Evidence suggests you were mistaken for a bot.

The Arthurian legends come to mind.

I’ve lived where you can skate on lakes and canals in the winter. If the ice is thick enough there’s no real concern. Here’s some info if you’d like to read more about how the ice is prepped and safety maintained on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa: https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/blog/rideau-canal-skateway-creating-worlds-largest-skating-rink

I’m a big rereader in general, but occasionally a book will grab me so hard that I finish it & begin again right away. I’ve had two of those in the past year:

• Moonbound by Robin Sloan
• Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

I don’t think it means that silence will necessarily benefit you materially – rather that silence is something precious or valuable. Maybe consider the proverb’s relation to these similar ones:

Still waters run deep.

Better to close one’s mouth and be thought a fool, than open one’s mouth and prove it.

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

A wise old owl sat in an oak:
The more he heard, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard;
Why aren’t we all like that wise old bird?

To me, “breakfast” food is just whatever you eat that breaks your fast after sleeping. I eat a lot of dinner leftovers for breakfast, otherwise something filling like oatmeal with nuts and fruit in it. (Provided I don’t just drink my tea and then forget to eat, which is also something that happens.)

Some books I buy to read now. Some books I buy to read at an undefined “later.” Browsing my shelves is exciting when I know there are books there that I’ve yet to really encounter.

That’s an incredible post. Thank you for sharing it!

To become a Canadian citizen you’d have to start by emigrating here, then get your Permanent Resident status, and then apply for citizenship.

Here’s some general information in immigrating to Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada.html

That’s really cool! Are you an astronomer? Or if not, how do you get telescope access?

1. Canada (I live here)
2. USA (many many family/friend visits since I was a child; also lived there for ~6 years as an adult)
3. England (one week in London, one week in the South Downs)
4. Denmark (three weeks for a family visit)
5. France (a weekend in Paris)
6. Belgium (about 2-3 days in Bruges)
7. The Netherlands (about 2-3 days in Delft)
8. Germany (roughly 6 hours, driving from Belgium to Denmark)

Oh! I had one just like that when I was a kid!

I’m not sure about online sources, but this is a solid reference book: https://editors.ca/publications/editing-canadian-english/

Intimacy coordinators aren’t explaining how sex works to the actors, but helping to make sure that they’re comfortable with each other & what they’re being asked to do. They’re analogous to stunt coordinators in that way.

Part of this is helping actors to work through or find accommodations when they could be running up against situations that could trigger old traumas. So if one party has a history of assault, for example, the intimacy coordinator will work with them and their scene partner to make sure that what they’re acting out doesn’t mimic/mirror their experience.

Does that make sense?

They look like they’re probably “Naughty Marietta” marigolds (#21 on this list: https://gardenerspath.com/plants/flowers/best-marigold-varieties/). Could also be “Legion of Honour” (#14).

Lol I can’t read today

You replied to a comment instead of the OP, so your answer looks a little funny from being out of context, that’s all.

My spouse and I were broke grad students with a baby on the way. We needed a car. Someone in our tiny town was selling a 1992 Accord for $1000 (this was in the early 2010s). We bought it and put in another $1000 to get it to run.

The only problem? It was a stick shift. I didn’t know how to drive standard; at the time, my spouse didn’t drive at all. I tried to learn, but I was so nauseated from my pregnancy that I nearly puked every time the car lurched… which was often. I never did get the hang of it. Eventually we bought a newer automatic car and traded the Accord in for a whopping $250.

These days we could weather a $2000 mistake without too many problems, but back then… yeah, that one hurt.

I saw sen-tar as well!