I’ll be honest, I’m ok with what happened. Someone at work gave me shit over “oh but he has 2 kids …”

Murder in the general sense is not ok. People shouldn’t be able to end the lives of other people just because without response. But this guy… How many lives did he decide to end so he can get a little bigger of a paycheck?

The kids? Yeah, as a parent, I have sympathy. But as a human, fuck that shit.

You know… Every time I hear that Chekov’s absence needs to be explained, I sigh. Chekov was on the Reliant in Wrath of Khan. There’s zero reason they can’t just say that. The Khan arc won’t matter, Genesis may still get made and they may need to find a test planet. It’s not that difficult.

What I really still want is to see the probe from Voyage Home to come looking for the whales. Let’s see if Action Jackson Kirk can figure it out without a Bird of Prey or blowing up the 1701-A.

… in May.

Same as the above, this right here is what I’d recommend: vinegar. I actually have been adding vinegar for years to my workout laundry, and there’s been no stink. I can’t use anything like softener or detergents that aren’t “free” and “clear” due to skin allergies, so my options are pretty limited otherwise.

Clear is now a TSA “vendor” for the precheck process. The machines they use for the sign up process - at least the airport I was at - don’t have the eye scanning camera in the kiosk.

The Clear representative I was asking questions of had said they don’t require eye scans for Clear, though that is the default. People can ask to use just fingerprints, which he said does disrupt the terminal process as the agents don’t think to ask if fingerprints were what was registered when the eye scans fail.

I am not advocating for Clear. I refuse to use them. I simply do want to call out that they are one of 3 who handle the process for the TSA now. People do have a choice of which of the three to use.

The size and color make me think “black footed yellow sac spider”, a.k.a. Cheiracanthium Inclusum, but those aren’t known to jump. They can be quick runners though.

I’ve had the Eros E3.5s for a few years and they’ve not let me down on quality, especially at the price point.

I also considered those Mackie’s.

I’ve just been enjoying the 84F/29C day and sipping gin & tonics all day. Started with Sipsmith as the gin, but I emptied that bottle and finished with Hendrick’s Flora Adora.

It might help to know your region on where you live to help get a better id.

More info and a photo to help you determine for yourself. The eye pattern is often the real tell if it’s a recluse or not: https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/brown-recluse-violin-spider

I believe that’s a Brown Recluse. It appears to have the telltale fiddle on its back.

I kind of hope I’m wrong though.

I was a Radioman in the Navy, and some coworkers and I had gone to see Cider House Rules in the theater.

There’s a scene where they come to inform someone that a plane with a loved one on board had been shot down.

To quote the movie:

When the plane was hit, the crew chief and the radioman jumped close together. The copilot jumped third.

We immediately started laughing when we heard that, because we were told that the Radiomen are some of the last to leave a sinking ship due to needing to destroy the cryptographic material. Hearing that a Radioman was one of the first to bail was too good to us…

I just found their replacement in store. Check out my other comment below.

They’re (kinda) back!! I haven’t tried them yet, but I will.

Dang it lol. I thought it was 100 words or less for some reason. I definitely trimmed too much off my actual recipe.

I threw this together about 25 years ago when I was in the military by just throwing together things I found in the kitchen. Stuck with me since.

Instant Pot Taco Noodle Casserole

Get:

 One can diced tomatoes
 Two Macaroni Shells and Cheese family size
 One pound beef
 One packet Italian seasoning
 Four cups water
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1/2 cup water (set aside)

Do:

Instant pot to sauté
Add oil
Add beef and brown
Add Italian seasoning
Drain can of tomatoes into pot
Add 1/2 cup water
Continue browning
Add tomatoes
Mix, stir
Turn off sauté
Add shells
Add 4 cups water
Stir
Close pot, set to high pressure (8 min timer)
Pressurize, cook
Vent
Open, stir
Mix in cheese
Stir
Serve

Absolutely! I did this with Ridge Racer on the PS1. I tossed in Nirvana’s Bleach album, and Love Buzz lined up near perfect with one of the game’s track numbers.

I used to on my PS1 and Saturn. Actually, the first CD I ever purchased was Nirvana’s Nevermind, and the first CD player I had to play that on was the Sega CD.

Did you install Spotify from the Aurora Store? A requirement of AA on Graphene is that apps need to be installed from the play store for them to show up. If they were installed from f-droid or Obtanium, they won’t be visible. I am not sure if apps installed from Aurora Store will appear in AA also, but its a possibility they don’t.

https://grapheneos.org/usage#android-auto

I hope for the best! Sounds so sad, but you being strong may give him a chance.

I have a little guy I adopted. He checked out of the shelter fine, but as soon as we got him home, he wouldn’t eat. We tried different things and tried what the vet advised us to do. Three days and he ate nothing. Became fairly lethargic and barely responsive.

We started force feeding wet/pate cat food and baby food through a syringe. He fought slightly, but ate it and kept it down. Then one day I just happen to be working with some shredded chicken in the kitchen and he came over and meowed at me. I gave him a little and he actively ate it himself. I gave more and more and he ate all that too. I went to the store and grabbed a couple cans of wet shredded chicken cat food, brought it home and served it to him. He ate it up.

It was such a relief to see. That was a year and 5 months ago and he’s doing amazing. He still meows at me when I’m in the kitchen at lunchtime because he wants a little bowl of his chicken shreds, as that time of day is when I usually made it up for him when he was a kitten.

I run GrapheneOS.

I told myself that my Pixel 8 pro will be enough for a bunch of years. That is, until I went on a trip with it. Now I feel like my Pixel 7 was better than the P8P is, with just as good of a camera with better battery life.

I’m glad I kept the p7 as a burner, because I may just make it my prime phone. I only upgraded on the prospect of a long lasting phone and received the p7 for free…