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So, just a bit of a warning! Lenore and I are doing a bit of traveling this week — that's not the warning though. This is: If I am in the right lane of a three-lane highway that has a speed limit of 65 MPH, and I am doing 70 MPH, and you decide to drive right up my ass tailgate, please expect me to gently slow down until you are smart enough to pass me in either of the two left lanes available. Thank You, please return to your normal Newsfeed viewing. |
Yeah, I had some jerk do that to me yesterday. I mean, here I am, trying to go 80 in the slow lane and he just WOULD NOT go faster! What gives?!? Jerk. Move over if you want to go slower. There are two other lanes for you to poke around in. I need the slow lane to trick cops into thinking I'm not speeding!   |
Hey Gang! Today Is National Match Maker Day So here is a quick little activity to waste pass some time with — As you know I have three personalities muses or who boss me around gently guide my WdD activities. I know there are other people who have assigned personalities to their Muses. So Here's the deal!! Tell me briefly if you think your Muse is a good match for either; The Grumpy Leprechaun ![Merit Badge in The Grumpy Leprechaun
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Congratulations on your new merit badge! Thank you for supporting the Writing.Com community with your inspirations, participation and activities. We sincerely appreciate it! -SMs](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-A_Guav=202_Tortuga-2219147_14.gif) Apply, briefly, here in the Newsfeed, under this post! If you make Lilli 🧿 ☕ Reviewing BBL snort coffee out her dainty nose, you get a merit badge featuring your muses sole soul mate! NEWS FLASH!! Lilli has graciously offered a Coffee Merit Badge! A Twofer – Whatta Deal! The offer ends at Midnight WdC time 8 8/31/2024 Badge List ▼ |
O.O Tricky... Of the three, my muse probably lines up more with the the Grumpy Leprechaun. He just seems so energetic please a little bit of Irish Luck!  |
| My muse is the ex-wife who tore out my heart and left me a broken and shattered man, and the merest lumps of lifeless flesh God ever did put on the face of the Earth. At least I got my last romance novel out of the deal though, right? Perhaps, as she's left me to live a life of trolling pubs, getting smashed, and picking up strange men, she's become a "Pub Bunny"? I think that I've more than earned that particular merit badge...don't you? Since I never sleep anymore and drink coffee almost continuously now as a result...have I earned a coffee merit badge, too...if not both? |
Considering no one has ever seen a leprechaun and there's a high possibility they don't actually exist (*gasp*), that seems the best fit for my non-existent, disappearing muse.  |
| From: Inverse Daily – newsletter@inverse.com "You Need to See the Only Blue Moon of 2023 This Week The month of August ends on a bright note: the first and only Blue Moon of the year will appear on the night of Wednesday, August 30. The Moon’s phases are intrinsic to the human experience. It has a 29.53-day cycle, which creates or coincides with other patterns like the tides, human menstrual cycle, and the calendar months. Naming, counting, and watching Full Moons is an ancient practice that carries into today. If you don’t have clear skies forecasted for Wednesday, don’t worry. “The Moon will appear full for 3 days around the peak of the full Moon, from Tuesday night to Friday morning,” NASA officials wrote on Thursday." |
| It's not actually a Blue Moon. That'll happen next year. "It's Not a Blue Moon, Part I"  "It's Not a Blue Moon, Part II" Still awesome to look at. |
| Periodically hitting ctrl-s has become so ingrained, that I am now doing it on web pages that I don't need to save. Like this one, which I have started to save three times this morning. That is all. |
Lilli 🧿 ☕ Reviewing BBL has an interesting question over at QOTD "Question of the Day!" "QOTD: Monday 8/21" It's about food, one of my favorite subjects. And, Potatoes, one of my favorite foods. Dave's trying to catch up posted a recipe I intend to try, people are telling us their favorite ways to eat potatoes, and I just might have left a little something for you collectors — So stop by, tell us your favorite way to eat potatoes, and leave a comment!! |
Kind of off the beaten path, BUT, — I know that there are some fellow musicians here who dabble in writing music. There is a neat, well-thought-out, and extremely powerful music notation app for writing, arranging, and even publishing music called MuseScore. Best of all it's FREE!! It is quite capable and features a pretty good sound font set or playback with just the midi files already on your system. There are numerous tutorials available and the app is fairly intuitive. It's able to do everything the biggie, pay us a ton of money every year, apps do (Finale and Sibelius). One caveat is that music publishers do not accept MuseScore files. Publication is on their forum, which is also a great source of Free music. There is no charge for the forum unless you wish to join as a Pro, which includes extended download and upload rights. A further caveat, there is very little copyright protection offered, so publication via their forum has some risk. You can download MuseScore here: https://musescore.org/en |
| So here is something I just noticed! We all know (or I least Schnujo keeps reminding us that unless we click on Community Newsfeed that we might miss some really useful stuff handy content on the Newsfeed. But, here is what I just realized, it appears to me that when I post to the Newsfeed the default content rating is 18+! This means that on a post like this with no objectionable content, I am automatically excluding anyone filtering out content. Bottom Line — Remember to reset the content rating to suit the post's ACTUAL content!! |
You can actually go into your settings (somewhere) and set it so that your posts are rated differently from what you want to read. I could never remember to reset my content posts, so I figured I rarely post higher than 13+, so I set them to that. I believe you can easily set the posts you read (permanently? Not sure about that...) in the upper right corner of the Newsfeed.  |
Funny, someone notices this every couple months. Background: It's probably been six or more months ago that there were problems with a lot of people posting inappropriate content without adjusting their content rating. To help prevent this for continuing, The StoryMaster  changed the default content rating for everyone's newsfeed posts to 18+. Here's what I found about how it works: (See "Writing.Com 101" entry:804471 "Newsfeed" ) For convenience, set the content rating of your Notebook to cover the content of your typical notes, and then change the content ratings for notes that exceed that content rating. If you don't want to need to think about content ratings for your notes, set the content rating of your Notebook to cover the highest content you expect to post. Everyday activities often require a 13+ content rating, and mentioning events in the news often requires an 18+ content rating. The current content rating setting of the Notebook is shown at the upper right side of the Notebook tab. The default content rating setting of the Notebook is 18+. To adjust the content rating of your Notebook tab, click the gear icon on your Notebook tab at the top right to open the tab's manage area. Change the drop menu for the content rating to the correct content rating and wait for the swirling circle to change to a check mark. The content rating directive in the header of your Notebook will automatically change to match the new content rating. Click the X at the upper right to close the manage area. |
| That 101 entry was last update May 2022 so I think the 18+ default goes back at least that far. But I think it’s closer to 2 years now. |
| For those of you that are interested, this site: https://www.freebooksy.com/ Will send you a daily email with books that are being offered free of charge across various platforms. I like this one for several reasons: It allows you to choose multiple genres and does a pretty good job of sticking to your choices. It features many Book Ones of the author's series, rather than starting you off mid-series like some of the other free book sites do. I notice more SPAM from other sites, and this one seems to limit SPAM to extra book offerings. I have found books and series that I enjoyed reading. Hopefully, you might also. |
Yet Another Sunday Question For The Group! Has anyone here heard of, or used a product called Swerve Sweetener? It comes in several varieties including granulated, confectioners, and brown (and more). It is touted as not causing the tummy discomfort that other artificial sweeteners cause.  Has anyone here used the product? If you have used it; Has it affected your digestive system? Does it affect your recipes? I.E. Baking times, rise, texture?A YouTube baker who uses it indicates that she uses half the amount of Swerve that the recipes call for (of the sugar) to avoid an aftertaste.  I'm checking into the product because I really want to cut down on my sugar use, and if this is everything it's claimed to be it might be very helpful to that end. Any How — This is a recipe that just found its way into my email, it sounds interesting.
The biggest attraction to me is that a single serving (1/12 of the cake) has only 6g of carbs, which makes it an acceptable mid-afternoon snack for me. I am SUPPOSED to limit my snacks to 15gs or less. It would be even better with less sugar. Thanks!! |
Oops... Thank you for posting this. It helps when others pass along new avenues for us less fortunate souls to eat and drink. Food allergies suck big time. I told my doctor last week that I might as well stop eating and drinking. You just took 3 more things off my can-have list and added them to my can't-have or it could kill you list!  |
| I just had a look at the ingredients, and the main one is Erythritol. This is the same group of compounds as isomalt, sorbitol and the like. I have recently got a similar product, though I've yet to try it. The one time I encountered these "sugar alcohols" was...how should I put it?...educational. Your gut bacteria just love this stuff! In small amounts they can give you serious gas problems "downstairs". In larger amounts they can have quite the laxative effect. Apparently you body adjusts to it over time, but I'd suggest you start with small amounts and see how you get on. |
Dave Ryan   beat me to it. I have a relative who tried it and the laxative effect persisted and resulted on some dehydration. But her partner was fine on a few days, though he had gas as long as they used it. But it does not seem to affect everyone the same. |
     This sounds like it may be grist for the SYFY writers amongst us?!? From INVERSE Daily: https://www.inverse.com/inverse-daily "Starlink Satellites Are Leaking Radiation — With Consequences for Radio Astronomy" "A new study provides evidence that SpaceX Starlink satellites are emitting electromagnetic radiation in orbit — and this has the potential to disrupt astronomical observations. The study, published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, details the findings of the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope in the Netherlands. When scientists directed LOFAR to observe 68 Starlink communications satellites, they found Starlink radiation that often overlapped with the wavelength band designated for radio astronomy. The authors describe the Starlink radiation as “unintended,” but concerning.". |
Please Pardon This Re-Post From Yesterday! A Big Thank You — For All Of The Great Responses, I have already received. I am enjoying the insight and encouragement, so I thought I'd put out a weekday edition of the post! So I come with a bit of a question(s) seeking the wisdom of the collective. I am toying with a plot device/twist/idea and would like some opinions. You can read about it here;
If you care to respond/help me, I would happily hear all opinions, plus and minus, negative and positive. Any suggestions would also be appreciated. Please respond by using the review window, that will help keep the responses organized. ALL RESPONSES WILL GET AT LEAST 500 GP Especially Thought Out And Helpful Responses Will Recieve Between 2000 to 10,000 GP. |
So I come with a bit of a question(s) seeking the wisdom of the collective. I am toying with a plot device/twist/idea and would like some opinions. You can read about it here;
If you care to respond/help me, I would happily hear all opinions, plus and minus, negative and positive. Any suggestions would also be appreciated. Please respond by using the review window, that will help keep the responses organized. ALL RESPONSES WILL GET AT LEAST 500 GP Especially Thought Out And Helpful Responses Will Recieve Between 2000 to 10,000 GP. |
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