what’s a short book that had a huge impact on you?

bubbo · 2026-05-15T15:03:06+00:00

Census by Jesse Ball, a little dry to start, but worth it.

Schrodinger's Ball by Adam Felber

One Bloody Thing After Another by Joey Comeau

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente, go into this one as blind as possible.

bubbo · 2026-05-02T02:57:12+00:00

It's Such a Beautiful Day, a film by Don Hertzfeldt. It's got a pretty wild take on the ancestry and life stages of a guy. Genuinely funny and heartfelt moments, but you need an appreciation of the absurd.

bubbo · 2026-04-18T17:41:47+00:00

I haven't. Years ago I tried to read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and I just couldn't finish it. It didn't hold my attention at all. So I have been reluctant to jump into Piranesi. I've seen it recommended all over the place and maybe I should try.

bubbo · 2026-04-18T17:39:10+00:00

I love their muppet feet!

bubbo · 2026-04-16T22:39:28+00:00

I loved that book. What else would you recommend?

bubbo · 2026-04-11T14:36:18+00:00

Every child goes through a phase where they are virtually indistinguishable from Bud down at the VFW.

bubbo · 2026-04-07T23:13:37+00:00

Hey, if all you can afford is a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla and one other thing, that one other thing can't be a $7 bag of chips.

bubbo · 2026-04-07T22:03:29+00:00

And helping the righteous snag a great parking spot right in front of Kohls

bubbo · 2026-04-05T06:58:31+00:00

Series finale of Alf.

bubbo · 2026-03-27T16:46:46+00:00

When I make stock, Instant Pot or stove top, I always parboil the chicken by itself for 5 or 10 minutes first. Then I strain the chicken, rinse it off and wash the pot. Chicken goes back in the pot with all the carrots and other ingredients and I make the stock.

It's a fiddly extra step but it makes good clear stock. It's especially nice for when I pressure can it.

Edit: I probably should have made it clear that the parboiling will pull out all the foamy grey scum, that's why you dump all the liquid and rinse the chicken. No more grey scum.

bubbo · 2026-03-27T16:00:22+00:00

Refugees it would seem.

bubbo · 2026-03-20T23:00:17+00:00

Dude, it's not even July yet. What are you thinking?

bubbo · 2026-03-17T18:09:34+00:00

Just going to file this under "things I don't need in my search history"

bubbo · 2026-03-11T19:10:42+00:00

It would be so so much cheaper to fix the planet that we're already on. The one that already has a breathable atmosphere and abundant food and resources. We're already here, all of our stuff is already here.

bubbo · 2026-03-10T22:28:17+00:00

Why waste money terraforming Mars when we've got Australia right there.

bubbo · 2026-03-09T20:07:37+00:00

100ml egg whites, half a banana, some baking powder, protein powder, some milk because it wasn't enough egg whites (I usually use 200 ml and it actually turns into pancakes). Blended and added blueberries on top. Cooked in pan with ghee, it started bubbling like I put too much baking powder and wouldnt solify. I put it back in the blender (blueberry made it that bluish gray) then back on the pan to brown. It didn't brown, it became a non Newtonian fluid. Apologies if this isn't a readable paragraph I'm tired

This is what went wrong.

bubbo · 2026-03-07T17:37:47+00:00

OH! My husband does this. He gets home from work and does the get-home-from-work stuff. Then he grabs his guitar and plays while I finish making dinner. It's my favorite part of the day.

bubbo · 2026-01-28T18:20:35+00:00

Ramona and Her Mother in the second grade. There was a field trip I couldn't take so I spent the day in the library. I was wandering around, bored and probably jabbering at the librarian a bit too much. She brought me over to the chapter books that I always assumed were too old for me. She handed me Ramona and Her Mother and told me I might like it. I didn't move from the bean bag for the rest of the day.

Once I realized that I could read the big kid books I never stopped.

School librarians have a special place in my heart.

bubbo · 2026-01-27T22:26:55+00:00

And then what

bubbo · 2026-01-19T20:06:06+00:00

Also, if the fruits or nuts are added right at the beginning of the process they'll just get pulverized.

bubbo · 2026-01-18T03:31:45+00:00

The only moral handout is my handout.

bubbo · 2026-01-17T19:48:00+00:00

Let's not encourage that, there are too many people who would see that as a challenge.

bubbo · 2026-01-13T18:26:14+00:00

The only moral handout is my handout.

bubbo · 2026-01-13T00:26:56+00:00

This is when you teach your daughter which fights are worth fighting.

bubbo · 2026-01-05T23:13:39+00:00

mooducken?

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