God I love British humor 😂

She’s gotten a little bit of supervised porch time, my husband and I plan on training her the same way we’ve trained our first cat, Mirepoix.

Mira loves her supervised outside time and understands when we ask “you wanna go outside?” She’ll generally stay in the garden with us (occasionally she’ll push her luck and wander a little) and knows when we say “inside!” that it’s time to go in.

Oh of course! I kept an eye on the local lost pet listings and had her checked for a microchip, no luck with either.

I don’t know how long a young kitten can go without food, but she was extremely skinny, had fleas and worms, and with how matted her fur was with leaves and filth, she really didn’t look like she’d been taken care of. 😢

So I finally got around to seeing it at one of the last theaters showing it in my area, and I agree with folks calling it ridiculous. It was entertaining enough, I don’t regret going to see it, but I don’t think I’ll ever get the urge to rewatch it.

Denzel Washington seemed to be having a great time and was fun to watch in his variety of extravagant outfits. There were several actors that just seemed wasted for how little screen time/plot relevance they got, Derek Jacobi, Rory McCann, Peter Mensah, even Pedro Pascal. But for me it was the repeated continuity errors and confusing character motivations that strained disbelief.

Like, I’ll roll with you that a fleet of Roman warships have siege towers and trebuchets; but if two characters fall off of the city wall into deep water, then suddenly they’re on a shallow beach, then you’ve lost me. Likewise, when Lucius’ stated goal the entire film is “I’m gonna kill that guy,” and he finally gets his opportunity, Acacius pleading that he’s loved Lucius’ mother (which is not new information, and he didn’t seem to give a shit earlier), somehow changes his mind? There’s a number of other “but why would they do that?” moments, but that’s the most egregious.

I second Lorn! Dark ambient electronic sprinkled liberally with glitch elements is chef’s kiss.

Also would recommended Amon Tobin. ISAM is one of my favorite albums, and Lost and Found is often the song I’ll put on to introduce folks to his style.

I really do, Halloween is a close second for my favorite holiday. I like to diy-ish the decorations, especially using stuff I’ve grown (the straw here was actually dried garlic stalks), and I’m slowly adding stuff year to year with the eventual goal of being that house.

Hah! I love how different the reactions are. Some kids seem to have no sense of fear, while I’ve had others straight nope out. This year I had a mom grab her kid under the arms to drag him screaming towards me (but don’t worry, heard him giggling back down the driveway with a “that was scary!”), and another one shouted “now you die!” (using his flashlight as pistol) after I startled him. 😆

If you see my set up from a previous year in my other comment, one of my favorite reactions was a trio of teenage girls where one saw me approach and let out a “FUCK THAT!” and ran, with her friends on her heels. Left me standing there holding the bowl with a faint “wait come back, I’ve got candy…”

I go through spurts where I’m posting and commenting a bunch, then I get weary of being online and disconnect. When I am posting, it’s usually to places with stuff I like to take pictures of, like !beebutts@lemmy.world.

Oooh, you can try what I’ve done before. Leave the front door open with the interior dimly lit and her hiding in a dark room beyond. When the kids come, she steps from the darkness into the dim light, and it’s a pretty good effect with a masked costume.

[Image description: a dimly lit red room, with a dark masked figure with horns standing in the doorway beside a table draped in black with a vase of dead flowers. An illusion of hands pressing through the wall is projected onto the wall beside the figure.]

You’re in luck, there is a best of Lemmy!

Oh dear, I just thought that they’d get leggy like basil, maybe I should pinch the flowers off…

Seems like a fun concept, too bad that there were spam bots clogging up the chat.

I’m in southern California and I think most houses have gas hookups for driers, often with gas stoves and gas water heaters too.

My fiance and I eat out about once a week, and we often choose local places where we know we’ll get 4 meals off of a $15 platter of food. It’s certainly not as cheap as cooking at home, but sometimes you want a giant pile of orange chicken, and not the bother of prep/cleanup.

There’s a blast from the past. I had to look the guy up, and seems like he does motivational speaking now.

Yep, and he’s probably the guy responsible for the nibbles higher up. They love my tomatoes, and become absolute terrors in my garden this time of year.

Not to make light of things, but the first thought that came to my head for counteracting bad tasting medicine is a spoonful of sugar.

Here’s to getting all those achievable goals!

On the pill front, is it possible to crush them and mix with something more easily swallowable?

I’m subscribed to both! And I’ve tossed a couple butts your way already ^-

Maybe swimming for exercise? Not in a gator-pond, but are there local community pools nearby?