WTF, KLOS. Breakfast with the Beatles is AN INSTITUTION. www.change.org/p/restore-th...

Today's project: Creating a condensed 4-page super-basic Voter FAQ out of 25+ pages of hyperdetailed (and fugly) (with at least three major typos) documents from the AL Sec State office. CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION, KIDS. EARLY, LATE, AND OFTEN. <3

Man y’all can’t do moral governance OR proper kerning, wtf is this “F A MIL Y” nonsense

why am i like this

Switching out some interior door hinges to brushed nickel ones, blindly grabbed a thin book to prop the now-detached door to proper height, annnnnd lolllllll

Please allow me to tell you how very extremely much fun this isn’t. #cottagecheeseremoval #im53ohgodowmyback #killme #iknowthehashtagsdatemeevenmorethanjustsayingim53

On the off-chance that the tiny handful of people who follow me and/or happen across this skeet and do NOT also follow/read XKCD daily ... duuuuuuude. Today's is god-tier. I think "dorian greyscale mode" is my fave, even over "space opera mode." xkcd.com

CHANGED MY MIND #NOKINGS

LET'S GOOOOOOO #NOKINGS

Behold my bf's artistic skill. Why yes, he DID go to film school.

Poking around on standardebooks.org because it's New Stuff In The Public Domain Day and whyyyyyyyy is this so damn funny

Takes 3 hours but worth it: risotto with brown butter, fresh thyme, pinot gris, roasted garlic, sauteed leek and artichokes, and asiago, topped with butter-thyme shrimp. For bonus points, get to your inlaws' a half hour away and realize you LEFT THE WHOLE MOTHERFUCKING POT SITTING ON THE STOVE WTAF

Merry Christmas from this bird, who really ties the whole tree together.

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

Superb. No notes.

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.