You can see someone else also using the devices' second seat, and I think that's so cool. Mobility devices help everyone, here other employees also get a chance to sit while they're working. I just love mobility aids, man. It's like the cut curb effect
Getting back to serious topics today.
in the vein of "how do you stay safe from getting sick", I wanna say that something I always noticed as a kid was that a lot of the time when I went to people's houses and we would leave at some point to the mall or the park or something and then come back home…I don't remember any of them washing their hands when we got back inside. they'd just immediately lead me back to their room or the living room or something, and then I'd feel incredibly self-conscious about going to their bathroom to wash my own hands. and I always thought it was absolutely bizarre because the way I was raised, the first thing you do when you come back home after taking your shoes and jacket off is go wash your hands. it's common sense. why on planet earth would you not wash your hands. you've just been touching a hundred public surfaces that could have anything on them and you think as soon as you set foot in your own house all the germs you've picked up just evaporate? it's absolutely insane to me to know that so many people don't bother washing their hands. WASH YOUR HANDS.
the amount of people tagging this with variations of "wow I never thought to do this" is actually making me want to scream please for the love of GOD practice proper hygiene
Okay so this is a big deal
To me, and to a significant subset of Sir Terry's fans (including most of you who've found this by the tags), his writing is serious commentary on the human condition - politics, prejudice, self-control, revenge vs. justice, religion, idealism, faith in people vs. cynicism, and more - dressed up with fantasy settings and a hefty leavening of humor to make it fun to read. And it is WILDLY fun to read, actual laugh-out-loud or at least a snicker averaging about every page.
But there's this common idea among the "important literature" people that fun and funny books are not also worthwhile or important in the same way.
This is a Discworld book being released WITH ACADEMIC COMMENTARY and AS A PENGUIN CLASSIC. That's a HUGE amount of recognition.
Oh, I’m about to tear up. I had to fight so hard to do my thesis on Pratchett because the university didn't like what they considered pop culture being studied as literature and this is just... Existing. 🥹
“We are here, and this is now.” Constable Visit, a strict believer in the Omnian religion, occasionally quoted that from their holy book. Vimes understood it to mean, in less exalted copper speak, that you have to do the job that is in front of you.
--Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
"It shouldn't be like this."
"There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do."
--Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
There's just what happens, and what we do.
hope is a skill
hope is a weapon you are trained to wield
favourite additions
You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.
It may not be apparent to everyone how to easily find out who wrote the poem in the tags, so: @mumblesplash
(an instant-classic example of a Tumblr thread where so many people add value!)
--Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
This was my art school’s water fountain. Drink from them wolf tiddies
Assignment misunderstood. I have now built a city.
Give it a day
Mina: "Alright, everyone pinkie swear right now to put Vampire Me down if I hop the line between death and undeath."
Van Helsing and the Suitor Squad: "Depressing, but sure, absolutely."
Jonathan:
Mina: "...Jonathan?"
Jonathan: "Yes?"
Mina: "Will you promise to slay me if I get vampire'd?"
Jonathan: "Mina, I will not lie to you."
Jonathan:
Mina: "Jonathan. I need you to look me in the eye and promise to murder me martyr-style if I get too undead."
Jonathan: "Fine. I can promise to kill."
Mina: "Me? Vampire me?"
Jonathan, making unbroken eye contact with the four guys who just promised to behead and impale his wife if she stops being human enough: "I guarantee there will be killing involved if Vampire You happens."
Johnny Eck was a performer from the 1930s who was born without any legs:
He's primarily known for appearing in the 1932 cult classic Freaks directed by Tod Browning.
However what I'm mostly obsessed with is this account of a magic trick he did with his non-disabled twin brother (text under the cut)
Like this is the funniest thing I've ever heard. Can you imagine
Easily one of the top 5 funniest things you can do as an identical twin
government: que es su madre single mom: esta aqui government: bueno, y que es su padre
single mom: **YO**
NASA putting mice in zero-g environments is one of the funniest fucking tests anyone has ever done and I hate having to hand that to them. Put those beasts in a situation.
I made yeto’s pumpkin/goat cheese/salmon soup and it’s changing my life a little bit, like holy SHIT this yeti knows what he’s doing
Op you are a god
If you want that sherry to really pull its weight, here's what you do.
Instead of roasting your pumpkin (or butternut squash as some comments have said) in the skin, peel it and cube it before roasting. It's more work, but you will get more flavor development as I will describe in a moment. Also roughly chop your carrot and onion. Toss them and the garlic all with oil and salt, then roast on a metal baking sheet.
Don't crowd them, or they will steam instead of browning. You're looking for some deep brown color. You will find that things stick to the pan, this is okay. The browning is a combination of Maillard reaction and caramelization, two distinct but delicious processes.
After everything is nicely browned and softened, transfer it all to a bowl and put your baking sheet on the stove. I want to double check here, I specified a METAL making sheet. You do this part with a glass baking dish and it will explode. There should be a ton of roasty toasty brown stuff left on the sheet. Turn on a burner under it and pour in the sherry. You can also use white wine here. As the sherry comes to a simmer, use a sharp spatula to scrape the brown bits up in it. The liquid will start to dissolve the residue and extract the flavor. Move the sheet around with a hot pad so the hot spot and liquid move where you need them to get all of it. This stuff is FLAVOR GOLD. What you're doing is called deglazing the pan, a simple cooking technique that cranks flavor up to 11.
Put all your veggies and the liquid from the pan together and make the rest of the soup as described above.
oh my god I never considered deglazing a baking sheet like this…. I will consider for next time….
I did almost roast the onions, garlic, and other veggies with the pumpkin, but chose not to so I wouldn’t be standing around for 30-40 minutes and so I could keep prepping as I waited for the pumpkin to soften.
I wanted to sauté the pumpkin a little bit with the other veggies before adding the stock, but I VASTLY overestimated how much time I would take to prep everything so I still had 20 minutes on the timer before the pumpkin was done. I used mostly butter as my fat, and then as it dried out I started adding a little bit of fish stock at a time until it condensed and the veggies started to brown. I suppose I could have added the sherry at that point too 🤔
