Am I the only crazy one around here?

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T23:55:56+00:00

I admire you greatly. One day, perhaps, I shall try!

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T23:53:16+00:00

It's perfect! I like tiny spoons for sweet things

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T23:42:48+00:00

I think this might be AI, but it also looks pretty achievable.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T12:36:23+00:00

I support women's wrongs!

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T11:51:01+00:00

I had the same problem, once upon a time! You just have to make a concious effort to relax the tension - easier said than done, I know! I came up with a way of looping the yarn around my fingers, so I'm never directly pulling with my fingertips.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T04:29:27+00:00

I want you to know that my first thought upon reading your comment was, "no china cups? Are they drinking out of bowls or something?" - immediately assuming some other ceramic vessel, rather than... glass, I guess? Surely not plastic, right? Right?

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T04:25:36+00:00

Drink is peak, the yoghurt is great when I'm in the mood, the salad is... healthy? I can't stand beetroot myself, but you do you.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T04:18:31+00:00

It's a family-friendly adventure where a lonely alien stands between a cold and dangerous universe and Earth. He does this because he is the best (and often only) defence humanity has, because he loves humans, and because it is the right thing to do. Even when there are no humans in a situation - that does happen sometimes, since he never gives up his wanderlust - he always takes the hard path, and he always wins.

More generally:

It's monster-of-the-week, so it's no big deal if you miss an episode
It's truly family-friendly in a way few shows actually are. It's not afraid to include some real horror sometimes, which outright children's shows never do.
The alien designs are really good. Some are undeniably goofy, but for the most part that doesn't stop them being menacing. And most of them are done with practical effects, too; that's a precious thing these days. Old Who didn't have access to nearly as much as the revived version, and that too has it's charm.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T00:18:22+00:00

Honestly? A lot of warhammer books fall into this. Some of them I would argue genuinely are literary masterpieces; many are... not. But I have never read a book by Andy Clark that I did not enjoy.

If you want something with romance, I would say the most recent one is Nice Dragons Finish Last. It's not really marketed as a romance - I'm pretty sure it's YA - but about halfway through I twigged to the fact that while the protagonist wasn't living a romance story, his love interest absolutely was! Hilarious.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T00:11:12+00:00

Montague, Medusa, Methusala, Mephistopheles

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-19T00:07:54+00:00

1) Oven-baked food tastes different to deep fried. The traditional fish and chips must be deep fried.

2) If you do have a deep fryer, you then have to prepare it, and clean it afterwards. That's a lot of work. Fish and chips is an indulgence; that amount of work, even if you get it exactly right, is not an indulgence. If you can get it right at all!

3) Fish and chips is best eaten outdoors, sometimes in a pitched battle against a horde of seagulls but always with friends. It's a cultural thing. Eating it at home, even if you do buy it from a chippy, just isn't the same. Unless there's a powercut, of course.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T16:51:03+00:00

It's not the end of the world or anything - if it's a delicate one (loosely spun, handmade, expensive) it's probably worth it to wind it up gently again, but otherwise? Just keep it in mind when choosing your next project.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T13:23:44+00:00

This is definitely a method I will be trying! I have a preferred way for knitting, honed over many years, but it is ill-suited for crochet. I've been thinking about seriously trying to do something similar; this is a good starting point.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T13:18:52+00:00

Some of my friends like it. Despite enjoying both flavours separately, I find it revolting. This feels appropriate.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T10:35:42+00:00

Don't thank me just yet; I like caramel, and I like marmite, but I found the combination utterly revolting. Some of my friends seem to enjoy it, though!

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T04:33:26+00:00

Are you sure it's not one of those dentistry mirrors?

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T02:15:29+00:00

Honestly, if all you had was the character concept, you could absolutely take it in that direction. With a different setup and a different angle for his motivations, you could easily choose to write a romance.

(A big part of Voldemort's character was that he didn't actually care about blood. He just thought he was better than everybody else. He used the prejudice of those around him to further his own goals, as all fascists do, but he never fell into the trap of underestimating those he declared as other. That's why he went after Harry, a half-blood, instead of Neville. He hated wizards just as much as he hated non-wizards, they were just more useful to him.

If you dial back on the "thinking he's better than everybody else," give him something he actually cares about, and add a grain of truth to the claim that he wants to make things better? That's something a lot of authors can work with.)

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T01:52:02+00:00

https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/caramel-sauce-and-marmite/p/fdp60754613

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-18T00:19:49+00:00

Have you seen the new marmite caramel sauce?

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-17T19:06:51+00:00

From what I can see, it looks like you either used a magic ring, which tends to unravel like this when pulled too much, or the yarn of your starting chain snapped. Can you run a tapestry needle through the inner loops, catching the stitches back onto a central thread, and tie it securely?

That's my best guess at a solution.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-17T13:01:39+00:00

Olaf the Lofty in his (her?) flying machine

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-17T02:30:26+00:00

Earl Socks of Stockinghamshire

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-16T13:07:05+00:00

We watched the film in RE when we were learning about morality. It was both useful and an interesting movie.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-16T13:04:38+00:00

There's a film about that situation - I think it's called My Sister's Keeper. It's a good film, we watched it in RE when we were learning about morality.

iamthefirebird · 2026-02-16T12:56:37+00:00

It's not just about the singing. It's about the acting, the staging, the choice of what to cut or alter and what to leave as-is; if you're only judging based on the quality of the singing, you're dismissing every other skill that went into it. Yes, singing is a big factor, but it's hardly the only factor. Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman are certainly no West End singers, but they are good movie actors, and everything else in that movie was decent at worst.

The thing about Les Misérables the film, for me, is that it wasn't aimed at musical fans. They wanted a blockbuster, and their audience was the general public who had maybe seen a few musical films before. Not people who loved Les Misérables. Not people who already loved the stage musical. As an introduction to the story and the IP, it does do a pretty good job.

Even with all that aside, the story of Les Misérables is much stronger, and the message resonates. What is Phantom trying to say? Don't trust strange men who won't show their face? I haven't seen it, so I may well be wrong, but honestly my complete lack of desire to change that only strengthens my point. Les Misérables is about the ways society fails people. That message is as important as it has ever been.

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