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Stuff We Like #100 - Animals

11/30/2016

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We've reached the hundredth thing we like! That's a lot of things. Angel's back today with what seems like a broad topic...

I realized the other day that I've had a lot of animals in my life. A lot. Most of the time, I'd rather spend time with non-humans. They're just better company and I'm grateful for the sheer variety of animal friends I've had over the years.

Growing up, we had these:

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Standard Schnauzers are great family dogs. Very protective, super smart. But we also had these:
And sometimes took care of these:
In college, we ended up fostering these (even though our apartment didn't allow pets):
Now these regal ladies are the current ones in a long line of cats who have agreed to live with me:
I can't imagine a house without some furred, feathered or scaled companion living in it. I think it would break my heart. Luckily, everyone in my life has always felt the same way. :)
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Stuff We Like #99 - HRC buyer's app

11/23/2016

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Hello everyone! This week is brought to you by Freddy, and it's going to be short and sweet. No, really, this time it is.

Do you want to be able to support the queer community and their civil rights?

Good.

The Human Rights Campaign has an app that can help you with that.

You can search who your buying from and make informed decisions based on their ratings, because as we all know, money talks. Help support our community by making informed decisions on where and what you buy.

​<3 from Freddy



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Stuff We Like # 98 - Heaters

11/16/2016

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Toni here for another episode of Stuff We Like. Living in the tropics I don't have much use for heaters. However, when I visit anywhere where the temperature actually dips below 20C (68F) then they practically become my new best friends. As I found out on my recent trip down to Perth. I just about froze the entire time I was away. Even though the temp didn't drop below 5C (41F) while I was there, it was still too damn cold for my poor thin blood.

So I made friends with some heaters along the way. And I wanted to introduce you to them.
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This is Monte. He was my first friend. I set up position in front of him on the very first night I was in town, while I had Kieran edits to do.
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This is Punch and Judy. I found them at Woody Nook Wines when we stopped for lunch. I didn't get to spend any time with them though as we sat inside. :(
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Next I found Harold. He's a little bigger than Monte, but I don't discriminate about size. Harold was a real pleasure to spend time with in Margaret River.
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And lastly, this is Esmeralda. I found her at the Credaro Wine estate. Living the high life with the most spectacular views right on her doorstep.
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Stuff We Like #97 - Our Community

11/9/2016

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Today, Scott finds a silver lining on a day of dark clouds.

Yesterday was a rough day.

In the blink of an eye, everything has changed in a way that none of us saw coming, and we're now locked in for a bumpy ride as a community.

At a time like this, honestly, it's hard to like anything. It all seems so trivial at the moment, and it would have been easy to just skip this column this week and crawl back into bed. The last time I felt like this was 9/11, and at least then we had been attacked from the outside, and for a few brief and shining months, there was a sense of national unity.

So I am not generally in a liking mood.

But the more I thought about it, the more I realized there is one thing I like enough to blog about this week. Our community - the people around us who love us.

Part of our community is local - our friends who are just as shocked and devastated as we are, but who took time to reach out to us to see if we were ok, and who are standing beside us, whatever may come.

Part of it is family, who are every bit as saddened by this turn of events as we are.

And part of it is online. For me, it's the folks in the LGBTIQA writing and reading community. The ones who gathered around the campfire together the morning after, on The Novel Approach and on Queer Sci Fi to commiserate, cry, share love and try to rekindle some little spark of hope.

Mark and I have been fighting for our cause for sixteen years, and we've seen ups and downs. We've also learned that we are strong. We are battle tested. And we fight out of love, not hate.

I love every one of you - local friends, family, and the online friends I have made these last few years. You are my people, and we will stand together against whatever may come.

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Stuff We Like #96 - Lancaster County Drives

11/2/2016

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Angel's back with us to share what happens when she vanishes for the day:


Every month or so, my little family drives up into Lancaster County, PA so hubby can do some thrift and antique store hunting. Its Amish/ Mennonite country, so the son and I get a nice lunch out of the deal and keep him company. Now, there are many reasons why I couldn't live up there, not the least of which is that it's a very "red" area, conservative in its politics and religion, but it's a beautiful drive through country and alongside farms.

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The area is mostly known for its dairy farms, so there are many bucolic vistas of Holsteins and Guernseys happily grazing on grassy hills.

Lots of pretty barns.
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But it's always fun to see the variety of animals being raised up there. Chickens, goats, ponies, miniature horses, alpacas, the great draft horses and mules and all the cute sheep. There was even a bison farm for a bit, but they've moved on to other ventures.
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