Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@Alice @TheBreadmonkey @KevBot

I feel like maybe I shouldn't tell u this but have you seen old timestamp machines?

They will stamp ANYTHING and some have little customizable logo plates.

And they are made of the world's best green textured metal, why is nothing like that anymore?

@goaty

"maruchan green"

@Alice @TheBreadmonkey @KevBot

That's some HOT interior design in that area. Love the calculator.

@shezza_t @TheBreadmonkey

You "plan" dinner. I "find" dinner.

We are not the same.

Deep cut ant species for hipsters only.

Cataglyphis lutea? You probably haven't heard of that species but it's OK, you need to really like ants to know about Cataglyphis lutea.

(Do you have any "deep cut" species? Against my better judgement I won't restrict this to ants.

But NO BACKBONES.)

@epiceneVivant

Same. If I buy one at school I drink it out of sight of the kids because I consider it "setting a bad example"

@alexwild

And here is a deeper cut: Cataglyphis lutea

Been curious about this ant for years but there is very little written about them despite their striking appearance and behavioral quirks.

@alexwild

Gotta have a twig ant like Pseudomyrmex pallidus.

A fugly ant: Apterostigma

Dorymyrmex bureni and Camponotus pennsylvanicus are wonderful common ants, more than meets the eye.

Strobe ants from Australia.

Cataglyphis bombycina, the sliver ant is pretty famous and there are a lot of good books about them.

Camponotus fulvopilosus (or one of the other hairy ants)

Do I need to mention Dinomyrmex gigas?

Also check out this poster:
https://www.tumblr.com/futurebird/750321144832393216/more-amazing-ant-art?source=share

@randomgeek

A little whining can be good for you I think. Within reason. We all ought to be able to whine now and then as a treat.

@samlitzinger

AUTOPEN?
AUTOPEN!

I have been told we must be very mad about autopen. Although it might be better to pay some attention to WHO he's pardoning, no matter how it was signed.

"Elegant Plating Ideas, Side Dishes, and Garnish Options for the Hand that Feeds You"

Don't just "bite" the hand that feeds you... make it a MEAL.

"Wine Paring, for the Hand That Feeds You."

- By #PicaTheCat

@PTR_K

LMAO that is me trying to explain this to my husband.

Tyler deserves better than people like Avi. That's how I see it.

Tyler has made youTube videos for years under the name "SecureTeam10" he's always looking for evidence of aliens. Somehow through "these turbulent times" he's managed NOT to turn into a right wing nut job, He has remained purely an nut job about aliens.

And this is why I can't stand Avi Loeb. Avi is NOT pure but since he's published science papers with scary math in them in the past he whips people like Tyler up into a frenzy. And he's knows what he's doing.

@ben

That's the first part of it, but there is also the strange echo. Maybe one needed to have a school with a long concrete alleyway to encounter it.

@kzeta

The good side of it is when I'm feeling like this part of me is like "Why doesn't everyone simply revise their stories until they are perfect? This obvious won't work, that will etc. etc." But this kind of perspective isn't always *there* and that's kind of disturbing in a way.

I cut out a bunch of repetitive sentences, and made a chapter that I thought was done a lot more clear. That feels good. But there are so many chapters that need this attention.

The suffering... woe is me. etc. etc.

Writing is very hard but the only solution seems to be to write even more.

I'm having one of those days where it seems very easy to tell what is working and what isn't. A kind of clarity about the stories I'm working on that's a little disappointing because the flaws are suddenly very obvious. Everything feels very amateur and very far from where it would need to be to make it compelling and clear to the readers.

So, I'm making a lot of revisions. Holding on to the bits that survive with hope.

Does anyone know the sound I'm trying to describe here... or is this just some strange thing that happened to me?

"On a sunny spring day, nearly everyone in the school is outside. You can hear the noise from the playground, squeals, shouts, laughter and also the strange spidery echo the red textured kick balls in the narrow alleyway in back."

(It's like the sound that The Bionic Man made when he jumped? Anyone know what I mean?)

@gecole

The poor bees, butterflies and ants

That's a very showy tree... is it native to the region? Feels very ornamental.