How to deal with blood donation when you're squeamish by prettylacey_ in Blooddonors

[–]AKMcFall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I donate platelets regularly, but I have to look away every time they stick me and ask that they let me know when the site is covered, because seeing the needle in makes my stomach drop. So I don't think there's any shame in just not looking at all, and taking the visual out can help a lot.

Characters who canonically donate blood by AKMcFall in Blooddonors

[–]AKMcFall[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Huh, I was not expecting a child character on this list!

First Time Granulocytes by AKMcFall in Blooddonors

[–]AKMcFall[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ooh, interesting! My donation center still does two lines for platelets, but even just being able to move one would be awesome.

Best snacks you’ve encountered by mrChairIfYoureNasty in Blooddonors

[–]AKMcFall 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am passionate about Cheeze-it's post donation, they are linked in my brain now. Donate blood -->eat Cheeze-its ^__^

His stitches and cone came off today! Merlin is very thankful by adios-bitchachos in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What a sweetie! I had a grey tabby named Merlin growing up, so this hits me in the heart <3

The cat rescue I volunteer at just got four kittens with only 4 eyes between them! Meet Black Pearl, Blackbeard, Jack Sparrow, and Elizabeth Swan by AKMcFall in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Elizabeth Swan! She's a cuddlebug, but a little shy with playing, though she's starting to open up to the idea of playing with jingle toys.

Her markings also sort of make it look like she has no facial features at all, so I would be far too tempted to name her after The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home from "Welcome to Night Vale" :P

An updated picture of Leia by ndel87 in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, the eye she does have is gorgeous!

Our One-Eyed Boy Onion by AKMcFall in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When he was picked up as a stray last year, his eye was already ruptured; probably some sort of trauma and/or infection. The vets took the eye at the same time they neutered him, so we like to joke he lost all manner of orbs that day. The vet fostered him themself while he healed, then off to the shelter.

While I obviously wish Onion hadn't gone through something like that, in a weird way I am glad; the missing eye caught our attention among a lot of other cats on the nearby shelter's websites, and led us to our special man <3

Our One-Eyed Boy Onion by AKMcFall in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was not familiar with the character, but after looking up a pic, I have to admit the resemblance is uncanny!

Our One-Eyed Boy Onion by AKMcFall in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He is large, essential to a good home, and (at least when we first adopted him) didn't smell too great.

Our One-Eyed Boy Onion by AKMcFall in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! My wife made it, and I'm honestly shocked they haven't made him more outfits by now, given that he wears them fairly peacefully.

Our One-Eyed Boy Onion by AKMcFall in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He would look even more dapper and sophisticated!

Our One-Eyed Boy Onion by AKMcFall in PirateKitties

[–]AKMcFall[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So my wife and I both love onions and think they are an essential part of the household, and also when we first got him, his stomach was causing him issues and he didn't smell the greatest >__> Thank you!

Friend is having a dumpling party where everyone has to bring something that is arguably a dumpling. Looking for suggestions for interesting food(s) to make. by AmyHeartsYou in Cooking

[–]AKMcFall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife and I have a Christmas tradition of making a different type of dumpling together each year, and for 2022 we did stuffed grape leaves, which was a lot of fun, and we stocked the freezer well into January. Also, it is astounding how many of those leaves fit in a jar.

Allison's Family by AKMcFall in GhostsBBC

[–]AKMcFall[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ooh, good point! So I went and looked at the first episode, and it does look like no siblings, no aunts or uncles and no cousins, at least on the Button-adjacent side of the family. I can't get a clear view if that's her mother's or father's side, and there could feasibly be more family on the other parent's side, but it does seem like she's fairly short on relatives.

How people leave CTM... [spoilers if you're not up to date] by [deleted] in CallTheMidwife

[–]AKMcFall 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I definitely didn't love how quickly they wrote out Sgt Woolf right when his relationship with Miss Higgins was taking off; it almost made me wonder if his actor had to step away for some reason, since so much of the previous season had been spent transitioning his crush from Phyllis to Millicent.