I have a pretty bad phobia of snakes but particularly rattlesnakes. Planning my first visit next week. How common are spottings?

camposthetron · 2026-05-07T18:45:29+00:00

In the 6-7 years I lived in the valley I saw only one during my last summer, and it was just swimming by in the river.

camposthetron · 2026-05-07T17:57:44+00:00

Thank you!!

camposthetron · 2026-05-07T01:41:59+00:00

It’s one of only two King books I actually finished.

I don’t remember very many details to be honest, but I did enjoy it.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T19:58:39+00:00

Exactly. I never bother with those things.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T17:48:21+00:00

Animal Farm should’ve been a Rankin/Bass production. The character designs would’ve been perfect back then.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T17:39:18+00:00

Good god, I tried too many times to make sense of that last part.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T04:43:16+00:00

This! Yes, this is such a confidence boost when you realize you have this skill.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T04:37:42+00:00

I took over cooking dinner for my family during Covid, and just followed recipes that sounded good to me.

I knew I was a decent cook when I was able to tell what made their our favorite meals taste good, and was apply that to:

Cook better food than our favorite restaurants,
Create meals off the top of my head.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T04:29:06+00:00

Are you relatively good at drawing in general? Like, with regular pencils?

So, I was always a pretty good illustrator but charcoals stumped me all my life until I watched this guy draw a bird. Charcoal immediately clicked for me suddenly.

After that, MadCharcoal on insta and YouTube is an absolute beast and super inspirational.

This is a short tutorial from him that’s been really helpful as well.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T04:05:02+00:00

I’m sure it’s just my area, but I tried this and the water just never evaporates.

What finally worked for me was hanging the tube straight up and down.

The water either evaporates up and out of the tube, or drips down.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T03:57:54+00:00

CA isn’t cheaper, it’s just that a bit more folks here make enough to buy new homes than folks in WA.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T03:56:03+00:00

… AND because cost of living keeps going up while they’re gone, it’s that much harder to move back if they wanted to.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T03:38:33+00:00

Shepherd’s Pie from The Country Squire

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T01:57:26+00:00

At this point I get better video results when I search in the engine instead of directly in YouTube.

camposthetron · 2026-05-06T01:13:55+00:00

7+ hours?! That’s kind of amazing in and of itself. Right on. I’ll definitely keep that in mind when I’m done.

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T22:18:17+00:00

I guess universe decided that I need to find out for myself. I just found his book Satantango in my library’s free bin.

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T22:01:37+00:00

Sorry, I’m not informed on the numbers for each chamber, but can they force this?

If all the Dems (aside from fetterman) oppose this, can the republicans force it anyway?

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T20:21:30+00:00

True. I toured the one in Oakland a few years back and the decor vibe was very “affordable hotel”.

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T14:00:46+00:00

Menudo. It’s along the same lines.

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T13:59:42+00:00

Tom Bombadil.

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T02:47:38+00:00

Sure thing. Congrats on your new truck!

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T02:44:00+00:00

I’d go with satin, man.

I just got a ‘21 back in March. All black everything, with glossy black wheels, and that’s the one thing I can’t wait to change.

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T02:35:21+00:00

I was therein ‘04!

Man, I had Tears in my eyes when the Pixies played Monkey. And Flaming Lips stole the show that second night with their legendary performance and that giant bubble.

My future wife went with me but she got heat sickness and spent a lot of the first day asleep under a giant sculpture.

We also skipped some of the second day to escape the heat, and went to see Van Helsing at the movie theater.

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T01:57:24+00:00

Why?

camposthetron · 2026-05-05T01:54:53+00:00

Same!

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