Me: “I don’t need any more accessories. I need to stop buying things.” Also me: “okay, but this is mine now.”

Some advice: Be kind. Collect books, not enemies. Leave the world a better place. Stay on the good side of the old gods and you will forever find peace in the mossy dark places of the world.

I am reminded that a startling number of people believe that if you’re a member of the military and you don’t like something your government did, you can just throw up your hands and quit the next day like any other job. It Does Not Work That Way

This is genius. If anyone in the Boston area knows of a local resource like this, I’d love to send some stuff their way.

Boston Red Sox have Christian Campbell playing in the spring training games and I’m so fuckin happy for him. He was my favourite player to watch last year and I’m so glad he’s getting another shot.

Dude is pre-med, on the dean’s list, and wants to be a pediatrician. He’s my new favourite college football player and I will *absolutely* be watching Iowa games and cheering for him this fall.

Genuinely surprised this Arsenal v Chelsea game hasn’t devolved into a fist fight yet.

Watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade because it’s always a good night to watch Nazis get their faces punched in.

I guess the only spark of hope to be found in that is the fact that it doesn’t make sense to us because we aren’t wired to think of human lives as acceptable collateral damage in the quest to get richer, and I would rather be that kind of person no matter how painful it makes living in this world

we were probably all up last night staring at the ceiling with our own version of the same thought running on endless loop, but mine looked something like this: I hate these people to a degree that feels simultaneously corrosive to the soul, and also the only righteous response to this kind of evil

JR: *barely clinging to sanity while the news happens* UberEats: “hey - want 20% off alcohol delivery?” Me:

Dear Boston sports commentators: By what fuckin definition is Boston “one of the biggest cities in the world”‽‽‽ My dude? Are you high‽ xoxo Kat

My friend and former helicopter pilot Matt used the concept of entropy to explain why veterans need to be at these ICE trainings.

Apparently today is the first meeting of an F1 discussion group at my work and I just need to say that I fuckin love nerds. This is not my personal nerd, but this brings me so much joy.

Someone on here asked a while back about things from movies that have made it into your family lexicon and I was reminded today of the little finger crook thing Bruce Willis does in The Kid an I can’t remember if that movie was any good, but WOW did it make its mark on our family.

I tried so hard And got so far But in the end No one fucking likes me I joined Reform To deport you all But in the end No one fucking likes me

Hello - former professional bookseller here to tell you that reading simple fun books IS THE POINT. Stop judging people for ENJOYING reading! You do not get brownie points for suffering through books! Now it’s time for me to go read some dragon porn. Because I like it and it’s fun.

shame is back on the menu boys

Marine Coworker: “I told my wife that if someone asks where I keep my guns, you want to know how they fuck and where they finish.” Me: “oh god. Don’t say that to JR - they’ll tell you!” MC: “I know! But I’d also show them where I keep my guns!”

I finished a knitting project earlier, tried to teach myself a new cast on style, got frustrated and gave up, decided to work on something “easier, that I know how to do well”, and picked up a colorwork shawl I’ve got going. Colorwork‽ EASIER‽‽

If it does, someone please text me. I’ll be asleep, but I wanna be woken up for this.

Me, two weeks ago: “I don’t particularly care about hockey. It’s fine, but I don’t really understand the rules or anything. I’m not really a fan.” Me now, hearing about the shitty US Men’s team and how boss the women’s team is: “I will die for these women. PWHL for fuckin life.”

Will I help shovel someone out regardless of how I feel about them as a person? Obviously. Will I call them a dumbass as I salt their front walk? Abso-fuckin-lutely.

🗣️📣WHY ARE THEY GOING AT ALL?

Just got an email that we’re closed again tomorrow. Friends - I love my job, but I LOVE a snow day!

Hard same. And if they could uninstall my shoulders and tenderise those at the same time, I’d really appreciate it.

I just successfully frogged a dozen rows of a project without having to simply start the whole thing over for the first time since I started knitting.

This is a very good read. I think about some experiences with men in my life where I sense something isn't quite right and I find it difficult to explain my instincts. (I am often right too.) I have been thinking long and hard about the infrastructure women provide to men.

We woke up at 3am and JR said “wow - this is a blizzard!” and I responded “no - we can still see the building across the street from us. It’ll get heavier.” And here’s the heavier. Stay safe, friends!

Does anyone here have suggestions on non-fiction reading about Les Tricoteuses? Preferably in English, but I can brush up on my French. Thinking about having a Tricoteuses knitting circle in our apartment once a month.

Work has declared a snow day tomorrow, so time to decide what I’m baking!

Somewhere out there is a tiny blood clot struggling to break free. I'm rooting for you, little blood clot. You can do it.

Begging priests to resist the temptation to include diet talk in their Lenten sermons. That’s y’all’s Lenten discipline this and every year.

Why must I have a budget‽‽ This is perfection!!

This friend just tried to mansplain my own equestrian sports to me, so if you need me, bring bail money.

What does it profit a man to have billions of dollars if he has no one to, lovingly, tell him to shut the fuck up

It me

Me: “don’t these people have anything better to do‽‽” JR: “no. Because they’re losers from the internet.” Me: “okay, but *I’M* a loser from the internet and *I* had better things to do!” JR:

Does anyone have tips on how to nicely say to someone “you are a ‘couple’ friend, not ‘my’ friend. I hang out with you as part of the JR and Kat couple, so please stop trying to make plans for just the two of us”?

“Now we have no more cookies to eat,” said Toad sadly. “Not even one.” “Yes,” said Frog, “but we have lots and lots of will power.” “You may keep it all, Frog,” said Toad. “I am going home now to bake a cake.”

The thing that actually got me to take seriously the idea that I might have ADHD after MONTHS of JR saying “pretty sure you have ADHD” was someone casually mentioning that people without ADHD don’t have a song stuck in their head 24/7. Totally blew my mind. I thought everyone had a constant earworm.

I sent JR a video on Instagram that was basically “if you know your partner, what horse are they picking?” And before the horses started flashing on the screen, JR said “this is a trick fucking question! The answer is YES.” Now I’m just sitting here like

Just saw an ad for Spam on ESPN, so I feel like we’re solidly in recession territory. We’ve already had a new Kesha and T-Pain song, so it was only a matter of time.

The hold music for the MSPCA vet clinic is Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Simple Man and now I feel like asking them if they understand that they’re in Boston. Don’t get me wrong - I love that song* - but wouldn’t Dropkick or even Aerosmith make more sense?

Me: “hey babe - what are the liturgical colours for Lent?” JR: “black and purple, why?” Me: “no real reason…”

So are we going to be reimbursed for the costs of the tariffs our Potemkin Supreme Court had declared illegal? No of course not. And the damage is far beyond economic. And Congress could have stopped this at any time and still can.

Spicy Kitty always looks at me like I’m The Great Betrayer when I have to pick her up. I know she hates it, but someone’s gotta hold her while we put her collar back on or shave the poop out of her ass hairs.

This is one of the number one no-nos in security. Like, was included on the Security+ certification test I took.