I do believe in not letting people steal your joy but as far as the celebrations for the 250th go the funding for them was actually stolen. I'm feeling pretty rotten about it! And yet there is one thing Mother Nature (not any person) could do to make this the happiest, most glorious Fourth of all.

H*ck yeah artichokes!

My brain is terrible at being physically injured.

[at unicorn fuck club] Larry Correia: see, the problem is that GRR Martin didn't finish Game of Thrones Correia: now publishers refuse to take a chance on multi-book epic fantasy series Correia: perhaps GRR should have thought about how that would affect me Correia: the protagonist of reality

Current status: being tortured by a child trying to pick out Mary had a little lamb on the piano, who doesn't know the end of the song and won't take any suggestions or direction from me. So the song goes unfinished forever.

I transplanted this succulent from a crowded pot to the ground recently and I guess it appreciated the gesture because it produced this spectacular flower stalk. 🌱

Having some hammock time about it.

I'm feeling extremely sorry for myself for a variety of reasons and I can't even do any of the things that would help me feel better. 🫠

I sucked it up and texted another classmate, who said they've moved the date to October so I have even more time to stress about it. Huzzah.

For a Good Night's Sleep 🌙🧸 #art

Pupdate! 🌱

Guess that long hike or bike ride I was gonna do this morning is out. It would be physically possible but probably I shouldn't make my legs do that kind of sustained work when they're trying to heal these awful bruises? Mods?

This happened at a thing where I saw a high school classmate, who informed me there's a reunion this summer (it's a big number, so not surprising). I'm sure that contributed. I don't want it to be that many years since I graduated high school, but it is. 💀

Call me Humpty Dumpty, because this evening I had a great fall. (Derogatory) Have nasty contusions on both shins and the top of my foot.

My parents bought me an antique solid oak? dresser when I was a baby or toddler that I'm still using. I'm guessing it's from the late 1800s but I'm not sure how to check since it's full of clothes. I know the wood knob pulls aren't original because we replaced those in the 90s.

💀 I am now being asked which version of each character is the creepiest 💀

F earned his free book from the library summer reading challenge weeks ago but I just logged it all and he went in to choose his book. Pals, I have been subjected to learning way more than I ever wanted to know about Five Nights at Freddy's because he chose a fnaf character encyclopedia. 🫥

Pals, I am making a hat.

Thrilled to announce I successfully made the scheduling function work and there's a new Notes from the Economy Class: notes-from-economy-class.beehiiv.com/p/i-follow-t...

Welcome to Friday, pals! 🌱

Thinking more about this, because of the AI discourse. I've been baking since I was 6 and started cooking dinner for my family at ~10. In college I was a kitchen manager in my co-op and taught a bunch of people to cook. The last several years, I cook rarely (bake sometimes) and I can absolutely

I made a really good dinner tonight (usually D cooks but tonight I did for logistical reasons) and didn't just phone it in like usual. I made a creamy pasta thing with white beans, spinach, mushrooms and sweet Italian chicken sausage (made creamy by goat cheese). I also made zucchini carpaccio (1/)

“Blah,” said Toad.

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ZOWIE! @fuse8.bsky.social says this about must-see THE NEW CAT at this year's ALA: "This is the same duo that brought us Touch the Sky, and clearly they’re good for one another. Lucianovic brings the sweetness and humor. Park brings the pathos and beauty. A stellar combo." 🐈‍⬛😻

I don't have a picture but it's probably the train depot that was built 20+ years ago in anticipation of the commuter rail service making it up here which still hasn't happened so in the meantime it's sat empty and decaying.

I watched the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders show until they admit they pay the girls BARELY MINIMUM WAGE and i shut that shit off. Don't support a massively rich brand who doesnt fairly pay its workers--- who are literally breaking their bodies --- while they make them millions.

We've had a milder summer than usual so far (knock wood) so the dahlias might do better than they're done in the past? 🌱

Welp. I'm the president now.

Currently enjoying the hell out of the audiobook of The Adventures of Amina Al-Sarafi by Shannon Chakraborty on the recommendation of @heyalicia.bsky.social !

The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.

I am terribly sorry to interrupt your doomscrolling, but today's Low Quality Ad is for this Berry Mouse Pin. Look at him. He is smol. He is hungry. He will be more berry than mouse if he finishes that. collabs.shop/oam3q4

Earthquake! A 5.7, about 40 miles away, and our phones gave us a few seconds of warning. Wild!

Dogberry has been recast and it's a different theater pal I'm excited to work with but it means we're reblocking all of the scenes again.

Rosemary, that's for remembrance. 💚

The coworker to whom I gave the last set of F's baby clothes regularly shares pics of his baby wearing them. 🥰

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Happy hollyhock plants this year. 🌱

Sometimes I forget that 8 year olds don't have fully developed prefrontal cortexes until kid comes home from theater camp with a huge stain on his sock because he thought playing and the fake blood stored in the green room would be a good idea. 🫠 "I wanted to show my friends!"

Toad looked at the ground. The seeds still did not want to grow. “What shall I do?” cried Toad. “These must be the most frightened seeds in the whole world!”

This dog has lived with us since he was 4 months old. In September we will have had him for 3 years. Nobody here has ever once given him human food from a human meal*, and yet he still begs. *He gets magic peanut butter on a spoon if he needs to take a pill and has gotten pb and pumpkin in kongs

Maybe this Monday morning you require a bee in a cardoon flower?

In my early 20s, I started reading a blog written by a guy in Canada who did a lot of volunteer hockey related stuff and also was a dad and he wrote about how much he enjoyed his kids, and it was honestly my first time truly exposed to a good dad. (1/)

Reminder! Don't wait until this happens to your local library, even if you think your library system is safe. Tell them you support inclusion and pride NOW

H*ck yeah veronica!

My bad dead dad was an inventor and bird enthusiast dad.

More and more of the ice cream was melting. It dripped down on Toad’s jacket. It splattered on his pants and on his feet. “Where is the path?” cried Toad. “I cannot see!”

@lschmeiser.bsky.social Goat Rock Beach is our beach. 💚 (where we usually go when we go to the ocean)

Four hours apart 🌱

I lived!