Apparently that's what this is in my apartment's front yard (according to iNaturalist).
I'm thrilled that so far my landlord has made no progress toward cleaning up the wildness of the yard -- so many volunteers, things growing willy-nilly, it's wonderful.
She apologized when I moved in but I made it ultra-clear, no, I LOVE it this way. Wild is good, in my book.
@msquebanh good eye! Yes, there are some remnants from when they lived here and apparently had the front yard much more "manicured". A couple of hostas in the mix.
full self drive should not be a thing for me to have to worry about driving my car like a normal person
it makes me angry that they don't even force the flashers on so you have some clue that the driver is inconsiderate asshole putting you in immediate danger
@dannotdaniel I've been thinking this for a while. It should have been mandated that cars actively under the control of any kind of self-driving automation really need SOME sort of external indication to everyone else around. Flashing light on the roof with some distinctive color or something.
@dannotdaniel Brilliant. If I didn't loathe AI I would get one of those image generators to make me one with one of those loudspeakers strapped to a wankpanzer.
Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:
Apparently it's now a thing for dinner party hosts to ask their guests for money to help with groceries. Eater reporter Amy McCarthy says that's not OK, and offers some suggestions for cutting costs if you want to host but can't afford to. What's your experience with this? Pick as many answers as apply and share any fun stories in the comments.
I don't live in one (in New England at the moment) but hoping to come back to CA one day!
The pies sound great!
Mostly I ate them fresh (it wasn't a huge crop and I also had to share them with the birds 🙄 ), but I did occasionally put them on pizza and also as the muddle in a fig old fashioned 😉 .
@visionsofnapa I'm actually starting to think about maybe taking an airbnb (or some other arrangement) for a month in your next of the woods ... well, roughly -- thinking Petaluma... to try out living in the area, etc...
for various reasons, that might make more sense for me than going back to Santa Cruz.
I am gonna watch a #studioGhibli movie (as yet undecided) if anybody wants to join in for a very lazy #watchParty. I won't have the cog to toot, but will follow along and ⭐boop your toots.
Or we can even be tootless, and just know someone out there is also watching the same movie.