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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 16h

I have some feelings about the goddamn Rainbow Fairies, but before I could unleash the Marxist critique, Older Kid pointed out that the fairies had arrived on page 6 of four books in a row and suggested we ditch them for quality reasons.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 16h

There was an old children's book I loved as a kid, so for Christmas one year, my sister got me a copy of another book in the series.

The suck fairy did not just visit, she took a shit on every page. It. Was. SO. Racist. I felt better after I put it in the trash with some bad leftovers on top.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 1d

I'm still angry about the I tro to my Penguin edition from 1996, that dedicated thousands of words to the notion that dear little Mary wasn't *really* responsible.

Dear little Mary fucked her liver on her mother's grave. She was more than capable of Frankenstein.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 1d

They were also ruthlessly edited out of *Frankenstein*.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 1d

The emdash is unjustly reviled because it is heavily associated with female writers. It is considered ungrammatical, but it is an accurate representation of domestic conversation, where it's more important to convey information on multiple subjects than to sort them neatly.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 1d

Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin novels are Kirk/Spock AU fanfic.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 1d

Act I, sc i of King Lear takes place at the latrine trench outside the court. "Do you smell a fault?" is a fart joke.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 2d

I saw the letter about his physical. I don't believe it, but I noticed, in the list of kinds of great health TFG is in, "cognitive" did not appear. I think it was overlooked, because "cardiovascular" would be the bridge too far, if there was a magnitude of lie that was too much. Still. Interesting.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 4d

This is beautiful! And I have so much sock yarn...

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 4d

My neighbor had 2 half gallons of local milk going begging, so now I need a weekend project. Chocolate muffins? Pudding?

I mean, obviously both, but what else?

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 4d

I look at their faces and the anime series practically writes itself.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that TFG, of all people, can use the phrase "moral outrage" without being instantly struck by lightning seems to me like a compelling argument that God does not exist.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 5d

On October 16, Netflix releases a new season of one of those shows where a State Department career comes with a wardrobe refresh and a makeover, and as God is my witness, I will be finished with the quarter close in time to spend that day watching VERY FINE ACTORS chew scenery

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 6d

I needed to run an errand before dinner and now I ma too hungry to be able to start cooking right away.

Bodies are inconvenient.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 6d

Plywood sure has come a long way since the days when it was opaque and shitty.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 6d

With someone filming! Two people!

(Dang.)

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 6d

That there is an ORGANIZED community.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 6d

If true, a caveat I now apply to all media, this sounds like a symptom of dementia making its way into executive directives. It suggests that the person giving orders is senile, and the people passing orders on are not able to exercise judgment.

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CNN @cnn.com · 7d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 6d

Sounds like a symptom of dementia progressing into a more severe stage.

ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 8d

The Mexico episode was really egregious.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 8d

I spent enough time in the UK to know what they mean by flapjack (a brick of carbs guaranteed to knock me out during seminar). While I have trouble imagining a refined version I prefer GBBO messing around with British food to GBBO cracking jokes about people who aren't British.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 8d

Or the time we discovered that Paul Hollywood can't say "tortilla" while a contestant tried to peel an avocado using potato peeling technique.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 9d

It's got to be better than the time they made s'mores, right?

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 9d

What are we doing to stand in solidarity this week ?

Not a question to answer on line, but absolutely a question to think about.

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ricevermicelli.bsky.social @ricevermicelli.bsky.social · 10d

A state legislator, goat farmer AND a national poetry slam champion? Is he romantically available?

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