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artofdoingstuff_feed) wrote2026-03-09 03:27 am
Giving money is practical. Responsible. Widely respected by teenagers, brides and anyone who has ever had to pay rent. Giving cash or a gift card is also the oatmeal of gift giving. But it doesn't have to be. You just need to add some theatre. Here are 3 ways to give cash that feel less...artofdoingstuff_feed) wrote2026-03-09 03:15 am
A gift within a gift. That's the truth of this double rainbow reality. They get the puzzle box and whatever it is you want to make them work for inside. What You Need Before You Start (Important Tips) This is where you prevent failure. Step-by-Step Instructions Step 1 Just follow the directions that will come...artofdoingstuff_feed) wrote2026-03-09 03:15 am
The only thing people like about chequebooks is the ripping the cheque out part. There's something fun about it. Satisfying. It's WAY more fun with cash money. What You Need Before You Start (Important Tips) This is where you prevent failure. Step-by-Step Instructions Step 1 Stack the bills as evenly as possible. This is most...artofdoingstuff_feed) wrote2026-03-09 03:15 am
Handing someone an envelope with cash feels like you've given up. This fixes that. This turns giving cash into an EVENT. What You Need Before You Start (Important Tips) This is where you prevent failure. Step-by-Step Instructions Step 1 Roll the bills up so they fit in the neck of the balloon. Work them down...![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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awesomeers2026-03-08 09:49 pmkaberett) wrote2026-03-08 10:57 pmReading. I confess I have tripped and fallen into a special interest and am therefore currently primarily working my way through the archives of She's A Beast. BUT.
Writing. Words continue to, very slowly, go up.
Listening. More Hidden Almanac. Very close to being caught up to the point I've theoretically listened to with A (some of which I wound up being asleep during)...
Playing. Inkulinati Exploders run on Master difficulty continues. We have now broken a quill (DEMONS :|) but we do continue to progress...
Another round (well, most of one) of The Little Orchard, this time with The Child deciding that we SHOULD turn the Bothersome Crows back over and put them back...
Cooking. New recipe! Meera Sodha's leek & chard martabak. Unlikely to make again but not sorry to have made.
Exploring. Adventures this week have included:
Observing. flowersss.
cosmolinguist) wrote2026-03-08 10:12 pmThis will be short because I need to go to bed, but I wanted to say -- particularly for our mutual friends here -- that D had his operation today; it all went just as planned (in his family group chat, his mum his back-on-the-ward selfie looked a bit woozy, and yes, but also he looked just like that before the op because he had to be there at 7 this morning!) and smoothly. He's home, tired and sore but able to watch TV, play video games, eat dinner, watch baseball with me. It's been a nice evening.
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I didn't get as much done today as I might have hoped, but I did a good job of prioritizing what needed to happen today vs. what can wait until tomorrow. Really hoping I get better sleep tonight; it's been kinda shitty for a couple weeks and that takes its toll on everything else; I've had a low-grade headache most of the day and I think it's largely the broken sleep and weird dreams.
wildeabandon) wrote2026-03-08 12:23 pmrmc28) wrote2026-03-08 08:04 am12 games into our 20-game season, Kodiaks 2 finally notched up a win! We beat Lee Valley Vampires 1-0 last night. That single goal was scored with about ten minutes to go, and it was a long ten minutes, and especially a long last minute on the bench after my final shift, waiting to see if we'd do it. I was literally crying in the post-game huddle and handshake line. This team, this team that we dragged into existence in the face of multiple obstacles, this amazing bunch of women. We won, we won, we won.
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jazzyjj) wrote in awesomeers2026-03-07 10:13 pmcosmolinguist) wrote2026-03-07 10:08 pmThis afternoon, I watched the Nicaragua vs Dominicana in the World Baseball Classic.
It's so loud. I love it. I kept looking up because I heard the kind of crowd noise that my white ass expected to mean someone had just hit a home run or something, and instead it's, like, a check swing or what's almost certainly going to be an infield out or whatever.
Tonight, D and I are watching Japan vs. Korea, in the Tokyodome so I'm hearing more chants and drums and clapping than I've ever heard, even at West Indies cricket matches.
I love it, gotta soak this up as much as I can.
watersword) wrote2026-03-07 02:55 pmGood gravy, this semester is tough. I'm juggling a million different things and keeping my head above water, but only just. Admittedly, a number of things I am juggling are not work things (birthday trip planning! proof of Canadian-ness! community service!) and everything will get 100% easier when it is above 50° every day and the world isn't pitch black at 6pm, but until that time is upon us, I am apparently going to be surviving on pizza and hummus.
My internet, which is allegedly FIOS, is periodically deciding that it does not want to be an internet, it wants to be a lumberjack, and rebooting the router does not do a whole lot. This is kind of a problem given that I work from home and build things on the internet. I feel like I'm back in 1998 on dial-up. I spent thirty minutes fighting the phone tree and then the customer service agent tried to sell me a new router and a new plan, which: no. I want the thing I am already paying for to work!
Implementing a shared zookeeper routine is working out super well so far; I get to play with a friend's kid so she can concentrate on chores and she keeps me from becoming one with the couch, which is my true desire.
thinking_anglicans_feed) wrote2026-03-07 05:43 pmThe Nairobi-Cairo Proposals is a theological paper, published by the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity Faith and Order, IASCUFO, in 2024. The paper makes recommendations for updating how the Anglican Communion describes itself to account for changes of the last century and to encourage a maximal sharing in leadership. There is a more detailed explanation […]
The post Nairobi-Cairo Proposals first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.rydra_wong) wrote2026-03-07 12:15 pm
thinking_anglicans_feed) wrote2026-03-07 11:00 amTheo Hobson Liberal Anglicans must focus [also in The Spectator The real problem facing Church of England liberals] Mark Clavier Well-Tempered Formed for Faithfulness (8): Learning to Speak Again Jenny Sinclair Together for the Common Good Whose Side is the Church On? Felicity Cooke ViaMedia.News All About LLF: the February Synod Debate
The post Opinion – 7 March 2026 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.nanila) wrote in awesomeers2026-03-07 09:39 amysabetwordsmith) wrote in gardening2026-03-06 11:17 pm
artofdoingstuff_feed) wrote2026-03-07 04:30 am
This week included burned pasta, experimental gardening optimism, and one truly excellent pizza. As weeks go, it was balanced. We will get to talking about this handsome thing a bit later. 1. Spaghetti Sabotage I burned spaghetti. Which is impressive because spaghetti is boiled in water, a substance specifically designed to prevent burning. You might...