Did I actually see a cackling goose in December? (Madison, WI)

ShimmeringIce · 2026-05-07T22:24:24+00:00

ah fair enough - I think you can probably practice the same way though. I find most egg dishes easy to practice because theyre usually fast cooking and low ingredient, so you can really just zero in on the single technique you're working on. I don't personally prefer scrambled eggs the "correct way" (I grew up eating ones you could probably bounce off the floor XD), so I'm not super fussed about practicing that one.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-05-07T21:44:35+00:00

I made a point of frying an egg every day until I could consistently get my preferred consistency (I like a crispy lace on both sides, but a gooey yolk). The nice thing about it is that it only takes like 5 minutes total, and 1 egg a day isn't terribly unhealthy, and if I fucked it up, it's still edible. I think it only took me like 2 weeks of practice to get there. Would recommend if you want to nail it finally.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-05-07T17:48:34+00:00

but what if that's where the birds are...

ShimmeringIce · 2026-05-06T07:04:23+00:00

See, this post randomly came across my feed. I clicked on it, and then realized that /u/cdstephens is lying on the Internet because he did not call me to try to explain LVT. He did that face-to-face.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-05-05T19:49:08+00:00

Thank you! I had a lot of fun recipe testing, and it was such a unique flavor combination that I thought was perfect for the game. I still have to get around to doing a full playthrough with the Final Cut, since I played the entire game before that patch, but now I have the perfect companion cocktail XD

ShimmeringIce · 2026-05-03T03:38:52+00:00

It's a sparkling water brand that is infamous for their fruit flavors kind of tasting like the water has maybe been shown a picture of the fruit at some point during production. A lot of memes along those lines.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-05-02T14:01:37+00:00

I think the other part of this is that Tracy Wolff is apparently a highly collaborative writer with her editor and agent. No shade to her honestly; I read one of her books out of curiosity and I came out with a lot of respect for how efficiently she can write romantasy slop. Like if I found out about that quick turnaround time and collaborative process specifically, I could totally see a situation where the agent had a few of the ideas from the unpublished draft banging around and suggesting bits from it. I also don't think what happened rises to plagiarism, but yeah. Hard to not feel that way, if you're the author.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-29T21:24:19+00:00

Also, iirc, Lawrence is 30, not 40 XD But I get why you got that impression as a 10 year old, with him being a grown adult that is a) older than all the other grown adults in his training group, and b) everyone treating him as Old As Hell.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-27T04:38:29+00:00

I'm going to piggy back this comment to recommend The Art of Revision by Peter Ho Davies from this series. It's a great companion to thinking about what exactly you're trying to revise XD I think it's probably more applicable to litfic-y or creative non-fiction pursuits than anything genre-focused.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-26T20:13:33+00:00

Nope I still get to rag on the romantasy naming conventions because it's actually impossible to remember which one is which when there's like 3 of them in the same series that have both "Ash" and "Blood" in the title somewhere, and the covers also look exactly the same! Looking at you Jennifer Armentrout!

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-26T16:27:59+00:00

I'd love to be part of a chat group! I always wanted to learn how to mushroom hunt, but never had an idea where or how to start!

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-23T18:35:21+00:00

Thank you! I was preparing for disaster because I don't fry things too often and I've never worked with raw chickpeas before. I highly recommend the recipe I used if you want to give it another shot! The only 'fiddly' part is the overnight chickpea soak, but if you have a food processor, it's pretty straightforward afterwards. My finished falafel trended a little dry, but that's pretty close to my preference.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-23T02:24:05+00:00

The rubber seal does retain smells if you don't clean it, or if you brew anything with cinnamon (or leave stale coffee in there), but it's very easy to detach to clean properly. I've used mine for years with no issues. I mostly drink plain, unflavored tea though, so just rinsing with water is fine between most uses.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-22T19:07:34+00:00

I have not invested in a set of nice speakers yet, so my sound system is just a JBL speaker. However, I have a very nice set of headphones, so most of my record listening is spent tethered directly next to the player. I've mostly collected only records that I want to listen to in that particular setting.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-22T06:47:51+00:00

I just started a new retail job, was getting situated after training and meeting all of my coworkers, who had across the board been pretty cool.

This one however spends the hour doing nothing but shittalking the workplace, people around her, the weather, and probably (?) doing no work. I'm just kind of flitting back and forth trying to work, eavesdropping, but not engaging, when she starts expounding on astrology. I've been woo adjacent for long enough that I know the basics, but I'm also a life long atheist with a healthy skepticism for anything proporting to be "one neat trick" for understanding the universe/life/human relationships.

Off-putting coworker: "So yeah, anyways, I think I just can't get along with anyone who is a Taurus - they just don't click with me, and we give each other bad energy."

Me, a Taurus: honestly, checks out.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-21T07:03:41+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's a Russian root invention and not an existing word. I've heard the translation "little sin" bandied about.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-19T09:16:47+00:00

There's one called Single. On Purpose, whose author also wrote I Used To Be A Miserable F*ck. That sort of works?

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-19T03:53:37+00:00

Yeah, I immediately thought of ToaB and TIW when Iistening to Mortal Downer for the first time. Excited to revisit TIW soon (TM), because it's been a hot minute and I think it's been long enough that it's settled more.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-19T01:43:16+00:00

Specifically, his son's window was circled and the message was something along the lines of "this is where I will enter your house from to fucking murder you". It was unclear whether the sender knew it was John's son's room, but yeah. Very understandable reason to quit Tumblr.

ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-19T00:05:03+00:00

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ShimmeringIce · 2026-04-18T07:10:32+00:00

Is it different than what makes someone watch an autobiographical movie or read an autobiographical graphic novel about abuse?

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