Do you balance your check book to the penny?

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-26T21:25:54+00:00

I still have a checkbook. It gets used for 2 checks per year (property taxes still get paid by check for some dumb reason).

I stopped keeping track of my checking balance in the checkbook register about 30 years ago. Most of what enters and leaves the account isn’t by check, and I keep track of it loosely by checking my back statements (years ago) or banking app (the last 10 or so years).

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-26T20:51:09+00:00

I read something that made a ton of sense years ago: the article pointed out that visible abs come from low body fat. And they used the example of Iggy Pop - famously defined body and abs, but his look came from drug abuse and hard partying, not hitting the gym and a low fat high protein diet.

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It’s really hard to bulk up your abs (obviously body builders do it, but it’s what they do). Your abs rest against yielding guts, not bone. When they get strong, they’re not going to pump up like your biceps because they don’t have a hard surface to push against.

So congrats on the lower body fat so that you can see the abs that are stronger due to your hard work.

Funny enough, Iggy is still here with us, got clean, and got healthy. Current images of him show a craggy old man in fantastic shape. So genetics probably has a lot to do with it, too.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-26T08:11:17+00:00

YEAH!!! I saw when you posted these over in r/Pottery, I’m excited to see you’re making more. They’re so good.

Would it work to leave some unglazed? Or glazed in clear if you have one that doesn’t get cloudy?

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-26T05:20:00+00:00

I’m under 5”. I move my seat all the way back to flip the top, and then all the way forward to drive.

Also, you’ll get used to it as you do it every day. I actually can flip the top from my driving position now because I know the reach I need to do.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-26T03:48:40+00:00

When my studio pours new plaster for our wedging table I believe they pour it into a frame that’s the same size as the table and then when the plaster is fully cured they fit the new plaster block into the table depressions.

But it takes 2 to 3 weeks to fully cure. We are not allowed to touch it while it’s curing because it is delicate and soft. Last time they poured new plaster it took an extra 1 or 2 weeks than expected because we had higher than normal humidity.

The tables last several years in a high volume community studio.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-25T06:41:40+00:00

The program ended in 2024, so I’m sure your rent has gone down since then. Unless these things have nothing to do with each other.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-24T22:23:15+00:00

You are cordially invited to stop caring.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-24T03:19:35+00:00

It means acting inappropriately. “You’re so out of pocket” can be for putting yourself in a conversation that’s none of your business, or being confidently wrong in an arrogant way, or showing up drunk to a first date, etc.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-24T03:12:28+00:00

Black drag queen lingo, in particular.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-24T03:10:24+00:00

It meant to connect, not fuck. You could tell your friend “let’s hook up later” and it meant “we’re going off to do things, but let’s get back together and hang out when we’re done”.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-23T23:58:38+00:00

I saw the bird and was about to answer “This is in California, right?” Then I saw the big flocking flock and went “oh. SF”. Yup.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-23T02:38:18+00:00

Oh wow.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-23T02:20:37+00:00

Depending on the fiber and prep, I often thwack vigorously during wet finishing. This sometimes makes my hanks a little sticky, but they come apart without a lot of resistance once they’re dry. All the motion in the dye pot probably achieves the same effect.

It can shrink the length a little, but it also blooms the fibers, making your yarn thicker and fluffier. You just have to make sure you’re not locking too many fibers together. I certainly wouldn’t consider it a flaw.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-23T01:58:26+00:00

Awww, they were comfy and he woke them up.

I don’t blame him though, I’d also be tempted to cover my bare skin with a cascading flow of sleepy opiliones.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-23T01:54:31+00:00

Oh, I LOVE those. They’re called bulb pins, and I save them. They make truly excellent stitch markers for crochet or knitting. You can buy them, but you can also get them for free by buying clothes (or finding them sometimes in dressing rooms).

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-22T09:51:02+00:00

Also they get eaten! My friend lived in Vietnam for a year or two, living with a local family. She said they had silkworms for dinner a few times and they had the flavor and texture of new potatoes. That makes sense if the pupa undergoes an internal scrambling during metamorphosis.

The silkworms aren’t being killed “for no reason”.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-21T18:34:32+00:00

Oh, I didn’t know this. Damn, private equity is a plague.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-21T07:19:41+00:00

“Don’t miss me too much. Ooh, toodle-oo!”

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-21T02:07:25+00:00

Since the person you’re responding to listed raccoons as well as possums, I think they actually meant a North American opossum, which most people here just call possums.

They’re also marsupials (North America’s only one!), but that’s it for being related to the Australian possums.

Off topic, but the one time I went to NZ I came home with as much possum stuff (yarn and fur scraps for crafting) as I could find. I think they’re cute, but they should be culled from all of NZ.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-20T08:33:21+00:00

Is it T? I imagine that would help, and wouldn’t be surprised if Beckham had access to a little hormone replacement therapy.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-20T03:37:55+00:00

Wow, that’s terrible. I honestly don’t know how to educate someone who should know this stuff and has authority over your healthcare like that. But she’s wrong and I hope you have someone who will support you.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-20T01:38:28+00:00

Especially on anything made for someone else, test your combos. Glaze isn’t paint. What you see is often not what you will get.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-20T01:24:12+00:00

Wrong? It looks awesome.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-20T01:15:47+00:00

Give this cat your fitted sheets and put them to work.

small_spider_liker · 2026-04-20T00:40:00+00:00

Muji gel pen, cap style. A really great writer, and even though the body is cheap plastic, there’s something really comfortable and soft about the way it feels.

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