Daily smile…. April 8: I was putting together a list of the books I read in March and realized that six of the 21 were 5 stars and another eight were 4 stars. In a month with a couple of one stars that seemed to go on forever, it’s nice to be able to focus on the good ones.

Daily Smile…. April 7: Hockey fights. I’ve seen women throw down, but the desire to repeatedly bare knuckle punch a helmet (sometimes around the ref’s head) is pretty unique to the men’s game.

Daily smile… At a Cleveland Monsters game over the weekend, an opposing player with an interesting name scored. I had to look up whether that was his real name or a nickname, and a quick search revealed that his siblings are: Ozzy Orca (sadly deceased) Ocean Oceania

Daily Smile…. April 5: Whether you love or loathe Northanger Abbey. Juliet Stevenson’s narration is absolute perfection.

Daily smile… April 4: Rocket Arena has one blue ball.

Daily smile…. April 3: A lovely lady in a FB group posts a roundup of free on kindle books every Friday. There’s always an absolutely unhinged one at the end of the list labeled “It’s Free and I’m Curious.” This week’s did not disappoint.

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Stealing this idea…to have at least one positive thought per day, post a photo every day in April of something that makes you smile. April 2: Another image I found in yesterday’s dinosaur get well card, and this one’s from a book about sick dinosaurs!

Stealing this idea…to have at least one positive thought per day, post a photo every day in April of something that makes you smile. Making up for missing yesterday, April 1: Found out a friend has a bad kind of cancer. We have a running joke about my dinosaur obsession, so I found this for her.

Same.

If you don’t already have an emergency stash on hand, make sure to stock up.

Already perfect, but the comments are the real chef’s kiss.

Anyone whose job involves reading off passwords over the phone has been there. I had someone enter T-H-E-N-U-M-B-E-R-O-N-E multiple times. <headdesk>

This is the NOLA we love. Hit up Singleton’s even if it’s not pho day. ⚜️

These are the airports where ICE is currently present: - Chicago-O'Hare International Airport - Cleveland Hopkins International Airport - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Houston's William P. Hobby Airport - Houston's Bush intercontential

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

There are some good tips here - worth keeping on hand even if you’ve heard them before since we can all use a refresher these days.

@historygaga.bsky.social Ricky asked me to share his new life goal with you.

You cannot support Donald Trump and be a good person at the same time.

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Birb travel is 10000000% cheaper than the IRL version.

are you an oil tanker? because you dress like you're trying to pass with the straights

QP with a GIF that pops up when you type your name

@historygaga.bsky.social - this you? 😂

So much snack envy.

In case anyone hit their head over the weekend and forgot….

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

I thought that the whole point of knitted caps was their ability to fit a variety of head sizes?

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books. Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable. Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen 30/30 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen 29/30 Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen #30DaysBooksByWomen 28/30 Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell