Sourdough bread attempt number 2. 🤞

Don't fight them. They want us to fight them. They want to troll us. They came over here because they're sad they can't taunt us. Nothing will make them more angry than becoming the most blocked account on this site and hearing the wind whistle by as we consign them to invisibility.

This! I also don't care if they came here legally. EVERYTHING ICE IS DOING TO ANYONE IS UNLAWFUL AND ABHORRENT.

The hubs and I took the day off & went for a long drive today. We ended up at the Mississippi Palisades scouting bald eagles. Saw dozens of them there a couple of years ago, but it must be too soon in the season cause we only saw one today. Still great to spend an unexpected day together!

I figure it was only a matter of time until Heated Rivalry discourse circled around to my least favorite topic: how the best way to fight misogyny in romance is to only read books with no female protagonists. Maybe keep that one as an inside thought, y'all.

Every time I see someone yammering about abolish ICE / policing and how DEEPLY UNPOPULAR it is, I want to remind them that the GOP abolished Roe v. Wade and that was also deeply, deeply unpopular, and here they are, in charge of everything still.

I've been saying this for months. Why would anyone want to come to the US right now?!

Welp I'll be needing this book as soon as it comes out!

That asshole having a bomb of a game was the perfect way to end Wildcard weekend.

I knew The Bears would get the night game. It's gonna be brutally cold, which gives us an edge against a California team, I'm thinking.

This is such a great series!

This!

Hmmm. Cheese.

I want you all to know I didn't watch any of the Cubs World Series games and they won the series, so I guess I'm not watching anymore Bears games and hope that leads to them winning the Super Bowl!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!! THANK GOD!!!!!

I am not watching. 🫣

I am attempting my first sourdough bread tomorrow morning. All good vibes appreciated.

Every ICE officer let the murderer leave without arresting him. They’re not there to enforce laws. They’re there to terrorize.

We had like 6 channels to choose from and they quit airing every night after midnight. And we had to physically turn the knob to change the channel.

People out there annoyed at politicians saying “fuck” should spend a little more time fighting fascism and a lot less time policing the usage of a word you can hear in a PG-13 movie.

I have to say, as a man with two mothers, I find the derisive deployment of language like "lesbian" and "lover" by those on the far right who are trying to justify Renee Good's death particularly disgusting and dehumanizing. These women. They are wives. They are a family. That's it.

Week 1. We invaded Venezuela. We killed the ACA subsidies. We destroyed the Kennedy Center. We murdered a woman in cold blood over deportations. We threatened Greenland, now we are offering them $100,000 per person to allow us to take over their country. First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?

it’s almost like giving live ammo to a bunch of itchy-fingered paste-eating goons and turning them loose was a bad idea

But I need to reiterate: ICE is not made up of trained police officers. The organization is populated by ex-prison guards and the very people who either failed the police exam or were fired because of poor conduct while on the force. They're the worst of the worst.

The issue is not lack of training. The issue is this is the culture of ICE. They are being trained and encouraged to view the people they target in certain ways to justify ICE violence and ignore their targets' rights. www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...

Braved the POURING rain for the launch of Kristen Callihan's latest boot last night! Gah. So excited to meet one of my all-time favorite authors. Of course I had to bring my OG copies of her Game On series and my VIP books (SCOTTIE!). She's writing a new VIP book next!!! *Screaming*

I got a text from him a couple of days ago! Ugh

Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE. Fuck ICE.

I have landed on 'bob' haircut TikTok and y'all, it's not great cause I have a hair appointment on Wednesday and I'm feeling the need for big changes. Luckily made my stylist swear an oath to never allow super short hair. But I am SO TEMPTED.

EVERGREEN

That game was WILD and oh how I wish the Ravens would have pulled it off.

With that being said, Grok and other AI image generators should be destroyed. If we had a just society, it never would have gotten this far.

The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

Bears game ON PRIME?! FUCK. That streaming service is such fucking garbage.

Sunday scaries are strong tonight after 3 weeks off. I do not want to go back to work. Like ever. But also I like buying shit and traveling so...

God. So much this!!

That Jaguar kicker just made a 67 yard FG. 🤯

Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals Your Saturday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $3.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤

I know it's all A LOT already this year, but I finally got down to @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social to get my special edition of SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE by @oliviawrites.bsky.social. The dust cover, gives a nod to the iconic cover of TENDER IS THE STORM, which I'm lucky enough to own. 😍 #Romancelandia

I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time. It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.

2026 reading log: (Gonna attempt to track here this year!) 1. The Grump Next Door Read: 1/2/26-1/2/26 #Romancelandia

Okay okay!

Had an MRI on my left knee this week, which has had 3 prior surgeries and the report is basically, "Damn girl. That thing is fucked up." So I think I'll be spending the first part of the year prepping for what I fear will be a knee replacement. 😬

You should buy all of these!

My son and his wife got me the most amazing Christmas gift -- a personalized Funko Pop! It's so adorable! I love it so much.

Thanks to that last minute TD by Puka Nakua, I have won my fantasy football league by a mere 3 points!

I'm a quirky store owner in love with the ghost of Christmas past. Book: Good Spirits by B.K. Borison

BEARS BABY!

Kings of the North! #DaBears

It’s true! My hockey ladies are just hanging out waiting for you. 💖🌈🏒🥅