[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

No offense all defense. In the subtropics so the sun is very direct. Mineral sunblock always. Hat or umbrella when walking. Light linen jacket to cover my arms. I don't usually use sunglasses but my regular glasses have UV protection.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Yes, it's Tik Tok. And it's music older than I am sometimes. But mine listen to everything, like I do. I took the youngest to see Inhaler and also to see Young the Giant. Taking my husband to see Cannons, and also got him into country music, he used to hate it but if you turn off the commercial radio and just find the good stuff it is still being made.

The 2 bands both my older set of kids (millennials) and my younger set (GenZ) wanted to see when they were middle school age were Panic at the Disco and the My Chemical Romance, I always thought that was funny. Like it's middle schooler music, I think I would have loved it too.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

This Twonks two panel is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen. Anyone I show it to cracks up. He is a genius.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

The fuck? Fontaines DC, Tyler Childers, Janelle Monae, Leon Bridges, I have never stopped finding new music I love. This graph makes no sense. Modern music is so good. Old music is so good. I do not have a preference for any particular time period when it comes to enjoying music.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You and me both. I think nostalgia is misplaced. People get stuck, and stay in the past. Like sure, old music is fantastic because only what is good gets remembered but there is so much good new music too.

I'd never want to go back.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I think I believe this too. I have birthed 4 kids. 2 tech wizards, one average, and one who the computer hates. They just don't work for her like they do for me & the average kid. I think the difference between average and the tech girls is interest and effort, but the difference between average and the one who has bad luck with them does not seem to be explainable in the same way. And it's not a creative/logical split either.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Mind and body are very tightly bound (that is how placebo works) I don't think you are wrong to be wary of speaking disease into existence. The only sinus infection I have ever had, came after reading a particularly vivid and detailed article about how they start. Like my body was following along.

I do give my work computer enrichment activities to keep it happy. Listen to music so that it can have music, browse occasionally so it doesn't have only work to work on. I get far fewer problems than my teammates do, so it seems to work even though it's superstitious nonsense.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Why would Arabic be more difficult to learn than Hebrew or Russian or Polish? They mean reading and writing it, not speaking? Even so it doesn't seem worse than Russian or Hebrew.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

This happens sometimes. We have wildly successful parties sometimes, and other times it's just a couple of people and way too much food.

I don't complain because I also don't often attend other people's gatherings.

But yes we need to get back into the habit of visiting and entertaining, it's good for people. And it's good of you to offer hospitality even if nobody showed.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Yes. Cats here should be indoor cats. Even in the city there are raccoons, coyotes, alligators, dogs in people's yards, and CARS. I let them out briefly and supervised, sometimes, to catch a lizard if they are watching them out the window. Or as others say, occasionally on a harness to wander the garden, and eat a little grass.

Obviously that's not always possible, there are feral outdoor cats that sometimes show up, the city has a spay/neuter and release program for those.

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Maximilian Variation (thelemmy.club)

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.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Wow that looks both delicious and beautiful.

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Not drinking on weekdays but as my youngest kid is making us supper, I have time for an aperitif.

4oz tepache

4oz light tonic

2oz of the spicy seasonal Publix lemonade (Yuzu/pineapple/habanero - either this is so successful they keep making it or I'm the only one buying it but I think it's the best one they ever made)

It's good. A little spicy, a little bitter and very refreshing.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 42 points 6 days ago

I cannot imagine anyone jumping to that conclusion, this has to be a joke. Like, when I first saw the house of my now husband, the front door opened to a big empty room and my first words were "oh, this is wonderful, it's so empty it looks like a ballroom, you could have a big party here!'. Like, sure, he cannot decorate and defers to me on home renovations now because he always likes what I design (I design, he has veto power) but how is that dysfunctional? He was just fine with the open space, it worked and a house is for the people who live there. And a big empty space is such a flex in a way, like look - I have more house than I need. Guys aren't waiting around hoping someone comes and fills that up, they are enjoying the space, right?

If someone compliments your home, I just can't see getting mad about it.

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I often use the big mixer with the dough hook because I don't have time, but the no kneading just mix, rest for 15-45 minutes then stretch & fold every half hour is so pleasant. Feeling the dough develop, getting lighter and stronger each time, not really counting the rounds because it tells me when it's ready to be left alone to rise. It's a very enjoyable process, and more reliable for me than a more standardized method.

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Piña Colada (lemmy.world)

No pictures but made piña coladas for my family today.

1 can unsweetened coconut cream

10 oz rum

10 oz fresh pineapple juice

Juice of 2 juicy limes

4 oz simple syrup because all the pineapple was tart

Frozen pineapple chunks, probably 2 cups in volume but not packed.

Scoop of ice, also probably 2 cups in volume but not packed.

First cooled the liquids, mixed, in the freezer. Then everything into the blender. Really good, boozy pineapple smoothie. And it's raining!

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2 oz fresh pineapple juice

2 oz overproof bourbon (or one with strong flavor)

1 oz amaretto (I used Adriatico)

1/2 oz pineapple amaro

1 oz lemon

Squeeze of agave syrup - if your amaretto is traditional & sweet, omit this, and add a tiny pinch of fine salt.

Shake everything with ice, pour over fresh ice.

It's really good, but I think would be better with a drizzle of syrup from amaretto cherries and a garnish of the same, and probably better with a sweeter amaro. I don't have either right now. But honestly pineapple and whiskey is hard to mess up. It's good.

Yes I moved the glass off the magazine right after the picture.

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The Belmont (ish) (thelemmy.club)

2 oz Glenglassaugh

0.5 oz Galliano

0.5 oz Giffard Abricot

1 oz lemon

1 inch piece ginger

Small spoonful brown sugar

Shake everything with ice, strain into a glass over new ice. Very nice! Galliano is underrated.

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You can't read it on the board but this was the special at the hotel bar today, they have a Bourbon bar, all sorts of good whiskey on the shelf. Always a sucker for a fruity bourbon sour!

Don't know exactly what is in it but my guess is bourbon, lemon, cherry heering and soda water. Can taste the whiskey, the cherry is not dominant, nor the lemon. More refreshing than I'd expect from something 'bourbon cherry'

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Three years old and I've not had to moderate even thrice! Will have a cocktail later to celebrate but wanted to say thanks for making this place great!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/cocktails@lemmy.world

Featuring Juno, our velvet hippo.

This made 2.

4 oz gin (Farmer's)

6 oz grapefruit juice

1 oz Campari

1 oz lime

8 oz tonic (fever tree light tonic, la mejor)

Stirred with ice, strained over fresh ice with one lime wedge squeezed in and put in. A little watery, the grapefruit maybe not quite perfect but it's good.

Because the fever tree comes in weird sized bottles, there was left over so I made a gin & tonic for my daughter's girlfriend. She did not like it but a splash of St. Germain fixed it for her.

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Strap on your adblocker, this is a very adsy website but this story was good. I do a lot of waste diversion drinks but no trash can in a bar is absolutely incredible.

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I'm having a Friend Zone, a non alcoholic cocktail, as I still have strawberry kvass. One of the most delicious cocktails around. Batched it for a party once and nobody could even pick it out as the booze-less one.

https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/friend-zone-a-zero-proof-strawberry-drink/

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Rhubarb martini (thelemmy.club)

2 oz vodka

1/2 oz lemon

1/2 oz St Germain

1/2 oz rhubarb amaro

Not sure what else to call it. If a drink can be said to be vodka-forward, this is. It's balanced, a little sweet, barely tart, a little bitter, and I don't think I'd want anything adjusted but it is sort of like a really good flavored vodka. I am enjoying it. And I do love a pink drink. May work on this as a start to a Thanksgiving punch.

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