My Top Five Movie Genres: - Breathless in a Sumptuous Costume - Scary But Not Violent - Acting With a Capital A - Leading Man Whom I Pretend Isn’t the Reason I’m Watching - Spectacle

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but rakes, unlike leaf blowers, make no noise.

@meghanmccarron.bsky.social I just read your piece on SNAP in the Times and learned a lot. Thank you for writing it.

Trend I Dislike™: A charge for buying a physical giftcards. I dislike it, I say!

Think what you will of him. His posing game is strong.

Happy End of People Knocking on Your Door Day to all who celebrate!

Can’t see the haters when I’ve got my love glasses on.

Starting to worry about all of the plastic I've been eating.

It’s okay to be scared.

Did I read the July email saying the City of Minneapolis was moving to a new utility billing system and I’d have to re-authorize auto-pay? No, I did not. Did I accidentally fall five months behind on my utility bill as a result? Yes, I did.

Roasting sweet potato + chickpeas + cauliflower + cumin + za’atar. Also, look how psychedelic one of the sweet potatoes was.

Boo!

I would like some confirmation that this is indeed Minnesota’s largest candy store.

Fruited Plain would be a great name for a gay bar in Omaha

My dad wants to make this obscenely complicated Æbelkringle. Let’s see how this goes. (Photo from the cookbook)

I spared you the ground beef, but I’m making lasagna today.

This looks good, but I’ve never heard of it.

I won’t tell you what kind of dog it was that broke out of its fence and attacked Kitsu. You can probably guess.

Last Book: ‘107 Days’ Current Read: ‘Evenings & Weeknds’ New Additions to the TBR: ‘H is for Hawk’

This is as close to nirvana as I can get.

I’m not very far into this book, but it’s hilarious to me that it’s largely about gay men and so far, the female characters are way more interesting.

Do you think this homeowner went into the dumpster and fished out these bags of dog poop?

I just took 7 or 8 new-ish books to Half-Price Books and got $15. Did I make money? No, absolutely not. Does it feel like I did? Definitely.

I was bored.

This bumper sticker is how I self-identify.

Prayer circle! Now!

I liked this mural I saw on the side of a store in my neighborhood.

It’s scientifically proven that the apple sauce you put on your oatmeal will taste better if you make it yourself with apples from a backyard tree.

I didn’t make this cake, but I’m posting it here so you think I did. (I did grow those flowers)

As a gift, I bought my niece a copy of a book I had when I was a kid. It’s out of print, so I had to buy a used copy. Whomever Sarah is, I think she’d be 35 or 36 by now.

It was an early and fish-scented morning at Pike Place Market.

Subtly downgrade a band: Death Uber for Cutie

If writing postcards is a lost art, well, then, I’m going to revive it.

Ah, fall, when a young man’s fancy turns to soup.

September afternoons at the off-leash dog park are perfect, in case you were wondering.

It would be a war crime for me to gatekeep the recipe for this coffee cake. It’s so good and so easy it must be widely known and used.

Please stop casting evil spells on me. It’s mean and it hurts my feelings

Which one are you choosing?

I have some hate in my heart but it's mostly for the term "workflow."

Main Cinema, Minneapolis

Tell me you’ve been cooking with turmeric without telling me you’ve been cooking with turmeric.

I really do think harvest time is the most beautiful time of year at the community garden.

Soon, you shall be pie.

Ah, yes, America, where we lock up $6 tubes of toothpaste.

Bought this because @smhrbst.bsky.social told me to. People in these stories email each other a lot. Does that still happen?

I’m pretty into using twine as ribbon lately because you can be generous with it.

Kinda digging this impromptu wrapping job for a just-because gift for my dad.

Lower your voice, ice cream bar. Jesus.

Still goes hard.

Hey, can somebody from Arizona tell me if Salt River Bars are an actual Grand Canyon State thing, or just something the Internet made up?