Notices by spiegelmama (spiegelmama@infosec.exchange)

@ryanc Really? Which direction?

@ryanc @kajer moffles (for mocha waffles) is still pretty good

I do NOT need a two hundred dollar dress. But man, would this look amazing (or obscene) on me. #shopping #fashion #ElderGoth https://witchwoodbags.com/collections/shop-all/products/cecelia-30s-inspired-satin-maxi-dress-pre-order

Problem: I want to go outside and see the feral family, but Nibbler is doing this.

I guess the tabby babies will have to wait for this one to wake up. ❤️

@skinnylatte Where I'm from (New England), you get white fluffy dinner rolls with your American Chinese food. Not gonna lie, they're pretty delicious.

I've been improvising in the kitchen lately to feed my son, who's both autistic and a bottomless pit. And vegetarian, and lactose intolerant. So I thought I'd give him a break from beans+grain by baking eggs in bell pepper halves. I based it on an online recipe that includes ham as the flavor ingredient, substituting corn off the cob and sliced green onions.

Two fixes I'd make for next time: remember to check the yolks for doneness by poking them, because they will continue to look raw; and leave out the splash of milk (almond milk, to be precise). Most recipes for baked eggs use milk or cheese to help make the eggs soft and fluffy; problem is that wet eggs look raw, and some milks (including almond milk, sadly) curdle in the 400F oven. But overall, a decent success.

#HomeCooking #EggRecipe #WhatsForDinner

RE: https://newsie.social/@TheNeedling/116656086906706878

Very true. It's time we humans pulled our weight. Luigi Mangione excepted.

When I was out in the backyard today putting nuts out for the crows, the squirrel I've been calling Little Mama climbed to the top of the fence and stared at me. Usually she will come to the ground and silently ask for nuts, which I'll toss to her. Today, though, she seemed to want something, looking at me with her glossy black eyes. I held out a cashew and she took it with her tiny brown fingers, then sat there eating it, keeping an eye on me. When she finished, she begged again, and I gave her another cashew, and another, which she took in her little mouth. While she was eating, I laid out some other nuts to see what she liked best. She knocked the shelled pistachio off the fence post, but walnuts and macadamias seemed to pass inspection.

What an honor. I know lots of people befriend squirrels, but I didn't think I would. I just wanted a crow army. This is an unexpected bonus!

#YardFriends #SquirrelFriend #LittleMama

Life is too short to wear uncomfortable shoes. And yet, life is also too short to wear ugly shoes. What to do...

I was finally able to get a good recording of The Lady Catherine purring. She's got some motor. Maybe one of those motorcycle exhausts designed to be extra loud. Sorry about the YouTube link! I don't know how to add alt-text to YouTube, but the only audio is her purring. She's a chubby brown tabby with white paws and asymmetrical nose blaze getting brushed by my son, using a gray rubber hand brush that is shaped kind of like a kitchen sponge.

#CatsOfMastodon #catstodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #TheLadyCatherine #CatherineLadyDarlington #LadyCatherineOfDarlington

https://youtube.com/shorts/WeQvb9wxh5w

The dog in question

Wait, is that dog on the plane with us? I might be all turned around on this.

On one side, a woman whose phone is loud enough that I can hear her friend's voice. On the other, a man whose stink only became apparent when I took off my mask to drink coffee. Bah. I hate travel.

I couldn't keep this picture until Caturday. Here's The Lady Catherine begging for whipped cream. #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #TheLadyCatherine #CatherineLadyDarlington #LadyCatherineOfDarlington #FediCats

@LoganFive How are you feeling today, friend? To preemptively cheer you up, here's a picture of my fatter cat watching birds through the screen door.

When I say I'm a hat bitch, this is what I mean. #HatBitch #ElderGoth #GothMom

#SilentSunday

Nibbler has a late entry for Tongue-Out Tuesday. #CatsOfMastodon #Nibbler #blep #TongueOutTuesday #catstodon

My beautiful boy Nibbler is the only one in the house happy that it's 90F degrees today. But for his sake, I'll suffer. ❤️
#Nibbler #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #catstodon

Actual conversation with my very patient 18yo son last night.

Me: I'm sorry, kiddo, I'm all out of that short term, uh ...

Him: Memory.

Me: Yeah, memory. Short-term memory.

#BrainSquish #BrainBroke #BrainInsult #IIH #ChronicIllness #BrainFog