I am so tried of how all women's clothing is basically naked gymwear but in the street or Ballerina Farms Mormon girly crap with peter pan collars and tiered ruffle skirts.

The rest of the world to the U.S. today:

Oldest had a crash course in American cultural hegemony at school today. Was asked if he liked: 0zzy Osbourne, Mark Wahlberg, and Eminem (among others).

“The Kentucky tenant union has secured a collectively bargained lease from a corporate landlord — the first of its kind in the South. The agreement includes a 10-day grace period for rent payments, a schedule for major repairs, formally recognizes the union and more.”

Today's tiles.

🎶 Your own personal grotto... 🎶

"Get in loser, we're going shopping."

Okra!

vibe check

Mammoth Cave NP

I'm obsessed with this house.

Oh, hi there.

The other thing that is charming me is various products whose packaging has not been updated in generations. Just bopping along like the Blue Bell ice cream marketing department.

I am ridiculously excited about this chocolate bar which has pop rocks as an ingredient.

Evening walk.

1970 Schwinn Sting-Ray Orange Krate Bicycle at No Reserve

I have no need or space for this, but this 1850s apothecary cabinet — at the antiques warehouse in Hudson — is amazing

Also, as I had to say several times in my middle management days, "Nobody's going anywhere, so you're going to have to figure out a way to work together."

Sometimes it feels like if we could just somehow communicate to every person that each person in the world is also a full person, then somehow we could use that shared knowledge as a fundamental truth to build on.

And some wrought iron for good measure.

Today's tiles.

See also:

Evening walk.

Look at this bad boy.

Ever wondered why you can see underwater bubbles: invisible air in invisible water? It's because light bends slightly at the boundary between air & water, so light coming from behind the bubble is diverted away from your eye. The resulting dark line shows you the bubble must be there. Beautiful!

Behold! All the drama that befell this week.

I know for sure I can do a possum from experience, and definitely feel confident about getting a sheep out.

Wow! What a book! ❤️

Happened upon this in The New School's Digital Collections: in 1970 Parsons students voted to suspend classes and instead organize an exhibition titled "My God. We're Losing a Great Country." They invited Nixon. Also: check out that letterhead! digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/De...

Ok now it’s several plastics suppliers all saying 7-10% increase effective immediately So anything you see that is mostly plastic, which is most stuff these days, is now 7-10% more expensive I should note I did not get plastics notices in the past when oil spiked It was always steel/metals

I could fix her.

Never misses.

Tired: Your own private Idaho Wired: Your one insular Tahiti

Here's that good font you wanted, boss.

Come out to support our NYC Public Libraries before the City Council preliminary budget hearing on March 18 at 9 am at City Hall Park. Details: actionnetwork.org/events/budge...

See also Hemingway's Key West House.

Try to list three things, only 3 things that a Democratic House would do in February 2027. You can't do it and it's not your fault.

always going to take the side of teenagers over you losers.

Placement came through today. Oldest can go to the same school as youngest if he swaps Spanish for French. 🎉🎉🎉

Can this be a solution?

GATOS

There you stand, lost in the infinite series of the sea, with nothing ruffled but the waves.

News you can use.

The marine layer crept in during low tide and brought a bit of rain along with it. A solid coastal combo that keeps the crowd away most times. One of my favorite times of year to be here. 📸: Central Oregon Coast

Wow, this poem certainly hits different now. Still powerful.

The era of unintended consequences.

This little guy was just bopping around the park bench I was sitting at.

It's giving:

The school still uses textbooks!