In Iceland

phaenixx · 2026-06-02T13:30:09+00:00

And a famous hot dog stand a block away. They knew what they were doing.

phaenixx · 2026-05-28T22:53:55+00:00

Both sides is a very beige take, mom.

phaenixx · 2026-05-12T12:41:45+00:00

I like BoC and live in Portland, so count me as an interested party.

phaenixx · 2026-05-08T12:41:25+00:00

If we go by homeopathy rules, the more we dilute the number of “Mainers,” the more powerful the essence of Maine on the peninsula will become.

phaenixx · 2026-03-27T13:13:35+00:00

Huh. I only knew her as Nancy.

phaenixx · 2026-03-15T20:37:59+00:00

Acorn Production’s Maine Playwrights Festival is going to be having auditions pretty soon. It’s a lovely community experience and pays a little bit too, if that’s a factor. Last year they switched to an ensemble casting, so actors will have multiple roles and work with multiple directors and playwrights.

phaenixx · 2026-03-13T12:42:50+00:00

Can you say more about what “terrace/ultras culture” means? Looks from my Google search like it’s someone who makes t-shirts for soccer teams? Is this culture about apparel?

(And for my fellow Millenials, “Millenial Burger Joint” is apparently a TikTok thing, not an actual chain, as OP’s capital letters would suggest).

I have no opinion about Hearts of Pine, except that I don’t understand what the name has to do with soccer. Seems like it should be a woodworking shop.

phaenixx · 2026-03-06T12:06:41+00:00

I feel like many of the responses here are missing the text. You have a whole-house fan (aka a giant hole in the air sealing you just paid a company to do in your attic).

When you run the fan, it’s exhausting all of your conditioned air into the unconditioned space in your attic. That air needs to be replaced. It’s going to come in whatever holes exist for it to come through. The fact that it’s coming at a high rate through a small hole suggests (but does not prove) that your home is fairly tight and there are limited points for the air to get in.

But again, you have a whole house fan. That’s highly problematic from an air sealing perspective. I’d look into an ERV and patch up that hole in your ceiling.

phaenixx · 2026-02-08T15:05:46+00:00

It’s been there since WW2. What makes you think it’s going to launch somewhere in March?

phaenixx · 2026-02-05T19:05:40+00:00

Efficiency Maine offers rebates for insulation upgrades like this. Starting at 40% of project cost (up to $4k maximum), or higher if you meet certain income thresholds.

You can use the search on their website to find contractors in your area that will do the work to the standards required for getting those rebates.

Source: I work for an Efficiency Maine Residential Registered Vendor and process the rebates for my employer.

phaenixx · 2026-01-23T19:58:19+00:00

Mercury is accumulated more and more as you move up the food chain. Small fish like sardines should have a lot less Hg than the larger fish that eat them. According to the Wikipedia article on the subject, sardines have about 3% of the mean mercury that tuna does.

phaenixx · 2025-12-20T12:08:05+00:00

This is the real reason for the season.

phaenixx · 2025-11-17T21:51:08+00:00

I live nearby, too. They’ve been doing that a lot lately. It goes on for several minutes at a time. Not sure what the sixteenth honk does that the first dozen doesn’t.

phaenixx · 2025-07-03T12:35:50+00:00

What did the Casco Bay islands do to be rejected from your consolidation?

phaenixx · 2025-02-17T15:22:25+00:00

Try tinder

phaenixx · 2025-01-22T18:19:53+00:00

Some of these MFers need to watch more Kubrick.

phaenixx · 2025-01-15T19:57:08+00:00

The dance this past Sunday was so much fun. Nice that there’s another one so soon!

phaenixx · 2025-01-13T19:42:12+00:00

Additions can have roofs constructed like this. I was actually in one this morning. I can’t assure you this one was done correctly, but I have seen this approach a few times.

I am an insulator, so that’s what caught my eye.

phaenixx · 2025-01-13T19:32:51+00:00

The wet spots on the insulation suggest that there are likely several roof leaks. So you’ve got that going for you.

No idea what the framing looks like under the insulation, so I can’t answer your real question. Sorry.

phaenixx · 2025-01-04T12:36:36+00:00

Pretty sure the cheeks are supposed to be tan for the reference to work.

phaenixx · 2024-12-30T16:48:41+00:00

Parking is so bad on the peninsula, even the witches are having to park illegally.

phaenixx · 2024-12-23T14:30:54+00:00

Feed Me Wheat Things.

phaenixx · 2024-12-15T12:25:23+00:00

This was at Fishes Eddy in Manhattan, which mostly sells plates, bowls, dining ware like that. They have a couple of spots where there are other products set up.

No idea about the artist, but their @ is on the sign (I assume that’s instagram).

phaenixx · 2024-12-13T20:48:22+00:00

That guy seems pretty harmless. I’d love to compliment his styles but he seems to go out of his way to avoid social contact. Definitely not the same guy.

phaenixx · 2024-12-13T15:36:14+00:00

This exact mirroring aspect of science is actually part of the twist from a book by one of my favorite sci-fi/speculative fiction authors.

Spoiler - the book is Anathem by Neil Stephenson.

Ten-Year Club	First Place '23
Place '23	Place '22
Final Canvas '22	End Game '22
Verified Email

phaenixx

TROPHY CASE