Stubborn is only successful when paired with intelligence. I need to embroider that on a pillow.

Once again validated in my instinct to skip the baby steps of a new skincare product and go straight to """"advanced users only"""" because I was a dragon in a previous life and kept the skin.

I have a sewing machine in the oven. This is not, I repeat NOT, a euphemism.

Oh I know what this is: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE!

Insurance companies: "mmmmm how about taking an overdose of morphine instead? It's covered, and this treatment is..... Not."

Waitron: Chef, what is that..? Me: it's not chocolate if you were debating snagging a bite while I'm not watching. W: but what is it. M: not what you think it is, but feel free to FAFO if you don't believe me. Note: the containers are labeled "Gumbo Roux" on the side facing into the kitchen.

There's no such thing as a "4-door pickup" in my eyes. Those are just Sports Utility Mullets.

BFF is paying me to make her a ring sling, and I am VERY VERY VERY excited. I love making these!!

"the long awaited return of the Gunne Sax collection" Bitch, WHO wanted the frilly cowboy comeback??? Not me! That shit's for girls with narrow shoulders and a jawline.

"Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant" (Great Dane with sausages) by Wilhelm Trübner, 1877.

Deeply disappointed in the poor selection of draw bolts for closures. A midcentury starburst style closure would be so lovely for my project, and it does not exist! Why!

If there are no eepples and beeneenees , I’m not coming

Both sweaters finished! 🥳🥳

We saw him sit and try to cook He took a look at the book on the hook But a nook can’t read so a nook can’t cook, SO… What good to a nook is a hook cook book?

'The Swimmer', wooden sculpture by contemporary New York based sculptor Stefanie Rocknak #WomensArt

It's going to be so weird to watch The Two Towers again after having seen three seasons of Fringe with John Noble being a different kind of crazy old dad who is weird about food

"stones for self love" No. It does not go there.

“The peasants you kill are your own brothers and sisters. … No soldier is obliged to obey a law contrary to the law of God. In the name of God, in the name of our tormented people, I beseech you, I implore you; in the name of God I command you to stop the repression.” - St. Óscar Romero

One dog bathed and brushed and dried, the other is completely brushed out and needs to be bathed, before I trim both. I am v tired.

The non profit I work with just received an urgent request to help secure emergency shelter for one of our clients in the midst of this winter storm. If you have a few dollars to spare, they would go a long way. www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

Jell-O is the world's worst food disappointment. It's so pretty, and tastes so terrible. The depth to which I want to make fabulous Jell-O mould desserts, but refuse because I hate the flavor is truly hadal.

FOLKS ITS NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM!

Reminder that this Brave feature exists:

Liam Ramos’ family came here as asylum seekers. Came to our shores through the process we designed to welcome those fleeing persecution. In return for their belief in the American Dream, a five year old was used as bait so that his family could be persecuted. In our names.

Spring by Scottish artist Frances MacDonald, c. 1905. Watercolor on linen.

Almost 20 new handcrafted pens in the shop as of last night - fountain pen to ball point. www.abigailmarkov.com

Actual words that just came out of my mouth: "I am a fucking BEAST. Nobody wins but ME." This was because I managed to knock the arm rod loose, finally, which will allow me to work on that STUPID SCREW without having to work in the World's Most Inconvenient space.

One of the coolest things in the world is knowing artists and being able to just say, man this would be such a cool thing to do! And said artists going, YES let's do that thing I love it, let's make this work for both of us!!!!

The Faraday Fountain Pen body. How it starts and where it finishes. Handcrafted in-house, start to finish.

Okeydokey no more poasty, we have one of the parish priests coming over for dinner tonight and the house is a mess.

[person with bad taste voice] well good taste is just submission to in-group concensus

I can't, for the life of me, find an adjuster's manual for this machine. Supposedly it's based on a Singer 15, but none of the manuals for them seem even close. There were some Brothers that were similar (badged under Jones, and a couple others) but I can't find manuals for those either.

Tore down another Brother machine yesterday and did a complete clean out. It's a little computerized SE400, and I've had it for close to 14 years now, so it needed a good deep cleaning. But now it sews beautifully and quietly, and hopefully will be good to go for the students.

You know how there's an old deranged conspiracy theory that the Vatican and international banking are in cahoots to run the world? Maybe we should do that

Something joyful that I'm grabbing onto: I started giving sewing lessons to one girl from our parish last summer, and she's really really great at it. Not only that, but she's TALKING to her friends about it, and I'm starting to get interest from other families who want to know how to sew

Men created AI-generated images of this woman and used them to create an OnlyFans account so they can make money off abusing her. They can do this to any of us, and no one’s doing enough to stop them. I feel like I’m screaming into the void.

Glasgow School artist Margaret MacDonald, Embroidered Panels, 1902, silk appliqué and bead decoration on linen, in her pioneering Art Nouveau style #WomensArt

I said I wouldn't start disassembling the machine, but I'm disassembling the machine anyway. Might as well completely take apart the bobbin race and feed dogs and give them a good cleaning, right?

My silk faille for my dye tests is out for delivery RIGHT NOW and I am extremely excited to see how this works out. I have been told by both Mentor AND DH that I have to document my process for science or something, so I will be taking all the pictures, probably with my good camera.

The world feels rough right now So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery. 🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta

So the csam image generator becomes a paying csam generator?

hiding the child porn behind a paywall just means you've officially turned the child porn into a business, babe.

In the process of finishing up repairs on the Brother Charger machine, and DH rewired the adapter for the motor for me yesterday. It officially turns on, but I discovered that the motor belt is slipping and so ordered a replacement for that.

(intriguing music playing)

QOTD timeline cleanse: Post the first photo in your roll when you type in “blue sky.”

Oh thank you Lord someone has my meds in stock, I cAn stop feeling like there is this massive horrible Anxiety Because My Brain Will Not Do The Thing

It is my hope that this is a messaging choice that backfires spectacularly, that voters understand this to mean, “if you do something we don’t like, we will kill you” and that they understand “you” to include them