I am putting a cat in a box. Please wish me a quick and painless death

@Fredatron yes, yes it is. And perhaps even to post about it sometimes so others may learn more.

By others, i clearly mean me, btw

I saw another person on her phone in the steam room today. She wasn't listening to audio, thank goodness.

It has me wondering: could you sit without your phone or another device/distraction for 10 minutes?

@valhalla actually, they could in the US, because it isn't data gathered in a clinical setting.

That said, we tend to remove smartwatches for those activities. It's probably still a discernible pattern, but a harder one to prove

I just discovered my health insurance covers domestic partnerships with no concern about sex or gender.

You have to have to cohabit, with plans to continue doing so, and have an "intimate and committed relationship."

(I suppose we can quibble for a while as to what qualifies as intimate. I don't require sex or romance as a requisite, but I suspect that's implied)

@akamran @HG including "why aren't I keeping cheese in my shower more often?"

Cheese is delightful to snack on, especially compared to soap

@WTL some day, I'll figure out how long a KM is

I had a milestone this week where I could understand the appropriate clothing choices for various temperatures in Celsius without doing the conversions to Fahrenheit.

@rothko An Archive of Our Own. It's the go-to place for fan fiction.

There is a lot of very good writing on it. There is also a lot of very, very horny writing on it. Sometimes the two overlap.

And because humans are deeply creative in their lustiness and fiction is not constrained by minor things like the laws of physics, it gets weird.

Very, very weird.

Once & Future Sex is currently discussing the amount of time and energy various medieval Christian monks spent contemplating what kind of sexual happened on the garden of Eden, and I just can't help thinking about AO3.

"No, no! I have to thinking of the sexy bits! My faith demands it!"?

Plus ça change, encore.

@sadedoes @jan wait, wrong city. We're going to Vienna. (I know, entirely different counties!)

@valhalla if it were a few years from now, I'd be looking more seriously at electric.

So many of them in the US are luxury cars right now, and I don't know if I want to go that route. I want a big engine in a small car that isn't forever trying to spy on me

@valhalla ooh! Tell me more about this for the sewing elements, not the burning myself elements.

@jan we are planning a trip to Prague later this year. I'll just have to hold strong until then.

@jan I do enjoy fries, chocolate and waffles.

I will now spend the rest of the day thinking about the fries I ate in Brussels while staring sadly at the carrots and peppers I have to eat here.

@jan I thought it was a very measured and proportionate response!

Honestly, I've always wanted to live in another country in general. It sounds like such a good adventure.

It would seem that partner does not consider moving to Europe so I can buy a car with a manual transmission to be a reasonable idea.

How am I supposed to drive without a clutch?!

What is the appropriate ritual or sacrifice to thank the powers that are for car-related miracles?

Someone I love had non-functional brakes last night and made it home safely. It could have been so bad, but it is fortunately, amazingly just an annoyance.

This seems like a thing to acknowledge to the interconnected world we're part of.

Facetiously, I feel like I should at least burn an air freshener in appreciation.