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In the spirit of trying new things and posting again, I'm going to rec you something new every day for the month of January: things to watch, things to read, things to buy, things to make . . . whatever. I'm calling it 'Promethia recs stuff.' Because I like stuff, and I bet you do too.

First up, a podcast:

Spilled Milk

Spilled Milk is a show where, "we cook something delicious, eat it all, and you can't have any."

Actually, the tag line is a bit misleading: sometimes they don't cook at all. What hosts Molly Wizenberg and Matthew Amster-Burton do do is get together every week to discuss a particular variety of food, eat examples of it, and crack themselves up running hysterically off-topic. Subjects range from vinegars to squash to frozen burritos to Dim Sum and Icelandic convenience store food. It's refreshingly light and brief if, like me, your podcatcher is full of two-hour-long, information-dense talking head shows. And the hosts have a rhythm and improvisational patter that I could listen to all day.

I would recommend this podcast even if you don't like food. Though: what is wrong with you?

Sample episode: Pumpkin Spice. In which our intrepid hosts read the Pumpkin Spice issue of the Trader Joe's catalogue and face their prejudices about the PSL. I listen to this one every fall.

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Date: 2 Jan 2017 10:22 pm (UTC)
elisi: (Eleven (b&w))
From: [personal profile] elisi
Who are you and what have you done with Proton?

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Date: 2 Jan 2017 10:31 pm (UTC)
elisi: Edwin and Charles (Default)
From: [personal profile] elisi
*impressed*

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Date: 3 Jan 2017 07:16 am (UTC)
elisi: (Eleven (b&w))
From: [personal profile] elisi
Well, those are important things.

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Date: 3 Jan 2017 12:54 pm (UTC)
elisi: Edwin and Charles (Default)
From: [personal profile] elisi
Poor you! Hope you feel better soon.

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Date: 3 Jan 2017 02:34 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] owlboy
I came here to ask the same question.

Soon she will be updating as much as me and the thought is too terrifying to bear.

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Date: 3 Jan 2017 12:21 pm (UTC)
elisi: Orlo from The Great (C4) (Special Snowflake)
From: [personal profile] elisi
We can distract her with typology.

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Date: 3 Jan 2017 12:43 pm (UTC)
elisi: Five grin (Happy)
From: [personal profile] elisi
LOL

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Date: 3 Jan 2017 07:05 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] owlboy
How do you work on Ne. For me ''working on Ne'' means talking myself down from making impulsive financial decisions at 5am on Ebay.

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Date: 4 Jan 2017 12:39 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] owlboy
>>forcing yourself into situations where you have to improvise and can't really plan.

I'm at a point in my life where the thought of that makes me cringe, now we're coming up on the 10th anniversary of me arriving in a strange country with naught but a suitcase

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Date: 4 Jan 2017 01:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] owlboy
I know haha. I mean I don't have to go about making myself improvise bc I have a long list of ''jesus christ, why the fuck did i do that?'' experiences now, and the thought of *actively* developing the thing that made me fuck off halfway around the world for no reason makes my eye twitch.

About me:

Parapsychological librarian and friendly neighborhood heretic.

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