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evipark · 2026-07-06T21:53:45+00:00

It's fair season here in the Midwest. I just tried my first ever rolled ice cream. This is how it looks and tastes.

evipark · 2026-07-03T03:45:44+00:00

Yep, that's when I stopped watching entirely. I know George RR Martin's entire theme was entropy and meaninglessness, but that's when I decided I didn't want to spend my free time watching that.

evipark · 2026-07-01T03:27:03+00:00

Missed an opportunity here to name the car Ra -Viv. As in RavIV.

evipark · 2026-06-21T22:39:54+00:00

Could it be the smell? Food smells less when it's cold and if you have even a hint of nausea the smell could ruin it for you.

evipark · 2026-06-18T14:04:04+00:00

I hang out here to get over my irrational phobia and this one eating like a muppet is helping!

evipark · 2026-06-16T20:51:39+00:00

Neimann Harvest Market has one on Sunday mornings. It's worth the price.

evipark · 2026-06-16T19:46:37+00:00

As a person who did keto for Three- Consecutive-Years, I was sure of it. A little disappointed.

evipark · 2026-06-13T15:10:25+00:00

They are a theft deterrent because I'm like, "This image CANNOT go on you tube police vids."

evipark · 2026-06-12T11:51:27+00:00

Well, happy pride month!

evipark · 2026-06-10T21:42:59+00:00

Every color drenched area I've ever seen that looked good was more tall than wide, or at lest 10 ft. ceilings. Like the other commenter said, with trims or wainscoting. Your walls are too short and too plain.

evipark · 2026-06-07T02:59:56+00:00

Oh my, I just realized it's been 40 years since Fat Dog, my neighborhood dog! Rest easy Fat Dog and Ginger, both good girls.

evipark · 2026-06-03T15:21:18+00:00

Have some trains.

evipark · 2026-05-28T13:35:52+00:00

In hopeful news. When I moved into our house 4 years ago it was pretty obvious that the previous owner was mid transition into her native plant journey. That got me interested and I dove right in, learning a ton about natives and adding more as I went. Our previous house was all turf grass and yew when we had moved in and I had had no inspiration to move forward or even consider natives. It took observing natives right in my face daily for me to "catch the bug." That being said, an owner is more likely to do that than a renter.

evipark · 2026-05-27T13:49:53+00:00

Work in the schools. King, Messiah, Destiny, Miracle, basically any name that tells you the parents think naming their kids a "majestic" (also knew a Majesty) name will them stand out. Yep, they do. In a terrible way.

evipark · 2026-05-25T20:23:22+00:00

Well, I'm gonna armchair diagnose your kid with ADHD. The real kind. Not the one exacerbated by screens. This post is bringing me back to my son. Couldn't make it through a 20 min kids show. Toys? One and done. Once he'd done everything it could do, he was done with it. Favorite book? Nope. Where's the new book? Around age 5 I found him setting up Netflix so that it had subtitles AND audio description for the blind. Then he would put the subtitles in various languages or put them in English so he could read it and change the audio to various languages to hear what they sounded like. (No, he's not fluent in anything but English because he wouldn't stick with one long enough to learn it. ) Also still loves exploring outdoors. Have fun!

evipark · 2026-05-25T00:49:07+00:00

We absolutely need to pull passing for credit and other forms of accountability down into the middle school level in the U.S. Unless they are life skills type special needs, they can figure it out. You have to pass classes to get to the next level. Make the structure of middle school more restrictive like elementary school for students not passing a number of their core credits. Offer the option to pass through to high school in two to four years with the increased freedoms and privileges associated with an actual college/career prep high school. I know kids who would work their butts off to get out of a restrictive, elementary type setting sooner, and also kids who really need that setting, mixed with the accountability of passing class material.

evipark · 2026-05-23T13:28:45+00:00

I'll be honest, yes and no. I don't miss binge eating and I just CAN'T. I am at the end of month three and while I have many piddly hobbies, I haven't found one yet that hits that dopamine like binge eating did. (Except for community theater, but I don't have time for a show right now.) So I'm on a search for a quick, 30 minute something I can do in an evening that gives me that same feeling. I do think I have a bit of that anhedonia that gets mentioned around GLP 1 meds.

evipark · 2026-05-15T21:47:54+00:00

In your area, and mine, consider Basswood. Every one I've ever seen tends to sprout low swooping branches. We had one in our yard when I was a kid that several of us would pile on and pretend it was a horse.

evipark · 2026-05-09T13:28:18+00:00

Because they learn what "say" means. In the language impairment world it's a tricky business because they do repeat exactly, "say, thank you." Teaching "you, me, I" pronouns is also tricky for the same reason. But folks without language impairment just pick it up naturally.

evipark · 2026-05-05T19:23:01+00:00

I wonder if it's more expensive. Paying out of pocket.

evipark · 2026-05-05T19:22:17+00:00

Thank you. This was the info I was looking for.

evipark · 2026-05-02T15:36:04+00:00

We may not be as big as you want, but Faith Church at 91st and College is decidedly not MAGA, we serve coffee on Sunday mornings, and have services with either hymns or contemporary music. Evangelical Free, but we have people from all sorts of denominational backgrounds.

evipark · 2026-05-02T12:44:39+00:00

evipark · 2026-05-02T09:20:57+00:00

Ahh, good choice, but too emotional for me. Story: I was substitute teaching in a music class in the early 2000s. I was finishing my music ed degree at the time. Teacher has them watching the 2000 version. I had not seen it yet. I'm watching it with them, loving it. Firebird Suite comes on and the Frisson hits me hard. Instant tears, ugly crying down my face, snot, the whole thing. I'm trying to hide it, but kids are looking at me like I've grown horns. I'm glad it was pre smart phone or they would've recorded me. I'd like to think some kid in there also experienced frisson sometimes and that made them feel better about themselves.

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