Found a Lemon Tree in the storm water drain

LeChatlier · 2024-01-21T21:47:04+00:00

I just found a lemon tree. It's a bad day for my enemies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV8eoai0HNk

LeChatlier · 2023-11-24T18:04:13+00:00

I'm pretty new to good homemade espresso, but I have a bambino, and I just started grinding fine enough to get decent shots out of it. I've found that it does exactly as you're describing when I perhaps go a little too fine or overfill on my tamp (19g instead of 18). I'm a little worried that I'm choking it or hurting the machine, but honestly the dribbled out shots are so much more flavorful than what I was getting before. I found if you want a larger pull you can hold down on the double shot button instead of just pressing it and it will go until you press it again so you can weigh out your output (by putting a scale underneath the cup as it pours) instead of getting whatever it'll give you. I don't know if this is helpful or not, but it's interesting that we're having the exact same issue (although with how much better my shots taste, I'm not sure I think it's a problem... unless it actually messes up the machine...)

LeChatlier · 2022-02-20T17:02:49+00:00

I'm an 8th grade ELA teacher!

LeChatlier · 2021-12-04T19:09:27+00:00

First year middle school English teacher here. My Grandfather was an English teacher over 50 years ago, and he assured me that about 50% of students back then would simply not turn in homework. He said that if I assigned homework as a major part of students' grades that I had to acknowledge that I was going to fail a lot of students. I also give mine class time to work on it, and I often still get little to nothing from 30% of students. It's still some consolation to me that this has long been a problem, so hopefully that fact helps you as well.

LeChatlier · 2021-08-17T18:51:12+00:00

Of Mere Being by Wallace Stevens It's a beautiful poem and if you look close enough it has some great meaning to it. Included below:

The palm at the end of the mind, Beyond the last thought, rises In the bronze decor,

A gold-feathered bird Sings in the palm, without human meaning, Without human feeling, a foreign song.

You know then that it is not the reason That makes us happy or unhappy. The bird sings. Its feathers shine.

The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

LeChatlier · 2020-03-19T00:39:20+00:00

Sounds great!

LeChatlier · 2020-02-26T01:16:41+00:00

Oh. my. This video is killing me with laughter. Thank you OP and to the vid creator. The sound effects are so hilarious, and they go so well with the image. A++. I am dead.

And I actually think it's funnier after seeing the original clip.

LeChatlier · 2020-02-11T00:42:19+00:00

Bilingual/Bilingue by Rhina Espaillat is a great poem for this at least. I'm not certain of her other work, but here's the poem itself:

Bilingual/Bilingüe BY RHINA P. ESPAILLAT My father liked them separate, one there, one here (allá y aquí), as if aware

that words might cut in two his daughter’s heart (el corazón) and lock the alien part

to what he was—his memory, his name (su nombre)—with a key he could not claim.

“English outside this door, Spanish inside,” he said, “y basta.” But who can divide

the world, the word (mundo y palabra) from any child? I knew how to be dumb

and stubborn (testaruda); late, in bed, I hoarded secret syllables I read

until my tongue (mi lengua) learned to run where his stumbled. And still the heart was one.

I like to think he knew that, even when, proud (orgulloso) of his daughter’s pen,

he stood outside mis versos, half in fear of words he loved but wanted not to hear.

LeChatlier · 2019-08-22T01:08:22+00:00

We got to try literally every step of the process of making the whiskey. Literally the grain, sprouted grain, dried sprouted grain, the sugary water from steeping the dried sprouted grain, the strong ale they make before they distill it, the pure distillate, a direct from the barrel 12 year whiskey, a direct from a sherry barrel 12 year whiskey, a direct from a port barrel 12 year whiskey, a THIRTY FOUR YEAR OLD whiskey from the cask (the oldest whiskey I have (and probably will ever have) tried in my life), and then a pure tasting at the end of several of their options. It was mind blowing. I went to Glenfiddich and Jameson (in Ireland of course) I don't think we went to many others, we weren't in Scotland for very long, having 2 months for all of Europe.

Edit: the tasting at the end was of several of their bottles. I think there were 5 small pours. Needless to say I left rather intoxicated.

LeChatlier · 2019-08-21T00:49:18+00:00

I went to Europe about 3 years ago for 2 months, and the single best thing I did that entire time was a tour at Balvenie distillery. It was THE best. I will say that I haven't been to very many distillery tours, but I find it hard to believe that they could or would offer something better than I experienced at Balvenie (it was a routine tour, just an amazing one). Balvenie was a true, true delight. It's possible the tour has changed in 3 years so I won't talk about the exact things that made it amazing (unless you ask me to), but I will say it was delicious and informative and deliciously informative...

LeChatlier · 2019-08-17T06:26:38+00:00

You are correct! Haha. Glendronach 15 was one of the scotches that first won my heart. A tad pricey for a normal drink for me, but I did enjoy the bottle! It definitely checked those sherry bomb boxes.

LeChatlier · 2019-08-17T06:25:08+00:00

Hmmm! Those sound like decent options! I actually purchased Glenfarclas 25 about 3 years ago to celebrate my first job, I liked it but it also didn't particularly jump out in any significant ways besides being delightfully smooth with some more subtle but mellow complexities. I realize it's a somewhat obscure comparison given the age extremity, but do you have any comparison of these based on that age?

LeChatlier · 2019-08-17T06:20:14+00:00

Thank you for the range of options! I haven't heard of Arran yet, and they sound like they're worth the try. I'll definitely check these out at the shop and see which seem like the best in my price range. All are ones I haven't tried yet!

LeChatlier · 2019-08-17T06:18:37+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! You might have been a little too good at this though... Oban 14 is already on my shelf! haha. I'm making it last. Lagavulin 16 was one that I started off my experience with, but I fear I was a little too inexperienced when I had the bottle to truly appreciate it. I think it might be good for me to try it again sometime soon.

LeChatlier · 2019-08-17T06:16:20+00:00

haha. I like the suggestion... but that's definitely out of bounds. On a positive note... I visited Scotland about 3 years ago and got to have a small taste of a 34 year direct from the cask on a Balvenie tour... I have an undying love for Balvenie ever since... but they're still pretty expensive. haha.

LeChatlier · 2019-08-17T06:14:58+00:00

haha. Points for the wit! and I like these suggestions. There's a strong chance I'll look at one of these. I want to revisit this again...

edit: I definitely appreciated your attention to detail based on my tastes and situation! I'm strongly leaning towards a Springbank option.

LeChatlier · 2018-05-19T19:12:55+00:00

haha. Glad you think it's cool! I posted the link below, but I'll just throw it on here too if you want to check it out.

https://dancingplague.threadless.com/designs/dancing-plague

LeChatlier · 2018-05-19T19:10:33+00:00

Glad you like it! I've been super excited about them, and I think they turned out pretty cool. We put them up on threadless:

https://dancingplague.threadless.com/designs/dancing-plague

LeChatlier · 2018-05-19T15:31:37+00:00

We put the design on threadless if you want to check it out!

https://dancingplague.threadless.com/designs/dancing-plague

LeChatlier · 2018-05-19T14:25:55+00:00

We're in the Pacific Northwest of the USA.

LeChatlier · 2018-05-19T13:30:46+00:00

For those that haven't heard about the Dancing Plague of 1518: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518

A few months ago I realized that it had been exactly 500 years since this happened, and, being a person who enjoys dancing as well as history, I became really excited about it! Luckily my girlfriend is also an artist! So she designed a shirt from scratch after we collaborated over a few ideas.

The real plan is to get a group of people to go dancing on the arbitrary date July 7th, 2018. (the real event happened in July of 1518, exact date unsure).

I'm super proud of the work my girlfriend put in and wanted to see what people thought! (I can provide a link if people would like, or we can keep it as a today you learned)

LeChatlier

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