During the Renaissance, there were certainly a lot of the weirdly adult baby Jesus paintings, but there were also realistic examples from the time (that one is Raphael, one of the great masters).

The brownies don’t look like they came from that pan. They taper at both ends, and they have rings/segments that the pan doesn’t have.

They’re attractive, but they also have a much bigger problem with gaskets getting moldy, and I personally think getting clothes in and out of a top-loading is more convenient unless they’re stacked.

Usually only on front-loading models so you can see if there’s water in it before trying to open the door.

Apparently you’re a modern horror story.

I feel like this just be a visual illustration of a pun out some song lyrics, but I’m not getting them.

I remember Randy Rainbow doing it in 2016 (when do many thought Trump didn’t have a chance).

What was the fallout afterwards? Did they just say “you need to stay hydrated,” or what?

I looked at their location finder to see how close one is to me. The closest one is a combined LJS and KFC, so yes, in the same category.

Thanks, I appreciate that. I’m not really enjoying 2025 so far (I’ll just mention that I’m pretty far left leaning as well, so you can understand that country/world events are stressful).

We had planned on selling our house in CA and moving to WA. Now my wife has gone to NM to live with our son, and I’m getting ready to sell the CA house so we can each buy one. I’ve decided to stay in the same area of CA (where I grew up, where all my friends are), which means my house will be a small condo since prices here are super high. So that’s adding to the stress, but compared to the marriage ending thing it feels more minor.

I know things will settle out, but it’s been hard to take.

I’m 62. I retired in January. In February, my 30-year marriage ended. I’m living alone for the first time in decades, and I never really did it very long before (a few years in my late 20s. It’s very strange. at this age.

And, even after all that, when you go to put the sheet on the bed you still find a sock.

Funny, I live in California where there’s are some LJS’s, but I’ve never been to one. There are no Captain D’s here, but I’ve eaten in one a few times because I used to travel to Alabama for work. It was honestly fine. It was basically just what I expected from the phrase “fast food fish and chips.”

A&W is the best of the top few major brand root beers, but there are some in most grocery stores that are much better. Virgil’s and Henry Weinhart’s probably the best of the easily found ones.

Maybe it depends on climate, but bread left out where I am gets moldy way before it gets stale. The best solution is to keep it in the freezer (in a bag, and any of those methods but CE would probably be fine). Weeks later, the bread is still soft and send fresh. Bread thaws unbelievably fast. If I’m making a sandwich, I take two slices out and put them on a plate separated. Usually by the time I’ve got the other ingredients ready to go, the bread is thawed. If you’re toasting the bread, it can go straight from freezer to toaster. If you’re making sandwiches to take to work or school, you can just make them on the frozen bread.

The fridge is the worst place. Try the freezer.

Oh, man, the risk of infection in a bone is SO high, and can easily be fatal. Very bad idea. He’d be better off yanking the tooth.

Yes, exactly.

Just finished rereading David Brin’s Uplift series. The uplifted dolphins in those books often speak in haikus.

I retired in January, and I’m having this issue to a point it feels insane. The other night I got undressed for bed and was dumbfounded when I saw that the hamper I was tossing my clothes into was otherwise empty. My brain just could not accept that I was at the end of the same day that featured doing laundry earlier. That had to be at least the day before. But I’ve had other things that were the opposite: didn’t I just run the dishwasher? No, that was a week ago.

I have no time cues. Trash day is about the only think that happens on a regular schedule. Some days I’m busy and they go quicker. Some days are mostly reading or whatever, and they go on forever. After 40 years of getting up and going to work, with certain things happening certain days, it feels pretty surreal.