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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 14h

Or playing the glitched song so often that hearing the full song is confusing.

Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I still order the darn things as a comfort even though most places make them entirely too sweet. But the "I'm sad and I want one" feeling always wins.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Humans do really badly when groups gang up on them. We want to be liked and part of the group and when it doesn't happen, our brains just melt down. It's horrible to experience and it's so much worse if you normally have brain goblins. Your feelings and experiences absolutely count.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You have some poor writer's dream that's supposed to inspire them to write and they got your dreams instead.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anyone who is practical doesn't for the exact same reason. Hope the funds do as much good as you want it to.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Neither, I liked him with Regis.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes, please. More mystery with Hockey sounds absolutely captivating.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I swear Kurt Russell spent time in Wisconsin as he sounds like that in other movies, especially in the comedies. Comes and goes but it's definitely there. He really does it in Overboard with the guy playing his buddy for some reason.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That cat needs the human in daycare while it does something else. No time to supervise the human, I got something that needs doing right now.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's always a try-hard type making everyone look bad. Can we make elk into dumplings?

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Worse case, I find out their dumplings are better than mine. It's so horrible. I'll eat more dumplings to cope.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'm convinced the hunter types just wandered out of sight and are sitting around drinking beer anyway.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We argue about who has the best dumplings while tasting those dumplings. Then we're too full of dumplings and naps break out.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Barley was our gateway to savory oatmeal. Beef with barley soup became barley with little beef turned into barley cooked in broth which led to whole oats cooked in broth. Barley and oatmeal are seriously filling and warm you up.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Learn how to make soup from scratch. Not just follow a recipe but improvise a soup from your pantry. It's just the two of us and we regularly make soup with either no leftovers or just enough for 1 meal. It's a skill and it's worth learning if you hate leftovers.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

International grocery is always cheaper here on staples for that culture. Rice and beans are usually super cheap and fresh. Plus they have things that are hard to find at regular stores. Smoked ham hocks for soup, instant Pho broth, cheap peppers, etc

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This shouldn't be groundbreaking or hard.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm pleasant and calm while thinking of murder and people just stop or back down. I suspect it's the various micro expressions I'm doing unconsciously that are doing the heavy lifting as a fellow short person. Stalking forward helps too. Move like you mean it and will knock them over if needed.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The ham and butter sandwiches from Paris haunt my dreams. I wouldn't say no to the ham and brie ones but I'd commit multiple felonies for the jambon et buerre sandwich. So simple, so good. Sigh.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Because you are adorbs and snarky.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There is native bamboo! Can we plant that instead?

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It looks good! Lots of luck your way.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I've got my fingers crossed for you.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There's something about the carrier and towel that seems to tell a cat that it's a way to get home. Probably because that's how they get home from the vet with humans. Sympathetic magic at work. I'm praying to Bast for her return but I've had very good luck with the method.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Kennel with a towel smelling of her person outside by the door. Detailed search opening every single thing and moving things with a flashlight check inside might draw her out as wonders what the new game is or release her. Good luck

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yes, but you have to be aggressive in your weeding if you buy more clothes and you have to replace broken hangers. Skipping either step results in unbalanced humours.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah, I hear that. I keep trying new authors and then random cliffhanger or part 1 or some other weird thing. I hope you find something good quickly.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

www.stuffyourkindle.org If you aren't signed up, this is a fantastic way to get lots of free books. I have a minor problem with my TBR list but I find a lot of new indie authors this way.

stuffyourkindle.org

Stuff Your Kindle

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Those are very fun. Darker take is AJ Merlin's Pleasure and Prey series. The guys are serial killers who are friends but each book is a standalone homage to slasher movies. A lighter note is SC Principale sets a bunch of their books in a village of hidden monsters who find their loves.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah, that's a thriller in the wrong genre. I like the ones where it's a group of guys or girls and as the series progresses, couples happen as the story moves forward. The Bangover series by Lili Valenti does that. Girls all live in the same apartment complex.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Oh yeah, it's really bad in some subgenres of Romance. Fantasy romance seems to be the worst for me but I suspect that's just marketing something as a Romance when it isn't. Contemporary and Regency seem to be the better behaved ones in the free indie book lists. Sci Fi can be hit or miss.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I keep having the same problem with free books. I've been rejecting anything that is part of a series that doesn't say standalone or has a comment mentioning cliffhanger. It's really annoying.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You got to balance the conferences though. Or Quebec City is now in the West, which seems mean. Moving the Devils or the Rangers to Denver seems like it would cause a lot of suffering and balance the conferences. Houston couldn't even keep their AHL team alive.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you send the Nordiques back to Quebec, does this mean that they also go into the Eastern Conference? Does Denver get one of the extra Metro Division teams?

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I do know. I also remember the astroturfing done on Tumblr for Brexit. It starts with benign accounts barely used until they flip.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

No you're not cynical. You start making accounts now for use a couple months to years from now for propaganda or fraud purposes. A little late for midterms, a little early for 2028, and who knows about the fraud timeline.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm sure you have but people are going to people and regulations are written in blood, and maybe, violent diarrhea.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's only a six hour nap and messes with my sleep schedule so bad that I don't see my spouse for a week. It is nice though to just wake up, with my head still hurting, eat food, and then collapse back into sleep.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

That is a very tempting thing to tip off to the health inspector or whoever can talk sense into them. You need a permit to do catering around here because it's dangerous.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

In your city, that will definitely get you votes. I'd vote for someone doing that. Shows integrity and honor.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Argh, I really don't need the idea that sudden fatigue is an aura. I just figured out most of mine are weather/barometer related and little nap helps make them clear out faster. Something new to dig into.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I also don't drive so delivery of heavy things is so important to my quality of life. I don't want to do a daily trip for heavy stuff on a bus, with transfers, in the summer and it's an absolute horror show in winter.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Stupidly pretty ink that is. Just fab.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I think I understood I wasn't really a car person when I spent about 40 minutes on the paint job and 30 seconds on everything else. All about the looks.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My spouse is absolutely forbidden, on the pain of going to more family things, from calling the one dude, Pope Nazi. I might let the spouse use Pope Palpatine instead.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Fluff isn't really cozy though. It's more of a pointless cute scene or series of connected pointless cute scenes. Cozy feels small and safe. Low stakes and minor angst sort of thing.

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Patio Curmudgeon @juniperfizz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The sound of the train is home. BNSF main line about 4 blocks away and it's so soothing at night.

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