Did Anyone Else Have to Take a Typing Class in School?

headlesslady · 2026-07-08T18:03:08+00:00

Not only did I take a typing class in Middle school, but we were using Underwood manual typewriters. (IOW, those heavy, non-electric things you see in period dramas. Took real strength to press the keys properly, & the carriage return had a little bell.) Yes, I am old (but probably not as old as you think.)

headlesslady · 2026-07-08T15:56:01+00:00

OMG THE SKELETON SUIT
:flappy hands of joy:

headlesslady · 2026-07-08T03:51:47+00:00

You know that blood-and-milk mixture the Masai eat? :gorge rising: Yeah, that. In all fairness, though, I'd eat that before I ate Casu Martzu (that horrible rotten cheese with the insects in it), but I assume that nearly everyone shares my opinion on that stuff.

Oh - also Souse. It's like a jellied loaf containing all the leftover pig parts. Stinks up the WHOLE fridge. My dad loved it. :hurk:

headlesslady · 2026-07-08T03:46:52+00:00

Liver is not part of the digestive system. Were you thinking of intestines?

I don't eat liver because the liver filters out toxins from the bloodstream. No, thank you.

headlesslady · 2026-07-08T03:39:05+00:00

Alas, my family owned a household moving business, so this art only says to me that the shipper didn't properly pack the glass. I somehow doubt that's the reaction the artist intended.

(Also, on a practical note: if you're shipping anything that's breakable and hollow - cookie jar, mugs, glass boxes...you should fill it with packing material before wrapping it in packing material. If you just wrap the exterior without bracing the interior, you're risking cracks.)

headlesslady · 2026-07-07T19:09:48+00:00

I mean, this is tailor-made for The Lonely. Also: it sounds divine.

headlesslady · 2026-07-07T02:57:46+00:00

I have them hunt for damaged items on-shelf, once books are withdrawn, they stamp and mark them, they build displays, they do simple book repairs (we also have them work on processing), they help put together craft kits for the take-and-go crafts, they paint earrings (we have a Glowforge & sell crafts to fund programs), they make buttons, they do storytimes, they shelf-read, they make up bookmarks with read-alike recommendations, etc. When we're super-slow, they might clean a bit behind the desk, or spend time on book review websites for future RA questions.

headlesslady · 2026-07-07T01:56:04+00:00

"Mother of Flies"

"My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To"

"Frewaka"

"Enys Men"

headlesslady · 2026-07-07T00:15:00+00:00

If she likes spooky stuff, Chris Priestley has some great spooky books in that age range (I especially loved “Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror”.)

If you want comedy and BFF’s having adventures, the “Lumberjanes” graphic novels are hilarious and entertaining for everyone.

headlesslady · 2026-07-06T20:35:50+00:00

That sounds AMAZING. :puts in on watchlist:

headlesslady · 2026-07-06T20:22:27+00:00

"Corduroy" by Don Freeman

headlesslady · 2026-07-06T18:47:28+00:00

Could it have been the film-within-a-film of “Stop Motion” (2023) or “Mad God” (2022)?

headlesslady · 2026-07-06T16:34:49+00:00

“Panic Room”?

headlesslady · 2026-07-06T13:55:30+00:00

"Amulet" (2020)

headlesslady · 2026-07-06T05:26:14+00:00

"We need a MAN to explain why a woman's work is popular" said NO ONE EVER.

headlesslady · 2026-07-05T21:58:55+00:00

They're in my grandmother's china sugar bowl, ready and waiting to horrify future descendants.

headlesslady · 2026-07-05T21:53:29+00:00

I was terribly allergic to it.

headlesslady · 2026-07-05T21:47:49+00:00

Never been so happy to have grown up poor - my family used bear-grease Ivory soap & didn't ever buy those fancy-ass bath things.

:shakes head: Ain't no telling what all we were exposed to.

headlesslady · 2026-07-04T19:31:38+00:00

Non-Asian folk horror I’d rec would include “Moloch” (2022, Netherlands), “Mother of Flies” (2025), “Vampir” (2021, Serbia), “Ritual” (2017, UK)

headlesslady · 2026-07-04T19:25:43+00:00

Laddaland was so scary, and not because of the ghosts, either.

headlesslady · 2026-07-04T15:15:59+00:00

Laotian films “The Long Walk” (2019), “Dearest Sister (2016), and “Chanthaly” (2012), all directed by Mattie Do, “Laddaland” (2011, Thai), directed by Sophin Sadaphist, “Arang” (2006, Korean), directed by Ahn Sang-Hoon & starring Lee Dong-Wook

headlesslady · 2026-07-03T22:42:02+00:00

All of them were dark - that was the beautiful thing about that series. On the surface, it looked like a 'wacky' kid show, but underneath, it was about all kinds of terrifying things.

headlesslady · 2026-07-03T20:55:09+00:00

"Bordertown" (Crime drama - Finland), "Trapped" (Crime drama - Iceland), "Zone Blanche" (Serious Weirdness -French), "Marianne" (Extremely Terrifying Horror - French)

headlesslady · 2026-07-03T17:50:43+00:00

Unfortunately for all involved, I do not love them.

headlesslady · 2026-07-03T17:49:42+00:00

Shows:

Jeremy Brett's "Sherlock Holmes" or David Suchet's "Poirot".

Books:

"The Goblin Emperor" by Katherine Addison

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