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So, I had the stupid/great idea to Upgrade my halloween costume. I think it's going to take at least a year's work. I want to take my bike and turn it into a pirate ship. I also recognize that I'm not quite proficient at all of the tasks ahead of me so I thought I'd ask y'all if you had any advice. I'm at the drawing up plans stage. Here's what I've got:

I plan to take a generation one electric terratrike rambler and make a "little" removable shell i can clamp to it, remove it every year &c. for halloween that looks like a small pirate ship i can ride around the neighborhood and give out candy. they, not mine, look like this but i've got more neat shit on minei'll let you guess what my costume is.

so here's a crude mockup of what my trike looks like:

now here's a basic idea of what i'm planning on doing:

my first thought for that purple frame outline is to get some PVC, bend it the shape i want, put some cardboard on, paint on some fiberglass, once it's dry sand it and paint it like an old timey boat. attach it with some struts and clamps of some sort i'm sure i can frankenstein together in the back and front, fuck pedaling while it's together just run off the electric. have my crate in the back be the poop deck, maybe put a mast in where my headrest is i dunno.

so: any tips with the fiberglassing? see anywhere I'm going wrong? I've never done anything like this before, it just looks fun.

I love greek food, greek festivals, and well honestly food festivals so i thought i'd let y'all know ahead of time. Weather looks to be in the upper 80s lower 90s. Hope to see you there!

Those biscuits N0MAD @ sh.itjust.works look damn good, so here's something to go with them

SAUSAGE GRAVY

1 pound Breakfast Sausage, Hot Or Mild. I like Hot, my wife likes Mild.
1/3 cup All-purpose Flour
4 cups Whole Milk
1/2 teaspoon Seasoned Salt
2 teaspoons Black Pepper, More To Taste

With your finger, tear small pieces of sausage and add them in a single layer to a large heavy skillet. Brown the sausage over medium-high heat until no longer pink. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Sprinkle on half the flour and stir so that the sausage soaks it all up, then add a little more until just before the sausage looks too dry. Stir it around and cook it for another minute or so, then pour in the milk, stirring constantly.

[in my recipe, here's biscuit cookin']

Cook the gravy, stirring frequently, until it thickens. (This may take a good 10-12 minutes.) Sprinkle in the seasoned salt and pepper and continue cooking until very thick and luscious. If it gets too thick too soon, just splash in 1/2 cup of milk or more if needed. Taste and adjust seasonings. [editor's note, my wife and i disagree on the proper amount of pepper, i say a whole tablespoon, she says a single teaspoon is enough. remember, you can always add more, but you can't unseason]

Spoon sausage gravy over warm biscuits and serve immediately!

So i am wanting to make some vodka sauce (my recipe is very similar to this one except it uses cavatappi instead of penne (cavatappi is easier to fork), other small adjustments to spice levels because i like it that way) but i need a good protein to pair with it.

I don't want to do a pork cutlet (i make mine like tonkatsu) because that's too much work. I'm thinking of grilling up a good sausage and serving it, sliced or whole, on top of or to the side of the pasta, but i live in statesia. "italian sausage" is generally low quality compared to actual sausages that are made in italian styles. Anyone got ideas? Should I pop on a linguica or uncured soppressata? Something else? I don't really want to grind my own but i guess i could make some meatballs. Like I said, I could use some protein advice if you have any. if you've tried specific sausages and they really didn't work, i'd love to hear too.

[image from iwillnoteatoysters.com]

Like my wife and I are trying to decide between the Sacramento Banana Festival, the San Jose Assyrian Festival, and the Fairfield Tomato Festival this weekend. If we see any of you at one of these, I'm the guy with the orange stetson come say hi

[Bobby Hill kicks a kid in the crotch screaming "THAT'S MY PURSE I DON'T KNOW YOU", except he's got Ben Sisko's face, the kid he's kicking has The Founders' face, and he's actually screaming "THAT'S MY QUADRANT I DON'T KNOW YOU". Also The Founder has Googly Eyes, which I thought was pretty sharp]

So I'm hesitant to recommend stuff on Epic as their history with Tencent leaves something to be desired, but they're offering Road Redemption (a modernized PC successor) for free this week if anyone else wants to jump on the deal.

It seems like it'd be useful to have a jar of béarnaise or hollandaise, but I have to make those. Can't buy good béarnaise or hollandaise. Good mayo is easy to get tho. WTF?