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Single Serve Oatmeal

2025-09-23T12:14:56Z

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Flaky Salt

2024-10-11T18:16:05Z

Harena:

Ingredients

'''Salt:''' OP likes to use kosher salt for this process, though they've also tested it with sea salt and pink rock salt with equally great results.

'''Water:''' it’s best to use distilled (or at least filtered) water. If you use tap water, then you can get a powdery calcium build-up over the salt flakes.

'''Step 1:''' Dissolve the salt

First, combine the salt and water in a large pot and heat over medium-low heat.

Bring the mixture to a soft boil, often stirring until all the salt dissolves and the water is clear again.

You may need to add a little extra water to the pot if the salt doesn’t dissolve fully – but be aware that you need to fill a container/tray with this water, so don’t add too much.

'''Step 2:''' Transfer the saltwater to a wide dish

Once the salt is fully dissolved, and the water is clear again, it’s time to transfer it to another dish. Use a large, wide, shallow dish for the best results, like a large baking dish. Alternatively, you can use multiple dishes.

''Avoid using metal containers that can corrode with long exposures to water. OP recommends using either glass or ceramic.''

'''Step 3:''' Leave the mixture to evaporate

Now it’s just a waiting game – the water will naturally evaporate over time and, as it evaporates, it will leave behind a thin, crusty layer of salt that can be flaked up into smaller flakes. However, there are different methods you can use for this.

# '''Letting it air dry:''' This process can take several days, depending on how much you are making. I placed my container by a window, and it took 4-5 days for all the water to evaporate. The lower, slower evaporation rate is ideal for forming larger salt crystals
# '''Using a dehydrator:''' Use a dish that fits inside your dehydrator and dehydrate for between 8-12 hours at 113ºF/45ºC. This will yield flakes – though not quite as ‘flake-y’ as the above method.
# '''In the oven:''' Use the oven’s lowest heat. Somewhere between the range of 104°F/40°C to 140°F/60°C would be ideal. This will take a similar amount of time to dehydrate, so it is my least favorite option for power usage.
# '''On the stove-top:''' The last of the methods requires you to start the evaporation process on the stove-top. Once all the salt has dissolved in the mixture, turn the heat to low, and allow it to simmer and naturally evaporate until almost all the water is gone (don’t stir during this time!). This took me around one hour for the amount I was making. Once you begin to clearly see a layer of salt crystals, you can scoop them out and transfer them to the wide, shallow baking dish and wait for the remaining water to evaporate entirely. This process tends to make larger granules more than ‘flakes’. ''You could also transfer the salt flakes to a layer of paper towels. However, you’d need to replace them every few hours as they’ll absorb the liquid.''
==Reference==
Instructions ganked from [https://www.alphafoodie.com/how-to-make-flaky-salt/ Alphafoodie]
[[Category:Recipe]]
[[Category:Condiment]]

Flaky Salt

2024-10-11T18:09:40Z

Harena: Making page for creating flaky salt

Flaky Salt

2024-10-11T18:00:13Z

Harena: Created page with "Ingredients '''Salt:''' OP likes to use kosher salt for this process, though they've also tested it with sea salt and pink rock salt with equally great results. '''Water:''..."

Instant Pot

2023-12-30T01:31:05Z

Harena:

[[category:kitchen]]
[[category:hardware]]

==== Brown Rice (a la Naomi) ====

This is the method S worked out for brown rice specifically; it suits us.

Ratio: 1 cup rice to 1 1/4 cup water (yes, really)

Dump your rice and water into the metal pot; it can be sitting inside the IP already

I know you plan on extra. I don’t know how much, but don’t ever fill the metal pot above the 2/3 mark if you’re going to bring it up to pressure. (That would be a LOT of rice, anyway.)

Put the lid on and lock it in place. Make sure the steam release switch is slid towards the back.

Push the pressure cook button so it turns on.

Ignore the rice button; set the timer for 20 minutes. Make sure the pressure is set to high.

It will start to come up to pressure and kind of make huffing and puffing noises. That’s fine! This takes a variable amount of time, but is not instant.

Then it will click and be at pressure; the timer will count down the 20 minutes.

It will make a series of beeps after 20 minutes. At this point you could manually release pressure; there are recipes that call for this, but I feel it’s best to avoid it unless a recipe requires it, because steam will come out in a huge rush and be a scalding hazard. Anyway, wait 10-20 minutes after the timer goes off, and try taking off the lid. If the pressure has released all the way naturally, then you’ll be able to remove the lid. Otherwise, wait a few more minutes and try again.

Stir the rice, and do rice things to it.

Benjamin's Numbers: 8 cups rice & 10 cups water

==== Steelcut Oats (a la Naomi) ====
1 cup Steelcut oats to 2 cups liquid; I usually just use water, but you can use other things too. I have used oat milk that we bought for an experiment, and that worked fine. For people who aren’t lactose intolerant, you can do 1 cup oats to 1 cup milk to 1 cup water; anything more than that will burn. As it is, it will stick a bit, but it washes out all right.

Anyway, dump in your oats and liquid, put the lid on, and lock it. Make sure the switch is slid to the back.

Turn on the pressure button and set timer for 7 minutes.

The whole coming up to pressure, cooking, and naturally releasing pressure takes 30-40 minutes, I don’t remember exactly. But I don’t have to stir!

For a single serving for myself, I use 1/3 cup of steelcut oats.

If you like raisins or whatever, you can throw them in to cook with the oats, if you like.

(This has not been tested yet but when it is, it'll probly be me & I'll be wanting raisins and cinnamon- H)

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* '''Updated''': 2021-03-04
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==Practical==
===Time-Sensitive===
* Pay bills (03-05)
===Low-Hanging Fruit===
* post circuit pix for scanlime
** finish coloring in circuit traces
** take photos of that
===Medium Brain Tasks===
* try to get Eudora working on anything at all
* add features to TapeCalc
** what was the problem with it before? works for me.
===Avoidant Day Trips===
* replace drain in upstairs sink
===Major Projects===
* raise washer & dryer up on platform
** remove old cabinets
* build proper desk for H ($)
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==Creative==
===Music===
* finish "Stage of Life"
* start on "Motel Universe"
===Video===
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==Blocked Tasks==
* mount panel lighting in fridge area
** blocker: need bypass circuit
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* Hook for mesh laundry bag

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Re FerretCalc: It would just randomly crash, i think? And type multiple digits when only pressing a key once. I will have to see if i can find it and do testing again.

Woozle/to do

2021-03-05T12:46:04Z

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User:Harena/Benjy-Quotes

2021-01-16T00:02:28Z

Harena:

[[File:2003 Benjy quotes note.adj.png|right|200px]]
Decided this would be the best place to archive the Best of Benjamin Quotes. Easier to do by date & access & stuffnthings. Right. Onwards!

For context, Benjamin was born in April of 1999

(Quotes that are Highlighted have been used as my LJ Headline)
==2003==
*'''May 23, 2003''':
**{{Hilite|"I'm not smiling because my face is not cooperating"}}
*'''October 21, 2003''':
**"Woozle, we don't put fire in we're mouth!"
:(and no, i have no memory of what precipitated this remark; Woozle says he said something to me {he can't remember what} and apparently Benjamin interpreted it to mean something like having fire in one's mouth...)
*'''October 24, 2003''':
**"I am not a silly boy, I am a crying boy and I need a hug"
**''...said when i was giving him a hug & telling him he was silly because 'cause he was crying over something that silly me thought was silly''

==2004==
*'''January 1, 2004''':
**''Benjamin comes trotting into the office & says to me,'' "You have to be happy mommy.. here, I will kiss you on the elbow and that will make you happy" ''and then does so.''
*'''May 2, 2004''':
**''In reference to the window that was leaking water during the wee thunderstorm & deluge we had.. this was after it was over: ''
**"Nothing is coming through by there!"
*:
**''Also, just before that when the sun sorta came back out he said:
**"The thunderstorm is gone! Now the thunderstorm makes it back morning!
::We can't touch the thunderstorm. It makes us scared."
::''(and yes, that was said all in the same breath)''
*'''May 3, 2004''':
**''Re: Balloons gradually shrinking due to loss of air:''
**"These balloons are getting aired off"
*'''May 6, 2004''':
**''On the way to daycare this morning, in the middle of his usual free associating, he came out with this:''
**{{Hilite|"When I was your age, Woozle." ''(pause) then (after some prompting)'' "I was like your age."}}

{| style="border: groove 2pt;"
|+'''<big>Hollywoodbush</big>'''
|-
|
Part 1
*'''May 6, 2004 (PM)''':
**''Benjamin notices that my arm has scratches on it & asks where they came from:''
**''Me'': I got them when we cut down the holly bush.
**''Benjamin'': holly bush? You mean Hollywood?
Part 2
*'''May 7, 2004''':
**''He asks again about the scratches, I answer as I had the previous day (from cutting down the holly bush)... the following exchange ensues:''
**''B'': holly bush?
**''Woozle'': Is that like Hollywood?
**''B'': Hollywood? Nooooooo, we didn't cut down Hollywood!!
Part 3
*'''Date Uncertain; Originally Posted to LJ on May 16, 2004''':
**''B'': mommy, where'd you get the scratches on your arm?
**''M'': from cutting down the holly bush
**''B'': holly bush? is that like Hollywood?
**''M'': Noooo.... we didn't cut down Hollywood!
**''B'': *giggling furiously* Yes you did!
|}

*'''May 7, 2004''':
**"If you drink water you might grow down like a baby"

*'''May 23, 2004''':
**''During the thunderstorms, Benjamin was heard to say something along these lines (in reference to our house)'':
**The house is afraid. But the house doesn't have legs to stand up with. The house can't run away.
**''(No quotes 'cause i'm doing this one from memory & i am kinda paraphrasing from a half asleep state)''
*'''May 27, 2004''':
**''That morning from the bathroom, I overheard this being said by Benjamin'':
**"My shadow is eeeeviiil"
**''(I fell off the toilet laughing)''

*'''May 29, 2004''':
**''Today whilst Woozle was installing the tow-hitch thingy to the Windstar (so's we can haul some or all of his stuff from Georgia next week) the following conversation ensued'':
**''B'': What are you doing, Woozle?
**''W'': Installing a trailer-hitch...
**''B'': A trail-hinge?
**''W'': ...so we can bring back a whole bunch of stuff from Georgia
**''B'': Georgia? You mean George the monkey?
**''(as in Curious George, i guess!)''
*'''May 30, 2004''':
**''It was raining this morning and B wanted to go out in it... he likes to do that.. pull on his boots & get his umbrella and walk in the rain a la Christopher Robin (and yes, he does have black wellies just like CR's ^_^) and so he does....'' 
**''...a few minutes later he comes in & announces that he had to come back in because...''
**"The rain is broken."
**''(it had stopped raining!)''
*'''June 6, 2004''':
**''This first part is sort of paraphrased 'cause I don't remember exactickly what was said, but the punchline is word for word!''
**''B'': I'm not feeling well
**''M'': Oh? What's the matter?
**''B'': My feelings are empty
**''(he was hungry & wanted lunch!)''

*'''June 10, 2004''':
**'' I did a :P at B in the car on the way home from picking him up & he responded with:
**"Don't stick out your tongue when you are dead!"
**''I fell over laughing... good thing Woozle was driving!

*'''June 12, 2004''':
**''Whilst sitting on my lap:''
**"I'm getting all heavy on you"

*'''June 15, 2004''':
**''In reference to the clouds breaking up & the sun coming out, he said:''
**"The clouds are melting! All of everything is melting!!"

*'''June 25, 2004''':
**"It's almost starting to done."

*'''September 5, 2004''':
**"I'm going around like an American-Going-Round"'' (Merry-Go-Round)

*'''September 20, 2004''':
**''This morning upon looking into our front-loader washing machine as it was running, he said:''
**"Oh no! The Soap died!! He drunk too many waters so he *died*!"
**''[fx of me scrambling for pen & paper to write it down!]''

*''Later...''
**"The thunderstorm fired all the trees"

*'''October 9, 2004''':
**''Benjamin started my morning out thusly:
**''I get up & go to the bathroom. Upon leaving the bathroom, Benjamin greets me with this little ditty:''
**'''(Sung to the tune of Here We Go Around The Mulberry Bush)'''
**This is the way we kill the moms,
**Kill the moms, kill the moms;
**This is the way we kill the moms, kill them all to death!
**''(I should note the next verse was "this is the way we kill the dads" so I guess it was nothing personal! ;D)''

*'''Sometime in 2004 (probably June)''':
**"Mommy? I was making up a story. I was making up a 'Let's go riding in the CarCar story.' And that's all"

==2005==
*'''March 11, 2005''':
**''This'un is only paraphrased rather than directly quoted 'cause, golly, it happened at 6:20 in the freakin' morning!''
**''Upon seeing what the tooth fairy brought for the first tooth he lost, he uttered:''
**"I have a dollar & now I can get money with it!"

*'''March 16, 2005''':
**''So Benjamin lost another tooth & put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy & this morning when he retrieved the dollar he got, this is what he said:''
**"I got another dollar!! And it's got George Washington! And he's *STILL* dead!!!"

*'''September 13, 2005''':
**{{Hilite|"People who have too much poop in their butts throw up"}}

*'''October 15, 2005''':
**{{Hilite|"Pip isn't a real human. He's a cat"}}

*'''October 19, 2005''':
**''Benjamin comes up to me & says:''
**"I have to whisper something in your ear"
**''and I say,'' "okay" ''& he whispers (very solemnly),'' 
**"Life Goes On"

*'''November 23, 2005''':
**''Re: The Pumpkin Bread baking in the oven:''
**"It's drying up & raising right now"

*'''November 23, 2005''':
**''Hands me the yarn winder after playing with it so much that it came off the chair arm it was attached to:''
**"...now put it somewhere I can't reach it to spin it"

*'''December 2, 2005''':
**''Wanders into the office and says:''
**{{Hilite|"The smell of the lambchop is giving me happy company!"}}
**''...and then wanders back out again...

*'''December 3, 2005''':
**''Both he & Zander were hanging off the back of the couch and the following was quoth:''
***"B&Z: A giant cockroach! that we can kill!"
***"B: with our cockroach torture machine!"
**'''same day, different time:'''
**:*"you make us die of laugh!"

*'''December 20, 2005''':
**''After being told something a second time, he said he '''knew''' because:''
**"...early ago you told me."

*'''December 25, 2005'''
**"It's fun climbing on top of your mom's friend. Who is strong, and sometimes tired." (Referring to climbing on Woozle's shoulders and being carried around)

*'''December 31, 2005'''
**{{Hilite|"The nice thing about water is that you don't have to chew it"}}

==2006==
*'''January 1, 2006'''
**''After showing us a picture he made "of Watership Down" which largely consisted of snails, cars, and "POLICE - 911" signs, which he had done in Tuxpaint, he uttered this:''
**"Next I'm going to do a picture of *not* Watership Down! I'm going to do a picture of the field covered with *blood*, and making everyfing *die*!"

*'''January 24, 2006'''
**''Whilst swinging furiously on the swingset:''
**"I'm getting really better at swinging! Soon I won't need anyone to push me anymore!"

*'''February 24, 2006 6:39pm
**''After smelling daffodils with me:''
**"Daffodils have good effects on your evilness. It hurts your evilness."
[[File:First Daffydillies of 2013.JPG|200px]]

*'''February 26, 2006 (sometime before 7:49am; just not sure when)
**"One nice thing about crayon sharpeners; They can make the paper come back on"

*'''February 26, 2006 7:49am
**''Whilst doing crayon-art:''
**"I'm always thinking of pretty colors. Like brown."
**''(he had just pulled out a brown crayon)''

*'''March 6, 2006 6:27pm
** {{Hilite|"When I'm growned up & have my own computer, I'm going to put Dr. Who on it"}}
**''{{Hilite|(Said as we were about to watch Dr. Who on W's computer)}}

*'''March 26, 2006
**''Right after Bedtime Story, he said:''
**"I have to say something to you...   Mommy, I like how you smell..."
**''*sniffs*''    "You smell like good-looking girl."

*'''April 6, 2006
**"You made me nearly [knock over the laptop] and nearly make this house burn down because lesstricity wif wood makes fire! So you nearly made this house burn down!"

*'''April 20, 2006
**{{Hilite|"The more we don't get fresh air, the more we won't be able to breathe right"}}

*'''May 9, 2006
**"That took a little bit of a long time."

*'''May 11, 2006, Woozle's Birthday!
**''During an amusing conversation about how old Woozle is today, Benjamin uttered:''
**"You have to be somewhere around Not Old"

* '''July 19, 2006'''
** "Where they ''were'' is where they're not anymore!" – in reference to Kevin's parents at the end of ''[[wikipedia:Time Bandits|Time Bandits]]''

* '''July 22, 2006 10:53am'''
** It's a good thing Mel can't be melted by fire."''

*'''August 4, 2006
**''After receiving a thingy that [[Anna Nikola]] made & gave to him:''
**"This is like a present except it isn't my birthday or Christmas or ''anything''!"
:-- (as told to me by [[Anna Nikola]])

*'''October 1, 2006
**''Overhead from the living room as B&Z are playing video games. He admits it!''
**Z: Are you mad?
**B (cackling furiously): I'm a Mad Man!

*'''October 7, 2006
**''Whilst recording his own creation on the Yahama Keyboard:''
**"I filled up the *whole* recordment!"

*''...and then moments later, whilst doing a "story":''
**"Terristis are here!" (say it out loud)

*'''October 8, 2006
**''After seeing me for the first time after [[Woozle]] had trimmed my bangs:''
**"You look more wide awake than wide asleep. Your eyes are wide open."

*'''October 27, 2006
**"If there's thunder and the power goes out, we won't be able to do stuff...
*:
*:
**Unless the power comes back on."

==2007==

*'''January 11, 2007
**''Whilst picking up his dirty clothes from the floor:''
** "All this clothing is under-arrested for stealing the floor!"

*'''January 25, 2007
**''He gets in the car from school with a balloon that has a face drawn on it... and on the way home, he explains:''
** "Mr. Balloon doesn't need to eat or drink but he can die of Being Popped"
**'' And''
** "He'll never get old even though he's an adult still"

*'''February 18, 2007
{|
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || momomomomom!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || BenBenBen!
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || I love you!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || I love you too!
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Whenever I say "I love you" to someone, invisible hearts appear over my head
|}

*'''February 22, 2007
**"There's, like, infinity in the whole wide world"
**''In reference to the lowly earthworm's domain & possibly their perceptions of it.

*'''March 1, 2007
**"We Humans can get sick... ...Sometimes Humans die of being sick."

*'''April 3, 2007
**"Everywhere we look... there's a Noun. Nothing can prevent there being a Noun... Because if all the nouns were destroyed, we would have a Noun: Nothing."

*'''May 23, 2007
**''To a new babysitter:''
**"I'm the crazy one that usually falls down."

*'''July 28, 2007 at 12:27pm
**''As he was waving goodbye to me after being dropped off with his dad:''
**"See you sometime else!"

*'''September 09, 2007 at 12:17pm
**''He was requesting a movie to watch & I mentioned that I was thinking of playing a movie for Josh but that I didn't think he'd be interested in one of those and he responded with,
**"I ''prefer'' watching violence."

*'''November 13, 2007 at 6:06pm
**''Whilst making scrambledy eggs for Benjamin (he helpt! ^_^) the following interchange occurred:''
{|
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Wow, you've got a lot of experience with making scrambled eggs!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || Well, i have been making them for nigh on 30 years now.
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || (with appropriate amazed look on his face) You're older than Thirty?
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || i am older than thirty.
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Coooooool.
|}

==2008==

*'''January 8, 2008
**''Randomly:''
**"The weed wacker Prevails"

*'''May 2, 2008
**''Bouncing about at 6:30am:''
**"I'm Enerjective this morning!"

*'''Sept ?, 2008
**"Zander would have had a heart attack of joy [...to see so many chickens at Spence's Farm]!"

*'''December 23, 2008
**''At Sarah's House of Clay Camp:''
**"Like me, Zander has acts of kindness in him; mine are just more random."

==2009==

*'''February 12, 2009
**{{Hilite|"You have to get used to the days you are in"}}

*'''March 7, 2009
**"Zander -- if you find any gerbils named Godzilla, don't let them *anywhere* near our five-dollar bills."

*'''May 31, 2009
**'''Z:''' If Pip were poingy, you'd know he was sick
**'''B:''' Either that or Pip & Kestra's brains got switched!

*'''September 4, 2009
**''Whilst running around in the living room "doing a story (with Z)":''
**"Where is everything?? I can't pick my nose!"

*'''September 19, 2009
**"The more the merrier except when it comes to babies"

*'''September 29, 2009
**"My eyeballs recognize this place by heart"

*'''October 3, 2009
**"Compassion is a very good source of happiness"

==2010==

*'''June 21, 2010
**"I'm glad mom doesn't look her age"

*''And then:''
**"I really had no idea how old you were... I thought you were in your 20's!"

*'''November 28, 2010'''
*''To Zander whilst Z was playing Minecraft''
**"You react to cows like Old People react to kids on their lawn!"

==2011==

*'''March 26, 2011
*''Whilst downstairs making me scrambled eggs & bacon:''
**"Mom is helping me make breakfast by wanting it"

*''Also (as best remembered by W):''
**"If you don't like to see people smile, you may be needing to see a psychiatrist."

*'''May 1, 2011

*''And now for the latest and possibly misunderstood overheard from the other room Benjy Quote:''
**"Speaking of the dogboy<ref name=pip />, here come the Romans!"

*'''October 2, 2011

*''Possibly responding to a notification/alarm on his computer:''
**"Get out of my face, Ubuntu -- you're making me die!"

==2012==

*'''March 23, 2012
*''After eating dinner:''
**"I appear to have made a mess of myself"
==2015==
'''2015-01-19''' "'I'm almost out of volcanoes,' said a sleep-deprived Benjamin after finding out that he was nearly out of lava droplets." – Benjamin

'''2015-02-06''' "The pomegranates are reproducing! asexually... as ghosts."

'''2015-04-27''' "We're supposed to be getting ready to go and not talking about vampire boners."

*'''October 10, 2015
*''Whilst Minecrafting
**'"I have aquired[sic] a wellspring of ability to sleep"

==2016==

*'''March 2, 2016
*''Upon seeing a pangolin
**'It's a freaking sloth in armor plating!'
==2017==
[[File:2017-06-20 B&Z quotes.crop-adj.png|right|400px]]

As documented by Benjamin and Zander:

* "It's been a while since we last did RWBY crack after ten." — Benjamin, June 20{{sup|th}}, after 10

* "I only ever do RWBY Heroin." — Zander, June 20{{sup|th}}, after after 10

*'''July 16
*''Re: Boss in Monster Den
**"Damn them for being as smart as me!"

*'''November 4, at about 5pm
**"God, Pip, you make a horrible machine-gun." (B helped me remember the quote later.)

*'''Some Time in 2017:
*''From a box top:
**"I'm not the best at Logic even if I'm really good at it"

==2018==
* "Pip makes a good pillow until he starts thrashing." — January 14, 3:30pm:

*'''May 20, 2018
**''from Discord at 8:45ish pm
**'* first come first serve on predicting when I die — May 20, 8:45pm

*'''August 6, 2018
**"Now if we could just find another duo-syllabic word that starts with "P" and it fits, that would be perfect."
**''~Realization~
**"Oh shit."

*'''Some time around November 15, 2018
**''Whilst playing RWBY: Amity Arena
***''"Here come the scorpions" *giggles*

==2019==
*'''February 10, 2019
**''from Discord at 7:30ish
***'' "God, why does it have to be a hundred thousand puppies? Why can't it be something reasonable, like ten thousand?"

*'''September 14, 2019
**''During a water outage, B donned rubber gloves so to make clean-up post handling bacon & eggs easier... the process was more difficult than anticipated and along the way, he uttered this:
***''"I can fart through latex!"

==2021==
*'''January 1, 2021
**''at 3:20ish AM
***'' "Well, I can get rid of two zeroe's[sic] really easy. Chop-chop, there they go. On the floor.

[[Category:Benjy|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]
[[Category:Quotes|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]

==Footnotes==
<references>
<ref name=pip>aka [[Pip]]</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Benjy|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]
[[Category:Quotes|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]

User:Harena

2020-09-02T19:52:21Z

Harena: /* Stuff (and Things) */

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2020-08-22T23:08:49Z

Harena:

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2020-08-22T23:05:36Z

Harena:

Applesauce

2020-08-02T15:47:34Z

Harena:

[[File:362406.jpg|thumb|Vermont Village Unsweetened Applesauce]][https://www.stonewallkitchen.com/vermont-grown-unsweetened-apple-sauce---24-oz-362406.html Vermont Village Kettle Applesauce (organic)]
[[category:grocery]]

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2020-08-02T15:46:10Z

Harena:

Applesauce

2020-08-02T15:44:36Z

Harena: Created page with "[https://www.stonewallkitchen.com/vermont-grown-unsweetened-apple-sauce---24-oz-362406.html Vermont Village Kettle Applesauce (organic)] category:grocery"

[https://www.stonewallkitchen.com/vermont-grown-unsweetened-apple-sauce---24-oz-362406.html Vermont Village Kettle Applesauce (organic)]
[[category:grocery]]

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2020-06-20T14:49:17Z

Harena:

Stuck this up here for sharing outside of Discord purposes. Made for us by SoaringDragon42 in April 2020 ^_^

[[User:Harena|Harena]] ([[User talk:Harena|talk]]) 14:49, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

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2020-06-20T14:40:09Z

Harena:

Crockpot Soap Rebatching

2020-06-07T19:59:01Z

Harena:

2 lbs of "shredded" soap bits. 
6 ounces of water (3 ounces per pound)

Start off with crockpot set between "Warm" & 200 degrees

After first hour in crockpot, stir the soap glop a total of 3 times at one hour intervals

[http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soapmakingbasics/ss/rebatchingsoap_4.htm Reference]

--[[User:Harena|Harena]] ([[User talk:Harena|talk]]) 19:20, 13 June 2014 (EDT)

[[Category:Harena|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]
[[Category:Harena crafts|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]
[[Category:Recipes|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]
[[Category:Soap|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]

Inventory/PC016

2020-05-14T13:14:06Z

Harena:

{{inventory/in/place|office}}
versions: [[../PC002|Bunsen 1.1]] .. [[../PC003|Bunsen 3]] .. [[../PC016|Bunsen 4 (2019)]]

I think this was formerly Gonzo's system board plus previous Bunsen's drives (1 SSD, 1 standard), plus some extra RAM.

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x1e
CPU Stepping: 0x5
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2668 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Unsupported
AVX: Unsupported
AVX2: Unsupported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.19.0-32-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11701000
X Window Manager: Metacity (Marco)
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime_0.20200417.0

Video Card:
Driver: X.Org Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAICOS
Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.9
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x6779
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.04" x 11.26" (22.95" diag)
50.9cm x 28.6cm (58.3cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC888

Memory:
RAM: 20039 Mb

VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 218586 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 10635 Mb

- [[User:Harena|Harena]] ([[User talk:Harena|talk]]) 13:10, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Inventory/PC016

2020-05-14T13:10:03Z

Harena:

{{inventory/in/place|office}}
versions: [[../PC002|Bunsen 1.1]] .. [[../PC003|Bunsen 3]] .. [[../PC016|Bunsen 4 (2019)]]

I think this was formerly Gonzo's system board plus previous Bunsen's drives (1 SSD, 1 standard), plus some extra RAM.

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x1e
CPU Stepping: 0x5
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 2668 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Unsupported
AVX: Unsupported
AVX2: Unsupported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Unsupported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.19.0-32-generic
X Server Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server Release: 11701000
X Window Manager: Metacity (Marco)
Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime_0.20200417.0

Video Card:
Driver: X.Org Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAICOS
Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.9
OpenGL Version: 3.0
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x6779
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.04" x 11.26" (22.95" diag)
50.9cm x 28.6cm (58.3cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC888

Memory:
RAM: 20039 Mb

VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 218586 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 10635 Mb

[[User:Harena|Harena]] ([[User talk:Harena|talk]]) 13:10, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

User:Harena

2019-11-15T23:34:50Z

Harena: /* Stuff (and Things) */

Baked salt

2019-10-18T20:57:10Z

Harena: Created page with "5 minutes at 400°F "

5 minutes at 400°F

User:Harena/Movies to Watch

2019-10-04T21:56:19Z

Harena: /* Movie recommendations from Mel and other people */

__TOC__

==Movie recommendations from Mel and other people==
* [[Wikipedia:Adaptation.|Adaptation.]] (Jarne recommends this one too)
* [[Wikipedia:Still Crazy|Still Crazy]]: has in common with ''Spinal Tap'' that it's about a legendary nonexistent rock band, but the story is more of a drama than a comedy
*Bill Murray
**The Royal Tenenbaums
**Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
**Broken Flowers
**Rushmore
**Fantastic Mr. Fox
**The Grand Budapest Hotel
**Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
**The Dargeeling Limited (cameo)

*Court Jester (Jarne recommends this one as well) (><>)
*The Player
*Strange Days
*Dogma (Sorcy reccomends this one as well)
*High Spirits
*The Usual Suspects
*American Beauty ''(n.b. Woozle didn't especially like)''
*Moulin Rouge ''(Wzl says: hope it's better than the music)''(Swinger now says it's one of his favorite movies so i daresay this shall spur me along)
*High Fidelity
*Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
*K-Pax
*Orange County
*Little Voice
*Robin Williams:
**Dead Poets' Society
**Insomnia (Jarne recommends, but he liked the original one slightly better)
**Good Morning, Vietnam
**The Bird Cage (Rec'd by Kathy)
*Analyze This
*Being John Malkovich
*Robin Hood: Men in Tights ''(Wzl says: ennhh...)''
*Topsy Turvy
*Bubba Ho-Tep (the “real” old Elvis and black “JFK” fight a mummy in a nursing home) (><>)
*The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
*Truckers (based on Pratchett novel)
*Mars Attacks (so bad it's good!)
*Johnny & The Bomb (based on Pratchett novel. It's a mini-series, not a movie, but close enough!)
*Fifth Element (also rec'd by Swinger: "A fun ride!")
*Glory
*Three to Tango (recommended by Swingerzetta & Talia)
* [[Wikipedia:Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind|Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]
*Harold and Maude (recommended by Ritzy and Sor!)
*Thank You For Smoking (also recommended by Rtizy, Sor, and Jarne)
*Devil Wears Prada (kinda-sorta recommended by Swinger)
*The Fountain (also recommended by Swinger)
*Stardust (based on a Neil Gaiman book. Recommended by Everybody (where Everybody is Talia & Rtizy)(Finally finished book!)(<>< also highly recommends)
*Dangerous Minds
*Freedom Writers
*Runaway Jury
*Nell (set and filmed in North Carolina about a woman who grew up in the wild)
*Big Fish (Tim Burton Goodness) (><>)
*Everything in Illuminated (recommended by draz)
*Waking Life (recommended by Jarne)
*A Scanner Darkly (recommended by Jarne)
*Shawn of the Dead (Zombies!) & if i like it then (Reccomended by Sor as well, because it is *awesome*):
*Hot Fuzz (rec'd by Swinger)
*Fight Club (rec'd by Swinger, Rtizy, & Sor!)
*Enchanted (rec'd by Talia & Sor)
*El Laberinto del Fauno (rec'd by Talia) (><> warning involves death)
*Mr. Magnorium's Wonder Emporium
*Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (Recommended by Swinger & Mel & ><>)
*A Mighty Wind (Fake documentary about 60s folk groups) (><>)
*Cabaret (both recc'd by Swinger)
*Reservoir Dogs
*Triplets of Bellville
*Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
*Mallrats
*Gosford Park (rec'd by Mel: "Utterly Brilliant")
*The Incredible Hulk (has nice hat-tips to the series which starred my all-time forever love, Bill Bixby)
*Clue
*Love Actually (Rtizy says it's aDORable)
*Slither (Rec'd by Rtizy; B-Movie! Aliens! Possession! Capt'n Hammer!)
*Dressed To Kill (Rec'd by Swinger: Murder! Mystery! Noir! Suspense! Humour!)
*The Great Lebowski (Jeff Bridges in long hair & beard! *squeee*)
*Mamma Mia (Recommended by Mel)
*King Arthur ("Put it on the list too" Mel)
*Good Will Hunting (ditto)
*Crank (Rtizy says, "It's the greatest Action movie ever!" Swinger says, "It really is!")
*Wristcutters ("It's a charming, thoughtful, intriguing tale", says Swinger)
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479008/ Dante's Inferno] (a modernisation version done with paper puppets; rec'd by Rtizy)
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831887/ The Spirit] (rec'd by Swinger who says it's totally noir, the prettiest thing ever, and had an amusing plot (and then wasn't sure whether i ought to put it on this list, silly thing))
*Treasure Island (Recommended by Swinger who says it's a satisfactory rendition with lovely animation and even though it had Disney storytellling with cliché, it worked for the story)
*Maltese Falcon (Duh)
*Brick (Rtizy: "I like it so much I'm going to buy it... That says a lot" Swinger: "It's probably my favorite detective movie" <s>"I'd consider buying it..."</s> Me: "Wow! That good!" ;D)
*MirrorMask (It's Gaiman! Also Rtizy says, "If you like Neverending Story and/or Labyrinth it'll be up your alley") (><>)
*Labyrinth (i can't believe this wasn't already on here :P Also Rtizy says, "If you like Neverending Story and/or MirrorMask it'll be up your alley!")
*Pulp Fiction (Rtizy's favorite Tarantino movie... 'nuff said)
*The Secret of Kells (really pretty animation, and some Irish mythology! -Trout)
*The Fifth Element (rec'd by Foolie: "Good cheesy sci-fi with Bruce Willis and the infamous 'thermal bandage' outfit")
*Crossroads (rec'd by Rtizy. A blues journey/road trip thingy)
*[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775489/ The Illusionist]]
*The Artist (A French black and white mostly silent film done in the style of the classic 20's silent films about a famous silent film actor who has to deal with the rise of "talkies.")
*Legacy then:
*Tron:Uprising (not a movie but an animated series and highly recommended by Mel)
*both Hellboy movies (Ron Perlman, 'nuff said)
*Across the Universe
*Unforgiven ("Spaghetti Western" rec'd by Mel; has Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, & Richard Harris)
*Birdman (rec'd by Mel)
*[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477347/ Night at the Museum]] (all three?)(rec'd by tumblr & B)
*Interstellar
*Mad Max
*Gravity
*Ex Machina
*Boyhood
*Contact
*Sherlock Holmes (a la Robert Downey, Jr)
*The Danish Girl [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810819/ IMDB Page]](Rec'd by W's mum)
*Looper
*Red
*Red 2
*Moonrise Kingdom
*The Whole Nine Yards
*Lucky Number Slevin
*Queen of Katwe
*Stranger than Fiction (QB)
*The Sixth Sense
*Unbreakable
*The Village
*The Lobster (><>)
*Youth
*The Lego Movie (<><)
*The Lego Batman Movie (><>)
*Mr. Holmes
*John Adams (Mini-Series)
*Arrival
*Bottle Rocket (can wait till seen all the other Wes Anderson films)
*What We Do in the Shadows (Quite Silly mockumentary about vampires) (><>)
*Seven Psychopaths (Christopher Walken as a Quaker Psychopath??? :O)
*The Shape of Water
*Spamalot
*LAIKA Animation:
**ParaNorman (Cute, about a kid who sees ghosts) (<><)
**The Boxtrolls (><> though I have not actually watched yet)
**Missing Link (bigfoot and stuffs! ><>)
*The Princess and the Frog

===from Sinaas===
* <s>demands</s> recommendations from Sinaasappeltje:
* '''Zwartboek'''
* De Tweeling
* Hable con ella
* Todo sobre mi madre
* Dancer in the dark
* Hukkle
* [[Wikipedia:As It Is in Heaven|As It Is in Heaven]]( Sa som i Himmeln)
* [[wikipedia:Amelie|Amelie]] (also recommended by Jarne
* [[wikipedia:Life Is Beautiful|Life Is Beautiful]] ( La vita e bella )
===Animé===
(?) = not sure if it'd be good for me
*Fruits Basket
*FLCL / Furi Kuri/ Fooly Cooly (?) (CRAZYHEADTRIPOFDOOM!)
*I My Me! Strawberry Eggs! (?)
*Lain (not undepressing)
*Dogtato
*Love Hina (?)
*Excel Saga (?)
*Daa Daa Daa (?) (any relation to the song?)
*Naruto
*Shaman King
*One Piece
*Scrapped Princess
*Godamer (robots!)
*Galgeiger (?)
*Azumanga Daioh
*Tokyo Godfathers
*Utena
*Invader Zim (not 'anime', but animated! so there! MOOSE!) (Sor reccomends the little bits she's seen, and sez that we should watch it together)
*Studio Ghibli:
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/grave/ Grave of the Fireflies] (depressingish)
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/porco/ Porco Rosso] (Approved by Kitten!)
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mh/ Princess Mononoke]
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/nausicaa/ Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind]
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/howl/ Howl's Moving Castle] (Sor sez: Go read the book, I still haven't seen the movie to tell how good it is)
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/panda/ Panda! Go Panda!] (Pre-Ghibli; random sillier "Totoro prototype")
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/opp/ Only Yesterday] (slower, more reflective and nostalgic)(also recommended by [http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20061030.html Aeire!] Good enough for me!)
**[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/neko/ The Cat Returns] (has Tim Curry, among others!)(Recommended by Rtizy and Talia!)
**Ponyo
*Kaiba (Recommended by drazzy)
*Lupin (Recommended by Rtizy) ''Working on These''
*The Big O (Giant Robot Anime recommended by Erika)
*Band of Brothers (WWII highly recc'd by Mel)
*[http://kissanime.com/Anime/Hourou-Musuko/Episode-001?id=10386 Hourou Musuko] (rec'd by Mary Zeman, I think?)
*Mushishi (Parsnip says, "That show is so pretty. And sad. And Beautiful")(?)
*A Beautiful Mind
*Mastere
*Commander

===Cartoons===
* Wander Over Yonder
* Star vs The Forces of Evil
* We Bare Bears

==Already Seen==
A very incomplete list
* Studio Ghibli:
** My Neigbor Totoro
** Spirited Away
** Kiki's Delivery Service
** Castle in the Sky
* Babe (and Pig in the City)
* The Princess Bride (and the book)
* Matilda (and the book)
* James and the Giant Peach (read the book first)
* Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1970s version)
* Star Wars parts I, IV,V, and VI
* Star Trek I-n
* Toy Story
* LotR (complete)(and the books. repeatedly. like over 20 times over the years)
* Chicken Run
* Time Bandits
* Shawshank Redemption
* Edward Scissorhands
* Yellow Submarine
* Nightmare Before Christmas
* Donnie Darko (made my head hurt like math!)
* Schindler's List
* Galaxy Quest
* Inside Man (whoaa. Awesome Movie. Loved it.)
* Memento (twisty-brain-hurt-in-a-good-gotta-watch-it-again-way)
* Lost in Translation (surreal)
* Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit ("I'm Crackers about Wallace & Gromit, Cheese!)
* Sweeney Todd (Humorous Macabre)
* The Prestige (Magician Rivalry as you have never seen it before!)
* Babel (Intense & Odd but left lots of loose ends)
* [[Wikipedia:Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)|Little Shop of Horrors]] (Gee, you think this movie was influenced by the RHPS at all?)(oh & btw, 2 Fronds Up!!)
*Children of Men (whoaa. heavy movie, but very well done.)
*Snatch (The Accents! The Hijinx! The Tangled Web that tied up neatly in the end!)
*Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3! yayay!
*SLC Punk (i'm totally a Poser. ayup.)
*V is for Vendetta (Do you remember the 5th of November?)
*Chicago! The Musical (Pop! Six. Squish. Uh Uh. Cicero. Lipschitz!)
*Trial by Jury (Andrew Warlow version)(Need to see again & again, it was much better than Cats!)
*Coraline (Defin'tely has a Nightmare Before Christmas feel to it... Loved it!)
*Fern Gully (Watched in bits & pieces on youtube with Swinger... hey, there's a bit of an envirnomentalist bent to that movie! who knew? ;D)
*Hudson Hawk (Rtizy says, "PUT IT ON THE LIST :|")(i did! i did! and i liked it! And, yesss, Bruce Willis too :P)
*Sin City (rec'd by Swinger; Noir! :D)(It's true! Totally Noir! And loverly! (and yet more conspiracy to get me to like Bruce Willis *shakes fist*))
*Noises Off! (rec'd by Rtizy)
*My Favorite Year (also rec'd by Rtizy)
*Wall-E (Mel says best Pixar ''Ever'')(He's changed that assessment to Up, I believe)(Also, I need to see Wall-E again because the first time was at Sor's at a Very Late Hour and I dozed through parts)(did this! saw it at the beach w/W the summer of 2013)(And again in Nov of 2014 with B&Z! I think no matter how many times I watch it, I will always squee, "Waaaaall-eeeeeeeeee". Always.)
*Gattaca (Sorcy kinda reccomends this one. It's not life changingly amazing, but it was pretty fun.)(I will never think about my loose hairs in the same way again!)
*Up (Sad & Sweet, Cute & Funny, but Wall-E is still my favorite Pixar)
*Inside Out (I rather liked it, but still like Wall-E best)
*Kubo and the Two Strings

User:Harena/Benjy-Quotes

2019-09-14T20:16:25Z

Harena: /* 2019 */

[[File:2003 Benjy quotes note.adj.png|right|200px]]
Decided this would be the best place to archive the Best of Benjamin Quotes. Easier to do by date & access & stuffnthings. Right. Onwards!

For context, Benjamin was born in April of 1999

(Quotes that are Highlighted have been used as my LJ Headline)
==2003==
*'''May 23, 2003''':
**{{Hilite|"I'm not smiling because my face is not cooperating"}}
*'''October 21, 2003''':
**"Woozle, we don't put fire in we're mouth!"
:(and no, i have no memory of what precipitated this remark; Woozle says he said something to me {he can't remember what} and apparently Benjamin interpreted it to mean something like having fire in one's mouth...)
*'''October 24, 2003''':
**"I am not a silly boy, I am a crying boy and I need a hug"
**''...said when i was giving him a hug & telling him he was silly because 'cause he was crying over something that silly me thought was silly''

==2004==
*'''January 1, 2004''':
**''Benjamin comes trotting into the office & says to me,'' "You have to be happy mommy.. here, I will kiss you on the elbow and that will make you happy" ''and then does so.''
*'''May 2, 2004''':
**''In reference to the window that was leaking water during the wee thunderstorm & deluge we had.. this was after it was over: ''
**"Nothing is coming through by there!"
*:
**''Also, just before that when the sun sorta came back out he said:
**"The thunderstorm is gone! Now the thunderstorm makes it back morning!
::We can't touch the thunderstorm. It makes us scared."
::''(and yes, that was said all in the same breath)''
*'''May 3, 2004''':
**''Re: Balloons gradually shrinking due to loss of air:''
**"These balloons are getting aired off"
*'''May 6, 2004''':
**''On the way to daycare this morning, in the middle of his usual free associating, he came out with this:''
**{{Hilite|"When I was your age, Woozle." ''(pause) then (after some prompting)'' "I was like your age."}}

{| style="border: groove 2pt;"
|+'''<big>Hollywoodbush</big>'''
|-
|
Part 1
*'''May 6, 2004 (PM)''':
**''Benjamin notices that my arm has scratches on it & asks where they came from:''
**''Me'': I got them when we cut down the holly bush.
**''Benjamin'': holly bush? You mean Hollywood?
Part 2
*'''May 7, 2004''':
**''He asks again about the scratches, I answer as I had the previous day (from cutting down the holly bush)... the following exchange ensues:''
**''B'': holly bush?
**''Woozle'': Is that like Hollywood?
**''B'': Hollywood? Nooooooo, we didn't cut down Hollywood!!
Part 3
*'''Date Uncertain; Originally Posted to LJ on May 16, 2004''':
**''B'': mommy, where'd you get the scratches on your arm?
**''M'': from cutting down the holly bush
**''B'': holly bush? is that like Hollywood?
**''M'': Noooo.... we didn't cut down Hollywood!
**''B'': *giggling furiously* Yes you did!
|}

*'''May 7, 2004''':
**"If you drink water you might grow down like a baby"

*'''May 23, 2004''':
**''During the thunderstorms, Benjamin was heard to say something along these lines (in reference to our house)'':
**The house is afraid. But the house doesn't have legs to stand up with. The house can't run away.
**''(No quotes 'cause i'm doing this one from memory & i am kinda paraphrasing from a half asleep state)''
*'''May 27, 2004''':
**''That morning from the bathroom, I overheard this being said by Benjamin'':
**"My shadow is eeeeviiil"
**''(I fell off the toilet laughing)''

*'''May 29, 2004''':
**''Today whilst Woozle was installing the tow-hitch thingy to the Windstar (so's we can haul some or all of his stuff from Georgia next week) the following conversation ensued'':
**''B'': What are you doing, Woozle?
**''W'': Installing a trailer-hitch...
**''B'': A trail-hinge?
**''W'': ...so we can bring back a whole bunch of stuff from Georgia
**''B'': Georgia? You mean George the monkey?
**''(as in Curious George, i guess!)''
*'''May 30, 2004''':
**''It was raining this morning and B wanted to go out in it... he likes to do that.. pull on his boots & get his umbrella and walk in the rain a la Christopher Robin (and yes, he does have black wellies just like CR's ^_^) and so he does....'' 
**''...a few minutes later he comes in & announces that he had to come back in because...''
**"The rain is broken."
**''(it had stopped raining!)''
*'''June 6, 2004''':
**''This first part is sort of paraphrased 'cause I don't remember exactickly what was said, but the punchline is word for word!''
**''B'': I'm not feeling well
**''M'': Oh? What's the matter?
**''B'': My feelings are empty
**''(he was hungry & wanted lunch!)''

*'''June 10, 2004''':
**'' I did a :P at B in the car on the way home from picking him up & he responded with:
**"Don't stick out your tongue when you are dead!"
**''I fell over laughing... good thing Woozle was driving!

*'''June 12, 2004''':
**''Whilst sitting on my lap:''
**"I'm getting all heavy on you"

*'''June 15, 2004''':
**''In reference to the clouds breaking up & the sun coming out, he said:''
**"The clouds are melting! All of everything is melting!!"

*'''June 25, 2004''':
**"It's almost starting to done."

*'''September 5, 2004''':
**"I'm going around like an American-Going-Round"'' (Merry-Go-Round)

*'''September 20, 2004''':
**''This morning upon looking into our front-loader washing machine as it was running, he said:''
**"Oh no! The Soap died!! He drunk too many waters so he *died*!"
**''[fx of me scrambling for pen & paper to write it down!]''

*''Later...''
**"The thunderstorm fired all the trees"

*'''October 9, 2004''':
**''Benjamin started my morning out thusly:
**''I get up & go to the bathroom. Upon leaving the bathroom, Benjamin greets me with this little ditty:''
**'''(Sung to the tune of Here We Go Around The Mulberry Bush)'''
**This is the way we kill the moms,
**Kill the moms, kill the moms;
**This is the way we kill the moms, kill them all to death!
**''(I should note the next verse was "this is the way we kill the dads" so I guess it was nothing personal! ;D)''

*'''Sometime in 2004 (probably June)''':
**"Mommy? I was making up a story. I was making up a 'Let's go riding in the CarCar story.' And that's all"

==2005==
*'''March 11, 2005''':
**''This'un is only paraphrased rather than directly quoted 'cause, golly, it happened at 6:20 in the freakin' morning!''
**''Upon seeing what the tooth fairy brought for the first tooth he lost, he uttered:''
**"I have a dollar & now I can get money with it!"

*'''March 16, 2005''':
**''So Benjamin lost another tooth & put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy & this morning when he retrieved the dollar he got, this is what he said:''
**"I got another dollar!! And it's got George Washington! And he's *STILL* dead!!!"

*'''September 13, 2005''':
**{{Hilite|"People who have too much poop in their butts throw up"}}

*'''October 15, 2005''':
**{{Hilite|"Pip isn't a real human. He's a cat"}}

*'''October 19, 2005''':
**''Benjamin comes up to me & says:''
**"I have to whisper something in your ear"
**''and I say,'' "okay" ''& he whispers (very solemnly),'' 
**"Life Goes On"

*'''November 23, 2005''':
**''Re: The Pumpkin Bread baking in the oven:''
**"It's drying up & raising right now"

*'''November 23, 2005''':
**''Hands me the yarn winder after playing with it so much that it came off the chair arm it was attached to:''
**"...now put it somewhere I can't reach it to spin it"

*'''December 2, 2005''':
**''Wanders into the office and says:''
**{{Hilite|"The smell of the lambchop is giving me happy company!"}}
**''...and then wanders back out again...

*'''December 3, 2005''':
**''Both he & Zander were hanging off the back of the couch and the following was quoth:''
***"B&Z: A giant cockroach! that we can kill!"
***"B: with our cockroach torture machine!"
**'''same day, different time:'''
**:*"you make us die of laugh!"

*'''December 20, 2005''':
**''After being told something a second time, he said he '''knew''' because:''
**"...early ago you told me."

*'''December 25, 2005'''
**"It's fun climbing on top of your mom's friend. Who is strong, and sometimes tired." (Referring to climbing on Woozle's shoulders and being carried around)

*'''December 31, 2005'''
**{{Hilite|"The nice thing about water is that you don't have to chew it"}}

==2006==
*'''January 1, 2006'''
**''After showing us a picture he made "of Watership Down" which largely consisted of snails, cars, and "POLICE - 911" signs, which he had done in Tuxpaint, he uttered this:''
**"Next I'm going to do a picture of *not* Watership Down! I'm going to do a picture of the field covered with *blood*, and making everyfing *die*!"

*'''January 24, 2006'''
**''Whilst swinging furiously on the swingset:''
**"I'm getting really better at swinging! Soon I won't need anyone to push me anymore!"

*'''February 24, 2006 6:39pm
**''After smelling daffodils with me:''
**"Daffodils have good effects on your evilness. It hurts your evilness."
[[File:First Daffydillies of 2013.JPG|200px]]

*'''February 26, 2006 (sometime before 7:49am; just not sure when)
**"One nice thing about crayon sharpeners; They can make the paper come back on"

*'''February 26, 2006 7:49am
**''Whilst doing crayon-art:''
**"I'm always thinking of pretty colors. Like brown."
**''(he had just pulled out a brown crayon)''

*'''March 6, 2006 6:27pm
** {{Hilite|"When I'm growned up & have my own computer, I'm going to put Dr. Who on it"}}
**''{{Hilite|(Said as we were about to watch Dr. Who on W's computer)}}

*'''March 26, 2006
**''Right after Bedtime Story, he said:''
**"I have to say something to you...   Mommy, I like how you smell..."
**''*sniffs*''    "You smell like good-looking girl."

*'''April 6, 2006
**"You made me nearly [knock over the laptop] and nearly make this house burn down because lesstricity wif wood makes fire! So you nearly made this house burn down!"

*'''April 20, 2006
**{{Hilite|"The more we don't get fresh air, the more we won't be able to breathe right"}}

*'''May 9, 2006
**"That took a little bit of a long time."

*'''May 11, 2006, Woozle's Birthday!
**''During an amusing conversation about how old Woozle is today, Benjamin uttered:''
**"You have to be somewhere around Not Old"

* '''July 19, 2006'''
** "Where they ''were'' is where they're not anymore!" – in reference to Kevin's parents at the end of ''[[wikipedia:Time Bandits|Time Bandits]]''

* '''July 22, 2006 10:53am'''
** It's a good thing Mel can't be melted by fire."''

*'''August 4, 2006
**''After receiving a thingy that [[Anna Nikola]] made & gave to him:''
**"This is like a present except it isn't my birthday or Christmas or ''anything''!"
:-- (as told to me by [[Anna Nikola]])

*'''October 1, 2006
**''Overhead from the living room as B&Z are playing video games. He admits it!''
**Z: Are you mad?
**B (cackling furiously): I'm a Mad Man!

*'''October 7, 2006
**''Whilst recording his own creation on the Yahama Keyboard:''
**"I filled up the *whole* recordment!"

*''...and then moments later, whilst doing a "story":''
**"Terristis are here!" (say it out loud)

*'''October 8, 2006
**''After seeing me for the first time after [[Woozle]] had trimmed my bangs:''
**"You look more wide awake than wide asleep. Your eyes are wide open."

*'''October 27, 2006
**"If there's thunder and the power goes out, we won't be able to do stuff...
*:
*:
**Unless the power comes back on."

==2007==

*'''January 11, 2007
**''Whilst picking up his dirty clothes from the floor:''
** "All this clothing is under-arrested for stealing the floor!"

*'''January 25, 2007
**''He gets in the car from school with a balloon that has a face drawn on it... and on the way home, he explains:''
** "Mr. Balloon doesn't need to eat or drink but he can die of Being Popped"
**'' And''
** "He'll never get old even though he's an adult still"

*'''February 18, 2007
{|
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || momomomomom!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || BenBenBen!
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || I love you!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || I love you too!
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Whenever I say "I love you" to someone, invisible hearts appear over my head
|}

*'''February 22, 2007
**"There's, like, infinity in the whole wide world"
**''In reference to the lowly earthworm's domain & possibly their perceptions of it.

*'''March 1, 2007
**"We Humans can get sick... ...Sometimes Humans die of being sick."

*'''April 3, 2007
**"Everywhere we look... there's a Noun. Nothing can prevent there being a Noun... Because if all the nouns were destroyed, we would have a Noun: Nothing."

*'''May 23, 2007
**''To a new babysitter:''
**"I'm the crazy one that usually falls down."

*'''July 28, 2007 at 12:27pm
**''As he was waving goodbye to me after being dropped off with his dad:''
**"See you sometime else!"

*'''September 09, 2007 at 12:17pm
**''He was requesting a movie to watch & I mentioned that I was thinking of playing a movie for Josh but that I didn't think he'd be interested in one of those and he responded with,
**"I ''prefer'' watching violence."

*'''November 13, 2007 at 6:06pm
**''Whilst making scrambledy eggs for Benjamin (he helpt! ^_^) the following interchange occurred:''
{|
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Wow, you've got a lot of experience with making scrambled eggs!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || Well, i have been making them for nigh on 30 years now.
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || (with appropriate amazed look on his face) You're older than Thirty?
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || i am older than thirty.
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Coooooool.
|}

==2008==

*'''January 8, 2008
**''Randomly:''
**"The weed wacker Prevails"

*'''May 2, 2008
**''Bouncing about at 6:30am:''
**"I'm Enerjective this morning!"

*'''Sept ?, 2008
**"Zander would have had a heart attack of joy [...to see so many chickens at Spence's Farm]!"

*'''December 23, 2008
**''At Sarah's House of Clay Camp:''
**"Like me, Zander has acts of kindness in him; mine are just more random."

==2009==

*'''February 12, 2009
**{{Hilite|"You have to get used to the days you are in"}}

*'''March 7, 2009
**"Zander -- if you find any gerbils named Godzilla, don't let them *anywhere* near our five-dollar bills."

*'''May 31, 2009
**'''Z:''' If Pip were poingy, you'd know he was sick
**'''B:''' Either that or Pip & Kestra's brains got switched!

*'''September 4, 2009
**''Whilst running around in the living room "doing a story (with Z)":''
**"Where is everything?? I can't pick my nose!"

*'''September 19, 2009
**"The more the merrier except when it comes to babies"

*'''September 29, 2009
**"My eyeballs recognize this place by heart"

*'''October 3, 2009
**"Compassion is a very good source of happiness"

==2010==

*'''June 21, 2010
**"I'm glad mom doesn't look her age"

*''And then:''
**"I really had no idea how old you were... I thought you were in your 20's!"

*'''November 28, 2010'''
*''To Zander whilst Z was playing Minecraft''
**"You react to cows like Old People react to kids on their lawn!"

==2011==

*'''March 26, 2011
*''Whilst downstairs making me scrambled eggs & bacon:''
**"Mom is helping me make breakfast by wanting it"

*''Also (as best remembered by W):''
**"If you don't like to see people smile, you may be needing to see a psychiatrist."

*'''May 1, 2011

*''And now for the latest and possibly misunderstood overheard from the other room Benjy Quote:''
**"Speaking of the dogboy<ref name=pip />, here come the Romans!"

*'''October 2, 2011

*''Possibly responding to a notification/alarm on his computer:''
**"Get out of my face, Ubuntu -- you're making me die!"

==2012==

*'''March 23, 2012
*''After eating dinner:''
**"I appear to have made a mess of myself"
==2015==
'''2015-01-19''' "'I'm almost out of volcanoes,' said a sleep-deprived Benjamin after finding out that he was nearly out of lava droplets." – Benjamin

'''2015-02-06''' "The pomegranates are reproducing! asexually... as ghosts."

'''2015-04-27''' "We're supposed to be getting ready to go and not talking about vampire boners."

*'''October 10, 2015
*''Whilst Minecrafting
**'"I have aquired[sic] a wellspring of ability to sleep"

==2016==

*'''March 2, 2016
*''Upon seeing a pangolin
**'It's a freaking sloth in armor plating!'
==2017==
[[File:2017-06-20 B&Z quotes.crop-adj.png|right|400px]]

As documented by Benjamin and Zander:

* "It's been a while since we last did RWBY crack after ten." — Benjamin, June 20{{sup|th}}, after 10

* "I only ever do RWBY Heroin." — Zander, June 20{{sup|th}}, after after 10

*'''July 16
*''Re: Boss in Monster Den
**"Damn them for being as smart as me!"

*'''November 4, at about 5pm
**"God, Pip, you make a horrible machine-gun." (B helped me remember the quote later.)

*'''Some Time in 2017:
*''From a box top:
**"I'm not the best at Logic even if I'm really good at it"

==2018==
* "Pip makes a good pillow until he starts thrashing." — January 14, 3:30pm:

*'''May 20, 2018
**''from Discord at 8:45ish pm
**'* first come first serve on predicting when I die — May 20, 8:45pm

*'''August 6, 2018
**"Now if we could just find another duo-syllabic word that starts with "P" and it fits, that would be perfect."
**''~Realization~
**"Oh shit."

*'''Some time around November 15, 2018
**''Whilst playing RWBY: Amity Arena
***''"Here come the scorpions" *giggles*

==2019==
*'''February 10, 2019
**''from Discord at 7:30ish
***'' "God, why does it have to be a hundred thousand puppies? Why can't it be something reasonable, like ten thousand?"

*'''September 14, 2019
**''During a water outage, B donned rubber gloves so to make clean-up post handling bacon & eggs easier... the process was more difficult than anticipated and along the way, he uttered this:
***''"I can fart through latex!"

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==Footnotes==
<references>
<ref name=pip>aka [[Pip]]</ref>
</references>

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User:Harena/Benjy-Quotes

2019-09-14T18:34:43Z

Harena: /* 2019 */

[[File:2003 Benjy quotes note.adj.png|right|200px]]
Decided this would be the best place to archive the Best of Benjamin Quotes. Easier to do by date & access & stuffnthings. Right. Onwards!

For context, Benjamin was born in April of 1999

(Quotes that are Highlighted have been used as my LJ Headline)
==2003==
*'''May 23, 2003''':
**{{Hilite|"I'm not smiling because my face is not cooperating"}}
*'''October 21, 2003''':
**"Woozle, we don't put fire in we're mouth!"
:(and no, i have no memory of what precipitated this remark; Woozle says he said something to me {he can't remember what} and apparently Benjamin interpreted it to mean something like having fire in one's mouth...)
*'''October 24, 2003''':
**"I am not a silly boy, I am a crying boy and I need a hug"
**''...said when i was giving him a hug & telling him he was silly because 'cause he was crying over something that silly me thought was silly''

==2004==
*'''January 1, 2004''':
**''Benjamin comes trotting into the office & says to me,'' "You have to be happy mommy.. here, I will kiss you on the elbow and that will make you happy" ''and then does so.''
*'''May 2, 2004''':
**''In reference to the window that was leaking water during the wee thunderstorm & deluge we had.. this was after it was over: ''
**"Nothing is coming through by there!"
*:
**''Also, just before that when the sun sorta came back out he said:
**"The thunderstorm is gone! Now the thunderstorm makes it back morning!
::We can't touch the thunderstorm. It makes us scared."
::''(and yes, that was said all in the same breath)''
*'''May 3, 2004''':
**''Re: Balloons gradually shrinking due to loss of air:''
**"These balloons are getting aired off"
*'''May 6, 2004''':
**''On the way to daycare this morning, in the middle of his usual free associating, he came out with this:''
**{{Hilite|"When I was your age, Woozle." ''(pause) then (after some prompting)'' "I was like your age."}}

{| style="border: groove 2pt;"
|+'''<big>Hollywoodbush</big>'''
|-
|
Part 1
*'''May 6, 2004 (PM)''':
**''Benjamin notices that my arm has scratches on it & asks where they came from:''
**''Me'': I got them when we cut down the holly bush.
**''Benjamin'': holly bush? You mean Hollywood?
Part 2
*'''May 7, 2004''':
**''He asks again about the scratches, I answer as I had the previous day (from cutting down the holly bush)... the following exchange ensues:''
**''B'': holly bush?
**''Woozle'': Is that like Hollywood?
**''B'': Hollywood? Nooooooo, we didn't cut down Hollywood!!
Part 3
*'''Date Uncertain; Originally Posted to LJ on May 16, 2004''':
**''B'': mommy, where'd you get the scratches on your arm?
**''M'': from cutting down the holly bush
**''B'': holly bush? is that like Hollywood?
**''M'': Noooo.... we didn't cut down Hollywood!
**''B'': *giggling furiously* Yes you did!
|}

*'''May 7, 2004''':
**"If you drink water you might grow down like a baby"

*'''May 23, 2004''':
**''During the thunderstorms, Benjamin was heard to say something along these lines (in reference to our house)'':
**The house is afraid. But the house doesn't have legs to stand up with. The house can't run away.
**''(No quotes 'cause i'm doing this one from memory & i am kinda paraphrasing from a half asleep state)''
*'''May 27, 2004''':
**''That morning from the bathroom, I overheard this being said by Benjamin'':
**"My shadow is eeeeviiil"
**''(I fell off the toilet laughing)''

*'''May 29, 2004''':
**''Today whilst Woozle was installing the tow-hitch thingy to the Windstar (so's we can haul some or all of his stuff from Georgia next week) the following conversation ensued'':
**''B'': What are you doing, Woozle?
**''W'': Installing a trailer-hitch...
**''B'': A trail-hinge?
**''W'': ...so we can bring back a whole bunch of stuff from Georgia
**''B'': Georgia? You mean George the monkey?
**''(as in Curious George, i guess!)''
*'''May 30, 2004''':
**''It was raining this morning and B wanted to go out in it... he likes to do that.. pull on his boots & get his umbrella and walk in the rain a la Christopher Robin (and yes, he does have black wellies just like CR's ^_^) and so he does....'' 
**''...a few minutes later he comes in & announces that he had to come back in because...''
**"The rain is broken."
**''(it had stopped raining!)''
*'''June 6, 2004''':
**''This first part is sort of paraphrased 'cause I don't remember exactickly what was said, but the punchline is word for word!''
**''B'': I'm not feeling well
**''M'': Oh? What's the matter?
**''B'': My feelings are empty
**''(he was hungry & wanted lunch!)''

*'''June 10, 2004''':
**'' I did a :P at B in the car on the way home from picking him up & he responded with:
**"Don't stick out your tongue when you are dead!"
**''I fell over laughing... good thing Woozle was driving!

*'''June 12, 2004''':
**''Whilst sitting on my lap:''
**"I'm getting all heavy on you"

*'''June 15, 2004''':
**''In reference to the clouds breaking up & the sun coming out, he said:''
**"The clouds are melting! All of everything is melting!!"

*'''June 25, 2004''':
**"It's almost starting to done."

*'''September 5, 2004''':
**"I'm going around like an American-Going-Round"'' (Merry-Go-Round)

*'''September 20, 2004''':
**''This morning upon looking into our front-loader washing machine as it was running, he said:''
**"Oh no! The Soap died!! He drunk too many waters so he *died*!"
**''[fx of me scrambling for pen & paper to write it down!]''

*''Later...''
**"The thunderstorm fired all the trees"

*'''October 9, 2004''':
**''Benjamin started my morning out thusly:
**''I get up & go to the bathroom. Upon leaving the bathroom, Benjamin greets me with this little ditty:''
**'''(Sung to the tune of Here We Go Around The Mulberry Bush)'''
**This is the way we kill the moms,
**Kill the moms, kill the moms;
**This is the way we kill the moms, kill them all to death!
**''(I should note the next verse was "this is the way we kill the dads" so I guess it was nothing personal! ;D)''

*'''Sometime in 2004 (probably June)''':
**"Mommy? I was making up a story. I was making up a 'Let's go riding in the CarCar story.' And that's all"

==2005==
*'''March 11, 2005''':
**''This'un is only paraphrased rather than directly quoted 'cause, golly, it happened at 6:20 in the freakin' morning!''
**''Upon seeing what the tooth fairy brought for the first tooth he lost, he uttered:''
**"I have a dollar & now I can get money with it!"

*'''March 16, 2005''':
**''So Benjamin lost another tooth & put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy & this morning when he retrieved the dollar he got, this is what he said:''
**"I got another dollar!! And it's got George Washington! And he's *STILL* dead!!!"

*'''September 13, 2005''':
**{{Hilite|"People who have too much poop in their butts throw up"}}

*'''October 15, 2005''':
**{{Hilite|"Pip isn't a real human. He's a cat"}}

*'''October 19, 2005''':
**''Benjamin comes up to me & says:''
**"I have to whisper something in your ear"
**''and I say,'' "okay" ''& he whispers (very solemnly),'' 
**"Life Goes On"

*'''November 23, 2005''':
**''Re: The Pumpkin Bread baking in the oven:''
**"It's drying up & raising right now"

*'''November 23, 2005''':
**''Hands me the yarn winder after playing with it so much that it came off the chair arm it was attached to:''
**"...now put it somewhere I can't reach it to spin it"

*'''December 2, 2005''':
**''Wanders into the office and says:''
**{{Hilite|"The smell of the lambchop is giving me happy company!"}}
**''...and then wanders back out again...

*'''December 3, 2005''':
**''Both he & Zander were hanging off the back of the couch and the following was quoth:''
***"B&Z: A giant cockroach! that we can kill!"
***"B: with our cockroach torture machine!"
**'''same day, different time:'''
**:*"you make us die of laugh!"

*'''December 20, 2005''':
**''After being told something a second time, he said he '''knew''' because:''
**"...early ago you told me."

*'''December 25, 2005'''
**"It's fun climbing on top of your mom's friend. Who is strong, and sometimes tired." (Referring to climbing on Woozle's shoulders and being carried around)

*'''December 31, 2005'''
**{{Hilite|"The nice thing about water is that you don't have to chew it"}}

==2006==
*'''January 1, 2006'''
**''After showing us a picture he made "of Watership Down" which largely consisted of snails, cars, and "POLICE - 911" signs, which he had done in Tuxpaint, he uttered this:''
**"Next I'm going to do a picture of *not* Watership Down! I'm going to do a picture of the field covered with *blood*, and making everyfing *die*!"

*'''January 24, 2006'''
**''Whilst swinging furiously on the swingset:''
**"I'm getting really better at swinging! Soon I won't need anyone to push me anymore!"

*'''February 24, 2006 6:39pm
**''After smelling daffodils with me:''
**"Daffodils have good effects on your evilness. It hurts your evilness."
[[File:First Daffydillies of 2013.JPG|200px]]

*'''February 26, 2006 (sometime before 7:49am; just not sure when)
**"One nice thing about crayon sharpeners; They can make the paper come back on"

*'''February 26, 2006 7:49am
**''Whilst doing crayon-art:''
**"I'm always thinking of pretty colors. Like brown."
**''(he had just pulled out a brown crayon)''

*'''March 6, 2006 6:27pm
** {{Hilite|"When I'm growned up & have my own computer, I'm going to put Dr. Who on it"}}
**''{{Hilite|(Said as we were about to watch Dr. Who on W's computer)}}

*'''March 26, 2006
**''Right after Bedtime Story, he said:''
**"I have to say something to you...   Mommy, I like how you smell..."
**''*sniffs*''    "You smell like good-looking girl."

*'''April 6, 2006
**"You made me nearly [knock over the laptop] and nearly make this house burn down because lesstricity wif wood makes fire! So you nearly made this house burn down!"

*'''April 20, 2006
**{{Hilite|"The more we don't get fresh air, the more we won't be able to breathe right"}}

*'''May 9, 2006
**"That took a little bit of a long time."

*'''May 11, 2006, Woozle's Birthday!
**''During an amusing conversation about how old Woozle is today, Benjamin uttered:''
**"You have to be somewhere around Not Old"

* '''July 19, 2006'''
** "Where they ''were'' is where they're not anymore!" – in reference to Kevin's parents at the end of ''[[wikipedia:Time Bandits|Time Bandits]]''

* '''July 22, 2006 10:53am'''
** It's a good thing Mel can't be melted by fire."''

*'''August 4, 2006
**''After receiving a thingy that [[Anna Nikola]] made & gave to him:''
**"This is like a present except it isn't my birthday or Christmas or ''anything''!"
:-- (as told to me by [[Anna Nikola]])

*'''October 1, 2006
**''Overhead from the living room as B&Z are playing video games. He admits it!''
**Z: Are you mad?
**B (cackling furiously): I'm a Mad Man!

*'''October 7, 2006
**''Whilst recording his own creation on the Yahama Keyboard:''
**"I filled up the *whole* recordment!"

*''...and then moments later, whilst doing a "story":''
**"Terristis are here!" (say it out loud)

*'''October 8, 2006
**''After seeing me for the first time after [[Woozle]] had trimmed my bangs:''
**"You look more wide awake than wide asleep. Your eyes are wide open."

*'''October 27, 2006
**"If there's thunder and the power goes out, we won't be able to do stuff...
*:
*:
**Unless the power comes back on."

==2007==

*'''January 11, 2007
**''Whilst picking up his dirty clothes from the floor:''
** "All this clothing is under-arrested for stealing the floor!"

*'''January 25, 2007
**''He gets in the car from school with a balloon that has a face drawn on it... and on the way home, he explains:''
** "Mr. Balloon doesn't need to eat or drink but he can die of Being Popped"
**'' And''
** "He'll never get old even though he's an adult still"

*'''February 18, 2007
{|
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || momomomomom!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || BenBenBen!
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || I love you!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || I love you too!
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Whenever I say "I love you" to someone, invisible hearts appear over my head
|}

*'''February 22, 2007
**"There's, like, infinity in the whole wide world"
**''In reference to the lowly earthworm's domain & possibly their perceptions of it.

*'''March 1, 2007
**"We Humans can get sick... ...Sometimes Humans die of being sick."

*'''April 3, 2007
**"Everywhere we look... there's a Noun. Nothing can prevent there being a Noun... Because if all the nouns were destroyed, we would have a Noun: Nothing."

*'''May 23, 2007
**''To a new babysitter:''
**"I'm the crazy one that usually falls down."

*'''July 28, 2007 at 12:27pm
**''As he was waving goodbye to me after being dropped off with his dad:''
**"See you sometime else!"

*'''September 09, 2007 at 12:17pm
**''He was requesting a movie to watch & I mentioned that I was thinking of playing a movie for Josh but that I didn't think he'd be interested in one of those and he responded with,
**"I ''prefer'' watching violence."

*'''November 13, 2007 at 6:06pm
**''Whilst making scrambledy eggs for Benjamin (he helpt! ^_^) the following interchange occurred:''
{|
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Wow, you've got a lot of experience with making scrambled eggs!
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || Well, i have been making them for nigh on 30 years now.
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || (with appropriate amazed look on his face) You're older than Thirty?
|-
| align=right | '''Me:''' || i am older than thirty.
|-
| align=right | '''B:''' || Coooooool.
|}

==2008==

*'''January 8, 2008
**''Randomly:''
**"The weed wacker Prevails"

*'''May 2, 2008
**''Bouncing about at 6:30am:''
**"I'm Enerjective this morning!"

*'''Sept ?, 2008
**"Zander would have had a heart attack of joy [...to see so many chickens at Spence's Farm]!"

*'''December 23, 2008
**''At Sarah's House of Clay Camp:''
**"Like me, Zander has acts of kindness in him; mine are just more random."

==2009==

*'''February 12, 2009
**{{Hilite|"You have to get used to the days you are in"}}

*'''March 7, 2009
**"Zander -- if you find any gerbils named Godzilla, don't let them *anywhere* near our five-dollar bills."

*'''May 31, 2009
**'''Z:''' If Pip were poingy, you'd know he was sick
**'''B:''' Either that or Pip & Kestra's brains got switched!

*'''September 4, 2009
**''Whilst running around in the living room "doing a story (with Z)":''
**"Where is everything?? I can't pick my nose!"

*'''September 19, 2009
**"The more the merrier except when it comes to babies"

*'''September 29, 2009
**"My eyeballs recognize this place by heart"

*'''October 3, 2009
**"Compassion is a very good source of happiness"

==2010==

*'''June 21, 2010
**"I'm glad mom doesn't look her age"

*''And then:''
**"I really had no idea how old you were... I thought you were in your 20's!"

*'''November 28, 2010'''
*''To Zander whilst Z was playing Minecraft''
**"You react to cows like Old People react to kids on their lawn!"

==2011==

*'''March 26, 2011
*''Whilst downstairs making me scrambled eggs & bacon:''
**"Mom is helping me make breakfast by wanting it"

*''Also (as best remembered by W):''
**"If you don't like to see people smile, you may be needing to see a psychiatrist."

*'''May 1, 2011

*''And now for the latest and possibly misunderstood overheard from the other room Benjy Quote:''
**"Speaking of the dogboy<ref name=pip />, here come the Romans!"

*'''October 2, 2011

*''Possibly responding to a notification/alarm on his computer:''
**"Get out of my face, Ubuntu -- you're making me die!"

==2012==

*'''March 23, 2012
*''After eating dinner:''
**"I appear to have made a mess of myself"
==2015==
'''2015-01-19''' "'I'm almost out of volcanoes,' said a sleep-deprived Benjamin after finding out that he was nearly out of lava droplets." – Benjamin

'''2015-02-06''' "The pomegranates are reproducing! asexually... as ghosts."

'''2015-04-27''' "We're supposed to be getting ready to go and not talking about vampire boners."

*'''October 10, 2015
*''Whilst Minecrafting
**'"I have aquired[sic] a wellspring of ability to sleep"

==2016==

*'''March 2, 2016
*''Upon seeing a pangolin
**'It's a freaking sloth in armor plating!'
==2017==
[[File:2017-06-20 B&Z quotes.crop-adj.png|right|400px]]

As documented by Benjamin and Zander:

* "It's been a while since we last did RWBY crack after ten." — Benjamin, June 20{{sup|th}}, after 10

* "I only ever do RWBY Heroin." — Zander, June 20{{sup|th}}, after after 10

*'''July 16
*''Re: Boss in Monster Den
**"Damn them for being as smart as me!"

*'''November 4, at about 5pm
**"God, Pip, you make a horrible machine-gun." (B helped me remember the quote later.)

*'''Some Time in 2017:
*''From a box top:
**"I'm not the best at Logic even if I'm really good at it"

==2018==
* "Pip makes a good pillow until he starts thrashing." — January 14, 3:30pm:

*'''May 20, 2018
**''from Discord at 8:45ish pm
**'* first come first serve on predicting when I die — May 20, 8:45pm

*'''August 6, 2018
**"Now if we could just find another duo-syllabic word that starts with "P" and it fits, that would be perfect."
**''~Realization~
**"Oh shit."

*'''Some time around November 15, 2018
**''Whilst playing RWBY: Amity Arena
***''"Here come the scorpions" *giggles*

==2019==
*'''February 10, 2019
**''from Discord at 7:30ish
***'' "God, why does it have to be a hundred thousand puppies? Why can't it be something reasonable, like ten thousand?"

*'''September 14, 2019
**''During a water outage, B donned gloves so to make clean-up post handling bacon & eggs easier... the process was more difficult than anticipated and along the way, he uttered this:
***''"I can fart through latex!"

[[Category:Benjy|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]
[[Category:Quotes|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]

==Footnotes==
<references>
<ref name=pip>aka [[Pip]]</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Benjy|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]
[[Category:Quotes|Harena/Benjy-Quotes]]

Crockpot Soap Rebatching

2019-08-23T01:01:08Z

Harena:

2 lbs of "shredded" soap bits. 
6 ounces of water (3 ounces per pound)

Start off with crockpot set between "Warm" & 200 degrees

[http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soapmakingbasics/ss/rebatchingsoap_4.htm Reference]

--[[User:Harena|Harena]] ([[User talk:Harena|talk]]) 19:20, 13 June 2014 (EDT)

[[Category:Harena|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]
[[Category:Harena crafts|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]
[[Category:Recipes|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]
[[Category:Soap|Crockpot Soap Rebatching]]

Category:Soap

2019-08-23T01:00:57Z

Harena: Created page with "Category:Harena crafts "

[[Category:Harena crafts]]

File:Soap Shavings After.JPG

2019-08-23T00:54:22Z

Harena:

{{datecat|2011-07-14}}

Now they are ready for the crockpot! I got them that way after trying several different methods including poking at them through the ziplock bag they were in (this was way too arduous and not comprehensive at all; this was the method I used for the first & smaller batch & it was Annoying to say the least) and whacking at them with a rubber mallet through the ziplock bag (which only really served to mush the bits together & didn't break them up much at all).

And then a friend suggested a cheese slicer which appealed to me but I still felt it would be too time consuming. But that made me think of the egg slicer which I had been using for Z's boiled eggses for his lunches and I tried that. At first I tried slicing the bits like they were eggs but too much of it stuck to the slicer itself. But when I tried pushing the soap through just the wire part, that worked really well! I sorted out a method of holding the wired half between my two hands and putting the bits on top and pushing it through like that (and repeating for bits that cut long ways but needed to be cut the other direction too) and ended up with bits as shown in the picture.

It was still a bit Laborious, so I am envisioning something a bit larger but that I could maybe still hold in my hands as I push the bits back & forth through the wires. Now, if I could just get someone to build me this... Maybe [[Woozle]] in all her spare time...

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Blue Electric Kettle

2019-07-18T00:19:36Z

Harena:

[[File:2019-07-17 2nd Blue Electric Tea Kettle.JPG|400px]]

<big>To remove discoloration or scale/lime deposit from heating element:</big>

Place either 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar or 1 Tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice into the kettle. Then fill the kettle 1/2 full with water. Plug in, turn ON (|) and bring to boil. Turn OFF (0), let cool, and rinse several times with clean tap water.

[[Category:Household|Blue Electric Kettle]]

File:2019-07-17 2nd Blue Electric Tea Kettle.JPG

2019-07-18T00:18:55Z

Harena: File uploaded with MsUpload

File uploaded with MsUpload

Blue Electric Kettle

2019-07-17T16:58:28Z

Harena: Cleaning instructions for tea kettle

<big>To remove discoloration or scale/lime deposit from heating element:</big>

Place either 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar or 1 Tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice into the kettle. Then fill the kettle 1/2 full with water. Plug in, turn ON (|) and bring to boil. Turn OFF (0), let cool, and rinse several times with clean tap water.

[[Category:Household|Blue Electric Kettle]]

Category:Household

2019-07-17T16:50:58Z

Harena: Created page with "Category:Hypertwin Manor "

[[Category:Hypertwin Manor]]

User:Harena

2019-05-01T13:28:57Z

Harena: /* Stuff (and Things) */

ACK! I don't exist yet!

: *poof*

[[File:Jester Tentacle Bag Pre-Felt.jpg|150px]]

Ok, 'shew, that was a close one...

----

Right. Now that I exist, um, I suppose I should say a little something about myself. Okay, then: "A Little Something".

And now, a shiny link... my [http://ownedbycats.org homepage] which is badly in need of updating, but beats the heck out of nothing ^_^

For gobs of pictures in a place that is more likely to get updated, try checking my G+ photos (Link to my profile below)(Also Abandoned, whoops. Occasional posts & pictures can be found at [https://toot.cat/@Harena Mastodon], though!).

You can also find pictures [[:Category:Harena|Here]].

Caveat: May Contain Serious Weirdness. Frumps & People Worried About Graciousness should Stay Away. You Know Who You Are.

And for those of you what have no clue what the Meaning of Life, The Universe, & Harena is, a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/harena link]. According to the first declension, I'm not only nominative, but also ablative & vocative. Which seems legit.

I am deathly allergic to cashews (and it's looking like pistachios are going in that direction too), so when you make me that surprise dessert, please leave those nuts out, thanks! :D

==Stuff (and Things)==
*<s>[[File:Flame Rainbow Harena 522x522.jpg|100px|link=https://plus.google.com/102890307444567242535/about]] [https://plus.google.com/102890307444567242535/about Google+ profile]</s>
*[https://toot.cat/@Harena My Mastodon profile]
*[https://harena.dreamwidth.org/ My Dreamwidth blog]
*[[User:Harena/Benjy-Quotes|Benjy-Quotes]]
*[[User:Harena/Movies to Watch|Movies to Watch]]
*[[:Category:Minecraft|Minecraft!]]
*[[User:Harena/Favorite Non-American Words & Phrases|Favorite Non-American Words & Phrases]]
*[[100 Questions Meme]]

[[Category:Contributors|Harena]]
[[Category:Harena|Harena]]
[[Category:Hypertwins|Harena]]
[[Category:Sluggites|Harena]]

==Notes==
* [[/logging things]]

[[Category:Contributors|Harena]]
[[Category:Harena|Harena]]
[[Category:Hypertwins|Harena]]
[[Category:Sluggites|Harena]]

User:Harena

2019-05-01T13:27:27Z

Harena: /* Stuff (and Things) */

ACK! I don't exist yet!

: *poof*

[[File:Jester Tentacle Bag Pre-Felt.jpg|150px]]

Ok, 'shew, that was a close one...

----

Right. Now that I exist, um, I suppose I should say a little something about myself. Okay, then: "A Little Something".

And now, a shiny link... my [http://ownedbycats.org homepage] which is badly in need of updating, but beats the heck out of nothing ^_^

For gobs of pictures in a place that is more likely to get updated, try checking my G+ photos (Link to my profile below)(Also Abandoned, whoops. Occasional posts & pictures can be found at [https://toot.cat/@Harena Mastodon], though!).

You can also find pictures [[:Category:Harena|Here]].

Caveat: May Contain Serious Weirdness. Frumps & People Worried About Graciousness should Stay Away. You Know Who You Are.

And for those of you what have no clue what the Meaning of Life, The Universe, & Harena is, a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/harena link]. According to the first declension, I'm not only nominative, but also ablative & vocative. Which seems legit.

I am deathly allergic to cashews (and it's looking like pistachios are going in that direction too), so when you make me that surprise dessert, please leave those nuts out, thanks! :D

==Stuff (and Things)==
*<s>[[File:Flame Rainbow Harena 522x522.jpg|100px|link=https://plus.google.com/102890307444567242535/about]] [https://plus.google.com/102890307444567242535/about Google+ profile]</s>
*[https://harena.dreamwidth.org/ My Dreamwidth blog.]
*[[User:Harena/Benjy-Quotes|Benjy-Quotes]]
*[[User:Harena/Movies to Watch|Movies to Watch]]
*[[:Category:Minecraft|Minecraft!]]
*[[User:Harena/Favorite Non-American Words & Phrases|Favorite Non-American Words & Phrases]]
*[[100 Questions Meme]]

[[Category:Contributors|Harena]]
[[Category:Harena|Harena]]
[[Category:Hypertwins|Harena]]
[[Category:Sluggites|Harena]]

==Notes==
* [[/logging things]]

[[Category:Contributors|Harena]]
[[Category:Harena|Harena]]
[[Category:Hypertwins|Harena]]
[[Category:Sluggites|Harena]]

Daisy

2019-03-21T12:48:32Z

Harena:

{{datecat|2019-03-03}}Daisy is our 2010 Odyssey, purchased 2019-03-03.
* '''VIN''': 5FNRL3H79AB072979
** [https://www.decodethis.com/vin/5FNRL3H79AB072979 decoded]
** [https://www.carmax.com/car/17127891/vehicle-history history report (Experian via CarMax)]

[[File:IMG_20190303_150751386.jpg|600px]]
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The podling bay doors won't open on command<ref>I'm not ''sure'' about this, but it looks like maybe I needed to unlock the doors first; it seems to be working fine now. Maybe it was the very large axe that did it.</ref>

No, I'm serious. (see [https://toot.cat/@woozle/101688751239255822 toot])
==Story==
''by Woozle''

Given the decline of [[Kestracel Weiss]], it became necessary to get a replacement. We have long needed a minivan, since we keep having to rent them (at no small expense) in order to have enough room for everyone (up to 5 people and their luggage) on various family trips, so we decided that we would at last do this.

With some family-contributed funds earmarked for the purchase of a minivan from CarMax, we had picked out a couple (both 2008 Toyota Sienna; we were also looking at Honda Odyssey, though they tended to be a bit more expensive) that would have been good, but they both got snarfed up before we could even get a look at them.

Meanwhile, a professional associate-friend of ours whom I shall refer to as D said she'd be happy to sell me ''her'' minivan, which was significantly older (2003) than the CarMax vehicles (which are rarely older than 2008) but also a lot cheaper (like, under $3k) and was also a Toyota Sienna.

I said we were interested, but Harena (who was sick at home for several weeks during this time) needed to give it a sniff-test after D took steps to get rid of the cigarette odor (fortunately she hadn't been smoking for very long, so it wasn't bad), and also she planned to get it inspected by a mechanic so she had objective evidence that it was mechanically in good condition.

In the meantime, another minivan (a Honda, which we were a bit more enthusiastic about) materialized at CarMax -- at another location, but close enough that they'd move it for free, so I asked my rep to have it moved so we could look at / test-drive it. He said it might take several weeks, so we were seriously considering buying the D-mobile anyway, if the price was low enough, if only so we wouldn't have to rent a car for the next drive to Asheville on March 2 .

...but then the CarMax vehicle arrived over the weekend, and we went to look at it on Sunday...

...and they couldn't find it.

It turned out they had pulled it for some mechanical issues, and seemed to feel it wasn't going to be available. So we test-drove ''another'' minivan they actually had on the lot, a newer Toyota that was kind of more than we wanted to spend on a Toyota. It was ok but didn't wow either of us enough to consider paying that much.

Then, looking on the CarMax web site at home, I found another Honda, also within free-transport range and just barely in our price-range, so I asked our rep to have ''that'' one moved -- it was to arrive on Monday, March 4.

And I was, like, ok, then I guess we will definitely get the D-mobile, because we kinda need to get to/from Asheville on March 2, and this will give us time to make sure we're getting the best possible CarMax car.

...but then D found out that her soon-to-be-ex-husband -- who has been playing omfg headgames with her ever since an incident this past December which... is an enraging story unto itself -- did not want her to sell the car, even though:
* they each had one car, and
* had agreed she would keep the Sienna and he would keep the other car, and
* they traded keys so she has both the keys to the Sienna and he has both the keys to his.

There was absolutely ''no reason'' for him not to want her to sell it, except to interfere with whatever she decides so as to undermine her autonomy (something he consistently has been doing ever since the aforementioned incident).

She was talking about letting us rent it just for this trip, but I think she'd had second thoughts about that because I wasn't getting an answer from her on price...
...but then I figured out that I could use all the "points" I've accumulated at Enterprise to basically rent a suitable vehicle for free (though the comprehensive insurance will probably bring it up to $20-$40 or so).<ref>As it turned out, somehow my paying with points could not be accessed when I went to pick up the car, but the total price was still only $70 or so. If I had the energy, I'd try to follow up with Enterprise and find out [[WTF]] that was about, but I don't.</ref>

The Saturday trip to Asheville was uneventful, and I returned the rental as planned the next morning -- while also checking CarMax for any new vehicles of interest, whereupon I came upon a slightly older but rather more luxurious Odyssey which had the dual advantages of being (a) slightly cheaper and (b) available ''now''.

I texted my sales rep to make an appointment that afternoon; we went and looked at it, felt it would do nicely (not to mention being a bit wowed by the shiny aspects of it, even though we might not ever use some of them -- e.g. the DVD player with a rear-seat screen)... and, to make a long afternoon of paperwork short, that vehicle is now Daisy.
==Links==
* '''2017-09-13''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStB2_Rw8o8 Install Android Car Radio + Steering Wheel Control - Honda Odyssey 08 - Ownice C500] (video): replacing the lower unit with the controls
* '''2013-04-13''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaoewU6BZpM Honda Odyssey Stereo and CD Removal 2005-2010] (video): removing the screen/CD unit
* [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=replace+radio+2010+honda+odyssey YouTube search]

==Footnote==
<references />

[[Category:2019|Daisy]]
[[Category:2019/03|Daisy]]
[[Category:2019/03/03|Daisy]]
[[Category:Cars|Daisy]]
[[Category:Dates/03/03|Daisy]]
[[Category:Months/03|Daisy]]
[[Category:Stories|Daisy]]