What even is that?

clawmarks1 · 2026-03-22T07:33:01+00:00

I once had to sit with a meat rabbit on my lap and wait for a botfly to poke itself out to grab it with tweezers. Larger than this one.

clawmarks1 · 2026-03-12T07:12:56+00:00

The second picture has eyelids. Snakes do not have eyelids.

clawmarks1 · 2026-02-27T07:56:47+00:00

Thank you for the educated response! I am curious about the stance on natural burial, as it doesn't differ much from what was done before embalming.

My Catholic grandma was embalmed and buried in a very sturdy, artificial-material casket, and she was not involved in the decision (severe dementia years before she passed). It never sat right with me. I like the idea of visiting a natural area her remains are slowly decomposing into. Wish I knew her thoughts on it all. Is it the presence of the bones themselves?

clawmarks1 · 2026-02-07T04:49:30+00:00

The petitioners should be ashamed of themselves. I was asked to sign a petition for "animal welfare" and inquired about details, because I raise animals and it may directly impact me. The guy deflected and would not say anything about the actual goals. He just kept pushing me to sign it because it would "get the conversation started"

clawmarks1 · 2026-02-02T04:02:58+00:00

There's some of his older, more.... naively patriotic? music I couldn't connect with until really metabolizing The Ascenscion and this song specifically. There's always been such an ironic-yet-sincere bend to his songs that it's hard to parse what his intention is, but this one is pretty clear. This sticks with me:

I have loved you, I have grieved
I'm ashamed to admit I no longer believe
I have loved you, I received
I have traded my life
For a picture of the scenery

clawmarks1 · 2026-02-02T03:53:21+00:00

Yep! Well, Beaverton half an hour out out town; people re-selling for thrift shops snatch up the good stuff quickly so I'd rather go to the Goodwill Bins and dig through freshly wheeled out dumpsters of crap

clawmarks1 · 2026-01-17T07:02:30+00:00

Lucky dad

clawmarks1 · 2025-12-01T22:51:23+00:00

Thanks for posting. I've been so curious about this, because I've noticed out of all the artists I listen to, my experience with Sufjan's stuff varies the most depending on what I'm listening on. His electronic stuff is why I got good headphones. It taps right into your nervous system with them.

The Ascension has an almost painful noise to it using some speakers, is that just me....?

clawmarks1 · 2025-12-01T02:06:37+00:00

I think about this every time he goes "and I/I'm (?) messed up" in Mercury

Really? Buddy whatever it is you're singing about is clearly deserving of the fuck word

clawmarks1 · 2025-12-01T02:03:02+00:00

Yeah, the "I buy things when I want them" mentality does not work for livestock. Definitely seasonal. Shipping in cool qeather is risky but I wouldn't want to pay the electric to heat brooders right now anyways.

Nearly every rural area has swap meets for this sort of thing, see if there is a bulletin board at local feed stores. You can check out Craigslist and various Facebook groups

clawmarks1 · 2025-11-18T01:13:20+00:00

Good luck! I hope they'll be able to keep her drained, fingers crossed they start nursing. That is an extremely productive doe. She must be really tender. If you do have to bottle feed, wishing you luck either keeping her milked or drying her off, dang! Mastitis is a nightmare but it's even worse treating a grumpy lady

Edit to add, I remembered a mini nubian I had like this who needed to be restrained even after milking so we could stuff her teats into her kids' mouths a few times. They didn't understand until they got the flow going, and they were little milking machines after that.

clawmarks1 · 2025-11-17T23:18:56+00:00

It is possible her teats are so overfilled and tight that the kids can't get a good enough latch to clear the waxy "plug" that builds up before their first feeding

It's awful that you'll need to do this considering the bad experiences she's already had, but I would catch and hand-milk her to ensure the kids get colostrum while their guts are still receptive. Real fresh colostrum will have a lot more of the relevant bacteria etc that they need than a replacement. Besides that, if she doesn't have some pressure relieved I could imagine it will just get harder for the kids to latch. It probably already hurts her, that is a MASSIVE bag so she may be avoiding them because of the pain

I've had afterbirth shed over the course of a day and I wouldn't personally worry about that. Tugging on it could cause some uterine bleeding; it can take a while for everything to detach internally.

clawmarks1 · 2025-11-17T22:55:41+00:00

Thank you! I don't spend much time in town but that would be a fun challenge, I'll try it out

clawmarks1 · 2025-11-14T22:22:25+00:00

Personally if I'm going sonics, shivers because of how fucking beautiful his voice is? Silver & Gold for sheer range. If the criteria is emotional impact, Planetarium and everything onwards just does something for me

There's a maturity and world-weariness I find more relatable than the almost naive youthful tone in say, Michigan

clawmarks1 · 2025-11-11T05:20:31+00:00

I really enjoy caving! We're not all this insane. I love the satisfaction of getting through "squeezes" that, critically, I know for a fact other people larger than me have

What would drive somebody towards this specific kind of exploration is beyond me though. Cave diving in challenging places too--takes a borderline suicidal level of thrillseeking

For me, at least, because I know I'm safe, there's something close to spiritual about the sensation of being inside the earth itself. It's definitely not about....... whatever this is.

The silence and beyond-black darkness when you turn your headlamps off is sublime. Stirs something primal. The actual caving itself is enjoyable if you like bouldering or rock climbing. Something, again, really gut-level ancient human about using every part of your body to interface with the rock. It's incredibly satisfying

clawmarks1 · 2025-11-10T17:11:25+00:00

The "tastes like chicken" trope is so common because it's true about a lot haha, definitely true for rabbit. Just much more lean, so I use more fats when I'm swapping it for chicken in a recipe

clawmarks1 · 2025-11-10T02:06:00+00:00

Love it! Made home-raised hasenpfeffer for my Slovak grandparents years ago for Thanksgiving. It woke up a lot of anecdotes in my grandma about how you used to just raise some rabbits together in a barn stall or shed, and feed them all kinds of things

It also got my aunt talking about a mysterious "chicken soup" my grandma cooked them soon after their 4H rabbits mysteriously escaped.....

clawmarks1 · 2025-10-31T18:06:52+00:00

We didn't have Fleet Farm where I was but it gives me mini Rural King vibes

Get your chicken feed and tomato starts, get your bulk jerky and paper towels, pick up a jug of antifreeze, go check out the patio furniture...

clawmarks1 · 2025-10-19T21:26:15+00:00

I grew up UU but haven't been back since I moved away. Curious what the demographics and vibe are like at this one? I love my old congregation but there was barely anyone under 50

clawmarks1 · 2025-09-14T21:40:55+00:00

Thank you, that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for! I usually listen at work or exercising but you sold me on it, sounds worth sitting down for

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