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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · 1d

I also went on a field trip there in fourth grade! Part of a whole unit on Asian immigration to CA.

Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · 6d

I think you posted about these scones before, and I made them and then immediately bought the Once Upon a Tart cookbook-- they are fabulous, and I regret that I was unaware of the bakery before it closed.

Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Sep 12

Abigail has been trying to limit her bsky use, but did in fact inform me that I had to tell "our #1 fan" about taskmaster NZ 😂

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Sep 12

Honestly, I loved season 1 but I think most people agree that season 2 is where NZ really finds its footing, so would recommend starting there :)

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Sep 12

Josh, if you haven't seen season 2 of Taskmaster NZ YOU MUST.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Sep 12

An anonymous tumblr ask: "hey you should ask your doctor about MAOIs. my SSRIs weren't working so we tried those (i'm on nardil) and it did wonders for my mental health. just saying as a suggestion because based on the fact that you put the fucking onceler on my dashboard in 2022 the meds you take right now don't work." the person it was sent to (account deactivated): "WHAT". Followed by a reblog of a reaction by another blog (orteil42): "this website's hate mail game is insane"

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Sep 10

There is also one metro driver who my friend heard late at night announce, "Now arriving, LAWN FAWNT PLAZA, HON HON HON!" and my dream has been to encounter them someday.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Sep 3

Queen's Thief!! Re-read the series last year when I realized that there were several more recent books that I had missed and man, those really hold up.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Aug 30

In former Soviet countries I always heard “London is the capital of Great Britain.”

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merritt @merrittk.com · May 9

this is maybe trite at this point but it is in your interest to find ways to create things. basically everyone wants you to be consuming nonstop. making stuff, from cooking to photography or whatever, can help you feel more in control. doesn’t even have to be something you share with other people

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Jul 31

Her recent stuff on Dropout (esp the "Earnest-est" episode on this season of game changer) really convinced me of this too.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Jul 29

So she reported them to the city, resulting in a stop work order. She then proceeded to call in violations every time they attempted to begin work again for the rest of the year. I'm pretty sure this means she is a super-extra lawyer now. Or that the bar was experimenting with a hands-on approach.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Jul 29

My wife passed what I consider the extra bar exam-- she was taking it at home in 2020 and midway through the first day she had to use her break to go ask some construction workers to be less loud. When they were rude to her, she went home and found out that the construction was not permitted.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Jul 18

Interesting! This had never occured to me as something I could do at home, for some reason. Where did you learn?

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Jul 11

This bad boy: www.decathlon.com/products/hik.... I love (a) the laptop zipper on the side (b) that I can unzip the whole thing from the side to more easily get things from the bottom and (c) that I don't feel like a high schooler while wearing it.

Quechua NH Escape 500 Rolltop 23 L Backpack

Description Highlights: Hidden pocket | Secure zip | Cable outlet | Suitcase connection | Organiser 1 compartment I 13 pockets: 5 x zipped pockets / 2 x bottle holders 0.8L / 1 x 15” laptop pocket Cap...

www.decathlon.com

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Jul 3

UGH. This city keeps breaking my heart.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · May 5

When he just pulled out a knife! Incredible.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Apr 27

We did this when we had to move cross-country during Covid and then didn’t have to buy toilet paper again for more than two years!

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · Apr 14

Objectively the best way to start a song is “the Mississippi delta was shining like a national guitar”

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Apr 8

New mattress (it was time), generic medications, and 6 bottles of Basque cider.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Apr 7

Turns out it is easier to do than I feared! All thanks to this video from UNCG Special Collections and Archives: m.youtube.com/watch?v=OAai...

Book Repair on a Budget: Spine Repair

YouTube video by UNCG Special Collections and University Archives

m.youtube.com

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today’a unemployment activity: repaired the spine of this cookbook that belonged to my wife’s grandmother.

A copy of Julia’s Child’s “Mastering the Art of French cooking” with new yellow book cloth along the spine.

The same book, earlier, with the spine cover falling apart and the spine exposed.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Apr 5

For some reason I thought it was referencing Octavia Butler and that we were aiming for some sort of “Parable of the Sower” situation? I guess if you think about it for more than five seconds it makes absolutely no sense.

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Apr 4

Guess I'll just... start growing flax?

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Meg! @megmm.bsky.social · Mar 25

She remains UNREPENTANT

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