Jackie's Fridge

Sources or it didn’t happen

Joseph Smith died in prison, but the Mormons are still going strong. It’s tough to deter a cult.

I hate platitudes, but I did hear the saying something like grief is love with nowhere to go. The amount of suffering you feel is proportional to the amount of love you gave your cat, so it sounds like your cat was exceptionally lucky overall.

We lost our cat a few years ago. She was quirky and weird and sick her entire short life. She had lymphoma - the vet never even tested for it because she was too young. The day we were supposed to bring her home from an overnight stay was the day we had to put her down, and it scarred us deeply. My work sent me home, I was so useless. I cried for hours when I realised our other cat had stopped eating from half of the bowl they shared.

It sucks. It always sucks. It feels like it will never get better, and it won’t, but it’ll get dimmer. You’ll be able to remember the good stuff more often without the final moments crashing in. It just takes time.

For now if you have to wallow in despair, do it. You lost a loved one. It’s your right. Remember though, you’re going through all this because your pet didn’t have to. You held up your end of the deal, and your pet got a great life because you took the pain of loss away from them.

Joke’s on them, I hate the sound of my name.

“When was the last time your car spontaneously combusted? Please rate the level of inconvenience.”

Begs the question - what exactly is the survey for, then?

Our bidet doesn’t have an air dryer, so we did have to upgrade our paper from the cheap 1-ply stuff that turned to pulp on contact with any moisture. That said, we go through way less paper post-bidet.

As far as “daily driver” tech, Motorcycle is 43 years old. My razor is 103 years old. Luckily I’m closer in age to the motorcycle.

I was miffed when, in the early 90s, grunge swooped in and wrecked powerpop’s resurgence. MTV had Jellyfish in every corner, and seemingly overnight Nirvana took over.

In the search for harmonies, major key power chords, and jangly, summery guitars (not to mention hummable hooks galore) I had to dig.

The Well Wishers Dressy Bessy The Lolas The Beths The Dahlmanns The Riffbackers

And I know I’m missing so many more feel-good bands…

Leatherman Juice Pro here. I use it almost every day, mostly the knife & pliers, but the tweezers, screwdrivers, and scissors get used about once a week.

I see the people saying why carry one - if they need tools they’ll just go to their toolbox. I do that too, but having this saves me the trip, and on more than one occasion, lots of time. I’ve done roadside car repairs with just the Leatherman, and around the house it’s nice to have immediate access to a capable set of tools without searching. I’ve even grabbed the wrong tool, got to the top of the ladder, and then just used the Leatherman because it was there.

You might not realise how often you really would use these, and they barely take up any room.

I got hooked when I first laid hands on a friend’s Monotribe some years ago. Now I’ve been over a year & a half with the Dirtywave M8 handheld tracker and it’s my favourite workstation bar none. Instant on, multiple synth engines, sampler, amazing sequencer, and lovely effects, all in a Game Boy sized package with a lightning-fast 8-button workflow. Insane that technology has come this far.

It’ll be a capitastrophe.

I use an old Note 8 as a music/podcast player because it connects to WiFi and I can download and manage content. No cellular connection.

For serious listening I have an Astell & Kern AK120 that sounds lovely, but the UI leaves me pining for Rockbox. I need to repair my old iPod Classic just to have Rockbox back for my dream machine.

Rockbox spoiled me for all other music player UIs.

Like many people have said: freezer.

We have a box of quart-sizes freezer zip bags. Whenever you make food, immediately separate half of what you made and freeze it. You can always thaw it later when you don’t have time or energy to prepare food.

Dairy tends not to freeze well. Most other foods do. You can freeze pasta, rice, and bread easily, so make a bunch to mix in to future dishes, and if you can’t get through a full loaf of bread before it spoils, freeze half the loaf as soon as you bring it home.

There are a lot of meal prep tips websites, and it sounds like you are inadvertently meal-prepping. See what tips they have for storing food.

Aren’t neo-nazis just nazis? Why are we doubling the character count?

Apologies It’s been a lifetime of frustration and sometimes I lash out at people (and threads) who don’t deserve it

Not sure how such an outlandish tale captivated so many people for so long, but: Trickle-down economics.

If you enjoy adrenaline & frustration, Super Hexagon is one of those thumb-twitchy games that gives you the “just one more” impulse when you die. Unpossible is another.

I’d say that would be useful, but using it would be depressing so it sounds like a double-edged sword.