#chores — Public Fediverse posts

Starting #stouturday with light fare, laundry, and wardriving. Reverse order, of course.

#destihlBrewery Moonjumper milk #stout

A basic milk stout, malty chocolate with a bit of sweetness. Silky mouthfeel but a bit thin.

#beer #wardrive #chores

The mister is off to a black tie event tonight, so I have activated my store of knowledge on the arcane arts of ironing. There is something highly pleasing about getting all those little pleats on the front of a tuxedo shirt neatly and tidily and starchily and crisply in line.

A wise friend of mine asserts that ironing is the best chore: starts off clean, ends up clean. I agree.

#chores

Traded fluency, or: Roots

A Sijo

we traded fluency for roots 
and rented walls to call our own; 
we scrubbed the journey from our clothes 
then pinned tomorrow to the sun; 
what seemed mere housekeeping 
was how our homeland came to be 

d’Verse poetics: Pulling poetry from the landscape

For this week’s poetics prompt at d’Verse, we are encouraged to choose an Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918) painting and write a poem in any form that incorporates details from its setting or imagery, whether or not the poem is directly about the artwork..

Sijo?

A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

#humor #dust #household #chores #funny

🥳 Wow, someone finally found a way to make #mathematics sound like a #household chore. "Matryoshka vs. PCA" sounds like the title of a bad sitcom where nobody laughs, but at least we learn that shrinking #embeddings is as exciting as watching paint dry. 📉🔍
https://dylancastillo.co/posts/matryoshka-vs-pca #Humor #Chores #DataScience #PCA #HackerNews #ngated

Doing all the things…

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/07/doing-all-the-things/

4 plants to prune in June for a dazzling summer garden display https://www.allforgardening.com/1801288/4-plants-to-prune-in-june-for-a-dazzling-summer-garden-display/ #ChelseaChop #chores #evergreens #garden #gardening #PerennialPlant #perennials #RamblingRoses #roses

'Lewis takes up a debate with several Black feminists who have, at various times, questioned the idea of family abolition, whose central argument has been that, very often, Black families have been sites of resistance against racism. Similarly, we could point to many experiences of class struggle in which sectors of working families have played a key role against the attacks of capital: supporting strikes, establishing relations of solidarity between factories and neighborhoods, staging rent strikes, maintaining soup kitchens, creating movements in defense of public services, and many other forms of resistance. The tradition of “women’s commissions” in strikes, for example, has allowed the working class to articulate fighting forces far beyond the workplace.

'To this criticism Lewis responds that, even so, we should not cease working for the abolition of the family, since we would not need its “protective shield” if we managed to build a society without racism. The argument contains a grain of truth, but it stops halfway. It fails to contemplate the role that the family relations within sectors of the working class and oppressed can play in moments of heightened class struggle. On another level, it doesn’t account for the fact that capitalism, while it needs such a “social cell” for its own reproduction, constantly undermines working families’ very conditions of existence. Marx and Engels remarked on this in the mid-19th century, pointing to the length of the working day, the lack of decent housing, and the general precariousness of working class life.'

Josefina L. Martínez : https://www.leftvoice.org/love-and-care-beyond-capitalism/

#property #gender #subordination #dependence #family #debates #debate #abolition #antiCapitalism #Fourier #Lewis #sociology #anthropology #communities #feminism #feminisms #chores #care #queer #rainbowMafia #historyOfIdeas #Marxism #relationships #abolitionism #culturalism #radicalFeminism #materialism #classes #revolution #domesticWork #classStruggle #careWork #historyOfFeminism

Dirty Dishes Stalemate Reaches Plastic Fork Stage

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/culture/dirty-dishes-stalemate-reaches-plastic-fork-stage/

How can I get out of all these boring household tasks?

Dear Jane, my parents keep giving me loads of chores to do and saying something about “responsibility” and “being a grown-up”. I mean, what are they on about? I only just turned 30. How can I get out of all these boring household tasks?

Unhappy from Hampton

Oh my poor beleaguered buttered scone of injustice!

How dare your parents suggest you take on responsibilities simply because you’ve reached the tender and innocent age of thirty?! Why, you’re practically still in the larval stage of adulthood, just barely crawling out of your sock drawer of self-discovery!

Let me tell you, chores are a vicious rumour spread by people who don’t own enough decorative hats. I once avoided all housework for seventeen consecutive years by pretending I was allergic to dust, soap, and effort. It worked marvellously, until I was eventually mistaken for a long-lost Victorian ghost and exorcised from my own kitchen.

Now, here’s my expert advice for dodging every chore ever:

1. Invent a fake PhD in “Domestic Aversion Syndrome.” Tell them you’re part of a long-term study that forbids vacuuming due to potential sock displacement trauma.
2. Hide in the laundry basket. They’ll never think to look for you there—especially if you blend in by wearing nothing but unpaired socks and a tea towel turban.
3. Fake extreme hat-related injuries. “Oh no! My feathered fez slipped and I twisted my dishwashing instincts!”
4. Train a squirrel to do your chores. Failing that, just blame everything on the squirrel. “Why didn’t you do the dishes?” “Because Reginald chewed through the sponge, obviously.”
5. Write them a strongly worded note in icing. I’ve found that cakes with messages like “Responsibility Is a Conspiracy” or “Let Me Nap, I’m Thirty” are both delicious and persuasive.

And finally, for full escape velocity, I recommend my bestselling guidebook “Grown-Ups Are a Myth: Escaping Adulthood With Grace and Cupcakes.” It pairs beautifully with “Avoidance Through Sock Puppetry” and the ever-popular “Ten Reasons I Can’t Hoover (Allergies, Ghosts, and General Vibes).”

So pop on your most distracting hat, declare yourself emotionally fragile, and lock yourself in the loo with a nice hot pot of prune juice until the laundry folds itself or they give up entirely.

Irresponsibly yours,
Lady Jane Sillybottom
Author, Hat Philosopher, Sock Whisperer, and Domestic Avoidance Specialist

#chores #grownUp #housework #larvalStageOfAdulthood #ResponsibilityIsAConspiracy #skiving

Reading Time: 2 minutes

I love to recycle but recently on Saturday I have been hiking or climbing so I couldn't go to the recycling centre. The result is that I often accumulate recycling for several weeks. One day I finally have a saturday morning free, and that isn't a public holiday, and I take things to recycle.

My other reason for not going to the recycling centre much is that the road to and from the recycling is narrow. It's not narrow if you drive old cars, but it is narrow if you drive modern cars. My car is narrow and small so I can drive down that road, two abreast, but usually I wait for the path to be cleared, as that is the norm, at the moment.

I wish that getting to and from the recycling centre was more convenient. I wish that the road was slightly wider but also that commuters would stop going down that narrow road as if it was a short cut. There are plenty of wide roads that could be used by commuters instead. That's my reason for going at 08:30-09:00. It's abusrd to go there at rush hour.

If I had my way that road would be closed to cars, except for those going to recycle, or the local houses. It would become a cycling path instead. It has the ideal width to be a cycling lane and walking path. The paradox of this road is that it's narrow, so people race down over the speed limit, in the hope that they won't get blocked. It is a road that I hate cycling, and walking along, because of how dangerous people are when driving down this road. By going down this road as little as possible I help by not being part of the problem.

Another reason I went this morning is that it's raining. If it's raining people are likely to think "I can go next week". I like when it's quiet.

And Finally

I am not being lazy by not hiking or doing other things. It's good that I take a break from hiking to do something as essential as recycling. One day I might even be fully up to date.

https://www.main-vision.com/richard/blog/the-saturday-recycling-trip/

#chores #hiking #recycling #responsibility #socialising

Just running errands and doing chores today. Keeping busy over all. I really wanted to take the cameras out for a walk this morning, but the weather was awful. The light was the worst ever. So disheartening. Oh well.

After a couple of days of weirdness, my stomach has been a team player today. No issues at all. I’m proud of the little surgically altered guy. It did not wake me up last night, which was nice of it. My legs are another story though. Twice overnight I woke up with bad leg cramps. It’s always something when you’re an old fart like me. All I want is to sleep and my own body is stopping me from doing it. What a jerk I am to myself.

Before I get back to the housework, I think I am going to finally put in a vacation request at work for our staycation in September and our next trip back to Disney World in January. I think it’s time, don’t you? There. I just did it. Hopefully my boss doesn’t have a heart attack when he sees two week long vacation requests at once. They are spread out. It’s okay. I’ll wait a while before I put in for the second planned Disney trip. That’s a full year away.

The Red Sox winning streak ended last night. They played Cincinnati, who are pretty terrible this year, and lost. It made me sad. Here’s hoping for vengeance in today’s game. I want to win by 90, at least.

Okay. Back to work, red head.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/06/22/errands-day/

#Baseball #chores #errands #Family #gastricBypass #gastricBypassRecovery #gastricBypassSideEffects #gastricBypassSurgery #health #personalTimeOff #stomach #timeOff #Travel #vacationRequests #weekends #weightLossSugery #weightLossSurgery

To #GetThingsDone, Consider Your Future-Self

https://gretchenrubin.com/articles/future-self/
#tasks #chores #mandatory

#Rain #RainySaturday #Adulting #Chores #INeedAMaid

Up way too early for a retired guy on a humid, rainy Saturday.

Vacuumed the entire house, shook out the rugs, got the spiderwebs, to the point of sweating. Very grateful, still I splurged on central vac 36 years ago.

Two of our three dogs were NOT happy---running off and giving the vac hose the dirty side eye.

Sie spielen mein Lied!
(They’re playing my song!)

Gefunden in einem Berliner Souvenirladen:
(Found in a Berlin gift shop:)

“Only boring women have neat houses.”

#housework #messyhouse #ihatehousework #chores #cleaning #cleaninghouse #housecleaning #thanklessjob #betterthingstodo