Homeownership is bullshit, part eleven million:

Over the weekend, D managed to knock the showerhead + arm completely off the shower body by (he says) lightly brushing it with his hand while he was reaching up to rinse his arm. I am relatively okay with reattaching bath fixtures most of the time, but could not for the life of me figure out how this one was supposed to go back on (and Google didn't give me any how-tos that matched the make/model we have), so I called a plumber. $80 and a lot of water sprayed on the ceiling later, I now know that the thing holding the shower arm in place is a set screw approximately the size of a tardigrade which probably went down the drain when it first popped off. Did the plumber have one the right size in his van? No! But could he give me a part number so I could order one myself? Also no!

So I went down a rabbit hole of looking up the invoice from the bathroom renovation 2 years ago and following links on Delta Faucet's website until I'm 90% confident I was able to order the right part from Amazon. The package arrives tomorrow, wish me DIY luck!

Parts~ma!

I took my dogs for a walk before work this morning and saw four new Harris signs. I saw another new one while driving a couple of days ago. Still vastly outnumbered by Trump signs, but it is kinda encouraging to finally see some. I'm still thinking Trump will win the election though. Things are so close and with Trump still leading on the economy, it just seems like he'll prevail.

I keep getting emails from the Harris-Walz campaign warning me that I'm running out of time to buy campaign merch, and if I miss out, I won't have anything to look back on after November! Unfortunately, I bought campaign merch in 2016 and it wound up being the most depressing set of buttons/stickers/magnets I have ever owned, so NO THANK YOU. I will happily give money, please do not send me ANYTHING in return.

That does not sound very sensible but does sound very believable, Jessica (the faucet part, not the campaign swag, which agreed is potentially depressing and which I feel I can absolutely buy after November if I so desire!)

Parts~ma.

Nice to hear about the signs, Gud. I hear reports from lots of red areas of surprising numbers of Harris signs. eta: here it is a noticeable lack of Trump signs compared to the past

I hear you on the swag. I did get several shirts which I wear out and about. Subtle ,la and blue flamingo stuff that only like-minded people tend to notice. My niece and I both wore our blue wave cat shirts to her son's soccer game, and she had pearls on too and no one noticed at all, but we were pleased with ourselves for the subtle message. She's a teacher so she can't wear blatant political swag. It is a stab in my heart every time I come across my 2016 t-shirts that I can't bear to toss or wear.

I did buy a shirt this time, Even though I have a swag museum in my closet.

erika, the Hillary you sent me still hangs out on the shelf right across from where I'm sitting.

That's cool. I've also added to my action figure collection. I bought Fauci and Zelensky(I have a Kamala, too)

It is getting cool here so I made yummy pumpkin chili! Pureed pumpkin, tomatoes, lentils, garbanzo beans, peppers, garlic, and artichoke hearts. Served with avocado slices because I like chunks of avocado in my chili instead of putting cheese on top. It was very autumn like!

I wonder if I could just leave out the tomato? Or would it need some other acidic element? This allergy is so annoying. I need someone to make a cheat-sheet for substituting tomato in recipes.

I wonder if I could just leave out the tomato?

Maybe you could adjust a white chili recipe? I haven’t tried this one, but it seems pretty typical for white chicken chili. [link]

There are also bean options out there.