Having not watched a MLB game in person since the 1990s, and knowing nothing about this postseason until I downloaded this bracket, I am firmly rooting for the Cubs to beat the Mittens.

Something, something, sportsball, I'm fairly certain. 😂

Louisville PSA

I was most excited about the book I read this week, but I also watched some movies: Insiang, Philippines, 1976 The Zone of Interest, UK, 2025 The Mission, UK, 1986 Woman of Fire, S. Korea, 1971 #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

2025 Book #49 Here's to You, Jesusa! (Hasta no verte Jesús mío) by Elena Poniatowska Translated by Deanna Heikkinen Finished on a plane, this novel (and Jesusa) absolutely delighted me. A spitfire elderly woman pouring out the gossipy tales of life lived at 150% in 20th century Mexico. #booksky

Waking up for a 5am flight is rough, but landing back home before noon on a Friday is awesome. Totally worth it.

Good morning from a small regional airport in Texas.

Apparently they still make these?!?!?!!

To wake up, or to not wake up at 3am to try and make the 5am standby, that is the question.

I am happy and/or sad to report that Whataburger has an excellent cobb salad that comes in an orange tray invoking the earth tone tupperware of my childhood.

What is a Wagoneer? Does Avis think I'm in Texas for a coup?

6am cockroach in my hotel room while I am standing in front of my suitcase naked. Oh, hi, I'm wide awake now.

My goal is to stay awake until 8pm. Which is 9pm. This seems reasonable for getting up at 4:30am. Which was 3:30am.

Thanks, that's reassuring! I had a couple of small streams in my basement last spring and when I saw all the alerts on my phone today while travelling, I wasn't sure how bad it was.

How's the Louisville flooding or do I want to know?

This was a great thread to read this morning before heading to the airport:

This was a great thread to read this morning before heading to the airport:

Industrial Zone by 郑小琼 Zheng Xiaoqiong Tr. Eleanor Goodman A non-traditional Mid-Autumn Festival poem. 中秋节快乐！

Autumn is scheduled for about 37 minutes on Wednesday afternoon around 3 pm. Summer will begin immediately following. Plan accordingly.

We're going directly from A/C to heat by the end of this week aren't we?

I was wondering why we were talking about Amy McGrath again without talking about Charles Booker.

Get a library card. Get even slightly informed about politics and vote. Act like you live here.

I'm really going to need a 2x speed button on these annual security training videos.

Unpopular opinion, apparently, but I didn't like The Zone of Interest. At all. (I do wish I understood what people who are putting this as their #1 movie of the year are getting out of it, because I do feel like I must be missing something. Maybe I'm just old. Maybe this is not a Gen X movie.)

2025 Book #48 Selections from Records of the Historian 《史记选》 by Sima Qian Translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang Full of bookmarks. So many fun stories and quotes.

Alison was lovely and shared some great tips for Paris with me!

In better news, I've been doing my part to bridge the gap between Louisville & Lexington by meeting bluesky mutuals in Shelbyville today. 🤝 Shelbyville is cute! It has a very good Mexican restaurant. This was a good idea!

Don't... buy a house without transferring the security system over to your name. Do you know who really, really, absolutely will not disable a security alarm panel for a person who isn't the account holder? Yeah.

Hello, I am a chrysanthemum farmer now.

Watching this today for the first time. Early thoughts: 🔸No one needs to climb to the top of a waterfall like that. There is always a better way to climb to the top of a waterfall. 🔸Did we know Robert De Niro was hot in the 1980s? I feel like I didn't get this memo. Possibly because I was eight.

My current addiction: muscadine grapes.

Getting up early on Saturday to take my midterm did not go as well as I hoped. Ye old problem with multiple-choice questions: I second-guessed and talked myself out of some knee-jerk responses when the knee-jerk responses were usually the correct ones. A high "B." Annoying!

New favorite Chinese idiom just dropped, it's like the serenity prayer for introverts: 桃李不言，下自成蹊 Peach and plum (trees) don't speak Yet a path forms under them

Happy #soberoctober! 7 years sober today. Here’s something I wrote 5 years ago during the peak of the Pandemic. Reposting for anyone that might be struggling right now. #soberoctober #sobriety #soberliving #sobercommunity popnotsoda.blog/2020/10/02/y...

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched 1992 Naked Killer: lesbian assassins woot! Cult-classic (HK) 1992 To Liv(e): incredibly informative about HK geopolitics (HK) 1962: A Woman Judge (women's lib feel-good drama) (SK) 1992: Autumn Moon, a unique & beautiful meditation on the human condition (HK/JP)

According to the dream I just woke up from, you can buy milk and cereal and pay your phone bill in the checkout lane at McDonald's. I guess my brain is a recession indicator? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Despite feeling very anxious, sad, guilty, and even a bit regretful about it, I did finally manage to send a "this doesn't appear to be working out" text to the person who I matched with on the apps in July, have been texting daily since... July... and have never actually hung out with in person.

Now this is publishing history I need

Close your eyes, lawn guys! Behold the glorious aster currently erupting in my back yard. I doubt my next-door neighbor is a fan, but I am currently the patron saint of cabbage whites and bumblebees, so... (This is what I do between conference calls, now. I walk outside and look at bees.)

Screen Time requests from your kids but they have to submit them and be approved through your household Workday

I need the weather to align with the month on the calendar. I can tell seasonal depression is looming because I wake up at 6 and it's dark and then I sit drinking coffee trying to wake up at 7 and it's still dark. I don't want to put on clothes or go to work. I want to boycott days.

PLEASE call your Senators and Representatives and ask that they ensure HUD maintains its funding for permanent housing. I think this is something that it’s even worth your time to call Republicans about. I prefer to call local offices but the Capitol switchboard can be reached at (202) 224-3121

This, but also the presence of the unhoused

I just made a run to Walgreen's for ice cream because life is bitter and I am out of ice cream and a large and tall Indian/Asian man rounded a corner walking towards me and then his eyes lit up and he smiled the nicest smile right at me... and I literally can't remember the last time that happened.

It's the why am I taking a class/why am I studying for a midterm week of the semester.

Did I just scuff the toe of my shoe and then polish it with brown eye shadow? Yes, yes I did.

(solemnly) You've had mail.

Catching up on the Hesgeth/Trump military speeches. Absolutely vile. A very dark day for America.

Flashback to the time I had to drive from Mississippi to Georgia to pick up my brother from Fort Benning after being punished by a drill sergeant during basic training with iron mike lunges to the point of rhabdomyolysis and hospitalization. "Sis, If you don't come get me, I might die here."

Maybe you need a marigold?