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Jay.

@meangrape.com

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I stopped studying the cello. I started studying Arabic. I grew up on the other side of the middle of nowhere and am an inveterate urban dweller now. I like mathematics, fountain pens, and TTRPGs. https://sidewalks.meangrape.com

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Jay. @meangrape.com · Oct 18

My 17yo daughter just asked me “is AD the same as CE?” The yiddishkeit is strong in this one

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

And it’s 57% off on Amazon. guess I’ll have to get a copy as well.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

My daughter wears a 13 AAA and it was a multi year quest to get her some that fit. We bought two pairs.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

Ok, fountain pen feed, I’ve scrolled back through you to yesterday & that’s all I’m going to catch up with. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything too exciting.

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

I have about a pound of habaneros. I need to make salsa. It would be good for my sinuses.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

It’s in the Talmud not the Torah. Kiddushin 29a.

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

My local megamart always has matzah for Pesach, but it’s never kosher l’pesach.

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

Maybe I’ll take a trip to NYC next year to pick out an etrog.

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

I would have been right there with you shaking my lulav and etrog

Jay. @meangrape.com · 2h

I got up and took some tylenol. I don’t feel any better. This is bullshit.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 3h

I know that getting up to take some tylenol might make me feel better, but getting up to take some tylenol would require a lot of energy. I’m tired of being sick.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 11h

I’m just going by the instructions. Poke it with a fork a few time and let’er rip

Jay. @meangrape.com · 13h

And then all the air in the squash cavity gets hot, expands, forcefully explodes, and destroys my microwave in an orgy of squashy violence

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

Not everything needs empirical testing.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

I should be able to go to sleep. This is so unfair.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

Or explode

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

Dear internet, I do not believe putting a whole squash in the microwave for 15 minutes is a good idea. Yours, truly, Jay.

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

Speaking as someone who makes both brioche and english muffins, I don’t see this working well

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

I hope I’m done being sick before Simchat Torah

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

I’m sick and hungry so I ate a plate of zha cai. I was too tired to make rice. Just a pile of pickled mustard stems and a pair of chopsticks.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

I bought a red kuri squash. That is a lot of squash for one person. Will it make a good pie? Oh, wait! I’m have halibut. I could make halibut, chard, squash, soba noodles soup. I think I have chard, too. Of course, I’ll still have squash leftover.

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

Yeah, the timing could have been better on that

Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

Oh, hey! You’ve got an assistant again! Congrats!

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Jay. @meangrape.com · 1d

How can I be sick with a sore throat and diarrhea? It should be against the law; one end or the other, pathogens.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 2d

I want pasta but don’t want to make pasta. I’m not in the mood for a protein shake even though I’m behind on today’s protein intake. I don’t want anything sweet. I should eat another 300-400 calories.

Jay. @meangrape.com · 2d

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