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The Yelling Woman is still yelling at 2am. ("I know!! I know!!") It's a good thing I am a creature of the night.

haaaah the Nine Tripod Cauldrons

At the time of the Shang dynasty during the 2nd millennium BCE, the tripod cauldrons came to symbolize the power and authority of the ruling dynasty with strict regulations imposed as to their use. Members of the scholarly gentry class were permitted to use one or three cauldrons; the ministers of state (大夫, dàfū) five; the vassal lords seven; and only the sovereign Son of Heaven was entitled to use nine
i a silly connection lol - vaisselle (tableware)

or some Fu (poetry)
皇家赫而天居兮，萬方徂而星集。
貴寵煽以彌熾兮，僉守利而不戢。
前車覆而未遠兮，後乘驅而競及。
窮變巧於台榭兮，民露處而寢洷。
消嘉榖於禽獸兮，下糠粃而無粒。
弘寬裕於便辟兮，糾忠諫其駸急。

The august house is resplendent, as if dwelling in Heaven;
from a myriad directions they come, gathering like stars.
The honored and favored fan their fires of lust even hotter;
all guard profit without cease.
When a front coach overturns not far ahead,
the rear teams dash forward, racing to catch up.
They exhaust their multifarious craft on terraces and towers,
while the people dwell in the open, sleep in the wet.
They waste fine grain on birds and beasts,
while those below eat chaff and husks without the kernels.
They grandly bestow liberal generosity on fawning flatterers,
but in impeaching loyal protest, they are swift and sure.

— Criticizing corrupt eunuchs and officials, "Fu on Recounting a Journey", Cai Yong (AD 159)

Me and Sauron

New selfie:

Big sale on soup at the store today. Just what I needed to stock up my plague bunker.