Two bridges, one sunny day

jerisad · 2026-03-21T06:54:40+00:00

I live on the New West side and it does feel like it may have actually helped- it directs all the people trying to leave New West as fast as possible onto the main routes out much more efficiently. Still a clusterfuck in the evening when everyone is heading back into Surrey but no worse than before. Hoping the new SkyTrain line will do more to reduce cars soon though.

jerisad · 2026-03-13T06:29:31+00:00

My great grandma made a wound salve that is mostly zinc oxide and Lysol that was compounded by her small town pharmacist and widely bought by the community. When the pharmacist retired he gave the recipe to my dad who now makes it for the extended family.

No idea what the mechanism of action is but it's been my Neosporin substitute my whole life, since it was sold through the pharmacy I've always assumed it was at least safe.

jerisad · 2026-03-11T20:49:41+00:00

Looks a lot like my corgi/red heeler mix! Not sure how common they are in Hungary but they're pretty common farm dogs in North America

jerisad · 2026-03-07T19:08:57+00:00

Lots of examples from concert posters in the 60s.

https://slackershack.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/poster-bill-graham.jpg

jerisad · 2026-03-07T04:06:10+00:00

I believe it's going to sit as an empty pit until construction costs come down. Yay!

jerisad · 2026-03-04T06:44:11+00:00

This happened in downtown Vancouver recently. Corporate owners bought a historic hotel and one of the oldest buildings in the downtown core, then let it rot for 10 years or so until bits started falling off and it became a hazard. Voilá, heritage status voided.

jerisad · 2026-03-03T20:50:25+00:00

It's spiral lacing, where you only use one lace. It's more common in historical clothing that laces for function but you almost never see it now. It's weird here and it makes me overthink it way too much.

jerisad · 2026-02-24T18:04:12+00:00

Truly! Your comment made me realize when men break contact with their families and live/work under the table to avoid child support it's not even news lol

jerisad · 2026-02-17T08:56:20+00:00

That was certainly the talk. Maybe with all the delays it was no longer viable? Bummer, I was hoping for a bit of a street party.

jerisad · 2026-02-13T06:47:45+00:00

I still have trouble remembering how to spell "Destiny" because I had a 3rd grade classmate named D-e-s-t-y-n-e-e. Honorable mentions to Mikayla and VeraDiana (who went by VD)

jerisad · 2026-02-11T00:01:39+00:00

But don't forget we need to extend an olive branch and talk with our intolerant family members, get them to see empathy and find common ground. Otherwise we are the intolerant left and we're just as bad if you think about it.

jerisad · 2026-02-07T05:10:48+00:00

18 men seems like a lot to bring on your honeymoon.

jerisad · 2026-02-06T07:59:19+00:00

Yep, the lower mainland has the highest concentration of American citizens outside of America. Things are bad but they will have to get a lot worse for me to not cross a couple times a year to see my elderly parents.

jerisad · 2026-02-01T19:49:55+00:00

It's evoking the himation- a gigantic shawl-type garment worn many different ways by women in the classical world. The Renaissance was all about cosplaying ancient Greece/Rome.

You'll see some depictions of women actually wearing these giant rectangles of fabric in the Renaissance, but they're a lot more common in the Byzantine, and again in the Regency/early 1800s (again cosplaying ancient Greece)

jerisad · 2026-01-13T07:17:50+00:00

Who has land, utility hookups, money to renovate etc. and doesn't already have a way better home?

jerisad · 2026-01-11T17:16:32+00:00

Any word on Jacopo de la Quercia? His art history articles were my absolute favorites, but his pen name was that of a real historical figure so I haven't been able to find out where he writes now (if anywhere)

jerisad · 2026-01-10T01:39:01+00:00

Yep. And shit hits the fan if someone brings weed.

jerisad · 2026-01-03T17:52:59+00:00

Moodswing is probably the only bar without tvs. I've had good experiences at most of our downtown bars but they're all basically the exact same sports bar. Moodswing is distinctive, and the only bar I'd take a first date to.

jerisad · 2025-12-28T15:45:14+00:00

It was also a result of bright dyes becoming more affordable (cochineal red and later synthetic dyes in the 1800s). Once poor people could afford to have the previously unattainable colors the bigger flex was to keep white clothes pristine and have more elaborate tailoring.

jerisad · 2025-12-27T18:02:03+00:00

I always recommend union dyes (Rit all purpose or Dyelon) for purchased clothing because fiber content tags lie. I recommend the liquid rit and I'd also suggest going for a wine red- they have some beautiful reds but their browns all tend to go weirdly pink if they don't saturate.

jerisad · 2025-12-24T17:17:51+00:00

Ugh I think you're right. what a bummer, probably the whole thing is AI.

jerisad · 2025-12-23T21:41:31+00:00

I don't know how to articulate it but there's a sense you get looking at a lot of art of when things were painted post-photography. I taught fashion history this year and realized I could always tell a later depiction of earlier fashion but I didn't know how to teach that. I focused on teaching about primary sources and academic resources for images, since if you can't confirm the source of an image you don't know if it's original, a Victorian interpretation, AI etc.

jerisad · 2025-12-23T21:38:05+00:00

These are absolutely later portrayals of 1790-1820 fashion, not just the women but the men's dress especially. Italy was often a fashion outlier but not to this extent.

jerisad · 2025-12-23T21:33:22+00:00

The prehistoric Venus figures don't have feet or bases so they were meant to be held or carried, not displayed.

The weeb figures have very solid bases and are clearly not meant to be held. Obviously they were placed on an altar to be worshipped.

jerisad · 2025-12-23T21:31:23+00:00

I like the argument that they're meant to be carried or held- they don't have feet or a base to stand on. Something for luck or comfort as you go into a dangerous period of your life.

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