Good morning Cold Wet Rainy Do not want to get out of bed, but kitties must be fed. Glad I don’t live in Iowa.

almost December and my husband has to find a new Medicare advantage plan that is in network for his doctors. :-( Ugh

The five animals I’ve seen in the wild thing. Deer Very fat raccoons Possum coyotes Hawks I guess “in the wild counts” if it’s in your backyard because you live by the woods and very large field? I once had a raccoons stare me down while it was hanging upside down to get to the bird feeder.

We ended up having so much fun food we really didn’t have room for our plates. should have done buffet style.

Holy SHIT! I have everything in the oven cooking before anyone is here. It’s a Thanksgiving miracle.

Chilly morning. Gonna be sunny! Lots of stupid house cleaning to be done today. I don’t have to cook the turkey tomorrow. \0/

After MUCH procrastinating, the 2026 calendar is finally here. I enabled the free preview in case you don't have $20 to spare this year. Will finish the Lefty/Foster Dogs one tomorrow. 🎁

Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.

yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore I feel like we need this

one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven

Just watched The Great Mouse Detective and it’s still fun. My granddaughter was so excited the little mouse is named Olivia.

So a while back I was commissioned to do short bios of various rock stars, and they were just about universally total psychopaths, with the huge exception of Freddie Mercury. A lovely man who did good by his wife, his lovers, and his cats.

Chilly rain. Thunder morning.

Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.

My uncle Trevor gave my dad a fresh block of driftwood from his caravan in Somerset, so you know what that means - more particularly cursed carved phantoms..! 👁️ wellswoodcarving.bigcartel.com

Fucking goats, man

This morning, the fluffy, black and white cat is in the driveway, but also the great big black Tom cat is in the driveway. They are both laying in the driveway staring at each other intently. And Bowie is very concerned.

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. Robert Frost

I ain't reading that shit.

Has something like PigGate happened again? I’m just wondering, cause I’ve seen some references to it.

Good morning it’s a lovely 50° F outside. The suet will stop melting now. We‘ve had lovely rain. Everything‘s nice and clean again outside all the dust has been washed away and we are moving back into fall. \0/

I just… This is horrible.

If you didn’t know the end of the American Revolution the first 4 nights would’ve made you think they were going to lose. Glad I knew how it ended.

This was one of the best days online. Up there with finding out that Glen Rice slept with Sarah Palin

Neighborhood cat came by to torment the dogs. He does this a few times a day.

I guess I should probably start thinking about Thanksgiving, right?

It’s donkey George toast run with Frankie & Lorna

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in jail for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP

If Democrats just went on cable news shows and spent the whole interview insulting the host they'd win more fans than by sincerely answering these bad faith questions

Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation laist.com/news/arts-an...

It was a foggy sunrise Wednesday morning in Prairie County. 📷Stephanie Blazek #ARWX #Sunrise

this is why people keep falling in love w AI. you have to be forewarned that it’s bad. your brain can’t tell the difference between feel-good neurotransmitters you get from a real person vs ones you get from a chatbot

Finally, some rain. \0/

Pine marten

This utter BS of screwing with the ACA this late in the year is stressing me out. I’d like to be able to chose a plan and know it will not be gone in January.

anyone use a very simple android pedometer app for your phone? My husband just needs to count his steps.

Nice touch having Paul Giamatti voice John Adams in the American Revolution doc on PBS.

ICYMI: Sanders buried her capitulation to the rule of law in a whiny, woe-is-me declaration late Sunday afternoon. Two vacant legislative seats will now be filled before the fiscal session, despite her best efforts.

I finally figured out why my ACA premium went down. It’s because we will be making about $10,000 less this year which takes us below 200% of the federal property level. 🎉

Members of Ozark’s city council unanimously voted on Monday against starting discussions with the state to potentially supply water for a planned 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County. #arpx

I already do sign up for the insurance that I think is best for me on the market exchange. No one wants to slog through 15 different insurance plans. That’s why Medicare supplements are so damn confusing and a chore.

This is an excellent article about bread in France, but I am now so sad to be an American after finding out that in France, you can get warm baguettes from a fucking vending machine. 😭 What a civilized country.

Some asshole is shooting off fireworks.

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You know, one of the things I like about blue sky, is I hardly ever need a timeline cleanse. 🤷‍♀️

Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins

If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.