The Ides Of Evelyn / is on Nostr

Curmudgeoness & Bluestocking. Politics indigo, language ultraviolet. Adrift upon the cryptic tides of life. Likes to use big words & play at being all intellectual. Retired engineer. Mostly harmless.

Pronouns: she, her
Avatar is not: me
Avatar is: my cat, Osa
Banner text reads: Respect my trans homies or I'm going to identify as a fucking problem

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2024-09-12 06:35:09

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Yeah, in the 1970s, it was newly-emigrated Vietnamese refugees who were being accused of stealing pets to kill for food. I've also heard this alleged against Chinese & Korean immigrants. I'll bet it's a slur as old as the practice of keeping pets & other livestock not intended for consumption.

2024-07-06 16:24:11

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My high school English teacher joked about a student once calling her “Mrs. ‘Be Specific.’”I think that teacher might have had a pretty good alternative career as a marriage/relationship counselor.
If you want me to call you at such-&-such a time to tell you I am, as agreed, awake & ready to go; you need to tell me that. If you told me to “just call me whenever you’re awake and ready to go;” it is *not my fault* if you were expecting me to call 3 or 4 hours earlier than I did.

2024-07-06 15:59:18

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Please do not be a White K-any letter at all-K
*letters between J & L being especially problematic

2024-07-05 18:35:01

I have some fresh coconut and I have some chicken to cook, so I just searched “coconut chicken recipe”;
& really any recipe search is one of the most terrifying things you can do on the interwebs, short of typing in “cute cat.”

2024-07-04 04:56:24

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That’s only if you get the “Crunchy“ variety

2024-07-03 03:21:50

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My cat is a rescue, & so when I first brought to my vet, they just arbitraily assigned her a birthday. I could never remember what what day was until I learned than April 25 is also Portuguese Independence Day.
I have no idea why this coincidence makes me happy, but it does.
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/112/720/381/462/971/886/original/419f107661a4f37c.jpeg

2024-07-03 02:12:57

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But vegans don’t consume animal products like eggs & dairy, so why would honey be different (even without anybody getting crashed)?

2024-06-30 08:10:08

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Ricki, I think you should marry that man.

2024-06-27 15:38:04

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Not every straw will keep you afloat; & sometimes, the sea seems empty.
It's time like those when we need a different metaphor. Or some real help. Once, there was that one time when I need 10 days in the Psych Unit.
*If your lowest points are not a thing of the past, please feel free to DM me. I can only do so much to help, but I do have some other metaphors. :blobcathuggiessad:

2024-06-27 13:05:00

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That has saved my life a few times- not being able to “ideate” it out to a scenario that wouldn’t cause too much too trouble to others.

2024-06-27 12:57:09

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“Living for myself” would mean- to me, when in an emotional state involving suicidal ideation*- making myself into exactly the sort a selfish person unworthy of existence that my early religious educators had (presumably inadvertently) trained to fear that I am.
FWIW, Ricki, I’d miss the hell out of you if you weren’t here. ❤️🛟🫂
*tbc, this is not necessarily what “living for oneself” means in any other context, for me or for anyone else

2024-06-27 12:57:08

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IMO, any straw that will keep you afloat until you can get within reach of a twig, a branch, or maybe even a life preserver, is the right one to grasp at.
“You need to learn to live for yourself” would be exactly the wrong thing to say to me. It’s nearly meaningless to me outside of a lot of early childhood propaganda about the religious value living selflessly & centering my life & my reasons for existence around service to others.
*/

2024-06-27 11:57:34

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Any chance that you are her girlfriend and you just haven’t noticed?
😜🤣

2024-06-26 16:56:16

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Remember, if you die because a cucumber bit you; that means the cucumber was venomous, not that it was poisonous.

2024-06-26 04:41:59

I Stubbed My Toe In The Bathroom This Morning. Here’s Why That’s Bad For Biden.
https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/112680623399252867
#sheesh

2024-06-25 13:08:01

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This is absolutely one of my favorite books ever.

2024-06-24 11:27:41

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Quakers still exist, & still get up to various Quake-ey things. I was raised in the Friends Meeting, and used to Quake quite a bit (before being overtaken by …reasons).
If you look at the more peaceful forefronts of the Social Justice Wars, you’re bound to find someone out there Quaking away.

2024-05-23 10:32:10

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Folks, we have a winner.