Dad has to stay overnight at the hospital so they can get rid of the blood clot, but he's doing well considering the circumstances. We'll know more tomorrow after they run some tests, but I'm guessing his diet will at least be something we're going to have to address.

Love to wake up to EMTs taking my dad to the hospital 🙁. They suspect a blood clot in his leg. Thankfully he's still fairly mobile and coherent, so it probably isn't life threatening. Still, definitely not how I wanted to start my morning.

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If Biffo wasn't hurt then wtf is wrong with his face here.

Almost had a heart attack driving into our yard when I saw what I thought was a dog running under my car. Turns out it was actually a HUGE hare and I didn't even touch the bastard, it just sat there looking at me until finally deigning to get out of the way.

Everett True says don't steal tips (or he'll beat you up).

Me at the store today, at the checkout thinking "Oh bother, I can carry all this, I guess I need to get a plastic bag". Came out of the store with my bag full of stuff, then realized the entire time I'd been holding my tote bag which I took with me SO I COULD USE IT TO CARRY MY GROCERIES!

I hope people properly appreciate the fact that I sometimes spend an entire hour researching something before I ultimately give up on replying to their post.

Scared to click like on a day old post about someone talking about how much they love their partner, in case there's a newer post where they say they just broke up.

"PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!"

Why the fuck did I think buying candy cane flavored dates was a good idea? I only like peppermint/mint candy for the crunch and there's no crunch in dates. It's like mushy, soaked candy cane. The flavor is there but the texture is so wrong. Zero stars for this idea.

Me and the peeps all agree that Frankenstein's monster in the new movie should just become a lead singer for a metal band and he'd fit right in.

Seven Seas is soliciting the release of a slice-of-life manga about senior cat ownership for October 2026. As the proud and loving owner of an eccentric grandpa cat, I'm looking forward to reading this one.

Pleased to report this awesome video of a cat playing a theremin is still up on YouTube. Watch right to the end for an additional treat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXn4...

Lol someone told our chatbot "Moooi" ("Hi" with extra 'o's) and the chatbot assumed they were Dutch because that's the name of a Dutch interior design and furniture company. Confusion followed.

Finally got my daylight lamp to work after two months of hunting down parts!

Love me a good day-moon.

Pretty funny that Cheney dying hasn't even made it to any hot news or the Discover feed. Even Hell is like "Oh another one of these? Just toss him into the pile with Kissinger".

Maybe the reason we can't have proper human rights is that we just don't have enough mascots for them.

Boris Artzybasheff, a Ukrainian illustrator who immigrated to the US in 1919, was known for florid, grotesque explorations of surrealistic anthropomorphism, combining human and machine into fearsome, laboring hulks of metal & flesh. These illustrations are from “Machinalia.” #historyofillustration

Hey, more of that "the Night Lands" coming up this Sunday. Our timezone flip is sorted out so we're back at the same time again. 2 PM EST. Same link as always. And one day, good lord, I'll have something that isn't that creepy hero clicks fella to show you.

Okay, to sweeten the deal, whatever name wins I'll cut it of vinyl and send to Ella to be put on the car. Imagine catching sight of the "Pastamania Delivery Co." or "Orange Cassikia" cruising down the street!

How do you do, fellow cats?

For #SpookySeason, GODS MAN (1929) is a wordless descent into temptation & consequence, perfect for #Halloween week. 🕯️🖤 👀 Check out this video of the opening chapter. Read the full story in our Spooky Season 2025 collection ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ste...

"It's a pleasure to meet you Dr Hitler!" "Just call me Gay. PLEASE."

Baron Nathan, the celebrity dance teacher of the 1850s who danced the hornpipe blindfolded, surrounded by eggs. There's something SO malevolent about this image. It's powerfully frightening.

I've seen some pretty weird things in my quest for a tolerable chai latte in this city, but today's experience was weirder than most. They heated the syrup in a microwave, then served the piping hot drink in a plastic cup meant for cold drinks, with a fucking straw. Of course I burned my mouth.

I'm making a listing of autumn events in Eastern Finland and this is like the third time now I've almost given myself a heart attack by forgetting I had this tab open in my browser. www.alteramikkeli.fi

Sunday, more "The Night Land", live. 2 PM EST. I am not an AI. I am a middle-aged sonnofabitch tired of the world and too stubborn to go without a cuss barrage. Up yours. Hope you like the reading though. I'm reading it for whoever shows up... and maybe myself too. www.twitch.tv/fdejeuner

My friend sent me this pic with the text "My cat just short circuited".

I personally don't think that a person's looks say anything about how they are on the inside, but sometimes the universe insists on gaslighting me with pictures of tech billionaires who all look exactly like what the most annoying person I've ever known would look like if they had infinite money.

Am I the only one seeing the lovechild of SpongeBob and Patrick?

Books Have Been Acquired. Currently lying in my hotel bed, watching Battle Beast perform at Tuska on TV. Not a bad way to end the day.

Decided to go to the book fair alone. I had to make up the most complicated travel plan possible, but it's gonna save me some money in the long run so I'll just deal with the inconvenience. I never do anything for me, so I'll just consider all the money spent an early Christmas present to myself.

One unintentional horror trope that always gets to me food mascots that encourage you to eat them. Who hurt you eel?!

I was supposed to go to the national book fair with my friend but now she's sick and can't go 😢. Not her fault of course, but I'm still disappointed. I haven't really seen any of my friends IRL for ages and since she was also my place to stay I'll have to spend like extra 200€ if I want to go alone.

The Ugly Stepsister is a good movie, but it's also very heartbreaking and makes me sad every time I watch it.

Yogurt report: new blackcurrant flavor good.

Slipped my notice, but apparently Battle Beast published a sequel to their King for a Day music video just in time for the No Kings protests. Probably not a coincidence, considering what KfaD was about... youtu.be/oaehjxc1dQA?...

🎃 The TSG-hosted Nights of Fright marathon begins today, October 17 at 7PM ET and runs through Sunday, October 19! We’ll be streaming spooky games, doing wild donation incentives, and having nonstop fun all to raise money for ZERO Prostate Cancer. 📺 twitch.tv/TSGTV

Please think of Biffo sitting on a jar of mustard in his hot pants audience, that's what we at the Beano WANT.

So today the board voted unanimously for continuing my contract, but as I fucking learned JUST THIS WEEK I need a doctor's note to keep getting employed under the program I'm currently with. Cue me desperately trying to find a doc that can sign off on that before the application window closes. Fun.

"Okay Finnish people, we're a country where it gets VERY dark VERY early starting October and it's VERY important we all stay VERY visible in traffic during the winter months. So, what color should all our coats be during this season?" "I'm thinking black?" "Yeah black is cool, I vote for black!"

The more I have to train this stupid AI chatbot the less I'm convinced there's any intelligence behind it. It's so eager to please it literally replied to a customer query with "Yes, we don't have the service you require!".

Everett True doing what we all want to do once again.

If you ever want to see a perfect visual representation of what's the difference between giving 10% and giving 100%, just check out Laos after Puerto Rico.

Pretty telling that the participation in the pro-Isreal protests here was like 99% Christian nutjobs.

This is the stuff I see in my nightmares instead of normal stuff like being chased by an axe murderer or something.

A good friend's cat could use some help, or a share! gofund.me/afb6fd260