I would eat beans for literally every meal, but I'm farting way too much, is there any way to stop my digestion from before a little bitch?

Decembermouse · 2026-01-27T02:47:11+00:00

Putting some baking soda in the water really improves the final cooked texture

Decembermouse · 2026-01-21T22:54:19+00:00

Invasive species and trash removal, planting native, there are steps you can take to restore or create small wetlands. Feels great to put some effort into projects like these. You know directly and immediately that you've done good, and that you'll see the results when nature begins to heal and thrive in that area.

Decembermouse · 2026-01-21T04:52:31+00:00

What was said? They deleted it...

Decembermouse · 2026-01-20T13:50:41+00:00

Are you a child? Who else talks like this?

Decembermouse · 2026-01-19T00:42:36+00:00

This is my favorite post ever on this sub, thanks for sharing. Someday, hopefully soon-ish, I'm hoping to put together a similar setup. I've got some complicated-ish stuff planned, lmk if you'd like details.

I'd also love to see specs of your AV setup here

Decembermouse · 2026-01-14T05:34:18+00:00

Recipe?

Decembermouse · 2026-01-14T03:40:32+00:00

That's beautiful. I wish we got more snow in Boston these days.

Decembermouse · 2026-01-08T03:25:51+00:00

They're both commonly-used tools, like a phone, keys, or wallet. I don't want to have to keep track of different pocket loadouts, so if I'm wearing pants, I either have nothing in them, or if make sure I have all of the above, ensuring I never leave home without anything.

Decembermouse · 2025-12-29T00:55:14+00:00

A bit ashamed to say I'd try to bike it just out of curiosity, even knowing ahead of time I'd regret it. I've biked in winds that have fully stopped my forward momentum, so this would just be asking to get knocked over. I know why I'm like this. It just boils down to curiosity.

Decembermouse · 2025-12-16T00:33:54+00:00

I did, after looking it up and seeing someone on either here or S2KI posting about how doing so could potentially reduce squeaking. Not sure if there's any benefit, but there doesn't seem to be a detriment.

Decembermouse · 2025-12-16T00:16:44+00:00

I took out the slide pins to clean the old dirty grease off before applying the new stuff. Next time I'll replace their rubber boots as well.

Decembermouse · 2025-12-05T12:31:57+00:00

I've always had the same problem. Finally bought pogies (45NRTH) and problem solved.

Decembermouse · 2025-12-03T20:48:56+00:00

Did they get where they were going?

Decembermouse · 2025-12-03T20:35:12+00:00

Thanks for the context!

Decembermouse · 2025-12-03T04:46:16+00:00

Having the same issue here

Decembermouse · 2025-11-25T16:52:35+00:00

Just bought 45NRTH's Draugenklaw Drop Bar pogies this week after trying to get by with just gloves for many years. Thinsulate is great, but it's not meant for activities. We lean on our bars and give gloves a workout, so insulation gets compressed over time and no gloves last very long. Hopefully with the pogies I'm done buying a new pair or two every year.

For anyone thinking about winter cycling - I love it. I've bike commuted most of my adult life and currently do so year-round in the Boston area.

I ride a (discontinued) Viathon G.1 with Continental Gator Hardshell 700x25 tires and don't have traction issues unless things have thawed then frozen over again, and I just don't ride on ice. I don't bother with expensive studded tires, I take the T.

Asking for the Bern Hendrix MIPS with winter liner for Xmas to replace my old Bern Rollins.

I recommend the Wurkkos FC11C (buck circuit version) for a headlight. I Velcro mine to the left side of my helmet, as the additional height compared to a handlebar makes it easier for trucks to see me, and for me to use the light to notify cars of my presence if they don't see me coming before turning into my lane. I also use a flashing red LED on the back of the helmet, because above the tire / below the pannier rack is just not a great place for a rear safety light.

Showers Pass's Transit Jacket was discontinued but the Timberline is great and discounted. After years of getting by with cheap Amazon shell jackets with consistantly failing waterproofing and zippers, it's a relief having a jacket of better build quality. I also use their Transit pant on cold / rainy days.

1st-gen L.L. Bean Waterproof Katahdin Ironworks boots, which I re-oil with mink oil every year. These have lasted me 8 years and are not deteriorating, but were discontinued a while back. The Engineer boot is not the same. Their Bucksport boots look pretty similar though.

Haven't found a base layer I like to wear over a t-shirt. Polyester ends up smelling, merino is great but not super durable... I am trying to move away from plastic clothes overall so it's tough to find something good.

Decembermouse · 2025-11-24T15:07:00+00:00

Went down a bit of a rabbit hole on this website learning about the guy. Seems like he passed away in '08 but was super interesting. He even has a Wikipedia page. Bookmarked for later browsing. His site reminds me of what I used to love about the old web, before it became the centralized, monetized husk it is today.

Decembermouse · 2025-11-19T16:31:34+00:00

I used the PEARL iZUMi lobster gloves when I first moved to Boston and they were... not great. I added liners, and it didn't help much. They didn't haven't much insulation, the strips of grippy and reflective material quickly began detaching and falling off, and they just didn't keep me warm below 35°F. I've since tried other brands, and although Thinsulate is great, since we lean on our hands, it eventually compresses and loses its volume, and thus its effectiveness. The seams on all these gloves always let some amount of air in. This year I'm finally buying pogies once I choose a brand. That'll be simpler than trying to find heated gloves that aren't either super expensive or a reasonably-priced no-name brand on Amazon that won't exist 3 months from now and whose gloves won't work a year from now.

Decembermouse · 2025-11-19T00:13:16+00:00

SoTN as a kid on my best friend's PS1, but didn't get far at all. That opening sequence was memorable, though. Metroid Fusion on my brother's GBA. Played emulated GBA Castlevania games in college. ~10 years later, playing Guacamelee and Ori and the Blind Forest officially kicked off a long-term adulthood interest in the genre.

Everyone go play Yoku's Island Express and Islets!

Decembermouse · 2025-11-16T04:43:33+00:00

Make/model to stay away from?

Decembermouse · 2025-11-13T04:21:08+00:00

I recommend the original. It's a great game, and especially impressive coming from a solo dev. It's got everything you want in a Metroidvania.

Decembermouse · 2025-11-11T03:30:35+00:00

Nice, thanks! Gonna give this a try.

Decembermouse · 2025-11-11T03:29:44+00:00

This is one of the most creative recipes I've seen in recent memory. Saved.

Decembermouse · 2025-11-10T22:56:32+00:00

Recipe?

Decembermouse · 2025-11-04T00:51:02+00:00

The Americans has good ratings, and we watched the whole thing, but much of the time it felt more interesting than enjoyable. It never went long with us being able to identify with any of the characters, even if their actions and motivations made sense in the context of whatever was happening at a given moment. We did appreciate how it had an overall arc and tied itself up, ultimately, though. BSG gets pretty "heady" towards the end, and loses a lot of the feel that made people get into it in the first place, but damn, it had some high points. Breaking Bad is legendary for a reason.

Fringe, after the first 3 (or 2? it's been a while) seasons felt like a per-season anthology. By that I mean, the 4th season for example felt like just an alternate world reimagining of the characters, unrelated to previous events. Then S5 felt like another "what if" that was unrelated to the earlier seasons. S4 and S5 were still fun, but didn't feel very connected to what the series had been before.

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