In the US, the only time you’d have to boil water before drinking in most places is if there’s something wrong with the water system and they put out a “boil water” advisory, and that’s pretty rare. It’s definitely not something you have to on a daily basis. Some people will use water filters but it’s not usually a necessity.

Where in KY are you? If you’re near Louisville, look up Alley Cat Advocates or The Shamrock Pet Foundation, they may be able to help.

Cordyceps outbreak

Today I was out riding my ebike and I saw a couple walking their dogs. One of the dogs was a Golden Retriever, trotting along next to them. The other was a Pomeranian, who was being carried like a baby by one of its people.

Funnily enough, I made a watermelon-mint-feta salad last week. My wife and I tried one at a cookout last summer and we both loved it, I only just now got around to trying my hand at making one. It’s pretty hard to mess up :P

The weirdest thing I’ve ever eaten? Probably chicken hearts and livers baked in an oven at the supermarket deli where I was working at the time. My very sweet Chinese coworker was so excited to find them at our store. I guess she had a hard time finding them in the US. She was so happy, I didn’t have the heart to turn it down. It was OK. Tasted like dark meat chicken with a slightly weird texture. I wouldn’t go out of my way to eat it again, but it wasn’t gross.

There’s plenty of horny on Mastodon fwiw

Linux Mint on my main computer, and I’ve been using my old laptop for distro hopping but I think I might settle on MX Linux.

Also using Linux Mint. The only game I’ve had serious trouble running is Sims 3, which barely runs in Windows.

It wasn’t me who did it, but I was working at Walmart as a cashier one night and a middle-aged couple came to my register with a package of darts and a map of the US. They said they were gonna go home, put the map up on the wall, and each throw a dart. Whichever they liked better of the two locations they landed on, they were going to pack up and move to. I never saw them again so I guess they did it. I still wonder how it went for them.

There’s a lot of Beatles hate in younger Milennials/Gen Z. I assume it’s based in general resentment towards Boomers and not actual music analysis.

Spiders Georg really threw the average off

The Beatles are an amazing band

A newspaper?

I love Saucony. I got the Guide 16s recently to replace my last Cohesions, they already feel like they’re broken in.

This is the way, I think. Trying to swallow them whole will only lead to disaster, unless you have zero gag reflex (no judgment). And I think I’d go with artichoke dip.

Conlangs!

It’s been good so far. We had thought one of my cats had cancer, but we got a call from the vet yesterday and it turns out she doesn’t, so that’s excellent.

I’m trying out this timer app to try and keep myself on some kind of schedule. So far so good!

I…I don’t even know how this would work.

Louisville, KY, USA. It’s alright here.