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liberumbrarum

Imbolc Feast Lamb Stew

Ingredients: 2- ½ lb. lamb neck chops 1 tbs. lamb fat 4 medium onions 1 tbs. butter/margarine 4 medium carrots 2 ½ cups water 4 medium potatoes 1 tbs. parsley, chopped 1 tsp. each salt & pepper 1 tbs. chives, chopped

Don’t let the butcher trim the fat off of the lamb chops. Shred some of the excess fat and cook it down in a large pot or Dutch-oven. Peel the onions, carrots, and potatoes. Cut the onions and carrots into quarters, and put all the vegetables aside. Cut the meat into8 pieces, and trim away the rest of the excess fat. The bones need not be removed. Place the meat in the hot fat and brown. Repeat with the onions and carrots. Add water, salt, and pepper carefully. Put whole potatoes on top. Cover pot and simmer gently until meat is cooked, approx. 2 hours. Remove from heat. Pour off the cooking liquid into a separate sauce pan, allow to cool for a few minutes, skim off grease, and reheat. Add butter, chives, and parsley to the reheated liquid in the sauce pan. Pour heated liquid back over the stew. Serve hot. Makes 4-6 servings.

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shrimpsisbugs
Anonymous asked:

hey you're like. really passionate about small dogs so. why are Chihuahuas always so angry??? it's just confusing. why are they so mad?

shrimpsisbugs answered:

i fucking love chihuahuas, man. i think there are a few factors involved, but i think the problem first and foremost is how chihuahuas are treated by humans.

chihuahuas are rarely allowed to be real dogs. they are treated like decorations and accessories and stuffed animals and cute little novelties

so not only are they rarely trained or thoughtfully socialized and taught to be comfortable with different things, but their autonomy and sense of personal safety is very often disregarded or intentionally threatened by the people around them

people pick them up with little consideration for the dog’s feelings, manhandle them at will and physically force them to comply with human desires. sometimes people intentionally antagonize them because they think it’s funny – for a while there was a very popular Tik Tok by some twenty-somethings dedicated to harassing and frightening an elderly, disabled chihuahua because he made funny noises when he was upset and uncomfortable.

it only stopped because the dog died.

the people responsible claimed to “love” the dog.

chihuahuas’ attempts to communicate discomfort are almost always ignored. dogs usually start out with relatively subtle body language that most people don’t ever learn to read. they might have the whites of their eyes showing, or yawn and lick their lips, or look away, or pin their ears down, or get tense. and when chihuahuas do this, it is almost always disregarded.

so they learn that polite and subtle communication of their discomfort gets ignored, and they start to escalate in an effort to be understood. they might start to growl or snap or bite. they might learn that the best defense is a good offense, that people who approach them are rude and frightening and the only way to get them to back off is to try and be intimidating.

and a lot of the time even that doesn’t work. because hey, look, the chihuahua is growling. isn’t that funny and cute and nonthreatening

there’s more involved but fundamentally at the end of the day, the issue is that chihuahuas are often profoundly mistreated for their entire little lives, psychologically and physically, with no way to communicate or be understood or have their boundaries and needs respected.

and as much as people have made ~aggressive chihuahuas~ into a funney meme, i think that’s fucking tragic.

i’d want to bite people too.

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why-animals-do-the-thing

This is spot on. If you learn that the only way you're going to get any bodily autonomy is to use your teeth, you're going to be very willing to bite. If you're never listened to when you say "no" to something without growling and snapping, that's going to be your go-to.

Because little dogs can't do the same level of physical harm as bigger dogs, people tend to laugh off their very genuine distress and anger. It's absolutely not okay, and it's way too popular on social media.

My rule of thumb is always that if you wouldn't do something with a 75lb dog, you shouldn't do it with a 5lb one. And it's never too late to start! Even littles that you've had forever can benefit from being allowed more voluntary engagement in their world, more choices to consent to things, and more freedom to say no.

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glumshoe

this scene makes me laugh now that I know what dalmatians are like and how funny it is that they’re presented like the perfect even-tempered well-rounded dog-next-door with all the qualities of a moderate and sensible life partner

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bishkebab

Poodles in movies: pampered brats, high-maintenance, mean and snappy

Poodles irl: smart, loyal, athletic, loving

Dalmatians in movies: cool, intelligent, capable

Dalmatians irl: the neuroses of a chihuahua with the musculature of a horse

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glumshoe

maybe what Rodger wants in a wife is intense athleticism, strong guarding instincts, and a fearlessness in the face of invaders and thieves... Anita will chase you down and cut you...

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gallusrostromegalus

Ok but the other dogs here are also WILDLY mischaracterized:

Afghan Hound in Movies: Snooty, artistic animal Afghan hound IRL: Doofus except when there are rabbits then they turn into the roving gangs of murderers from the Mad Max franchise except they don’t need internal combustion engines to go NYOOM

Pug in Movies: Adorable idiot Pug IRL: genetically cursed crime against nature and Idiot

Cocker Spaniel in Movies: Gentle sensible family-oriented dogs Cocker Spaniels IRL: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: An Animal Breathing In My Face At 3 AM

Labradors/Golden retrievers in movies: Goofy, easygoing dogs with the occasional Secret Talent (TM) Labradors/Golden retrievers IRL: Goofy, easygoing dogs with the occasional Extremely Weird And Very Intense Hyperfixation That Is Only Sometimes A Talent But Is More Likey An Inventive Means Of Small Animal Murder.

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talesfromtreatment

One addendum to the labrador/golden: sometimes comes in the flavor of Has The Energy Output of The Sun And Will Not Calm Down Until They Have Been Dead And Buried For 8 Years.

Also, the cocker spaniel thing definitely explains why I am sometimes awoken by my dog's nose being placed on my eye.

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alittlebananaz

Also labs/Golden's: I'M GOING TO EAT ROCKS, FABRIC, AND SHARP OBJECTS AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT

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funsized-violence

So I just got some really really bad news from the vet.

Tazz has a tumor in his throat, it’s pushing on his airway and arteries. Tazz is having trouble breathing and he needs surgery.

But I can’t afford it.

I know everyone is fucked for money right now but I would appreciate anything that anyone could send to me. I’ve had Tazz since he was 8months old. He’s fifteen now. I was ten when I got him. I don’t wanna lose my boy. I’ve been crying ever since we got the news.

Here’s all of his vet costs. They don’t accept payments.

Please if anyone is able to donate to me I’m desperate. I’ll do anything to be able to make the money. My PayPal is right here. Please if you can’t donate reblog this. Because there’s a link in my post, it won’t show up in any tags on tumblr and I really need it to reach as many people as it can.

He’s such a good boy, please help me save his life.

0/5000$

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funsized-violence

We’re up to 430/5000$

Thank you so much to all who’ve donated, I literally can not express how much this means to me.

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funsized-violence

555/5000$

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funsized-violence

I’ve gotten 800$/5000$ so far. You all are incredible thank you so much for this

You’re saving his life <3

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funsized-violence

We’ve got 905/5000$, we’re getting close to 1000. If I can just get to 2500$ then I think we’ll be okay. Please keep reblogging this, it helps me so much.

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funsized-violence

We’re at 930/5000. Donations are starting to slow down, pretty please keep reblogging this. His surgery is Friday the 8th and I have to have that 4600$ deposit to get him in and the rest to take him home. If I can just get 2500$ from donations I think I can borrow the rest from my family. Please keep reblogging, even if you can’t donate.

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Currently at 1045/5000$

Someone also asked to see a pic of the tumor. Which is kind of difficult since it’s inside his throat and only sticks out a little on one side, but I did my best:

His lymph nodes are fine, and only showed a minor infection that we’ve already fixed with antibiotics. The vet was hoping that the antibiotics would shrink the mass, but that was before we knew it was a tumor. After the infection was dealt with, our vet took cells from the mass to look at under a microscope, and that’s when we found the cancer cells. That vet sent us to a specialist who agreed we need to remove it right away.

So here we are. It’s growing rapidly. It popped up as a tiny little grape less than a month ago and it’s already bigger than a half dollar coin.

Every cent I get in donations is going toward his surgery on the 8th. I’ve had him for 15 years and I’m determined to keep him healthy and happy through the last years of his life. Every donation means the world to me.

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funsized-violence

1295/5000 is what we have as of 9:33am on January 3rd. Tazz’s surgery is on January 8th. Please keep reblogging!

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funsized-violence

1340/5000. Evening reblog <3

Special snuggle edition

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funsized-violence

We have gotten to 2695/5000 we hit half way oh my god. You all are so amazing I’m in tears! 😭

I’m so hopeful now for my little boy and I can’t thank you all enough for donating.

I’m going to go to bed, I’ll reblog in the morning with any more donations I get tonight. Please keep passing it around!

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funsized-violence

It is 7:28am on Jan 4 and we just reached 3025/5000! I can’t believe this, this is incredible! I am so so grateful to you all, I’m speechless!

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funsized-violence

3339/5000 I feel so much relief and gratitude oh my gosh

Have a picture of Tazz being a very Polite Little Man

He thanks you!

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3529/5000!! Some folks had asked me to give him a pet for them so please, enjoy this gif:

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jelloapocalypse

This just hit me. I’m so Southern my family has a matriarch and no one in the family knows for sure how old she is. We all also got into a heated debate about the existence of her glass eye (still not confirmed). She’s in her 90s- we think- beat cancer, outlived two husbands, had seven children and has outlived three of them, survived The Great Depression, and either her dad or her grandfather was a full blooded Cherokee Indian… possibly the tribe’s leader but no one really knows for sure.

She also once lit into my dad’s school bus driver, cussing him black and blue about how he treated the kids and didn’t realize she had a butcher’s knife in her hand until he RAN away. She didn’t have any more trouble out of him.

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whitebeltwriter

…I wish to know how and why this just occured to you, please

I had an eloquent reason but really what it boils down to is I think Mamaw is a cryptid. The running joke in the family is that Mamaw will be at the end of the world with the twinkies and the cockroaches.

I’m not sure it’s a joke anymore, I think it’s a premonition.

Two years ago one of my cousins wanted to bring her wife to thanksgiving and Joe was all “ew no way” and Mamaw stood her ass up and said “Who the hell do you think you are, saying who is and isn’t welcome in my house? This ain’t your house- you get out! I say who is welcome and YOU is not welcome. Now SCAT!” while slapping at him and then sat back down and asked my cousin if her wife ate catfish. Joe tried to come back in and she popped the tennis balls off her walker and threw them at him until he left

No matter how old Mamaw gets, her hair is still solid black. She still hasn’t gone gray and she’s never once died her hair. Her kids all have heads full of gray hair, and my father- her grandson- is starting to go gray. Mamaw? Nothing. I swear she looks exactly the same as she did when I was a kid.

Mamaw got Covid-19. She presented with symptoms and was rushed to the ER with a dangerously high fever and next to no oxygen. The doctors took note of her age (she’s apparently 93 as best she can guess) and her vitals and, well, Mamaw wasn’t gonna make it past Monday.

By Sunday night the fever was gone and she was complaining that the hospital didn’t get WWE and she was gonna “miss my wrasslin shows!”.

She was home and completely fine by Tuesday. By Wednesday she was calling up the anti-maskers in our family just to call them idiots and hang up.

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