Remove lid. Add water to fill line. Replace lid. Microwave for 1 1/2 minutes. Let cool for 3 minutes.

The Best of The Week

Ask a Human: Greg Answers #5 (fiction) by Zephronias

The scene opens with Greg sitting in front of the camera. His face is flushed, and he is giggling as he focuses the camera.

"Hehe, okeedokee, folks. X'melborp's busy, so I'm running the show today, and I am on like fifteen different kinda alien pain killers. Let's rock." He spins around in the swivel chair. "First one is. . . "

Onscreen, a line of text appears:

What is the purpose of birds?

"Shit dude, I dunno. Next."

Another question appears.

Greg, why are you always grouchy?

"I just told you I've got enough alien drugs in me to start a pharmacy. I'm ecstatic. Next."

How many bones have you broken, and have they all healed?

"Broke my left arm once, right leg twice. Yes, they're healed. Humans are squishy, but if we don't die, we usually…

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In Mary Lewis' Room (personal) by lostcauser

 

 

My grandmother, on my mother's side, lived in Olive Branch, Mississippi, and when I was young, she had a live-in housekeeper; Mary Lewis was “a colored woman”, in the language of the day, she used to dip snuff and she had a quilting table. 

Once a week my mother and I would go to my…

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Templates and the death of medicine (essay) by lizardinlaw

One of the many problems that are killing medicine in the US and especially primary care is templates.

Templates are a nightmare.

Why?

In a template, for back pain, there is a list of questions and in some there is also a list of answers. The "provider" asks the questions on the list and then checks off the answers. This is absolutely terrible brainless stupid failure of medicine. Because the most important answer that the patient gives is the one…

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News for Noders

Everything2 News, July 2017 by Tem42 Sat Jul 01 2017 at 16:39

July 1: Brevity Quest 2017 begins!

July 4: Alice’s Day (AKA Alice in Wonderland Day); also Independence day in the US.

July 19-24: Hemingway Days; party central is Key West, Florida.

July 31: Harry Potter's Birthday.


If you have anything to add to this calendar, let Tem42 know.

Everything2 News, June 2017 by Tem42 Thu Jun 08 2017 at 0:03

SciFiQuest 3017: The Frontier that Wouldn't End... hasn't ended. Still. See the quest node for details.

June 4: Aesop's Birthday.

June 11: TerribleAspect's birthday!

June 16: Bloomsday.

June 19: Juneteenth.

June 21: The first day of summer (northern hemisphere) and winter (southern hemisphere).

June 25 SciFiQuest 3017: The Frontier that Wouldn't End has ended.

June 28: Tau Day.


Get ready for Brevity Quest 2017, coming soon to a website near you!


If you have an item for this calendar, /msg Tem42.

Everything2 News, April 2017 by Tem42 Sat Apr 01 2017 at 14:58

April 1: April Fool's Day has been cancelled. Everyone just go home.

April 6: Happy birthday, borgo!

April 7: Happy birthday, Tem42!

April 12: Yuri's Night

April 22: It's Earth Day, fellow earthlings!

April 24: Happy birthday, Rancid_Pickle!

April 24: It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown!


SciFiQuest 3017: The Frontier that Wouldn't End is coming May 1st!

If you have something to add to the monthly news, /msg Tem42.

March 2017 - TLS is Live! by jaybonci Mon Mar 27 2017 at 16:02

Hello everyone,

As you can see in your URL bar, TLS (https://) is live!

What does this mean for you?

We are on the lookout for various browser warnings. All of the themes have all been ported over. There are some http assets in some of the second-tier superdocs, but we'll clean those up as we find them. If you are seeing crazy browser warnings or can't access the site, please drop me an email. On-site messages or Github issues are also good for keeping track of broken things.

We should see an increase in search engine traffic as they tend to penalize non-https sites. This is one of the steps to continue to secure the future of the site, and I'm very pleased we're able to get it done.

Additionally, the load on the server is considerably higher. I've pushed some changes to stabilize it, but we may experience some choppiness. Please let me know if you get connection errors

A lot of really old features or features that won't handle the 301 redirect properly may break. We'll do what we can to support them, but this is one of the instances where old broken stuff might just end up staying broken.

-Jay

Everything2 News, March 2017 by Tem42 Sun Mar 12 2017 at 13:33

Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt.

March 14th: Pi day.

March 20th: The first equinox of the year.

March 23rd: Today was grundoon's birthday.

March 28th: Happy birthday lizardinlaw!

March 31st: Happy birthday mad girl's love song!


If you have an item for this calendar, /msg Tem42.