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mosylu replied to your link “Subway Launches New BBQ Rib Sandwich”

I had this last week! It was actually pretty good, considering

You know, being honest, I went and got one last night and it was...

Okay, it’s terrible food, as the McRib is, like it’s not good, but for being not good it wasn’t inedible. Subpar to the McRib in my opinion since they don’t put as much sauce on it and the sauce is blander, but for garbage it’s decent garbage. 

timetravelingvampire replied to your post “I’ve been reading an article about the bad data coming out of the...”

data cleaning is the worst. you would think that people would know their own zipcodes or how to spell their city or road or STATE, but no. i had to clean provider licensure files - people with lots of schooling renewing their medical license - and it took two full weeks of work to clean the addresses.

Data cleaning definitely is the worst but I also find it really satisfying, somehow. Depends on the program you’re working with, of course, but I enjoy finding ways to efficiently sort good from bad and then clean the bad. If I was doing it all day erry day I can only imagine how much I would hate it, but as a once-in-a-while project it’s a nice balance of soothing monotony and intellectual challenge. 

wetwareproblem replied to your post “asteroiideae replied to your post “I’ve been trying to explain the...”

Genuinely confused here: What's the difference between a pizza puff and a panzerotto, or an Italian beef and an au jus sandwich? (Actually, the latter usually comes in garlic bread, which... yum.)

I know you commented way before I posted the beef/dip discussion, so this isn’t me being snotty, but I’ll just drop that link here (unless an au jus sandwich is yet another variation? I’ve never encountered that) :D

The pizza puff/panzerotto difference seems to be mainly in the bread type. I’ve never encountered a panzerotto, actually, so there could be other differences, but apparently panzerotto bread is usually a thin-stretched yeasted dough, whereas usually a pizza puff is wrapped in a flour tortilla, which is non-yeasted. I would imagine there’s a slight flavor difference and something of a texture difference, especially since usually a pizza puff is much thicker on one side where the tortilla is folded. 

Looking at photos, I think also probably there’s more stuffing in a panzerotto, which looks thicker to me than the average pizza puff. 

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oldanimeiczer6 replied to your photo “Every once in a while I discover something that just makes me wish I...”

The sculptor is Thad Markham and the collection is called Out of the Bowl. The one with the lime and lemon fighting is called The Winner Takes Olive and I must have it.

Man I’m glad you found that info because I wasn’t finding the sculptor’s actual name anywhere! 

I thought that one, because they are all cocktail garnishes, should be called “bar fight” :D 

timetravelingvampire replied to your post “I was doing research on the stimulus check we’ll be getting and it’s...”

i have tried to explain why you don't want a refund to so many. everyone is like, but i like getting money once a year. BUT YOU COULD SAVE IT AND THEN GIFT IT TO YOURSELF. WITH INTEREST.

I do get why people do it -- I know some who do it deliberately as a short-term savings, either because it’s automatic or because they don’t trust themselves not to tap it if they put it in an actual savings account -- but yeah, my bank is set up so that when I get paid a set amount just goes into savings, and I can’t get the money out of that savings very easily. And I think a lot of people do it just because it’s the done thing. It’s so normalized in our culture. 

tzikeh replied to your photo “Every once in a while I discover something that just makes me wish I...”

"The Bananas Aren't Alone" is the name of my TMBG cover band

NICE. I like how it is at once both absurd and ominous. 

megsamforever replied to your post “I was doing research on the stimulus check we’ll be getting and it’s...”

I'm a tax accountant and I appreciate that you're posting this, there's so much misinformation out there and you have the viewer base to get some better info out. My understanding is that it's a credit because it's the easiest way to get money out to a lot of people at once and one of the most verifiable ways. The downside is some people won't get it if they didn't file taxes last year, but they can still claim it next year if they file next year.

Yeah, it’s not great for PR purposes but the more I talk about it the more rational it does seem to make it a tax credit. 

As someone who handled all 1000 holiday cards for last year’s mass mailing to our donors, which involved so much data wrangling, I really feel for whoever is having to pull and process all of this stuff. 

shirokou replied to your photo “Every once in a while I discover something that just makes me wish I...”

CHARITY GALA, THAT IS SUCH A DAD JOKE OMG.

I was extremely proud of it :D 

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leeshajoy replied to your post “Little kids sometimes think I’m a Ghostbuster so I’ve gotten good at...”

But are you, in fact, not afraid of no ghosts?

Well, I haven’t met every ghost ever, but of the ghosts I’ve known, only about a third are truly evil. 

timetravelingvampire replied to your post “mepoe replied to your post “Breaking into the Smithsonian to return my...”

Being a common scold?

Nonsense. I might have been a scold but I was never common.

xnaturallyunnatural replied to your post “mepoe replied to your post “Breaking into the Smithsonian to return my...”

Telling Tony he has a curfew shouldn't be on here, he NEEDS a responsible figure and you know that.

Yes but it’s also technically considered “fighting words”. 

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faunalind replied to your post “clockways replied to your post “feelings about CATS?” ...”

Don't know if anyone has mentioned Dogpatch in Naperville. They have kittens, at times littermates. Also Anderson in South Elgin.

Unfortunately, without a car Naperville and Elgin are a bit far to go. Still, at least I’m lucky, there are plenty of rescues in the city I can go to. 

timetravelingvampire replied to your post “clockways replied to your post “feelings about CATS?” ...”

A friend foster-failed through Paws Chicago. She’d 10/10 recommend

Yeah, I’ll probably go through Paws -- they’re easy to get to and they have special deals for hard-to-adopt pets. 

fatfemme-inist replied to your post “clockways replied to your post “feelings about CATS?” ...”

OMG. THAT DOG IS FUCKING PRECIOUS.

He looks very sweet. I’m torn, because on the one hand I made a deal with myself -- if he’s still free when I’m ready, I’ll look into adopting him, but if he’s not I will look strictly at cats. On the other hand I really would like to see him find a forever home, so I don’t WANT to hope he’ll still be free when I’m ready. And I’m still a little leery, dogs require a lot more active attention than cats and are way more expensive in terms of having to board them when you travel, which I do a lot of. 

rsfcommonplace replied to your post “rosefyrefyre replied to your photoset “lardyfatboy: 1920′s Green...”

I think you should take the basic idea and color scheme and change the details.

That was my thought -- I’m always on the lookout for cheap ukes at yard sales and thrift stores, and if I find another $5 uke like my last one, I’ll paint it dark and add gold accents. 

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Post office bounty! 

Up top, an amazing BROOKLYN SUPREME postcard that @danceswchopstck found and sent to me -- my eyes got REALLY HUGE. His weight on the back is left blank so you could write in what his weight was at the time! (3030lbs at the time of the postcard.)

On the right, a postcard from Seattle, of a man narrating a ball game for his friend behind the pillar (it’s a little hard to see). I laughed because there are literally pillars like that at Wrigley Field, and they all have TVs mounted on them now...

Lower right, another delightful hand-colored card, from @nissus, sending a note to say hi. Thanks, it’s lovely! (and so vivid!)

And on the left, an awesome Star Wars/Avengers mashup that @timetravelingvampire got at a con -- I think it’s delightful, especially BB-Cap, and it’s already up on my mantel! (I did have to flatten it out, the stupid Chicago post office folded it in half.) 

Thank you guys! I always love getting postcards and letters and such stuff :D 

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timetravelingvampire replied to your post: Goddammit. I’m going to finally have to learn how...

archiveofourown(dot)org (slash)admin_posts/333

interesting. userscripts (which it referenced) seems to be down so I can’t get to the script, but i am now also installing tumblr saviour.

my biggest problem with just subtracting a tag from the search is that I don’t have an issue with kyle ron as a BAD GUY (novel concept!) in the fic. I just refuse to read anything that involves his penis. And there’s about 10billion tags for ships with his pasty white ass which is a pain to find them all and blacklist them. but thank u! I think this, plus the other two scripts I have running might actually cover all my bases even though I now have to flip through pages and pages and pages of censored fic :-/

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I had a dream last night that I was in JP3, and it was 100% awful. At one point, we ate the raptor eggs and then used the remains to get past the pterosaurs somehow without hot!dude having to sacrifice himself, and I was thinking, wait, how are we gonna pass by the raptor clan to get to the beach and the boat Ellie sent?! I have not seen this movie in years. I blame this on Spino not winning.

Holy Shit

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Traditionally, have we had to unlock a character to progress to the next week? I don't want Jocasta or Ultron, but I'll still need about twenty arrows for Hawkeye when this episode ends so I need next week.

The answer is in the FAQ, but hey, asking us takes less effort, am I right? 

To free Hawkeye, an Early Access character available in the Ultron Special event, you will need to collect 100 Boomerang Arrows. There are a limited number of Boomerang Arrows available in each episode of the event. You also need to unlock all 4 event characters (Kate Bishop, Viv, Jocasta, and Ultron). Early Access means that Hawkeye will be available through main game progression at a later point in time.