Callicarpa americana

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The kolaches we bought on Thursday are starting to get stale. This is how I realized that I’ve never managed to keep kolaches around long enough to get stale before, lol.

Wife is now on day 3 of making up new lyrics for Hava Nagila.

I was getting a ton of bot followers when I was more active on here, too

Trump supporter Rick Fuze was arrested in Berkeley for using a stun gun on peaceful protesters outside a Tesla dealership. Fuze claimed they were paid protesters and he went there to show his support for Musk and DOGE.

🎶If I die young, bury me with Bappin’
🎶Lay me down in a jar of noses

I'm begging for socialists to add an ounce of pragmatism to their politics.

I love that I’m apparently blocked by some loser I’ve never heard of, lol

will no one rid us of this turbulent Boer

State, for now. And I’m so goddamn tired of running.

Yeah, my first iPhone (this was a while ago, I think it was a 4S) would go from 25% to dead p much instantly. I miss being able to easily replace the phone battery separately from the rest of the device.

I spent ~10 minutes looking for your Cool Hat Appreciation post and I am not disappointed. That hat is epic. Do you think he can get through doorways wearing it?

Honestly, 99% of the reason I like Buc-ees is the huge, clean bathrooms. I know I’m losing Texan street cred by saying this, but the food is mediocre and the tchotchkes are overpriced.

Me, packing for SCA event: I’m gonna take some of the KN95s with me. How many are in a pack? 5 or 10?
Wife: yeah
Me: *blink* but are there 5 or are there 10?
Wife: oh, idk

We communicate very well most of the time. when we don’t understand each other, at least we can usually giggle about it 😂

It’s giving Borg, but for linguistics

They obeyed in advance…AGAIN!

The Washington Post killed off its "Democracy Dies In Darkness" slogan.

New slogan: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

That’s fine, more for me

You mean you haven’t already nailed spaghetti all'assassina?

Oh no 😕

(Brevity is not my strong point so I hope that made sense, lol)

I agree with the other commenter who said this is a skill that can be learned. IMO voice is a bit trickier to learn than, say, piano, bc it’s all happening internally, but OTOH that’s your voice that you’re already used to talking with, so it can feel v natural if you have a good fit w/your teacher.

Decades of practice, honestly. I spent all my formative years among musicians, which undoubtedly also helped

My God, this is a deliciously sick burn

Yes, they can hallucinate papers that don't exist, discuss results that seem to be imaginary, and can be confusing and inconsistent. But talking to tenured professors may still be helpful

Who is expecting normalcy?