The fact that to quell my sleep anxiety I listen to the main segments of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver all night long makes this a most beautiful and welcome discovery. Thank you. Truly.

Y’all! Our marriage can drive! 16 years! 🎉😍💍 @wolter.bsky.social

This is a support caterpillar. Do not pet it. It is working.

Please wish my favorite lovable curmudgeon a very happy birthday today. @wolter.bsky.social

Tagging @wolter.bsky.social because apparently we made a newly-turned 8 year old.

Can you believe I’ve never seen The Terminator? In our regular MMIS podcast fashion, this week @wolter.bsky.social showed me this classic film I missed in my childhood. Give it a listen and see if I liked it more than Cobra.

People sometimes ask me about my spouse. See below.

The lengths I would go for that vintage Northwestern t-shirt

Mishearing the lyrics to Evenflow and thinking Pearl Jam were so cultured because they wrote about Edith Wharton’s 1911 titular character, Ethan Frome.

Mood.

This. I experienced a soft lockdown with my kid in his pre-k school after a routine meeting with his teacher/team - I scanned every corner, closet, area- putting myself closest to the door so I could shield the kids if necessary - could they all fit under the tables? In the craft closet? Scary af.

Dear distraction, I appreciate your willingness to help me temporarily put aside emotions, thoughts, work, etc through various activities. I’m wondering if we could reframe exercise as a distraction so I may enjoy the process rather than dread it? Sincerely, Me and my brain

I cannot endorse this strongly enough

That weird feeling when it’s the last day of a job you sought out, worked to get, knew was the work you were built for, and then realized you were taken advantage of so you have to leave - both heartbroken and with your dignity and worth intact. My clients and coworkers: may the force be with you

Reposting this for @wolter.bsky.social

I guffawed

Just a reminder: you and the other employees are not there to protect the company. They can’t operate without you. If they are doing y’all dirty protect each other, first. Stand together. In the end, you are each other’s future references and colleagues. Be good to each other.

The 90s weren’t much better (Las Vegas, I’m looking at you…) youtu.be/GAn28mL2y-U?...

Hey fun reminder: Even if you have the power to tell someone to do something at their job, you look like a fucking asshole by not just asking, first.

Fun reminder: Don’t look up your former abusers. It doesn’t help. Unless they’re dead. Then it might.

Was wishing for the force right about then for sure.

I call this person a gotdamned hero.

Tonight at bedtime my 7 yr old was recapping the entire Star Wars trilogy to me when he deftly dropped: “…and then Princess Leia choked Jabba the Hut. And he died. And then Jabba the Hut’s gangster days were over”. @wolter.bsky.social

Soooo @ms.now is airing pro-ICE commercials “paid for by American Sovereignty”. Shame on you.

Can’t tell if these rice cakes are mocking me or being sincere.

Curious how the 7 Democrats who voted to fund the murders and atrocities in MN are doing? How’s your sleep? Oh, right. I forgot. You can. Must be N(ice).

When will we understand that the Na$iz/(MAGATs) DO NOT CARE. They will not be swayed by the injustice. They will not be moved by the pain. Their hearts are ice. The redemption stories you hear are the EXCEPTION not the rule. *WE* ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SAVE US.

These two are having a most epic conversation

This man is a national treasure and I will fight anyone who says different. www.instagram.com/reel/DTf3QY_...

Dear person who just walked in to this public bathroom. I’m sorry.

Oh hey! Steve Zahn and I have two mutual friends!

The heart-stopping moment when you learn your current co-worker used to work with your college ex (from years ago) and somehow you both have gravitated to the same industry, late-in-life. Like neither of us were in school for this 😅

Best. Parent. Moment. It’s bedtime for @wolter.bsky.social’s and my 7 yr old - he randomly says: “Vivaldi died in 1741. Do you know the Four Seasons?” I pull it up on my phone and he names each “season” by hearing it! Then I pull up Beethoven’s 5th and he’s captivated! Y’all! My music boy!

When we keep using watered-down language we contribute to the narrative. Alternative facts are not a thing. Those are lies. MAGA is not a thing. Those are Fascists. ICE is a cute name. Those are The Gestapo.

This was unexpected.

I will never be able to hear Mandy sing without crying. This is amazing for so many reasons. Historic. Epic. Absolutely stunning.

But like what if I started auditioning again in 2026…

I just learned the term “quiet firing” and I’m allllll the enraged seeing that’s how a certain company I know has just treated a recent employee. Insidious.

Happy Almost New Year! May next year be less of a political shit show than 2025 has been. May the progressives rise up and kick all the ass and may the GOP find themselves humiliated and exposed for all of their atrocities to humanity. Cheers!

They say revenge is a dish best served up cold, and they say revenge is sweet. So basically, revenge is ice cream.

Sun-Maid Announces Girl In Logo Has Always Been Sentient Raisin Disguising Self In Human Flesh https://theonion.com/sun-maid-announces-girl-in-logo-has-always-been-sentient-raisin-disguising-self-in-human-flesh/

So @wolter.bsky.social and I showed our 7 year old Empire Strikes Back and his response to learning about Vader and his specific connection to Luke (#nospoilers) was: “That is unacceptable!” So true, kid. So true.

Shout out to The Weiners Circle #Chicago

Me: “You know @wolter.bsky.social, it’s really annoying being the more functional yet still the sidekick in this relationship.” Wolter: “Welcome to being Dr Watson.”

This entire weekend

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

This weekend can literally go fuck off into the sun. I feel like my heart has broken over and over. Senseless and tragic murders happening all over. And taking away Rob Reiner feels especially insidious.

However, this also needs to be ”and if the employees don’t buy your pitch you have to step down and give a payout. Or restructure the pay structure effective: immediately. And offer back pay.”

This is why equating Israel with all Jewish people is so utterly fucked up - Zack is Jewish and staunchly pro Palestine and against what Israel is saying it does in his name as a Jewish person.