Activity from Gorgik

Ingesting news stories with as little trauma as possible
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Ask MeFi post - Two years ago

I wonder if the record for Reese's Pieces is different. [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

There's a fascinating play from a few years ago, called Mr Burns, a Post Electric Play It's about an unspecified cataclysm, and the survivors entertain themselves by recounting episodes of the Simpsons. I think there are four eras depicted, where… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

I went through a training with a group that published a free app called iChill that has a series of short, guided exercises to help get through stressful or traumatic situations. You can do them with the app active, or just learn the exercises and… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

I got unstuck when I realized that I was depressed and even suicidal, only I was doing a slow burn rather than anything sudden. My being stuck was essentially rooted in thinking that I didn't deserve to be happy or successful. I tried building… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

Looking at the list I was like "ok, ok, ok, wait, Sweet Caroline -and- Stairway to Heaven? That's not right.". Then a few songs down Paranoid. Well played, MB. All day long I think of things But nothing seems to satisfy Think… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

Not sure if this is what Etrigan was mentioning, but here's a similar story previously, Geezer Teasers [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

Art, poetry for a friend who feels 'broken' after coming out
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Ask MeFi post - Two years ago

I'm more than 40 years past my bar mitzvah, and just about 40 years from any expression of or interest in Judaism, but after reading that article, listening to the audio recording in the last link gave me shivers. Thanks for posting this amazing… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

"And we turn him into an anecdote, with no teeth, and a punchline you'll tell for years to come: "Oh, that reminds me of the time the imposter came into our house." "Oh! Tell the one about that boy." And we become these human… [more]
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FanFare comment - Two years ago

How to monitor home health care from a distance?
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Ask MeFi post - Two years ago

When people use the diminutive form of my name (think "Gorge"). It's a popular form of the name, just not me. Unless you're my father, in which case it's strangely fine. But most people aren't my father. In other news, I started a new… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

Probably mostly food things. I eat orange rinds, apple cores, strawberry hulls, sometimes melon rinds, and way, way more of chicken/rib bones (like, after eating the meat off them) than most people. Although that's not really about joy, it's just… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

All three of the food banks I've volunteered at (Seattle) give out ramen. One of them even buys it if they don't get it donated. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

I don't know what that means. I don't, either. I was just hoping you'd add a fork. [more]
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Projects comment - Two years ago

Volunteering was how I stayed connected at the start of the pandemic. North Helpline's food bank at Lake City needs people during the week during the day, it's a big open warehouse and during distribution they keep the garage door wall(s) open (so… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

Perfect, thanks! [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

I will shoehorn this non-tool-based cat "rescue" story here, from my college days. I have a friend, J. I did not like cats at the time (I'm "tolerant" now). J had a cat, Punkin, that she loved. J was always trying to get me… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

(Disclaimer, I'm a volunteer domestic violence advocate. And on preview, most of this is just reiterating what others have said) I can't speak for where you are, but in Seattle, there's a rule that says if the police determine a DV assault has… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

Wow. Those nails. Couldn’t stop thinking about how they were done. Hmmmm…. Some of it reminded me of the card throws in Legendary craftsman of card control [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

Stalking and harassment usually rise to the level of criminal charges if there is a pattern of behavior. Not always, but mostly. If this incident happened once, it might be considered stalking depending on exact circumstances and your location… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

Back...a long time ago, when I was in college, I'd record quotes of his from "In The Heat of The Night" as my message on my answering machine (that would be from VHS to cassette). He was so great. . [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

Pottery sherds, illuminated manuscripts, islands. Tasty!
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MeFi post - Two years ago

Movie: The Paper Tigers
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FanFare post - Two years ago

Cover Me's 50 Best Cover Songs of 2021
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MeFi post - Two years ago

That bear is more civic minded than a lot of people. [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

Sent you memail [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

Just won the 2021 Hugo for best dramatic presentation long form [more]
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FanFare comment - Two years ago

I HAVE A JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINATION AND I THINK YOU ARE GREAT
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MeFi post - Two years ago

Surrender, especially if either of you have tween-teenage kids. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

I ran for 40 minutes last week, a new milestone for the last three years of running for me. I've created a cottage industry at work teaching others how to use the new-ish dynamic array functions in Excel. I'm making a lot of people very, very… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

House of Tricks. Super cute outdoor dining patio, great food. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Two years ago

It reminds me a little of the (possibly apocryphal) story about a postal letter getting to Charles Schulz, when the only thing on envelope was a picture of Snoopy. [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

At the end, when we see Bronwyn in the gas station, and the two women are saying "I think it's her", etc, etc, one of them says "Stark", and Bronywyn corrects her, "Lark", and then the woman says "no, it's… [more]
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FanFare comment - Two years ago

I, for one, welcome our new robot rock band overlords
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MeFi post - Two years ago

Experiment complete: Now *that's* science! [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

On her 12th birthday, Yoyoka covers Deep Purple (slyt)
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MeFi post - Two years ago

Bang Your Head (It's a Celebration)!
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MeFi post - Two years ago

How BoJack Horseman Got Made, an oral history
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MeFi post - Two years ago

I'm not sure if these count as weird, but they are memorable. 1) When I was 16 (let's just agree it was around 35 years ago), I went to Cape Town, South Africa to visit my grandmother. Ahead of the trip, someone at my high school asked, in all… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

I've spent a lot of my (non-professional) adult life volunteering to support victims of gender-based violence (sexual assault, domestic violence). About 7 years ago I started working with a program for men, many of whom had committed crimes rooted… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

I've been thinking a lot about these issues lately, and I want to contribute more to this discussion later when I'm not at work. But for now, I think there are some parallels between this article and this previously, about the idea that some kinds… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

The channel's name checks out (Several LYT)
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MeFi post - Two years ago

Best: leaning hard into my relationship with a great massage therapist. There aren't many things that make me actually happy, but she's one of them. Worst: a two-day hospital stay for severe anemia after I fainted a bunch. Super (super)… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

...swelled with love like two perfectly popped pans of Jiffy Pop
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MeFi post - Two years ago

I was rejected from a social service job I applied for (a second time), although the hiring manager said some extremely kind things about me along the way of telling me I didn't get it (which wasn't surprising, since my experience in the area is all… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

Downhill biking on an “Beyond Expert” trail in BC (SLYT)
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MeFi post - Two years ago

ASL WAP (sltwitterv)
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MeFi post - Two years ago

I had a friend who went through nursing school, and for one of her classes they did a one day count of people living in their cars. She asked me to help her, so I did. For four hours we drove through Seattle neighborhoods. She had a two page sheet… [more]
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MetaTalk comment - Two years ago

“Many people, all with the best of intentions, have said that if I walk away from UNC, I will have let those who opposed me win. But I do not want to win someone else’s game. It is not my job to heal this university, to force the reforms… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

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