Just in case you forgot with everything going on, we are still in the middle of a deadly pandemic. Please mask in indoor public spaces that lack ventilation or are very crowded. It is still the best defense, and a good habit to keep in case vaccines become inaccessible.

I am full of cheesecake, have a dog in my lap, and am watching the Prehistoric Planet episode with the flappy carnotaurus. It is a good evening. I hope you have a good evening, too.

I had a bad day so here’s pictures from inside of the Kirkbride “castle” (asylum) in Fergus Falls. The last one is a door slamming shut on its own. These are digital photos from the 2000s so quality varies. I have done one tour with a former employee and one paranormal investigation with family.

Vincent says hiding in blankets is good for mental health.

I was out running an errand and stopped at the Mexican grocery to get a single tamale, but my social anxiety was so bad I forgot the word “tamale.” I panicked and got a taco plate. I ate too much and am terribly embarrassed. They got a good tip for putting up with me. This happens to me a lot.

This is the face of a dog who figured out how to turn off my computer mid-game to get my attention. I’m impressed. Unfortunately, I had not saved my game for a while.

I do want to paint more scenic rocks. Several rocks are base painted and ready to go. The problem is I need to be in the mindset to do so and lately that mindset occurs when I’m going to bed or not at all. The best time to art is when the world feels like it’s collapsing. It’s a good emotion outlet.

It is superb owl Sunday so here is a barred owl at the Red River zoo, 2018.

The prednisone has triggered a massive HSV1 infection in my nose and face/eyes so I’m back at the doctor to try to not go blind or worse. Such an eventful week.

Well, just across the river from me, someone went to a GOP caucus meeting dressed in a green cloak. They declared themselves a witch and hexed all the republicans in attendance. The crowd freaked out because to them magic is *real* I guess and they started praying desperately to cancel the hex.

According to a woman that visited my mom’s business, the lizard people running the government will reveal themselves in March. I am incapable of both being surprised or ruling anything out anymore. I can only say with 99% certainty that she’s probably wrong.

Saw someone say “it’s like we are all rearranging furniture in a burning house.” Yeah that feels accurate.

I destroyed my butt on the stairs and went to urgent care and now I have discovered the wonders of actual pain relief. I have no pain for the first time in years. It will only be for five days but this is wonderful.

👇 The list is growing 🌿

Trouble sleeping so photo sorting. Colorful bridge over the Sheyenne River. Sheyenne National Grasslands, ND.

I love learning about other cultures, but it’s given me a love-hate feel for humanity. Every culture has a darkness that you must tread carefully around. Frequently, people in those cultures are blind to their own darknesses. Sometimes they start to see, though. Look up the history of fry bread.

Self care day. Got a haircut, elote wild rice and wojapi fry bread at a local shop and gonna read a short horror story (Never Whistle At Night anthology). Might fall asleep, I ate too much.

Vincent ate his birthday cake.

This Patreon illustration about Thylacines transformed through the coincidental inclusion of three plants symbolizing death, grief, and renewal into a hopeful offering for the horrific time we are in. I made the post public if you could use some encouragement. www.patreon.com/posts/nothin...

Happy birthday, Vincent.

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

I have never felt so many emotions in my life. But only one thought. Get. The fuck. Out. Of my fucking home.

5 years ago Sunday, a wonderful friend was born. My roommate called me in February and said “I GOT A PUPPY.” I immediately had a meltdown because I had no warning (autism). But then I got home and he was plopped in my arms and everything was okay. Everything is still okay as long as he’s around.

Well I am in an “exploding tree risk” forecast zone for Friday. This is just my life now.

I think this is the theme song this year.

A Smilodon for the ice age. Protect your neighbors. #pleistocene #sabertooth #megafauna #iceage

I am back but things aren’t better. The cities are getting coverage but what you don’t see is they are hitting small towns hard. Businesses closed. Military armored vehicles driving through. They are picking on the small towns because there’s little resistance. My hometown is about 1k population.

They are also in my small hometown now. I will be taking a break for a few days from here. I’m not doing well.

Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help: Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org. Please donate what you can. www.2harvest.org

If they want to make an example of my home, they will get the example they deserve. You don’t fuck with people who live in places with extreme weather. We all learn to work together for survival in ways the rest of the country could only dream of, and then work 8 hours after the survival’s done.

How will we ever be a country after this. All I see is murderers instead of neighbors. They would let us all be shot in the face and cheer it on. They can’t see themselves. I’ve always known, but every layer of the disguise that gets removed destroys another piece of me. I’m running out of me.

Old photo felt fitting.

There are not enough streets in the world to drag these motherfuckers through.

I remember why I’m here. This is my home. I will not give up.

"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. [...]" "...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."

Haha sorry I am barely holding it together.

This is a terrible time of year for people with eating and weight disorders. Be kind.

It’s a new year. Everyone fell asleep so it’s just me with a bottle of water. Never give up, never surrender.

TTRPG highlight of the night. King is dying. His advisors (the party) are gathered around. Druid who hates bards: If you die, can we ban bards? King: I was going to commission one -wheeze- to write a song about you -wheezes and almost dies laughing- He’s a good king, we saved him. Don’t worry.

Someone ripped open my mail and stole my toothpaste. I am finding it hard to be mad because maybe they just needed toothpaste really bad. But I can’t get that toothpaste around here and I’m allergic to the ones at the store so… I needed it also.

I don’t want to spoil it but if you like Lower Decks and read a lot of choose your own adventure books as a kid, you should go get the Warp Your Own Way graphic novel. I am having an absolute blast.

And now the time honored tradition of using X-Files figures to show you some of my Christmas gifts (only the ones next to me because I am in pain and don’t want to get up)

Happy to report that the mail is mostly functioning and I got all holiday international letters and orders eventually. Just lost one domestic, probably due to a massive storm.

163 years ago in Mankato, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history. I’m grateful to the riders who continue to remind us the importance of fighting for accountability and healing for the Dakota people. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

You haven’t lived until you’ve worn a “Cthulhu respects your pronouns” shirt to a packed Chinese buffet in a red state on Christmas Day.

My little Christmas miracle was walking into a Mexican grocery and being handed a free tamale. That free tamale had no onions in it, and I have an onion intolerance. Instantly became my favorite small business. They also had Christmas punch syrup jars. I was ecstatic.

Blizzard car kit: - shovel - scraper - protein bars - drinking water - blanket/sleeping bag - collapsible road cone - jumper cables - rechargeable jump starter - basic tool set - flashlight - phone charger - kitty litter/sand/traction board - tow rope - spare socks - first aid kit - hand warmer

Seems like a good day to listen to all two hours of the Oxygene trilogy by Jean-Michel Jarre. I have vivid childhood memories of walking in exaggerated slow motion around the living room, holding a curtain rod like a bo staff and pretending to fight off aliens to this music.

My clean stamp tests went over well so here are some Inkadinkado dinosaurs probably from the early 1990s. Made in Boston.

Just finished cleaning the Star Trek stamp set. It appears to be from a stamp company in Las Vegas, 1991.