katre @katre@masto.henchmonkey.org
Hello, Germany! I (and my family) am currently on a train going from Frankfurt to Munich, where I will be for the next few weeks. I am looking forward to a vacation.
My first attempt at homemade okonomiyaki. Shrimp and scallops for toppings, cabbage is from our CSA share.
It is not UK got here in Brooklyn, but it is in the 90s F (low 30s C), so I have updated my home office accordingly.
Off to my office today. That takes care of the month, right?
It turns out that I really like working from home, and that's ignoring the two hours of commute time I get back.
Confidential to last night's @katre : when a friend you've known for over a decade says something nice about you, they probably mean it and are not secretly making fun of you.
Sincerely, your insecurities.
Meat eating, root beer
To be clear, habenero is fine, it's root beer I disagree with.
Meat eating, root beer
My wife got me a beef jerky advent calendar, that was cool. Each day a different sample sized beef jerky flavor.
Except, why on earth would you end such a calendar on Root Beer Habanero Beef Jerky? Yuck, my mouth tastes disgusting now and I may not eat beef jerky ever again.
Went to #aikido weapons practice tonight, and Sensei said "good job" to me _twice_.
I may faint from all the praise.
My birthday was during Ramadan this year, so I didn't get a cake then.
I've decided that even if it's a few weeks late, I deserve a birthday cake, so that's today's baking.
katre
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Before joining Mastodon had you participated or were active on BBS (dial-up) or forums (vBulletin style) in the past?
Boosts are appreciated for better sample sizes.
In other non-annoyed-by-work news, we are eating a lot more yogurt because of Ramadan so I have set up the double boiler and I am heating milk to make more.
I am so glad my wife learned to make our own yogurt because it is very tasty and also very cost-effective.
In a work conversation this morning (starting early because I am annoyed), I was about to use the idiom "jump the gun", then realized I wasn't sure it was familiar enough to my non-English-native colleagues.
Anyone have any advice or reading I can do? I'm trying to be more inclusive, although all of my colleagues have excellent English I don't want to accidentally cause confusion.
katre
boosted
Also this place by itself is not better than twitter. It's the communities taking care of each other and treating people like people.
With each growth this is a test whether the communities are resilient enough to take care of newcomers.
So be excellent to each other, stick to your CoCs and let's weed out attention seekers and capitalism.
With each growth this is a test whether the communities are resilient enough to take care of newcomers.
So be excellent to each other, stick to your CoCs and let's weed out attention seekers and capitalism.
Hi Masto people!
Looking at this sign, I assume they sell coffee, and beat cheese, which is to say cheese made from bear milk. Which sounds disgusting.
There are several problems with baking cookies during #Ramadan:
1. The house smells delicious, but it's three and a half hours until sunset so I can't eat the cookies.
2. I have a pile of cookies, but it's three and a half hours until sunset.
3. I can't eat batter right out of the bowl!
Today is the second day of fasting for Ramadan. To everyone else who is observing, #RamadanMubarak!
Also, new profile pic! Now if we ever should meet, people won't expect such a wildman.
