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It will never cease to amaze me how determination makes cats heavier. Cricket is determined to continue sleeping on my lap. She's only 8 pounds, but I'm pretty sure the determination is at least a 2x modifier.

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Me: I'm sorry, I'm tired of cuddling. Cricket: Okay...what about a teensy weensy cuddle?

Sometimes you need a pick-me-up. Sometimes you need a good cry. Sometimes you need a kitty to come into your life when you least expect it and demand to be cuddled at all hours of the day like the piece of furniture you, my dear human, were meant to be all along.

Noted.

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[Thread] George Lucas, the three-second rule and the Jedi Starfighter example It's a story that Doug Chiang (responsible for some of the finest Star Wars spaceship designs of the last 25 years) often tells at his conferences. 1/25

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Take care of your humans. They're important.

Is it snow or is it ice bullets frozen in a two-inch-thick carapace of pain that's somehow also a slip and slide?

Friend 1: What does bedecked mean? Friend 2: [long-winded unsurety ensues] Me: It's simple. Once you've decked the halls, they're bedecked holly. Friend 1: ... Friend 2: Falalala la? Me: Lala la la.

exist to confuse the world

I wonder where the person I use to be went.

Ah yes, the long forgotten classic. Megashark, his jaws wide, and Godzilla on the ocean.

There is nothing quite like the sound of a metal roof in the pouring rain.

Can now confirm with some certainty that an active frying pan on the stovetop does not a good armrest make.

Covid vaccine achieved. Alfredo and broccoli consumed. Now on to some quality time with my cat, a good audiobook, and Sims 2.

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I know that overflowing gutters aren't ideal, but they sure can sound beautiful.

Relistening to a trilogy I first started five years ago. Wild to see what I've remembered and what I've completely forgotten.

Does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that the pile of stuff in that corner over there has gained sentience? You know the corner I'm talking about. It feels like there's a reverse Velveteen Rabbit thing going on. Fear not. I shall continue to study this phenomenon from afar.

I'm ever so fond of this triptych.

To-do lists are exhausting. People say they're useful. They supposedly help you prioritize, but that's never been my experience. They just get long and longer, and the more you look at them, the more you remember what needs doing. It's a constant overwhelming reminder of what you won't get done.

These is not words to live by, but the completionist in me appreciates the French variant of this idiom: Il faut vivre vite, mourir jeune et faire un beau cadavre.

So very sad and yet so very glad to see Charlie speak up about his experiences.

3) and as such van gender has an ethical and professional responsibility to come to his employee's defense and be as clear as possible about the situation. 4) since he has refused to do so, one can only assume that he's fine with throwing thomas under the bus and that sucks.

let me be clear on something: 1) i am fully willing to accept the notion that sheree thomas had no idea who david a. riley was beyond his submitted bio. 2) gordon van gelder most certainly knows exactly who d.a.r. is. (cont.)

There is kindness deep in bones strung together to support me. I have to remember such things are a gift, not a loan.

I've never really read ebooks; my phone is too distracting. I've also never owned an ereader or other device that's just for books. But now I'm wondering if a separate device for media (library apps, kindle, netgalley, libro fm, etc) would make ebooks accessible to my distractible ass. Thoughts?

There's a gentle pleasantness that comes from sitting with other writers (or cartoonists or similar creative folks), quietly ignoring one another while engaged in our individual pursuits.

This one is another fave:

Honestly, sure, yeah, I'd like to see this tortoise and his daily salad. Maybe you do, too?

I recently came across the poem, Good Bones, by Maggie Smith (the poet not the actor), and it led me to check out her PoetryFoundation bio and her other poems living there. This one has continued to stick with me: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/152103/how-dark-the-beginning

Ru says being adorable is a lot of work and requires a lot of naps.

Ru says he all his sides are good sides, especially with this excellent lighting.

Well, hello... Fancy seeing you here?