He’s just a loud dude who dresses crazy and genuinely likes everybody. He’s awesome. He’s the crazy uncle everyone loves who gives everybody cool stuff.
Yes, it’s 100 degrees out. Yes, you’re dying. Yes, you want to show off that pretty new ink.
Cover it until it’s healed. Like with fabric. Sunscreen isn’t enough.
I just had to have my last work almost completely redone because I lost 70% of my color despite my SPF 100. Learn from my painful, expensive lesson, kids.
I want to ask my neighbours if they can hear me sneezing my dick off in the dead of night, but I can’t think of a good way to.
I sneeze like I’m in an opera about hay fever and I’ve gotta project over an orchestra. I sneeze like I’m mad at God and trying to spray germs all over heaven. I sneeze like a person who sneezes loud, is how loud I sneeze. It’s very bad.
Once you realise that a game’s worth is not in its perfection, but in your ownenjoyment level, then you’re going to have a lot more fun playing video games
Ok, this goes into some research I read on the different types of gamers.
They are:
Killers- Think your competitive types, they’re going to be playing games like Modern Warfare, Halo, and other competitive games. They get enjoyment by winning over their opponent.
Achievers- Going for the 100% route, trying to get the high score, etc. Think any game with increasing difficulty and esoteric achievements. They play games to try to achieve perfection within the game.
Explorers- They just want to explore the game- think more storytelling or immersive experiences, etc. They enjoy gaming because it allows them to escape and engage in a world and really take it all in.
Socializers- Found more in MMOs, where there can be real community building, they play games to meet and work with other people.
Killers and Achievers tend to be a lot holier than thou, but they’re all valid, so long as you’re having fun in your own way.
This is by far the best addition to this post, thank you for the analysis! I honestly didnt know about these different types, it’s really interesting!
Builders- think Minecraft. Want to put their time into constructing things, creating the perfect world, the perfect base, or just making stuff look awesome and/or be functional.
Zookeepers/Gardeners- often also builders and explorers. Want to build a zoo and/or garden of at least most of the critters in the game.
Everyone on this list should check out Starbound, especially with the Frackin’ Universe mods on Steam.
HOLY SH*T. THEY FOUND NITROGEN-FIXING CORN BRED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN MEXICO. @botanyshitposts
“The study found the Sierra Mixe corn obtains 28 to 82 percent of its nitrogen from the atmosphere. To do this, the corn grows a series of aerial roots. Unlike conventional corn, which has one or two groups of aerial roots near its base, the nitrogen-fixing corn develops eight to ten thick aerial roots that never touch the ground.
During certain times of the year, these roots secrete a gel-like substance, or mucilage. The mucilage provides the low-oxygen and sugar-rich environment required to attract bacteria that can transform nitrogen from the air into a form the corn can use.
“Our research has demonstrated that the mucilage found in this Sierra Mixe corn forms a key component of its nitrogen fixation,“ said co-author Jean-Michel Ané, professor of agronomy and bacteriology in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW–Madison. “We have shown this through growth of the plant both in Mexico and Wisconsin.”
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Researchers are a long way from developing a similar nitrogen-fixing trait for commercial corn, but this is a first step to guide further research on that application. The discovery could lead to a reduction of fertilizer use for corn, one of the world’s major cereal crops. It takes 1 to 2 percent of the total global energy supply to produce fertilizer. The energy-intensive process is also responsible for 1 to 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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I’ve written about this before, this is one of those ‘saving the planet’ levels of discovery. No joke.
His name is either Rocky or Byron, we haven’t decided. Pulled him out from under an old chest-style Coke fridge outside a Route 66 diner in small-town Oklahoma. No family, area is full of cars, dogs, and coyotes, he’s dehydrated, and I am pretty sure he has a respiratory infection.
So he goes to the vet with Fancy tomorrow and we hope they can help us get him into a shelter ASAP. There is literally not enough room for a second quarantine zone here.
Kitten season. Sheesh. SHEESH.
Poor baby. Thank you for caring…
He was crying his lungs out hoping his mother would come back, very loud, big distressed kitten cries. That sound brings me to a dead stop every single time and I can’t walk away. Whatever parenting instinct I have skipped the part where I’m supposed to be weak for human babies (though I very much am as I get older and now that I have had all potential baby-making parts irrevocably ejected) and went straight to kittens.
He does NOT like people, though. He’s very skittish, although still young enough to socialize.
I’m praying we can place him quickly. I hate to say it but he needs more help than I can give him, I think.
This kid. Oh my god.
Rocky is L O U D. VERY VERY L O U D.
Before we packed up to see Dr. R., I got him to take some formula and some wet food, and he was able to relax enough to pee, sort-of cuddle, and give me a tiny tiny very brief purr. So he’s quite tameable. Just a couple of days to bring him around, I think, and he’ll be friendly to at least me.
He seemed to have some pain while peeing, and he definitely has ear mites, fleas, and probably the ubiquitous stray kitten URI. So he’s getting checked out by our favorite vet right now.
I’m still hoping to find a shelter or foster family to take him very soon. I would LOVE to take care of him, he’s at an absolutely delightful age, but I’m at my capacity with the others and wouldn’t want to give him or the others short shrift.
I didn’t plan on this. Babies are expensive. Babies are stressful. Babies are also precious, every kitten’s life is precious, and they all deserve to be taken care of. So I’ll do it for this little dude until I can find someone else to do it.
So, uhh. If you know anyone within a couple of hours of Tulsa (or who is willing to drive) who can take in a super-cute 5-6 week old kitten who is half-weaned, please contact me ASAP.
He’s been checked out by Dr. R, who says he’s underweight and anemic, but otherwise healthy and should bounce back fast.
He has the saddest little face I’ve ever seen.
I’m calling around to shelters but will probably have very little luck. Kitten season = waiting list. I’m doing my best, and goddamn is he adorable, but I am SUPER TIRED.
Again, I’m in Tulsa, and will gladly drive up to 3 hours to place him. That’s 6 hours, for someone who is willing to drive halfway.
I can guarantee he’s tameable. We caught our kitten Pause out of the backyard when he was older than that, and he got used to us in about a week, tamed up 100% in about a month. He’s shy around strangers but loves us. Domestic cats are domestic cats, especially if you catch them at this stage before they really learn to be afraid of you.
I’m doing my best, and goddamn is he adorable, but I am SUPER TIRED.
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