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kolzumi:

I just want to remind everyone in the US (excluding Arizona) that Daylight Savings Time begins tomorrow (March 8th, 2015) at 2:00 am.

That means that tomorrow morning, some automatic clocks (especially satellite-operated ones) will go from 1:59 am to 3:00 am. If you are awake during that time and see that change, do not worry! You did not lose time!

Try to remember to change your clocks tonight so that you’re on track for tomorrow if possible!

I’d really appreciate it if this gets reblogged so nobody panics due to the time change tomorrow. Thank you!

(Note: the above information also applies to Canada, except for Saskatchewan, which is already on DST because it is always on DST. Europe’s change is three weeks from now. I figured that if I was talking about the U.S. and Canada, I ought to include Mexico, but Wikipedia informs me that Mexico’s relationship with DST is too complicated to fit in this parenthetical.)

That faint sound you hear in the distance (or, if you are justice-turtle, the fairly loud sound nearby) is the sound of Arizonans laughing.

No matter. I will be eating dinner by sunlight tomorrow, and that is the important thing.

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#Daylight Savings Time #PSA #nearly time to switch modes on my brain’s Arizona<—>Eastern translator #(…close enough) #and turn on the short-term correctors on the European translators

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harry2016:

HOLY TRINITY 

 

fannishminded:

MULTIPLE people I am following are asking what these are, why we call them holy when only one has a hole. If they are made by the same company, and what is with us praising these.

I weep for you people, from other countries. WEEP.

Aussies may have Tim Tams.

EU may have Kinder and All sorts of fantastic biscuits.

USA? Has GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.

Not only are these things SINFULLY good, they are only sold for a bit over 1 month of the year, depending on region, that month of the year changes.

That middle one is Chocolate, Caramel Coconut. The left one is Peanut Butter, chocolate and sex on a stick aka crumbly cookie/biscuit.

You can eat em straight from the box, but pros? Pros eat these bad boys frozen.

And thin mints, man. that right one? THIN MINTS. You may have heard of these. Chocolate biscuit infused with mint essence coated in dark chocolate.

Yeah.

Those thin mints.

The Thin Mints for which every grown ass American on a Medical Diet cries for when they see a girlscout.

The Thin Mints with 1000 copycats, and not a one of them successful.

Girl Scouts, regularly boycotted by Fundies and Anti-choice nutters, not only taste amazing, but you get the joy of giving money to a good cause, while subtly flipping the bird at overly wound up fundie groups.

It’s like donating to Planned Parenthood and getting a box of double dark chocolate with fudge filling tim-tams especially made for them.

 

doctorcakeray:

The reason we eat them frozen is that we buy as many boxes of thin mints as we possibly can during that short sale period, and then store them for the dark months, like proud American squirrels.

 

landscapesclothesandfootball:

PROUD AMERICAN SQUIRRELS.

 

pjcalamity:

AMERICAN SQUIRRELS REPRESENT

 

kyliesparks27:

This is the greatest explanation of Girl Scout cookies I’ve ever seen

 

elenabernalt:

Hey… gives us some, haven’t you been told to share?

 

justice-turtle:

NOBODY SHARES THIN MINTS, BUY YOUR OWN ;-)

fuck I missed it again, I hate being broke, SOMEDAY I will have money during February and buy Girl Scout cookies

Are there any late booth sales in your area? I know I looked it up recently and saw that the Girl Scouts of Western New York (my nearest council) had booth sales going well into March.

Unfortunately, my parents have since decided we’re not going to NY again until April. :(

(For the record, Canada has Tim Tams and Kinder. The Girl Guides here sell mint cookies in the autumn, but they have a layer of Oreo-like cream on top, just below the chocolate coating. Since I’ve never been too fond of Oreo cream, I find it renders them inferior to proper Thin Mints.)

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#Girl Scouts #food #reply via reblog #I own a Samoa keychain #I don’t even *like* Samoas #but it was the only cookie keychain the Girl Scout store had left in stock #(I hear they’re called Caramel DeLites now) #(whatever) #(I doubt they taste any better) #home of the brave

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ithilienne:

If you’ve never driven across Montana, it does this thing where – the sky in Montana is gigantic, they call it ‘Big Sky Country’ and that’s not just advertising – and there’s mountains in the distance and you think that you’re going to get to them but then you don’t, and you realize you are going to spend the night in Montana and then you drive and drive and the mountains never get any closer and never get any closer and then, holy shit i’m in the mountains! And it’s kind of like turning 30 in that regard.

ursulavernon, as quoted in Kevin and Ursula Eat Cheap, Episode 89 “I Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Ramen” (the story then devolves into what happens when you’re traveling to college and find yourself at the small town’s singular restaurant on a Sunday morning after church)

 

tkingfisher:

Yes. I do a weekly podcast where my husband and I eat prepackaged food and get inebriated. For some reason, otherwise sensible people listen. (Also a very short one called the Hidden Almanac, but that’s weird alternate history and only five minutes long.)

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#Ursula Vernon #we listen because it’s *hilarious* #seriously I highly recommend KUEC if you are having a bad day #cheers me right up

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linguisten:

Basic order typology, New York style

(Source)

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#home of the brave #brings back memories of every road trip I’ve taken since I moved to Canada #(we keep meaning to do a *Canadian* road trip sometime) #(but we always end up in New York) #(with rest stop stores filled with I Heart NY trinkets) #also #language

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nathanieljosephruess:

californians: every time you complain about it being somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 degrees, i add a dollar to the fight jar. eventually i will have enough dollars in the fight jar to purchase a plane ticket to california and fight each and every one of you individually

I was nodding along with this post at first, but then I remembered:

Natural disasters Ontario is prone to: basically nothing except ice storms.

Natural disasters California is prone to: basically everything except ice storms.

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(Pretty sure living in Ontario, CA does not let you have the best of both worlds. Alas.)

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#our home and cherished land #home of the brave #weather

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unmovinggreatlibrary:

 

ursulavernon:

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ursulavernon:

ksonney:

christian-libertarian:

Most common cause of death in Georgia is Russian invasion…

See Ursula? It is NOT Mothman in WVa

Mothman strongly resembles a small Balrog. I think they’ve just confused their taxonomy.

Mothman doesn’t cause death – he merely presages it!  Gosh

Oh no! I will not take by swayed by Moth-apologists! Mothman shows up, people die! The first few times, okay, sure, maaaaybe it’s a coincidence, but once the bridges start falling down, it’s Mothpocalypse Now!

Typhoid Mary thought she was just unlucky, too, but she was directly responsible. When will the world learn that If Mothman does not wash his hands before preparing food….

…wait, I think I got confused there. Um.

Moral of the Story: Mothman Should Not Cater Your Child’s Birthday Party For Multiple Reasons.

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#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog