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Emotional regulation. Better pay, if you have been able to work consistently. Kids older, easier to deal with. Happier, and can make better decisions because we are not so hotheaded.
That's an amazing outfit. Hope the library has air conditioning. My question is how are you getting your hair to stay all on one side like that?
I love the city chickens. Bok bok!
How old? I am rapidly nearing 60 and have considerably less pain than when younger because the migraines have nearly vanished and I do yoga instead of running. No chronic pain yet.
Perhaps having negative expectations helped as well, I was sure by now I'd have osteoporosis from early eating disorder, pain in joints from years of ballet, none of these shoes have dropped yet. I do feel weaker than my 40s which were my peak but not weaker than my 30s. And so, so much less pain with fewer migraines.
My favorite are the Kushiel trilogy, anything by Ian McDonald, almost anything by Adrian Tchaikovsky or Michael Carey. Though it's difficult to pick.
Currently reading The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
Two different categories of food. Sure I like fresh fruit more than most desserts, I like potato chips more than most desserts too.
Watermelon is one of my favorite foods.
Ricotta cake is not too sweet and is a dessert. Cheesecake. Ice cream. All are good. I just have not much of a sweet tooth, dessert is an occasional thing not a regular one.
I'm small of bust, but therefore don't bra often (except at work) so occasionally get a look, I am neither flattered nor offended. I work on my body but boobs are just luck or money, not an accomplishment.
Woah there. I agree with part of this but so much is more a "use it or lose it" situation. I'm almost 60, husband a couple years older, we still fuck every day and I get off at least once a day still. I do think it's muted a bit, slightly less intense usually but way more multiples, so it kind of works out.
Did gain weight at menopause that stuck - sort of gamed that by starting out underweight so I'm still not fat, but agree wholeheartedly it doesn't fall right off like it did, part of that I think is my worry that if I lose it my bones will suffer, so I don't want to diet. Still in good shape just smack in the middle of healthy BMI when I was aiming for the bottom of it.
Teeth are STUPID, we should not get the final set so young.
Everything takes so, so long to heal now.
My mom said the worst thing about getting old was that you could not make plans. She planned to come up here to see Tab Benoit with a group of friends but by the day of the show two of them had died.
I drink literally everything on ice right now because 
But also do like whiskey better diluted, I can taste it better when it's not so strong. Stretched out I can enjoy it.
I agree. I like it (the spelling often shows the history of the word, relationships between words) but for an allegedly phonetic system it's nonsense. Not sure it's worse than French, but Spanish is so phonetic I can read aloud stuff I don't even understand!
I learned to read as I was learning to talk, more like a language than a skill - kids learning in school are taught phonics, and I would despair if that was how I was taught.
Once. Really? The word Wonss is spelled Once?
Not such fancy equipment. I used to make it in a lunchbox cooler with our very hard tap water; that eventually cracked but I have been rocking one of these for a decade now.
https://www.clearlyfrozen.com/
All you need is directional freezing. My ice comes out crystal clear in big ol' blocks like that.
To be fair - I would charge $5 a tray too. It takes a day & a half and space in my freezer. But it is an easy, cheap, and fun hobby
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Not baked, but
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Sourdough donuts
Used the recipe on Perfect Loaf, way too long to detail here but the ingredients are, for 18 of them (he always has these weird odd measurements like 101, I do often round them with no ill effect but will write them as the recipe states):
203 g very active starter 100% hydration
253 g all purpose white flour
253 g strong white bread flour
187g eggs - use extra yolk to adjust to this weight
101 g butter
101 g white sugar
91 g water
10 g salt
It takes a couple days to finish these (I start Friday midnight to get Sunday morning donuts) but most of that time is waiting not working).
Couple of notes- he says the final rise takes 12 hours but that must be in a cold climate, here in the subtropics it took about 7 to be perfect. And when he says careful attention to shaping he means it, but it's easy if you keep the dough chilled, with the butter in the dough it's not too sticky. Don't be afraid to really stretch it when forming the little dough balls, you want a tight surface all over. If you can shape buns, and your starter is robust, this is about a foolproof recipe.
https://www.theperfectloaf.com/naturally-leavened-bomboloni-doughnuts/
I can't see the picture in the header, hopefully you can. Will put below too.
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Leña
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1 oz tequila claro (Tequila Ocho, la mejor)
1/2 oz mezcal
1/2 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco (see note)
1/4 oz Ancho Reyes rojo
1 oz fresh pineapple juice (see note)
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/3 oz agave nectar (again, see note)
Shake all with ice, pour into chilled rocks glass over fresh ice. It is delicious.
Notes: I don't have that luxardo, used half Campari half bitter rhubarb liqueur; doubled the pineapple juice because I literally just made it and it's amazing. This doesn't need 1/3 oz of agave, less is better. Finally - it was quite difficult to make one of these with those teeny measurements. I would recommend making two at a time.
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Minor Demon
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1.5 oz rye (Emerald Giant overproof)
0.5oz each of mezcal, Aperol, and Ancho Reyes (rojo)
1 oz lemon juice
Squirt of agave
Shake all with ice, and I would say serve up in a coupe but it's summer, still 90f at 19:00. So I'm having it on ice, and just enjoying the hot weather.
Variation on a Devil's Soul. It would benefit from a float of the Heirloom Pineapple Amaro (and being served up), but had enough oddball ingredients I didn't want to add another. But if you have it, go for it.
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Rhinestone Cowboy
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2 oz bourbon
3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz peach liqueur (I used apricot)
2 oz ginger beer
Sprig of mint for muddling and one more for garnish. I used mojito mint, it barely survived our double tap freeze, so it was fresh from the garden.
Mix the first 3 ingredients then use a little of that mix to muddle the mint, then put in the rest & shake with ice, top with ginger beer.
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A Mastiha Cocktail
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Had to pull out the kitchen scale because all my measuring cups are in the dishwasher. I assume grams are ml but not sure so giving weights here.
50g vodka
25g Mastiha
15g Chartreuse
20g lemon juice
Was meh. I shook some of it with the peel of the lemon, that helped some. Not willing to toss it with the Chartreuse so I spritzed it by adding a bottle of yuzu lime tonic, it's good now but not what I was after.
I was looking for something to do with the mastiha, and had half a lemon but vodka was not the right base for this, I was not feeling gin today, wishing I had grappa or pisco, and I think lime also would have been better than lemon.
But mastiha & Chartreuse - yes. A definite affinity.
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Adjusted Paper Plane on ice
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Posting because it's so pretty!
2oz bourbon (Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond)
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz Aperol
1 oz Amaro Nonino
Spoonful of Campari
Shaken with ice and poured over new ice in a frozen glass, then parked in the freezer for 5 minutes because summer is here and it's 32C, 90F outside so everything has to be cooled. But beefed up with the extra whiskey and the Campari it's fine to be diluted a little, better than warm.
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Maximilian Variation
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Kitten for scale.
1 oz tequila claro
1 oz good mezcal
1/2 oz St Germain
1/2 oz Amaro Nonino
1 oz lemon (was too much so a squirt of agave, would change that to 1/2 oz)
Shake all with ice, and if it wasn't so hot, serve up in a coupe.
The kitten was found in our neighbor's car. Less than one pound, fearless little guy. Currently passed out on my lap. We call him Legolas.
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This was true for me as a woman as well. Like when I was younger I was middle good looking, maybe average, but as I got older I moved up because so many people got fat or let go. Like just by maintaining I got relatively better looking compared to peers.
And I can confirm, good looking and fit guys my age are not common but so hot!