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Denise Levertov, from Candles in Babylon: Poems; “A Child,” published c. 1982
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A robust transit system is safe, easy to navigate, and doesn't waste your life away!
#I loved having a robust public transit service when I lived in Japan#and we use it often in Germany#would be awesome if we had a bike there so I could bike to get bread#but we don’t#and the bus is not sufficiently frequent in the countryside to go one village over get bread and come back again#in time for breakfast#such is the trouble with declining bakeries
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Placemats
You know, those things that go under the place settings at a table. I'm doing a touch of research for possibilities of things to put on etsy (because side hustles are kind of a necessity and all that) so would like to know your stance.
And of course you know the whole thing about reposting for larger samples, which would be amazing.
Thanks for clicking!
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i agree but i swear to GOD i thought this was going to be a mario joke
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some important calvin and hobbes facts in case you haven't read the original comic strip in a long time or only absorbed stuff on it from memes and out of context bits on here:
- Calvin's last name has never been given, and neither has any of his parent's names. This was actually why his uncle Max only showed up for a brief storyline; the creator of the comic, Bill Watterson, ultimately felt that while it was fine to have him as someone for his parents to talk to, it felt far too awkward to never have Max refer to them by name and he never made a return appearance.
- The general tone of the comic is fairly light-hearted, with a big emphasis on goofy slapstick comedy contrasted by clever wordplay and often surprising adult-centered jokes that'll hit you like a slap. A big part of the comedy is, as Watterson put it (paraphrased) "It's really funny to me when people express deeply stupid ideas with really fancy terminology." One notable example you might have seen is that one bit where Calvin asks his mom for money to buy a Satan-worshiping rock album and his mom replies that there's nothing genuine about them and they're just putting on the attitude for shock value, and comisserates with Calvin as he deplores that mainstream nihilism can't be trusted. He concludes that childhood is disillusioning.
- There is a LOT of criticism of the extreme materialism and selfish mentality of the late 80s, when the comic was initially written. This may go a long way to explain how its aged so well; much of what it criticizes resonates well with people today.
- Bill Watterson views comic strips a legitimate form of artwork, and repeatedly fought to have more space to draw more beautiful and artistic backgrounds, which was a very hard fight and unpopular even with other comic strip artists. He eventually did win some compromises and a lot of Calvin And Hobbes' artwork shows it, with the use of space to indicate time as well as a sharp contrast between the often plain environments of mundane life contrasted by the wildly beautiful imagery of Calvin's imagination (which often sports realistic depictions in an art shift of sorts).
- Hobbes is explicitly not an imaginary friend, by word of Watterson himself. We don't know WHAT he is exactly, and Hobbes is apparently unaware of the strange nature of his reality; people look at him and only see an ordinary stuffed tiger plushie, but he has a tangible effect on the world that would be physically impossible for Calvin to do on his own. He's apparently been around for a while, and was apparently around when Calvin was a young baby.
- On that note; Hobbes has implicitly killed (notably treated as both a gag and also with the vibe of 'he's a tiger, duh') and while he doesn't do it again on-screen, he doesn't have any moral issues about it. Calvin claims that he's never had trouble bringing Hobbes to school because the last time he did, Hobbes killed and ate a bully named Tommy Chestnut and simply comments that it was gross and he needed a bath. Calvin's tried to repeat this again, but Hobbes was grossed out at the thought having to eat a kid raw and not being allowed to use an oven first, or complaining that children are too fattening.
- Hobbes became gradually less human-like in body language and more like an actual cat in both body language and behavior; this was due to Watterson drawing more inspiration from his cat, who also inspired a lot of Hobbes' running gags, such as pouncing on Calvin when he got home. Several years into the syndication of the strip, Watterson's cat passed away, and he did a tribute to her with a comic strip of the two of them agreeing to try to dream together so they can keep playing when they have to sleep; Watterson's commentary (if I recall right), remarks on his cat: "We can see each other again in dreams."
We've got "Garfield" and "Bloom County" as well, but "Calvin and Hobbes" has always been my favourite; TBH, while I'll occasionally glance at Garfield, I can't even remember the last time I opened a Bloom County.
I've mentioned more than once that after reading C & H for the first time, my Mum told @dduane that she'd married Calvin. DD said yes, she'd noticed, and @su-whisterfield has heard enough of Mum's stories to agree with the hypothesis. :->
Mum laughed especially hard at this strip - in B/W on p.90 of the first album - because it's almost beat-for-beat my own first (and last) encounter with cigarettes.
If I'd known anything about them I might have realised Something Was Up, since the cigs in question weren't Dad's usual Embassy but Woodbine, a strong, harsh brand nicknamed "gaspers" (guess why?)
Besides Calvin's turning-inside-out cough, I was spectacularly sick - an IMAX widescreen Technicolor Yawn with Cinemascope extension in 5.1 surround, that seemed to involve everything I'd eaten for at least the past month.
Bill Watterson could certainly have drawn it - I'm thinking of sentient oatmeal, among other images - but more likely it would have been one of those off-panel "BAAARF" sound-effects that indicate Calvin isn't faking this time.
I haven't smoked a cigarette since, even the ads don't work, and I've occasionally wished someone had done Dad the same favour so he and Mum could have grown old together.
*****
Also, seeing long-gone cats again in dreams: yes.
That happens too.
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This was shared as a "bad" joke but I was so charmed by it I've been thinking about it for days.
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the whole mutual thing is really overhyped on this site. sometimes interests don’t match up and that’s the only reason why there isn’t a mutual following. if you’re a regular in my inbox or my notifications, i have visited your blog before. if i didn’t want you around for any reason, you would be blocked. so yeah. you can spam my notes and/or talk with me (and possibly become my friend) even if i’m not following you back. no worries.
This is very true. Like being a mutual is cool and all, but I enjoy people who just regularly Like or Reblog or Reply to my posts! I’m happy you’re here! I am very selective about which blogs I follow AND how many because otherwise it takes me too long to browse my dash and I compulsively want to see EVERYTHING on my dash, so it’s better for me to be choosy, and that’s not a reflection on anyone. I appreciate my friends who follow me even if I don’t follow them back!
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Plant of the Day
Thursday 2 May 2024
A clump-forming, bulbous perennial Muscari latifolium'Grape Ice' (grape hyacinth) produces unusual spikes of small, bell-shaped, fragrant flowers that are deep purple at the base and pure white at the tip.
Jill Raggett
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What Americans know as "Danish pastries" is actually something called a 'spandaur' and it only represents a fraction of the pastries integral to Danish life. Here's a few more commonly available pastries:
Spandauer - Kanelsnegl - Fastelavnsbolle
Napoleonshat - Tebirkes - Brunsviger
Hindbærsnitte - Kransekage - Medalje
Kajkage - Gåsebryst - Kartoffelkage
Linse - Træstamme - Wienerstang
Kanelstang - Frøsnapper - Studenterbrød
Kokostop - Chokoladetrekant - Kaffebrød
Makronsnitte - Nøddesnitte Smørstang
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Our Lady of the Damp and Rain
Look upon this mighty work! Our Lady resplendent in gold!
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oh wow! hey if you take pills check this out. new medicine taking meta just dropped.
according to these models, out of the 4 tested postures, the best position to digest pills is laying on your right side. standing upright has a similar time to laying in your back at twice as much as laying on the right side, and laying on the left side is the slowest by far.
laying on right side: pill dissolves in around 10 minutes.
standing: pill dissolves in 23 minutes. laying on the back has a similar time.
laying on left side: pill dissolves in up to 100 minutes.
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0096877
definitely worth a lot more research.
if you want your medicine to kick in fast, try laying on your right side! if you want your medicine to kick in slower, try laying on your left side.
This makes sense! I learned from a doc that if you have gas pain or nausea, you turn on your left side to make it easier for your stomach to send stuff through. The goal in turning left is to NOT absorb, but to release.
Turning on your right can make nausea/gas pain worse because it has to fight gravity to exit your stomach/body. So, yeah, lying on your right would make things absorb faster because it's going into the stomach lining, which is the point.
Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey
I was going to reblog this anyway for the useful info but the last addition fucking sent me
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i don’t know what class Ranma ½ is
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Watterson pulled no punches
I grew up on Calvin and Hobbes... this hits harder as an adult.
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Anonymous asked:
You're 19? Do you think things will get better or worse from here?
i think i will grab things by the throat and make them what they need to be
life will be better and life will also be worse. and i will be angry and upset and miserable, and i will be happy and content and proud. and i will live. i will live.
just turned twenty. More of the same. Press on.
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The difference between int and wis
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Explain your reasoning plzzz
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The next major project is at last done. 5inch hoop, mostly single strand with three strand for the scales. Holo shimmer accents, felt padding for the bubbles. I like how it turned out for my first fish!