I'm just sad because I haven't seen the sun in days. (It's possible there was some I missed yesterday...)

Aurelia, yrs. we enjoyed it a lot.

It sounds like a picture-perfect day, Consuela. Given the sock swallowing, sock barfing is a good thing.

For a fruit fly trap that uses science instead of plastic wrap

I'm pretty sure plastic wrap is 100% made of science.

Consuela, your day sounds magical!

Sometimes I want Owen to be my best friend. He'd be the coolest best friend EVER.

Seriously! I just read Cashmere's fb post about this out loud to Bob. What a cool kid!

I'm thinking about getting my friend who's house burned down a Sephora gift card because she loves makeup and I feel like that's the sort of thing that insurance wouldn't replace.

Last hivemind question for the night: If you were charging for writing trivia questions, how much would you charge? Between $5 and $10?

I'm thinking about getting my friend who's house burned down a Sephora gift card because she loves makeup and I feel like that's the sort of thing that insurance wouldn't replace.

Plus, it'll make her feel a little better right now, which would be a good thing.

Amy,

is the charge per question? Do you have to do research for it? Do it by the hour? How many Qs can you write per hour? What is your hourly rate?

we enjoyed it a lot.

I'm glad! It's been fun to work on.

Consuela, what a lovely day, thanks so much for sharing it. It made me happy just to read it, but it made me even happier that it happened to you because you've been stuck in such a long awful slog, and I know what that feels like. Those days of respite are such a gift.

Suela, that sounds awesome, other than the dog eating a sock (!?!)

Speaking of bald (or very short haired) beauties, ever since you commented on it here I've been noticing whenever I see a woman with hair around your length and I can see what you mean. Far more black women of all ages tend to opt for that hair length. White women, especially older white women, run a very distant second

Definitely--I think also there's less lesbian association with it for black women. I mean, yeah, I'm sure there's still some questions, but I feel like it's way more of a signifier for white women to have a shaved head/very short hair than for a black woman to have a TWA.

but did you know that Craisins are made of the leftovers from juicing the cranberries??

Are raisins juiced-grapes? If not, why does that work for cranberries? (I mean, I know Craisins are also sweetened and shit, but...would they taste more cranberry-y if they weren't juiced first? NOW I WANT TO KNOW.)

Craisins are made of the leftovers from juicing the cranberries

This makes me inexplicably happy.