Lobster sez happy #caturday but it’s muffled bc he’s got a mouth full of foot

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YEAAAAAAAAH

Chewy molasses oatmeal cookies with a lil hint of toasty sesame. On the left with dark chocolate chips, shredded unsweetened coconut, and poppyseeds; right with chopped walnuts and dried cranberries. Trust me and do a pinch of flaky salt on the coconut-choc-poppyseed ones before baking.

My First Royal Icing (TM). Now if only they'll dry before I drop something on them or the cat decides to "investigate."

Lobster makes it extra-festive. When he's not trying to eat parts of the damned tree.

Dun. Dun dun dun. Dun dun dun. Dun dun dunnnnnn.

I LOVE THIS SO FREAKING MUCH. It is HEFTY, it's about 4.5" long, it has more clearance from the spool to the floor (my 25yd double-stick tape refills just barely fit; they DON'T fit in my steel Penco dispenser), full rubber pad on base for stability, and LOOK AT HER. From store.parksconservancy.org!

Heated cat bed or expensive vintage amplifier WHY NOT BOTH

The ongoing quest to create The Most Appalling/Absurd Christmas ornament possible, this time featuring an octopus medallion on front and a vintage (!) RatFink plastic doodad on back plus rhinestone chain trim, bc I enjoy thematic dissonance.

Yeaaaars ago, bf went to store and came home with a present: variety pack of plastic dinosaurs. Just repurposed this guy. Tyrannosaurus Festivus aka HoHoHorrorStory.

Lobster is bad at hiding. Like, ravenous-bugblatter-beast-of-traal levels of bad. #caturday

FYI just discovered that the Golden Gate National Park Conservancy sells historical reproductions of the chambray button-down issued to Alcatraz prisoners, so obvs got one for kid for xmas (and an enameled steel Golden Gate tape dispenser for myself). Support your national parks!

IT HAS BEGUN. (Wrapping gifts remains my #1 fave Holiday Thing.)

GO #AFTYN GO.

Okay so some absolute GENIUS at Netflix decided the world needed one of those "Yule Log" videos and ... it's Gwi-ma. Literally the "fire" is Gwi-ma.

It's a DOWN IN FRONT #caturday omg why is he like this.

New set of christmas ornaments yeaaaaaah. Courtesy of: random 80-110# cardstock from my collection, random glitter ditto, hot glue gun, WeldBond, and DecoArt Triple Thick glaze.

Today in "Internet People I Desperately Want To Be Friends With" : www.youtube.com/shorts/0Syzi...

Woke up this morning to a txt I'd evidently sent myself at 1am which read "DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER IS THE MIDPOINT BETWEEN STEVEN PINKER AND ANDY WARHOL" so this day is off to a rollicking start.

An extended floor-plop to recover after hours of roasting in a window sunbeam.

Disappointed that The Guardian put out a shopping list of "Best Black Friday Deals" and double-disappointed that over half are from union-busting employee-abusing shitshow Amazon. (List also includes problematic non-faves like HomeDepot and LuluLemon.) Boooooo, Guardian. Enjoy those affiliate $s.

That #@%& goat, man.

Self-care is what's up. Not pictured: I like to put on an ItDoesn'tMatter while I work on gel nails -- something I've seen a billionty times, or that doesn't require thought/attention. This week's mani brought to you buy 1998's DEEP IMPACT. No regrets.

It took me a minute.

Editing photos of an event, wherein I wore a thing that I wore to a DIFFERENT event many months ago and saw the subsequent pics and went "holy shit I'm never wearing that again at least not where I'll be photographed" and yet HERE WE ARE.

I CLEANED. Also, why NOT cover one's desk in emerald green glitter vinyl?

I think the term for this is "lashing out" but at this point I ain't even give a shit.

oh right, #caturday -- wherein we have Lobster chewing on naaiiiiilllll fiiiiiiiiles, whyyyyyyy

Fairhope, Alabama. Population appx 23k. Heard one of the staff/organizers say "over 700" but that's not the final/official count. #NOKINGS

Mobile #Alabama #NoKings part two.

Mobile Alabama standing up. #nokings

Happy #Caturday, here's Lobster versus a paint brush.

Holy hell I gotta remember to order some 13x19 paper. Doing poster-size prints on tiled letter is EXHAAAAAAUUUUSTING.

Anybody need #handsoff #protest signs for tomorrow? HMU. <3 (I've got them formatted for 20 x 30" to fit on standard foam board, but can resize if needed. PDF, SVG, PNG, dealer's choice.)

Apparently the #cat is thrilled with the temporary absence of our coffee table while we do some work in the LR. Sometimes we walk in and he's sitting right in the center, staring at the wall? Do circular ring-pattern textiles that clash violently with one's fur somehow channel Cosmic Cat Energy?

I have regrets (not really, it was def overdue, and no time like the present since we're about to ditch the fuggo track lights for recessed and also paint the cabinets) but this is a COLOSSAL pain in the ass. Next time I do this : SHOWER CAP.

Here's a very boring pic of hall linen closet. So nice and clean! Not shown: the effing waterheater that had a JUMBO catastrophic failure & turned it into a mini sauna. Sheets blankets velvet duvet 6 yards silk dupioni antique jacquard ALL MY YARN. Lysol inhalation, 2 dead bugs, Kilz in my hair :(

Because everything is terrible, here's Lobster in a mohawk-mullet combo made from part of his kill (aka the lambswool pillow he destroyed via too-vigorous kneading)

HILARIOUS new chairs. Greg thinks they look like Thanos' chin. I think they look like "what if Star Trek: The Next Generation hadn't been so damn devoted to mauve, puce, and greige and had instead embraced the popular 80s jewel tones."

why does this look like it's made of hot dogs. #cursed

well, fuck. it's everywhere.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

Okay but WHAT IF hummus (chick peas, tahini, salt) but with basil and parsley, plus cilantro and lime, plus a big handful of fresh spinach bc why not. Sooo, pesto guacamole hummus? Guacapestummus? Hummumolesto OH SHIT NOPE. Let's go with Pestohummumole. (It is AMAZING.)

Goddess-level icon in so many ways. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

Seventh Valentine's Day with this hot dork. They've all been perfectly low key and perfectly perfect. I got him a fancy new razor handle, he got me a big bag of the chocolate-covered dried cherries I love. We're gonna watch a dumb movie on the couch and throw toys at the cat. True love, y'all.

One day.

BF is a self-taught audio editor because he's compelled to fix allllllllll the things, and routinely disassembles lossless audio files to tweak them. He just sent me this. #ChuckD #SonicYouth #KoolThing #Ijustwantyoutoknow,wecanstillbefriends

[partial] SUCCESS. Ion Brilliant Grey 8AV Light Grey Pearl and and 7VA Chrome, plus a partial random mix-in of Wella Cooling Violet. Uhh, and a few orangey-beige bits and some banding at the roots that I apparently missed. #bloodyamateur

god *damn* it