chair next to Eliot.

“ -- thief,” Black Widow finished. 

“Hi,” Parker said. She gave Eliot a beseeching look. “I want to be a superhero.”

Eliot sighed, because if Parker was here, Hardison was on his way, and he too would want to be a superhero.

“You’re lucky I believe in supporting my family,” he told Bucky. “Let’s hear the pitch...”

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Re: ice delivery man photo. I found it in a newsletter from a heritage society in Texas (https://issuu.com/absolutelymemorial/docs/memorial-december-2015/66). It says it was used with permission from Story Sloane’s gallery. Searching that led to this page http://www.sloanegallery.com/newpage69.htm which does show the image as well as a disclaimer about not using their photos without written permission. Apologies if you’ve already looked yourself but I was curious also.

Thank you! I reached out to the Sloane Gallery right after I posted that. Here’s hoping they will be open to me using it for scholarly purposes. 

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That one really old game that’s surprisingly good, you know?

You must be thinking of the 1979 classic Encounter Critical, which needs no introduction from me, because it can speak for itself.

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jedda-martele said: Electrical Trades? Are you teaching teenagers how to wire a house?

Not really sure!  I’ll find out Wednesday!

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jedda-martele replied to your post “ventusregina: One of the biggest power moves I have here in the...”

What language do you use? I've seen this post a few times and while I like the idea I also do not generally use religious language. So if you have specific phrases that worked in a more secular context could you please share?

I guess you could call it emotional or therapeutic language. I’ve said “I hope you find more empathy in yourself someday” or “I’m sorry to see you can’t be more kind.” I think also you could say “I’m sorry to see hate is so deep in your heart” but that felt a bit extreme to me in the conversations I was having.  

I think the ultimate point is just to take the focus off whether or not X group deserves rights -- it assumes that they do and that in asserting they don’t, the other person is behaving badly. So it’s a lot about “Hey, you aren’t exactly being a nice person here.” Kindness, empathy, and compassion aren’t exclusive to any specific faith. 

insanebluegenius replied to your post “Oh good, the queue function in Tumblr no longer shows the date of...”

I can see times and dates on the queue page fine? weird font and labeling but it's there. Do you have other add-ons that might be messing with the updates?

Not on the queue side, but shit is changing so fast that perhaps I’ve got a bug you don’t. I just have times and days of the week, no dates, but a little calendar icon to say “this is scheduled”. 

pale-chartreuse replied to your photo “I finished mask #150 this morning! It’s a mix of fabrics bought on...”

I think that offering your essay to someone else working on a research/library science degree, essentially offering it as a reverse engineering project, would be fascinating.

I mean, it’s free to a good home. If I were doing a degree program of some kind I would 100% work on it -- I just lack the time and in some cases the resources. My last job had JSTOR access and this job doesn’t, which is the unkindest cut :D

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nic-tumbls replied to your link “Fandom Shoppin”

The 'just click here' link on the Google form & in the post both go to " Sorry, the file you have requested has been deleted" :'(

jedda-martele replied to your link “Fandom Shoppin”

The link to view the spreadsheet says the URL is incorrect. Am I just being too impatient and trying to view it too soon?

Thanks for letting me know! I had some trouble sharing the spreadsheet. If you refresh the original post, it should be functional now! 

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ameliahcrowley replied to your post “Just finished watching Chef, directed by and starring Jon...”

Is that the "Wait, Twitter is *public*?" film, or was that something else?

I honestly don’t remember, but I tend to tune out discussions of twitter in any case :D 

plotbunnyfarm replied to your post “Just finished watching Chef, directed by and starring Jon...”

I remember an LA Times editorial saying that Chef was a groundbreaking movie for letting the main character reclaim his masculinity and do things Men Should Do - eat meat, form their own business, road-trip. "Chef is a sexist movie - and that's a good thing" was the title, and the high point. I think about that column a lot.

Yeah, that checks out, I can see how it might appeal to a person who thinks their life is going poorly because Men Aren’t Allowed To Be Men Anymore. 

jedda-martele replied to your post “Just finished watching Chef, directed by and starring Jon...”

I don’t know. I feel fandom has warmed up to Happy more with the Spider-Man movies, especially Far from Home. Prime time for creating a weird backstory AU. :D

Could be part of it is I haven’t seen the Spider-man movies. I like Happy fine as a supporting character In IM1 and 2, and he had a very nice scene with Morgan in Endgame, but I don’t...want to read fanfic about his existential crises.  

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pringlesaremydivision replied to your post“Hey Sam do they have Sprouts grocery stores where you live? Their...”

wait, if you don't shop at whole foods and you don't shop at mariano's... are you a jewel man, sam?

PEAPOD, BABY. 

I get a big order from Peapod grocery delivery at the start of every month, then I supplement it with fresh stuff from Trader Joe’s. I do occasionally nip down to Jewel and pick something up if I can’t get it at TJ’s or can get it cheaper at Jewel, and PeaPod is supplied by Jewel anyway I believe, so I suppose you could call me a Jewel man :D 

jeanninedupree replied to your post“Standing in line at the REI garage sale Doot doot doot doot doot...”

Coulda stayed home, done an online order/Coulda brought the uke, watch the line grow shorter...

I ALMOST DID BRING THE UKE :D But it’s an in-person sale, because it’s damaged/returned goods selling cheap, so you can’t really order the stuff online. I got some good deals! 

memprime replied to your post“Standing in line at the REI garage sale Doot doot doot doot doot...”

Where is the REI?

It’s the Lincoln Park one, up at North & Clybourn, near the Mariano’s and the Arclight shopping center. 

niennanir replied to your post“I saw you said avocado should be a condiment so NOW I HAVE TO TELL YOU...”

I'm a little afraid you don't know what turkey-ham is, honestly. I had no idea it was so regional.

I mean, I’ve lived in a lot of different places, I’ve shopped and cooked for myself for over twenty years, I’ve NEVER SEEN Turkey-Ham. I’m sure it’s been there, I’ve just never encountered it. I think that’s what’s frightening me, maybe, that it’s clearly been present and flown under my radar. What else lurks in the grocery store?

Being fair to me, I don’t eat deli meat, like, it’s just not part of my diet, so I’m rarely in the deli meat area for long enough to spot stuff like that.  

jedda-martele replied to your post“On the one hand, I'm super upset that one of my favorite shows got...”

There is one moment that I've seen practically every Leverage fan either decry or attempt to give an alternate reason for - Hardison not tipping the delivery guy. I've never seen so many people united about such a short clip.

That was a really strange moment. Like it didn’t contribute to the story or to Hardison’s character development, and it’s never called back to again. It felt like it was some kind of weird inside joke, like two of the writers were having this argument or something.