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Take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and banish those thoughts of Mothra from your mind. That’s right, it’s time to meditate or chill out, Godzilla style, courtesy of this post from Shepherd!

Courtesy of Mychal's Twitter account There's no joy like library joy and Mychal Threets has the receipts for it in this post by St. Peepsburg!

Daydream by Maximilian Imran Faleel on Flickr

I have no recollection of how I used to waste time. ojocaliente asks how we used to space out and waste time, pre-internet.

Willie Mae Thornton via discogs.com

Do yourself a favor and catch Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton performing her song "Ball and Chain" from 1970 in spamandkimchi's great post about the electrifying and iconic blues, R&B, and rock foundational figure.

US Canada border photo by Chris Connelly on Flickr

St. Peepsburg wondering about the days before crossing the US/Canada border became so painful, eh? People have answers and interesting anecdotes.

Photo by Kate Tee Hair via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/) On Ask MetaFilter, spamandkimchi wants to know what your random, but regular, act of public service is. Come chime in or get ideas from others!

Screenshot from the movie Office Space

Just ignore that PC Load Letter problem, leave those TPS reports for later, and come celebrate 25 years of the movie Office Space! NotMyselfRightNow created a post about the iconic movie that parodying working in an office and others are chiming in with their memories, so if you could just go ahead and click on the link that would be greeaaaat

Photo by Clinton Steeds, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cwsteeds/)

Today we highlight an example of mixing Gilbert and Sullivan with Dracula, as presented by Faint of Butt! This is nine minutes of pure fun and hilariousness, click to enjoy it 🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️🎶🎼

Photo by Scott Akerman, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sterlic/)

📏 Measure twice, cut once is very good advice. But please make sure you (or your team) are using the same measurement system. Otherwise, as autopilot's post points out, your powerful warship might sink less than a mile into its maiden voyage.

"suitcase food" by Krista on Flickr (cropped)

skycrashesdown would just like to enjoy a nice homemade slab of bread and is looking for recipes that will turn out a loaf "dense and packed full of fiber and different crunchy bits and with a chewy crust. Bread that would be served at a meal at Redwall."

A hollow way at La Meauffe, Manche, France By Romain Bréget, CC BY-SA 4.0, By Romain Bréget, CC BY-SA 4.0

"Also known as holloways, they have inspired literary and artistic reflection, conjuring images of fantastic landscapes" ... cupcakeninja leads our path to a "serene and tranquil post" about the sunken roads of the Anthropocene. (Also, don't miss 43rdAnd9th's delightful tidbit about drovers getting geese to market)

Tell me some more about two types of people ... A Terrible Llama asks for examples of (lesser known) "two types of people" tropes, and you will either find the answers fascinating, or not.

Go to hell? Ok fine, the United Kingdom has a large selection of entrances that will allow one to do that, complete with some true-ish backstories. Just step this way, dmd will hold the door...

How do you deal with edge cases? Vincebowdren posted about "No Vehicles in the Park", an interesting (and short) game/quiz that looks at the difficulty of having policies that everyone agrees on.

There is a cat named Fraggle Rock in this world! Come check out the illustrated diary (shared by Pallas Athena) of the adventures of settling in to their home, as told by the artist 'AM'! 🐈🐈‍⬛