I kept meaning to pick up my rubber bands for all the things I need to put rubber bands around, but I kept forgetting.

Today I realized that I have string and I have buttons; therefore I can make this thing to put the things in that I would have formery put inside of rubber bands.

Does anyone know what this kind of tie is called?

Displayed is the Gregg shorthand form for taken.

Also displayed is my dog, the back of the condos where I'm considering planting wild raspberry bushes, and a Brazilian mate cup (pronounced:mah-tay). I purchased it with Brazilian yerba before I understood the differences between Argentine and Brazilian mate. Brazilian mate is a lot finer, and I prefer Argentine. I had started using metal mates because I would constantly leave the yerba leaves in the natural gourd and they would never get a chance to dry out; this would encourage bacterial growth which was a hassle to clean out, but I realized that I have since acquired TWO natural gourd mates and can alternate between them, giving them time to dry.

I believe I was promised a picture of a dog?

Oh, dear. Yes, I realized the picture I posted originally was out of focus, so I did a re-shoot, but he has since relocated.

If it's Brazilian it's pronounced chimarrão

Yes, and it's a little different, much finer, probably requiring a slightly different bombilla (straw).

Oh! Whose a good boy! Yes! Yes! You are! Such a good boy!

If you need a rubber band, buy asparagus. You get two and also have asparagus.

What kind of rubber bands are they? The brocolli bunch bands are too stiff and too small for index cards.

Ah, good point. Yeah, they're the same you'd get on broccoli.

Naw, they just chew through it. JK. There's a technique for insertion, and the first cuia the host prepares is mostly spat out. Then, being a good host, the second water is offered to the guest, as that's the best (low fines through the bomba, but strongest flavor).

Expensive rubber bands, particularly when asparagus is out of season.

I just learned how to pronounce ão. Good times.

Portuguese conjugations are fun, they are so close to Spanish, and knowing the ão approaches an "m" sound helps a lot because the n in "they" conjugations becomes "m" in portuguese (hacen --> fazem, estan --> estão).

Looks like the String Lobby snared another one with their empty promises.