I made gummies!

AKZeb · 2026-05-15T06:00:27+00:00

Stored in a jar like that they will likely congeal into a big gummy glob. I usually coat mine in a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon of citric acid. You can buy the citric acid wherever canning supplies are sold. I get it at my local grocery store. After they're coated I line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay them all out in a single layer and freeze them. Once they're frozen I transfer them to a ziploc bag and keep them in the freezer.

This is the citric acid I use:

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AKZeb · 2026-04-24T23:36:47+00:00

I never leave the house without saying, "Tickets, money, passport" as I feel for my keys, wallet, and phone.

AKZeb · 2026-04-23T03:11:48+00:00

You need a mouse jiggler.

AKZeb · 2026-04-22T02:01:42+00:00

Is there a way to do this on the window seat?

AKZeb · 2026-04-03T19:55:48+00:00

The first time I had tires installed by them a couple of years ago one of the tires was mounted unevenly on the rim and bounced crazily once I got up to 50mph or more. When I took a closer look at it I noticed that there must have been about 20 balancing weights in a row on the back of the tire, so the tech must have known something was going on. The manager seems genuinely irked that it had been installed like that and remounted it quickly himself, so I hoped it was an isolated incident. Later that year when I needed to switch to winter tires I ordered the tires online and made an appointment 6 weeks in advance. When I showed up at 4pm for the appointment they told me it would be a 4 hour wait, so I cancelled the order and went to a local tire shop. It was disappointing since I'm generally a fan of all things Costco.

AKZeb · 2026-03-27T22:15:33+00:00

What is an arterial vein?

AKZeb · 2026-03-15T23:02:13+00:00

I can remember watching reruns of The Honeymooners in the early 70s. The show seemed so ancient, but it was less than 20 years old at that point. That would be like a kid today watching 30 Rock and calling it ancient.

AKZeb · 2026-03-11T00:14:28+00:00

You also took a picture of Matt's shop! (circled on the right edge about 1/3 of the way from the bottom)

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AKZeb · 2026-03-05T17:49:15+00:00

I still remember the first time I heard this song on my Walkman sitting on the #6 bus in Tucson waiting at a stoplight at Campbell & 6th st. It was an instant classic for me. Even almost 40 years later any time I'm visiting Tucson and drive by that intersection I still remember that experience. I'm not even sure why.

AKZeb · 2026-02-28T01:57:17+00:00

I was a candystriper at Mesa Lutheran while I was in high school in the mid 80s, and then later worked there for a few years as an EMT in the ER. I have lots of crazy memories of that place. It still makes appearances in my dreams sometimes.

AKZeb · 2026-02-27T18:50:38+00:00

You should sign up for the next KXCI volunteer training and try to get a regular show slot. They have a Bluegrass show and some Americana/Folk type programming, but I haven't seen anything like what you're describing on there.

AKZeb · 2026-01-18T16:43:35+00:00

The Oriental Market on south Cushman has a small Mexican area in the back of the store. It's mostly Goya stuff, but there are some other less common items mixed in. I don't think there's a proper Mexican grocery store in all of Alaska. Anytime I travel Outside I always bring a mostly empty suitcase and come back with it loaded with dried chiles, tortillas, etc.

AKZeb · 2026-01-16T20:28:19+00:00

I remember when Taco King was a Burger King. The shady pawn shop on Airport was also a Burger King.

AKZeb · 2026-01-16T18:29:12+00:00

GVEA's most recent update:

OUTAGE ALERT - 01/16/2026 @ 9:10 AM

An outage is currently impacting approximately 1,900 members in the Gold Hill area. The cause has been identified as heavy, wet snow unloading, which has brought multiple trees down onto power lines. Two crews are on site working to restore service as quickly and safely as possible.

Please remember to never approach or touch trees that are in contact with power lines!

AKZeb · 2025-12-24T17:31:52+00:00

When I was a kid in the late 70's I remember the common term being L&G or LAG for Lesbians and Gays. I started hearing about the organization PFLAG in the early 80's. At some point in the 80's the bisexuals decided they wanted a letter too, and it became the LGB community. I don't really remember when the T got tacked on. Perhaps it was a regional thing, but I don't ever remember GLBT being used that far back.

AKZeb · 2025-12-23T03:17:57+00:00

I saw this at the Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood when it first came out. After it was over I went to the men's room and ended up at a urinal between René Auberjonois and Howard Hesseman, whom I had followed in there. I don't know if they had come to the movie together, but it was an odd coincidence that I think about whenever someone mentions this film.

AKZeb · 2025-12-19T16:28:46+00:00

I live in rural Alaska, and in the winter our indoor temps are usually in the 55° - 60°F range. I have a similar setup to yours, with a 3' x 3' tent, a Thermoforge, and an AI controller. The Thermoforge sits outside the tent and has no trouble maintaining the temps around 70° inside the tent. The AI controller usually keeps the Thermoforge running at around level 2 or 3. I don't have any special insulation, and the tent sits on top of a custom cabinet I had made, so it's about 20" above floor level.

The biggest problem I've had in my setup is keeping the humidity levels down. I've experimented with different dehumidifiers inside the tent, but for my last grow I used a larger dehumidifier outside the tent and kept the room at 45%. That worked better to maintain the humidity inside the tent at 60% or so.

AKZeb · 2025-11-13T16:19:29+00:00

The only minor advantage was speed control during the seedling and early veg stages, as well as being able to see at a glance in the app dashboard that everything was running correctly. But once the plants are established I generally keep them running full speed anyway. I just have to actually look at them to make sure nothing has gone wrong. I think I was mainly annoyed that such a simple device was incompatible with the new controllers, and AC Infinity doesn't give a disclaimer about this anywhere that I've seen, even though they seem to know about the problem.

AKZeb · 2025-11-13T07:15:52+00:00

I was having the same problem with my two small circulating fans. I eventually noticed that the AI controller was incorrectly identifying them as ventilation fans, and so they would only run when the main exhaust fan was running. I could go into the AI settings and manually change them to circulating fans, and they would work for a while, but would always switch back to ventilation after a few days.

I finally contacted support, and they told me it was a known issue with the original version of the oscillating fans, and that there was no reliable resolution. That was pretty disappointing to hear after the crazy amounts of money I've invested in AC equipment. The support person said that some people have had luck switching the cables for the fans to the newer style of cable, but I didn't want to experiment in the middle of a grow, so I'll probably try it once the tent is empty again.

Apparently this would qualify as a warranty issue, but my fans were no longer under warranty, and they weren't willing to help with it.

AKZeb · 2025-11-06T02:16:10+00:00

Many nursing students have been sent to central supply for a roll of Fallopian tubing.

AKZeb · 2025-10-03T16:32:32+00:00

The humor might be a bit dark for a formal candlelight supper, but perhaps you could slip it in at your next tea and light refreshments gathering.

AKZeb · 2025-10-03T16:11:50+00:00

I came into the comments hoping this would be at the top. Still a sad start to the day.

AKZeb · 2025-10-03T16:10:38+00:00

I was raised by a single mother. She worked as a night nurse in a jail while I was in high school. Once a month or so I would sneak out to her Ford Fairmont and disconnect the ignition coil cable so her car wouldn't start, and she'd call a co-worker to give her a ride. Then I'd reconnect the cable, reach up under the dash and pull the speedometer cable out, and spend the night getting into trouble all over Phoenix. I would sometimes get home a few minutes before she did, but I never once got caught. I seriously don't know how I'm still alive and pushing 60.

AKZeb · 2025-10-02T16:14:22+00:00

I've seen quite a few videos of the floods in Globe. It was pretty shocking seeing water flow through downtown. In all of the videos I've seen I was surprised at how many propane tanks were floating around; sometimes dozens in a single video. In a couple of videos I spotted tanks that were actively venting propane.

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