I wondered what she did with the time she spent
While waiting to pick up my family's turkey this afternoon, I finally asked the employee who was heroically manning the preorders table in the parking lot if I could buy him a hot drink. He said at first, jokily, "They feed me enough here!" and then after I explained that he was really doing the Dickensian shivering orphan thing—he had even pulled his hands inside the sleeves of his hoodie—that he was from California and really not adapted to the cold. I am not sure it comforted him to hear that my Oakland-born mother still bundles up as soon as the ambient temperature drops below 70 °F, but our conversation was overhead by a colleague who as I left with my turkey actually was going to bring him a hot drink from inside the store. Somerville has already hung out its Christmas garlands and we haven't even had the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Have some links.
1. Courtesy of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spatch: "they doxxed Ea-nāṣir." And he actually might not have been the worst copper merchant you've heard of.
2. Despite encounters from childhood with the art of John Singer Sargent thanks to proximity to the MFA, before reading this article I am not sure I had ever seen any of his portraits of Asher Wertheimer and his family, possibly because nine of the twelve of them are at the Tate. I agree on the theatrical quality of Asher's portrait, but partly because it's so obviously painted energetically mid-gesture, and playing at the same Rorschach as all viewers since 1898, the gesture looks to me like the middle of a conversation, conducted as enthusiastically as an argument even if you agree with him, and even if you disagree, Asher is about to score a point.
3. Shared immediately withhandful_ofdust on grounds of old film and witchcraft: Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki, "Kalinowy mostek/Bridge of Wayfarer Tree."
4. Courtesy of all over my friendlists: the rediscovery in a Chilean warehouse of John Ford's The Scarlet Drop (1918), thought lost since its initial release. Just its survival is neat to know.
5. Discovered via WHRB: Instant Girl, "Coruscate: She Lacked the Frivolity of Americana." I had never heard the band before, but correctly guessed the decade. The judgmental tone of the commentary at YouTube has mostly convinced me to check out their previous band, but the album itself is great.
This year in experiments in baking: a shortbread crust for a pumpkin pie and a salt caramel filling for a pecan. I am more confident about one than the other, but tomorrow we'll see.
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spatch: "they doxxed Ea-nāṣir." And he actually might not have been the worst copper merchant you've heard of.2. Despite encounters from childhood with the art of John Singer Sargent thanks to proximity to the MFA, before reading this article I am not sure I had ever seen any of his portraits of Asher Wertheimer and his family, possibly because nine of the twelve of them are at the Tate. I agree on the theatrical quality of Asher's portrait, but partly because it's so obviously painted energetically mid-gesture, and playing at the same Rorschach as all viewers since 1898, the gesture looks to me like the middle of a conversation, conducted as enthusiastically as an argument even if you agree with him, and even if you disagree, Asher is about to score a point.
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handful_ofdust on grounds of old film and witchcraft: Warsaw Village Band & Bassałyki, "Kalinowy mostek/Bridge of Wayfarer Tree."4. Courtesy of all over my friendlists: the rediscovery in a Chilean warehouse of John Ford's The Scarlet Drop (1918), thought lost since its initial release. Just its survival is neat to know.
5. Discovered via WHRB: Instant Girl, "Coruscate: She Lacked the Frivolity of Americana." I had never heard the band before, but correctly guessed the decade. The judgmental tone of the commentary at YouTube has mostly convinced me to check out their previous band, but the album itself is great.
This year in experiments in baking: a shortbread crust for a pumpkin pie and a salt caramel filling for a pecan. I am more confident about one than the other, but tomorrow we'll see.
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How are you with pistachios?
*hugs*
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In the trailer at the link, at the very end, are those flashes gunshot f/x physically scratched into the film? I had no idea that was a thing, and it could just be damage or some processing feature, but that's definitely what it looks like!
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It looks like it to me and
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Nice. I actually saw a sound-era example a few weeks ago and was incredibly surprised by it, but cannot now remember what the movie was!
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"they doxxed Ea-nasir" made me giggle disreputably. I''m always pleased to see people connecting with past people.
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I loved the commenter comparing the size of their apartments.
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Thank you for your service to Assyriology!
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You're welcome! Yes. They do not look so much like family per se to me—I had that experience with photographs of the Lodz Ghetto—but they look familiar.
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Betty in the double portrait with Ena actually does remind me of my aunt, but then in the later solo portrait not at all. This is an incredible Rorshach.
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post/3lasfkrmx222t
https://bsky.app/profile/jeffstormer.gobirds.online/
(Post reads:
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.)
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I hope they have since been alerted of further developments in breaking copper merchant drama!
(I am never going to get over the existence of the Ea-nāṣir fandom and I hope it never dies.)
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Thank you in hindsight of successful experimentation!
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Thank you! Both of them even worked out!
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The salt caramel filling in the pecan pie sounds wonderful.
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I love that they can be. Even if it makes it all the more annoying that the lost films I want have not yet turned up.
The salt caramel filling in the pecan pie sounds wonderful.
It was a hit! As noted below, would not take the extra time for the crust, but the filling itself was completely manageable. I did bust out a candy thermometer to make sure of the caramel.
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We made this version with some modifications, primarily employing a candy thermometer in the making of the caramel instead of just letting it boil for five minutes at unspecified medium heat and only decorating the top of the pie with concentric rings of pecans since most of the people in my family can't eat nuts. Would definitely not make the crust again, but if it's a kind of crust you are comfortable and successful with, go for it!
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Well, according to further replies, Ilabrat-bāni was not a good person to give money to if you wanted actual metal back in return.
(I have seen a macro which transfers the quotation from Pirates of the Caribbean to Ea-nāṣir: "You are without doubt the worst copper merchant I've heard of." – "But you have heard of me.")
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