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Dec 14, 2022 19:06:42 GMT -5
Post by anaix3l on Dec 14, 2022 19:06:42 GMT -5
I sometimes catch myself saying "I wish [bla bla]" and then I think... would I really like that?
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Dec 16, 2022 14:08:52 GMT -5
Post by anaix3l on Dec 16, 2022 14:08:52 GMT -5
I could get up, shower and in half an hour I'd be gone.
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Dec 18, 2022 4:31:29 GMT -5
Post by anaix3l on Dec 18, 2022 4:31:29 GMT -5
I just got yelled at for committing the very sinful act of making someone else sin without their knowledge. I made a gift consisting of a bag of gingerbread. Since this person is very religious and fasts every day of the year (that's every Wednesday, Friday) about a month before Christmas, Easter and some other holidays, I checked the ingredient list to make sure it contains no animal products. It doesn't. But tucked in a corner, there was a "made in a factory that processes wheat, nuts, eggs" - well, apparently, that means it contains eggs. So it's a sin to eat them during the Christmas fast. Or to give them to someone who's fasting. And yes, I know that's for legal reasons just so that they cannot get sued in case there's some cross-contamination. I know the chances of eggs being in there are smaller than the chances of that happening in one's own kitchen.
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Post by ap on Dec 25, 2022 9:31:24 GMT -5
Heathen! 😀
I wish you a Merry CHRIticalMAS, Aero-friends. Cheers!
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Post by anaix3l on Dec 26, 2022 16:36:37 GMT -5
I stole a Christmas ornament from a store. For anyone who may have turned on the TV a bit later, it's Christmas. So stores got all decorated. It's not just a tree at the entrance, there's decorative stuff in lots of places in the stores, including along some shelf edges. A bit earlier, I found a little glitter-covered bell with a fuzzy ribbon under the hanger my coat is on. The coat I was wearing in this photo. The coat I wore when I went shopping earlier today. The damn thing must have stuck to my coat when I brushed something in the store... There's just no other place it could have come from. It's not like I've been elsewhere.
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Dec 30, 2022 10:38:19 GMT -5
Post by anaix3l on Dec 30, 2022 10:38:19 GMT -5
I'm trying to make a cake with a mirror glaze for the first time ever. I've made all the components, now I just need to soak the cake base in Amaretto, add the orange cream in between the layers and on the outside, freeze it until tomorrow, then coat it in the mirror glaze. Let's hope the result won't fall apart... too fast. I've made small quantities out of everything so it's a smaller cake and hopefully gets eaten in a couple of days. I only need it not to fall apart until then.
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Dec 31, 2022 13:25:29 GMT -5
Post by anaix3l on Dec 31, 2022 13:25:29 GMT -5
I completely fucked up the cake thing. It's yummy, but the shape is... well, the stuff nightmares are made of. I wish I had the equipment and the skill, but equipment doesn't feel like it's worth it without the skill and skill doesn't come without practice and practice won't ever give good enough results without the equipment.
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Post by AeroCooper on Jan 4, 2023 6:54:32 GMT -5
I saw a one-legged man at the ATM
...he was checking his balance.
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Post by anaix3l on Jan 15, 2023 10:44:12 GMT -5
I don't know why there's no theme thread, but... I hate the font of this theme. It's more difficult to read and it's too small.
Not to mention the contrast between the text and the background is bad.
This is the most NOPE theme for me so far.
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Jan 15, 2023 17:34:30 GMT -5
Post by VoodooMedicineMan on Jan 15, 2023 17:34:30 GMT -5
I agree with most of Ana's comments above. There is definitely some weirdness going on with the fonts. Some shrunk while other appeared to have grown.
Contrast has been an issue with a few of these. Making the font white here would help quite a bit, IMO. I think as a rule, either white or black should always be used, either as the font color or background. Pick one theme color, then go either black or white with the other to maximize contrast. Two mid tones get too muddy.
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Post by anaix3l on Jan 20, 2023 14:40:33 GMT -5
I just wanted to say this: if you notice something different at the theme that you hate, you should yell at me.
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Post by AeroCooper on Jan 21, 2023 11:48:54 GMT -5
^ The board is definitely looking better
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Post by redvers76 on Jan 22, 2023 5:12:51 GMT -5
I am off to see Dirty Honey tonight in a tiny 200 capacity venue… Christmas present from my wife… going to try and get front & centre! Will be rocking out to Last Child around 915pm UK time 😉
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Jan 22, 2023 7:43:35 GMT -5
Post by fwanger on Jan 22, 2023 7:43:35 GMT -5
I was just coming here to say that I didn't say much about the other templates (they all were pretty good imo) but this one, I like the font color on the background. Easy to see.
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Post by anaix3l on Jan 22, 2023 8:31:24 GMT -5
I completely fucked up the cake thing. It's yummy, but the shape is... well, the stuff nightmares are made of. I wish I had the equipment and the skill, but equipment doesn't feel like it's worth it without the skill and skill doesn't come without practice and practice won't ever give good enough results without the equipment. I eventually figured out what was wrong. I misread the package of gelatin and only used less than a fifth of what would have been necessary. No wonder my poor cake couldn't hold its shape. I've tried another fancy cakey thing (chocolate chip cakey base, apricot jam & whipped cream "glue", apple cream "hat" with apple purée inside, white choc & blood orange glaze (which ended up a light pink as there was way more white choc than blood orange juice) & biscuit deco) since, which did hold shape better with the right amount of gelatin, but again, the lack of equipment and the lack of patience... Because when you can't have the kitchen all to yourself, normal humans not into experimenting/ trying new things in all areas of life will get annoyed with you and the friction will make you just want to get it over with instead of getting it right... What I did get right were the apricot jam roses I baked earlier this week. Pretty much followed this recipe, only added the almonds on top (and also cloves & cinnamon in the dough)
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