The link to Celeste's GFM is at the end of this thread. ❤️👇

Folks. Do not trauma dump on strangers. You have no idea what their capacity is, regardless of whether or not they want to help. I’ve been on the receiving end of this and it’s deeply awful. Please reach out to professionals or trained volunteers.

Happy Fourth of July! Remember, the REAL fireworks are the tears of your enemies as you destroy their proxy bids and dash their hopes, in the name of democracy. auction.romancingthevote.com

One more sleep until LE TOUR begins. 🤩

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TFW all of the @romancingthevote.com items you’re watching end at the same time and you are just one woman.

Oof. The Mall is massive and completely exposed. There are no nice shady nooks with comfortable benches and lots of water fountains. It’s just not laid out that way. Even on a moderately hot day, it is BAKING and takes forever to walk out. I hope folks stay away for their own safety.

The only thing better than a schism is a conclave. I am MAD for both.

I had a classmate who found a dead body when he was just poking around a field. Gen X DEFINITELY knows.

If kids also play stickball on this block, then everything Sesame Street taught me about city children is true.

I’m still thinking about this bear. I live in PEAK SUBURBIA, y’all. This dude was romping along a mile from my house. Bentley better watch his back.

Leo warned them not to bring a knife to a gun fight.

Just driving down the highway and had to slam on the brakes because a BLACK BEAR ran out in front of my car.

Alllll of this. I’m 5’5” and can barely dog paddle but I have made my peace with the fact that Katie Ledecky might just beat me in the pool. I mean, it would be super close.

Yeah, there was some unseemly haste and when you’re unresponsive and folks are worried you might be putrid and believe you are freshly dead…well, mistakes were made. It’s fine. I don’t have nightmares.

I gotta go find context and backstory because I do love a good schism.

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What a killer deal…🔪

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At the vet today and keep hearing yowling from a pair of carriers. Then the vet tech comes out. “Primrose? Katniss?”

“No one speak to me or my pointy son.”

I thought it was bad when folks stopped separating narrators from authors. This new crop of weirdness is waaaaayyyyyy beyond that.

Talking to a book group today and I get this question. Them: “Do you have imposter syndrome?” Me: “Not anymore. I’m good at my job and it doesn’t do any favors for the young women coming after me to play small.” Please do not underestimate how LOUD menopause will make you. 😂

Can you even hold a “state” fair in a place that isn’t a…never mind. I’m never going to make it make sense.

I say this about the rack all the time.

Now that I’m a British citizen I’m eligible to be PM. I’m not saying I should, but honestly, there are worse options.

The warnings about grandkids choosing their own names for you are apparently valid. Am I Gigi or Gran? Oh, no. I am answering to Grananana. Stress on the second syllable. Gra-NAH-nah-nah.

Evergreen.

$150K per song but $3K per book. This is fine.

Nope. NOPE.

Just saw a welcome mat with the words “Come in” stenciled on it, and these people are gonna have a vampire infestation.

oh my god

He should totally go. We triple-dog dare him.

The fact that COURTNEY almost got scammed has me heaving with alarm. What hope for the rest of us?

Bring back chamber pots.

My favorite show is on!

I just discovered that coleslaw popsicles are a thing, and if I have to live with this knowledge so do you.

Bless you, MSG. That was poetry.

Here’s the thread you need to read today, in case like me you’re feeling tired and overwhelmed in this battle we’re fighting for diversity and inclusion. #Romancelandia

I’m going to wake up about 3am, think about this, and laugh all over again.

Long answer: Noooooooooooooo

So I hear you’re curious about the only extant recordings of a Vatican castrato. Let’s talk about Alessandro Moreschi.

I just saw a post claiming Ferris Bueller’s actual day off was 41 years ago, and I need y’all to turn that volume WAY down.

Goody Proctor was the reddish work all along.

Watching folks decide all of this *waves arms* is NBD is quite illuminating.

The dog when folks pass his house: