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    User name does not check out
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    Was out of town last week, so I only just resumed my work on the cabinets. Waiting for the last couple shelves to cure, but started to put up my doors. I'm really pleased overall, except the fit is just slightly off on some of the doors. I'm not sure if they were this way before (certainly possible, all I could see was the painful honey oak), or if not keeping track of specific hinges threw it off just a little bit. Any suggestions to perfect the alignment?
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    I don't think I've read any of these since I turned 26 (36 now), so it would definitely be interesting to see what I get out of a lot of these books now that I've been out in the real world for a while.
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    I need to sprinkle some classics into my non-fiction. I don't know that it's fair to mention any that I particularly hated, since they were primarily in high school and I was "forced" to read them. I have tried to start The Sound and the Fury a couple of times without picking up much steam. Top 3 are... 1. 100 years of Solitude- It's been a decade since I read this, and I'm hopefully going to Colombia in a couple months, so due for a re-read. 2. 1984- I'm a glutton for punishment I guess, because well-done books/shows/movies that are terrifying and depressing are often my favorites. 3. East of Eden- My now-wife gave me this to read when we first started dating, so fortunately I loved it just as much as she did. Multi-gemerational stories seem to capture my attention (see #1). Catch-22 and A Brave New World probably round out the top 5. Man, I really need to read more.
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    Member when you had to drop out of the presidential race because you did a goofy, yelling fist pump? I member...
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    I feel like most people are at least passingly familiar with dinosaurs and animals of the ice age. But the time between produced some really weird shit that hardly anyone knows about. Paraceratherium, gigantopithecus, fucking entelodonts? Aka giant rhino-giraffe, sasquatch and hell pig. Terrifying.
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    Prehistoric shit is my jam, so I picked this up at the library and I know I'm going to love it just a few pages in. Rach chapter, he describes a specific location of a given epoch/era as if you are there, observing the landscape and its inhabitants.
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    Why not?
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    May be a pen-raised escapee, but given the craziness of that storm, a bird blowing in from the Katy Prairie seems possible. Definitely looks like a bobwhite, despite the odd coloration.
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    Cross-post from birding thread. It's moments like these when I really wish I was a photographer, and not just holding my phone up to my binoculars. This red-tailed hawk pulled a purple martin right out of the house. Its comrades were not pleased.
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    This red-tailed hawk could not give fewer fucks about the dozens of purple martins mobbing it as it calmly landed on the side of the house, jammed its talons into a hole and pulled out one of the birds.
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    I'm confused if people are unaware of these facts, don't believe them, don't care or don't think that it will impact them or their offspring. It baffles me, honestly.
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    And by will have devastating consequences, I mean is having devastating consequences currently. It's not just a turtle going extinct here or there. Biodiversity loss will harm future generations of humans. So I believe that while population decline may put a financial burden on generations such as my own, fewer people consuming less is a good thing long-term, for both people and the planet. Insect populations plummeting North America has lost 3 BILLION birds All wildlife populations collapsing Massive loss of natural habitat Fisheries are depleted
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    You can think humans aren't a virus that need be eradicated while still believing that our march to 10 billion people will have devastating consequences.
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    Moses?
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    2 year sleep regression is underway. I don't know if that's a typical thing, but he will NOT fall asleep in his crib. Once he's out, he can be moved there and will usually sleep through the night. I'm ready to get back to sleep training and let him cry it out, but my wife is understandably reluctant, because there is a 50/50 shot that he will work himself up into a coughing fit and puke everywhere. Fun stuff.
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    Please check all that apply: 1. ✔️ 2. 🤏 3. ✔️ 4. 5. 🤏 6. ✔️ Hookem's parents, probably
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    Yep, a young male that hasn't attained the fully red plumage of an adult
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    I'm working backwards on Korean History. Read The Two Koreas, written way back in '97, on the political history of the peninsula post-Korean War. You know who doesn't care for presidential immunity? The South Koreans. It seems like all their presidents end up behind bars. I'm now working on this... Pretty captivating so far. I don't know really anything about Chosin Reservoir, but it doesn't seem like it's going to go well. My grandfather served in this war, but I unfortunately don't know any further specifics.
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    Spring migration is peaking probably today through the weekend. Lots to see out there right now. Had a nice golden-winged warbler along Brushy Creek earlier and probably a dozen orioles.
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    Rolling wasn't so bad, except for inside the cabinets, but I wasn't too particular other than getting decent coverage near the opening. Liking the two-tone look so far. Going to start sanding shelves and the top doors are done, so the top should be fully done in the next week or so.
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    Sprayer for the doors. Brush and roller for the boxes
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    I know I'm annoying because I think Bandit's unicorse, and especially the lawyer puppet, are hilarious. Bluey is my morning go-to while wrestling the 2 year-old into his clothes and brushing his teeth. He definitely likes jamming out to to the intro more than the actual show. Bluey theme, wheels on the bus and any Red Hot Chili Peppers are probably his top 3 songs at the moment.
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    I'm starting to think maybe people were always very dumb, but prior to the internet, only a select few were able to prove it to the masses. Now, we're all trying to drop the hottest takes on TikTok, and our idiocy is really starting to shine through.

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