Betty Williams (u/williams.betty)

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Spent $400 on a fancy soot vacuum system and I'm not impressed

Everyone says they're a game changer, but mine just clogs constantly on older brick flues. The extra setup time kills my schedule. Anyone found a better way to handle heavy creosote buildup in historic homes?

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williams.betty•3d ago

Question about using a single word prompt versus a full scene starter

I ran a small writing group for about a year and we always used one-word prompts like 'red' or 'silence'. It was fine, but the stories often felt samey. Last month, a new member brought in a full scene starter: 'The last train out of Chicago has left, and you're holding a ticket for it.' The difference was huge. Everyone's story was unique, with clear characters and stakes from the first line. The one-word stuff just lets you drift. The specific scene gives you a problem to solve right away. It cut our warm-up time in half and the writing was better. Has anyone else made this switch and seen better results?

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6h ago

Just hit 500 episodes watched on my tracker and it feels weird

Honestly, tracking numbers like that would totally ruin anime for me. I used to log everything too, but then I realized I was just watching to fill a list instead of actually enjoying the shows. Now I just watch stuff when I feel like it and it feels way more fun.

7h ago

Question about asking for a raise at a small company

Yeah, @thea_carter nailed it. Classic cheap yes.

10h ago

Rant: I was adding the chicken broth at the beginning for years until my cousin pointed out it makes everything taste like boiled socks.

Heard that about wine too, right?

11h ago

My aunt's old church cookbook from 1975 has a recipe for 'tomato soup cake' that everyone says is gross.

Wait, was it really a spice cake? I mean, the one my grandma used to make was just a plain cake, like a really simple vanilla one, and the soup just made it super moist. Maybe they used different soup back then or something.

1d ago

Picked a $300 coworking pass in Lisbon over a cheap cafe routine for my first month here.

Ugh, my friend tried the park thing and got ants in his laptop.