Today I learned nothing. Bad link.

I'm hoping for Weird AL.

How many times do we have to say it: Please stop naming your baby hippos, "Jeffery Dahmer".

Good call. I like that.

Yup, I'm guessing that'll do it all right. Knit a few pairs of socks, and just normalize the world away!

This is why we are doomed. People take a look at the dumpster fire that's life now and say, "Have you tried knotting socks and not being sad?"

Myself, I reply with what I hope is understanding and compassion, and say, "Yes indeed, things look bleak. You, unknown internet person, are not alone in feeling this way"

Chicory. Nice pic!!!

Save you some reading time: None of your damn business. Health care is between a doctor and patient and ain't our concern.

Oak dowels will be 2 to 3 times harder than pine, and more durable because of that. Widely available at any hardware store.

Water timer. Looks to be crossthreaded.

Very well said. I hope you get to feeling better soon. I'm sorry you're support system has crapped out on you. The idea of "us against them" and the underlying "dog eat dog" drivers of our society seems to have led a lot of people to struggle to survive in some strange ways. I think 2020 will go down in history as the year the human race collectively started losing their marbles.

I went the other way, built my house out of structural pigs...

Those and round phone jacks about every 10 feet or so. There's a phone jack in the hallway! Not even connected to a landline anymore. And because we opted for the ultra-deluxe old home, an intercom system that made a zapping noise accompanied by a perfect little curl of smoke when we turned it on for the first time. Yeeeehaaaaaa!!!