Instead of letting all that gourmet gnocchi and salmon go to waste, the Duane family hosted an impromptu free dinner for the Sacramento’s homeless population. While the bride didn’t see the event, her mother shared the family’s bittersweet feelings.
He didn’t deserve her
^^^
This is an amazing concept – the link between music and brain activity is fascinating in and of itself, but designing something to help those with dementia using that is wonderful…
Today has been stressful. Not in the sense of I had to do anything super stressful, but just in the sense of we had the mortgage valuation survey, the actual survey-survey (*house inspection) and the prospective purchasers popped around for another visit. This meant our house had to be back up to show-standard, which wasn’t that far off where we were…
…but did mean that both Kathryn and I were super stressful; and despite the fact that we’re both fairly certain there’s nothing hideously wrong with the house, I always imagine the surveyor coming in and going “Oh DEAR. You’ve got dry-rot and wet-rot and this whole wall is about an inch from exploding, and how long have you had that infestation of kangaroos? You’ll need to get that dealt with”.
Or something like that.
Actually, though, the surveyor said that he couldn’t really find anything much of concern. The front wall, adjoining the neighbours house, is apparently very slightly damper than would be ideal, but it’s not affected the paint and despite the fact we’ve had that area almost completely blocked off with records most of the time here, they’ve shown no signs of damp, and nor has it got even the faintest sign of mould. So it’s pretty marginal. He commented on very little else… so I think our house should get the clean bill of health it deserves.
I believe the mortgage valuation should be okay.
And it turned out the sellers wanted to ask about what furniture they could buy with the sale, and were wanting to check about various modifications they’d like to make (downstairs toilet, for example) and wanted to ask the surveyor about how much of a problem that’d be…
What I also found out is that for [reasons], the buyer’s solicitors don’t seem to have passed them any of the information we’ve sent. I don’t quite know why that is. I’m going to ring my solicitors and chase them.
So, all in all, it wasn’t actually stressful at the time, but it woke me at 2am, which seems to be the new go-to time for insomnia for me…
powell’s city of books (portland, or)
@bioticbooty works here and I am so jealous
It’s literally heaven
YOU WORK THERE? *drools*
I don’t understand how anyone can work there. I mean, if I worked there I’d never have money for food, or a place to live…
…unless…can you live there too?
Hands-free wheelchair controlled by leaning
I’ve some issues with the language used in the video, but it looks conceptually neat to me. Having never been in a wheelchair myself, I’ve no idea if it’s a good idea – but I’m sure many folks have experience and could provide sensible input :)
Chicagoans detail abusive confinement inside Homan Square police ‘black site’
How in hell did I miss this. And what the ever-loving fuck?!
Okay, so I might get a lot of hate for this, I might not. I don’t particularly care either way, as long as word gets out about this, because it’s extremely important to me.
As I’m sure most people know by now, bees are disappearing at alarming rates. Simply put, our entire species could not survive without them. This is due to a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).
Many vegans opt to use agave nectar instead of honey, because agave nectar is plant based. But harvesting of agave nectar is threatening the existence of two other endangered species: Mexican long-nosed bats (who live strictly off of nectars – primarily agave nectar) and the Jaguarundi (a solitary feline who basically looks like a love child between a jungle cat and a ferret.) Approximately 113,126 acres of these animals’ habitat were destroyed from 1991 to 2000, and more has been destroyed since.
On the other hand, beekeepers are essential to increasing bee populations. They monitor the bees’ health and help protect them from dangerous parasites and pesticides that are suspected to cause CCD. In addition, well-kept bees never need to use the amount of honey they produce; Honey is made by the bees to consume only when there is not enough food for them outside the hive. In the care of a good beekeeper, this will only happen during the winter months, and the keeper will leave enough honey for the bees to thrive until it’s spring again.
It’s best to buy local, organic honey if at all possible. Local beekeepers will not use dangerous factory-farming methods, and it helps maintain your local bee population! If you want to help bees in a more active way than buying local honey, you can plant a bee garden or even become a small-scale beekeeper! (I don’t have a link for this, it’s best to check out local resources. Maybe even ask the person selling honey at your farmer’s market!)
this is so interesting!! anyone have more information on this?
