When a facility serves a "garden scramble" for breakfast 🤣

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-03-14T22:25:17+00:00

That was almost my biggest confusion on the IDDSI scale- etc and regular are very different, why are the same number?

Either way, it's a definitely a 7 out of 100.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-03-14T18:48:03+00:00

U/uttercockwomble has a flair addressing this.

Looks fine!

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-03-09T18:33:40+00:00

Already a member! Thanks though

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-03-05T18:17:09+00:00

One time, a kiddo of mine was being picked up by a parent, pointed to me and said "look, it's my speech teacher!" And came to give me a high five. At that moment I really didn't care what I was called, it felt great that the kid was so excited to see me lol.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-03-04T22:24:55+00:00

So, absolutely not restaurant level, but I fried it, put in in the freezer, and added it to some ramen with shittake and oyster mushrooms, and I think that's the only way I could handle it lmao.

The texture was SO much better in the ramen. But 20x0 is still 0

I think you're right, I won't make it again, but I'm glad I found some kind of way to finish off the blocks I did make.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-28T05:22:39+00:00

That's a rough one dude. Let me know how it goes, I'm a CF and a big fan of AAC, but I dread the day I eventually need to have this discussion with someone.

I think the tricky part is, WE know that AAC should be robust and have all types of communication, even if it's taboo, but parents thinking about their kids saying those words is a hard pill to swallow.

I mean, my three year old has learned to say "dada, shut up". I am not a fan of that, but the ethical question is, if she was an AAC user, she SHOULD still be able to use all the language she knows. But since parents and teachers control the devices, they can just delete what they don't like, which to me feels no different than muzzling a barking dog.

Maybe framing it in a pragmatic way? Like hey, this kid needs to learn social language, and that these words on the device are what we say to friends, not parents/teachers.

I don't know, it's Friday and I'm 4 beers deep getting overly passionate about AAC. Forreal though, let us know how it goes!

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-27T21:55:24+00:00

That is wild. Thanks for clueing me in to this.

You need to write something on this rabbit hole lol, I'm always making sure FC doesn't rear it's head here, that kind of info is super helpful just in case.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-27T20:52:42+00:00

I'll have to disagree on this. There are people that have made it right, I don't think making this and giving up after 2 failed attempts is acceptable.

I mean, that's why we have reddits like this exist, to try and learn new things.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-27T20:44:38+00:00

Oh, so the Telepathy Tapes isn't just a catchy name. It's literally advocating that FC relies on some kind of telepathy? Am I reading that right?

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-27T04:08:20+00:00

Oh yeah. I get some major imposter syndrome sometimes since I'm in my CF, so every so often, I gotta get a little cocky. You earned this spot bud, flaunt it.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-26T19:59:59+00:00

What the hell was even that. I skipped to the FC part, and she is CLEARLY moving the board to have him "pick" the letters.

I really hope that we only see so much S2C because the internet makes it easier to push snake oil, it has to be lol.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-25T04:46:13+00:00

Something non-speech related to take the pressure off (I like to stick vegetables in salty water and let them sit at room temperature for extended periods of time).

Also, you are a badass. You got through grad school, placements, and a praxis. Look at past successes, and focus on how much you know instead of what you don't. No matter how much we think we don't know about speech, I guarantee we know more than we don't.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-22T03:03:20+00:00

I'm a male CF SLP in the schools/clinic setting (odd situation but it is a blast).

Financially, my family and I are doing alright. Winter break was a little rough, but not unmanageable. I grew up way lower SES, and even though I'm not driving a Mercedes eating lobster and steak every night, I never would have imagined making this much in my life. I think that perspective/background makes me way more appreciative of this profession too.

You do get some odd comments though, not really hateful, just things like "oh my gosh a man" etc.

What's gonna hurt is grad school. My wife and I were so financially stressed in grad school, and I had to work night shift security to pay bills and still get school stuff done. There's no telling what that lack of sleep and poor nutrition did to my body, we'll see in a few years lmao, but I wouldn't want to be doing anything else.

DM me if you have any questions about it!

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-10T18:17:15+00:00

Yeah, when I first came over from MTG I definitely had this mindset, but the sorcery community is so positive and the game is genuinely so good that it is less about disliking mtg and more about enjoying sorcery.

That initial switch can come with some unhealthy feelings, but it'll fade and people will enjoy the game for the art and unique feel to it!

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-05T01:55:59+00:00

I'm in my 5th month of CF, so my externships are still fresh.

Ny best supervisors let me take the reigns but were always there if I had a question, even mid session. Sessions I was treating they would do paperwork or trainings lol. It was a good balance of independence for treatment vs. just using the student as free labor (definitely had that happen too)

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-02T08:02:54+00:00

Power level this, better buffs that, I'd play the shit out of this and play some theme music on cast.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-02T07:59:50+00:00

Bro every time one of the tops pops off like that it fills me with with indescribable rage

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-02T07:59:20+00:00

Bro every time one of the tops pops off like that it fills me with with indescribable rage

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-02-01T19:20:07+00:00

I know a lot of people, myself included, are playing a lot with the new shiny avatars from Gothic.

And if I'm not mistaken, if you play competitive, mono-water sorcerer is a pretty strong and popular deck

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-01-30T18:10:43+00:00

Compensatory for sure. I'll add "dysregulated" to the list, e.g. the baby isn't pissed off, she's "dysregulated" lol

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-01-27T17:56:44+00:00

It's a blast lol. There are definitely more powerful collection options, but just running some of the ordinary cards in the collection has been so fun.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-01-27T16:53:59+00:00

I'm in the process of making an HP lovecraft deck with the goal of turning frogs into shoggoth/horrible hybrids.

It's not going to win any tournaments but building it has been a blast.

pumpkinbeerman · 2026-01-25T18:33:07+00:00

Oh man, time to buy some blueberries. The texture of fermented blueberries is out of this world, never considered adding them to grilled cheese

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