This is so cool www.instagram.com/p/DXPNs5dkYR...

Finally getting around to watching S4 of The Great American Recipe on PBS and am annoyed that they’re giving up the best thing about it which was in seasons 2 and 3 they didn’t kick people off until the semi-final. I find that to be a real competition where everyone gets to be in all challenges.

Decided I would go at 10 and wait for the Snail Mail record to go on sale at 11. There were only about 15 people ahead of me. Got my album signed by Lindsey Jordan. Also the Record Store Day line was already gone by 10 so I got a Brandi record too. Celebrated Summer Records for the win!

How many lines do I want to wait in today? Currently waiting on line at a beloved neighborhood bakery closing soon. Definitely will be in a line to get into Capital One Arena tonight. Still deciding if I want to stand in line to try and get the special Snail Mail record cover.

Some evenings downtown Baltimore is just impossibly beautiful and peaceful.

I’m not sure how it’s possible but based on my feed right now there are zero baseball teams winning games tonight

Just saw that Florence + the Machine played “Never Let Me Go” in Montreal earlier this week. I’m so jealous. It’s my favorite song of theirs and it’s not on the normal set list for this tour, so I doubt we’ll get it tomorrow as any deviations seem to not be repeated.

I’m going to a concert at Capital One Arena tomorrow and just got an email saying no bags are allowed. Everything is an absolutely miserable experience now. Guess I’ll be taking a jacket so I have pockets to hold stuff in because women’s pants don’t believe in functional pockets.

The PITT mid-credits scene, now without credits interrupting its gloriousness youtu.be/hLFOhHpshEA?...

Literally just ban Q&As during conference sessions

I just got a bill from gastroenterologist and when logging in to pay see a notice that I have 2 bills from a medical procedure 2 and half years ago that have been sent to collections. I have never not paid a bill I've received. And no collections agency has ever contacted me.

I understand that there are multiple sessions throughout the day in this online conference and I will need to log into new Zoom rooms for them, but why in the world would you have people log into one room for the welcome that took like 2 minutes and then tell the to go to another for the keynote?

I used to buy underwear from Target but since I won’t shop there anymore I ordered some directly from Hanes online, but I suspect it is stuck in the Strait of Hormuz because the delivery date went from last Monday to unknown and is still a mystery. I may never get it.

one thing cut from this Pitt finale feature was ken kirby (Dr Shen) between takes looking at a prosthetic newborn baby lying in a roasting pan and asking noah wyle what temp he should cook it at wyle: 350! [pause, glance at me] don’t print that [pause] because it’s an old family recipe.

I graduated from college 26 years ago and people were whining about grade inflation back then. At this rate I assume all students are earning A+++++++++++ in every class they take.

I started the day crying in my oatmeal. But in better news Gregory Alan Isakov & Sylvan Esso released a cover of one of my favorite songs this morning.

I have sadly never caught it on video but sometimes when Molly is chasing a dangly toy she’ll do a somersault and it is so adorable.

I did not remember having read this book, but by page 2 I was like this seems very familiar. I've been writing a book review blog for 20 years that long predates what I now duplicate on Goodreads and has well over 2000 reviews. Did a search and lo and behold the 25th book I ever reviewed there.

Even worse I just saw someone say this company has created an ad with an AI version of her promoting the product. Definitely dodged a bullet, but also I am already exhausted by scams and AI and it’s just going to get worse.

I like bagels. I like sandwiches. I do not like bagel sandwiches.

Oh, my local bookstore is a finalist for Bookstore of the Year? Jealous? Congrats @greedyreads.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I feel like it may be an unpopular opinion, but I really hate Jeopardy! champions with super long runs especially when they're pretty much all runaways. It's boring. Bring back the 5 game limit!

Bastard company trying to be sneaky just lost a sale. I wanted to try a product, but luckily before I hit purchase I noticed that it was signing me up for a recurring order every 4 weeks and as far as I can tell there's no way to get opt out unless you order and then cancel. No way.

Very bizarre seeing this post at the exact same time I'm listening to the @switchedonpop.bsky.social episode about "Drops of Jupiter"

Me: Buys a second cat bed since Loki bullied Molly out of the one gifted to her. Molly: I’d rather sleep on this paper bag

Fine by me

Ok. I wasn't going to wade into this discourse, but since it keeps showing up in my timeline does anyone else think that the person that man is supposed to be healing in that AI photo looks like Jon Stewart?

Back is better than yesterday in that I no longer feel like I might literally get stuck and not be able to move, but it still hurts. I'm really ready for my body to start finding ways to heal all the things that are already wrong with it instead of finding new ways to torture me.

I'm sorry the rest of you don't have access to this book until October because I loved it so much. Go pre-order a copy now. I'm thrilled it lived up to my expectations because I loved her previous book Queen Sugar and the TV show based on it.

The problem with algorithmically based social media is that because I follow my teenage niece and I liked her pre-prom pictures from last night, I am now getting fed prom pictures by lots of random teenagers. I seriously don’t want to be looking at photos of kids I don’t know.

And my back has decided to freeze up for no good reason. I am so tired of having to drag around body that hates me so much.

I love being honked at by a Baltimore City bus because I’m not making a left turn into pedestrians crossing the intersection

I’m looking forward to seeing a friend from South Africa who is back in Baltimore for the weekend. I am less looking forward to dealing with the traffic of an O’s game and a concert at CFG to get to the friend’s house in Otterbein where she is staying.

My favorite trees

I can't help but think that this story and that NPR story about men not wanting girly jobs are entirely related

I do not know what I have done to make my algorithm on other sites keep showing me weird videos (probably AI) of food that is made with cottage cheese but looks like other actually delicious food. I hate cottage cheese. I once got grounded for throwing it away and lying about it.

Every Friday I used to write about new music on my blog, and I have barely done it this year. It's not because I am unaware of new music. I just haven't been able to muster up the energy to write about it. It makes me sad.

Took a walk to Sherwood Gardens on my lunch break and the tulips are in absolute peak bloom. It is probably the best bloom I’ve seen in all the years I’ve been going. Usually the beds don’t all hit peak bloom at the same time. This is the best alignment I’ve ever seen.

What are we even doing? Like if it's so dangerous you could just never release it at all. You could just stop. Just because you built it doesn't mean me should all have to be subjected to the fallout of what you did.

I have to think that people who work at Microsoft do not actually use Teams or it could not possibly be this terrible

A blessing for Baltimore on this 410 Day, which is somehow at thing we've decided is a thing. I'll allow it even though I'd guess at this point more people have phone numbers that start with 443 than 410 thanks to cell phones and ditching landlines.

This book is a real gem. It explains sciency stuff in a super interesting and easy to grasp way. Plus the author is British and throws in some dry British humor. I’m so glad my book club decided we should read it even though no local libraries have it which is usually a no go.

I heard this song this morning and it made me really happy. Nostalgia is a drug.

It is the beginning of April. What is this garbage?

This book is a real gem. It explains sciency stuff in a super interesting and easy to grasp way. Plus the author is British and throws in some dry British humor. I’m so glad my book club decided we should read it even though no local libraries have it which is usually a no go.

I think the fan in my work laptop just broke. It is making a terrible noise. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to keep working listening to it.

I wish my head was bigger or they had this hat in a woman's size because I love it, but they only have one woman's hat and isn't this one

HISS, CRACKLE, AND SKIPS! the GLORIOUS sounds of vinyl. On radio! Don't like em? Go be happy with your sterile Al streams. Let us radio/vinyl nerds bask in the warmth of vinyl! IT'S XPN VINYL DAY! ALL DAY! TODAY! 88.5 FM xpn.org @wxpnfm.bsky.social

My friend gifted Molly one of these beds after I saw her cat’s and said Molly would love it because she sleeps on a flat scratcher all the time. She did love it, but so did Loki. They shared for a while, but he’s a bully and eventually she stopped using it. So I had to go buy another one.

I have no idea why this tickled me so much, but anything that makes me smile right now is worth sharing