don't forget Ginger Snap loves you and though she may be small, her love is mighty ❤️

Peek a boo, it's Ginger Snap, the Syrian hamster hiding inside her coconut shell hideaway. You can see her lil pink nose if you look closely at the shell entrance.

finished at the laundromat by 7AM, finished the drying after i returned from the gym, finished the folding after i made/ate lunch, finished remaking my bed, just now. i am feeling annoyingly happy with myself.

today's return to leg work combined with upper body has kicked my butt big time. but the biggest training annoyance of the day was you know who interrupting regular tv. appreciated a fellow gymrat switching to speaker and turning up his music super loud--suddenly all of us rocking to the 80s 😹

Gaza protestors interrupted Joe Biden at Mother Emanuel. He didn't call it an insurrection 🙄

As Trump attempts to blow up NATO, let's remember that Mike Johnson runs the House and John Thune runs the Senate. If they tried to stop Trump, they'd be doing their job. Instead they're letting Trump destroy the world order. They're betraying us all.

saving this story of kindness for when i'm feeling a lil low and need a lift.

tonight, an action snapshot of Ginger Snap filling her cheek pouches with dry food for transfer to her coconut shell hideout. later, she'll return to pick up fresh bits of lettuce and carrot. but right now, she's grooming her fur. and she does all of this while loving you with her entire heart. ❤️

dear God, this is horrible

i cannot wait for the next ep of #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

i took down the outdoor Christmas decorations and put up the usual stuff, some Edison lights, a dog wind chime, an owl wind chime, and some rusted out temple bells. i was the last on my block to give in. not looking forward to my PM walk without the cheery lights. inside, winter wonderland continues

I am deeply uncomfortable with the Alt National Park Service, an anonymous online account that stokes paranoia for attention and t-shirt sales, invoking the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Sure! AltNPS is very much a scam account. They routinely steal from news sites, often word for word, and last year they spent months posting meaningless "code numbers" intended to convey a false sense of mystery. This gets them attention, which is then converted into merch sales.

btw, i neglected to mention that this post from January 11, 2026 marked Ginger Snap's one month adoptiversary.

though i'm a longtime displaced to California Wisconsinite, i still carry in my car, a complete cold (and hot) weather/accident emergency stranded kit. for that habit, i thank my grandpa and dad.

a picture of Ginger Snap's daytime fortress of solitude, a coconut shell hideout with the entrance blocked by a massive pile of bedding and timothy hay. to my eyes, it is an engineering marvel ❤️ nocturnal life ❤️❤️

tbh, having watched vids of wine moms getting pepper sprayed and sucker punched as they protest ICE has really complicated dunking on them

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

these are days when it can feel like everything is awful. that's when i remember Ginger Snap loves me and you. she may be small, but her love is mighty ❤️💜❤️

Nearly 90% of people in ICE custody are held in for-profit facilities. Transportation companies are openly banking tens of millions more as deportation flights expand.

The dollar’s reserve status is the quiet engine of U.S. power. It’s why we can carry massive debt & still function. That only works because the world subsidizes us, not the other way around. Tariffs, debt binges, & military threats put that at risk. Lose it, & the economic damage will be extreme.

this is awful. tbh, the story also sounds like a plot for a tv detective show

take comfort in knowing Ginger Snap loves you and wishes you sweet dreams and restful slumbers

Ginger Snap's habitat is cleaned and she is now busily reclaiming it. this includes moving various treats i have tucked into lil hideaways to her preferred spots. by morning, she will have created a new sleeping burrow.

it's quickie-chicken-chili for dinner tonight. three El Pollo Loco taco combo tacos stripped of their tortillas added to one jar of green salsa, one can of drained low salt pinto beans, one tablespoon of cumin, and a pinch of cinnamon dumped into a pot. heat on stove. serve w/re-warmed tortillas

Community college, junior college & city college faculty, are you interested in going to sea for eight days on an Alaska-to-Bay Area route with STEMSEAS? Join me! stemseas.org/2026-2yc-fac... We have an informational webinar this Friday afternoon. ⚒️🌊

always love being spotted by my trainer's mother-in-law (also a trainer) when i'm on my AM walk, as i earn model citizen points, lol. even better, i got to stop and pet Twinkie, a corgi i returned home a few years ago following an escapo. i haven't seen him in a long while. still adorable. ❤️

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Ginger Snap loves you and is wishing for you sweet dreams and restful slumbers.

My Santa Rosa district office is experiencing issues with our phones that are expected to be addressed by the end of the day on Tuesday, January 20. If you are in need of assistance, please call my Napa district office at (707) 226-9898 or my Woodland district office at (530) 753-3501.

really need to get up off the sofa and eat lunch. my post workout sitting-fest needs to end now.

16yo Corey Stingley died from asphyxiation after being pinned down in a Wisconsin convenience store 13 years ago. The family of the teen finally feels that “truth, understanding and a measure of healing” has taken place after two men pleaded guilty yesterday. www.propublica.org/article/core...

back from the gym. did my first leg curls since September (i was taken off my DVT restrictions yesterday). i'll feel it later and i did not go "crazy," but it was super fun to do leg training beyond using my body weight, which was that was allowed by the cardio docs. hope to get off thinners soon!

the problem with not going to the gym yesterday is i have to go today

I laughed so damn hard that my stomach hurts.

Legos made me a VIP insider. I begin construction of the new veterans hall in my town next week.

"The engine puttered; the inside of his 15-year-old hatchback was starting to smell like burning oil. Within seconds Stancil was on the Expedition’s tail, no more than a few metres off the white bumper. He laid into his horn. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!' It sounded like the Roadrunner. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!'"

A country that claims to value freedom shouldn’t force anyone to carry a pregnancy against their will.

it's winter wonderland in downtown Milwaukee. here is a favorite live cam that looks out on the river. long ago, these were my stomping grounds. how i wish i could be out and about on foot. www.youtube.com/live/JATo2lP...

Ginger Snap loves you, wishes for you sweet dreams and a restful slumber, and promises to keep watch over you tonight.

when the landscape has Joshua Trees but the location is supposed to be along the "southern border" smh

let's simply call them the Republican Secret Police, as they are not expected to show their faces and are empowered by Republicans to demand all Americans produce their papers.

Just a reminder that if you dont want to watch P+ today, the first episode of Academy is streaming on YouTube :) im not sure what time/region, but its another option at least! #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

Unbelievable. Troops from France, Germany, the UK, Norway, and Sweden are arriving in Greenland right now. Trump has turned our allies against us.

Arrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh i so wish i could drop in on @wilwheaton.net and The Ready Room to process/fangirl/gush on #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

met a new dog this morning. Cody is my neighbor's daughter's dog. My neighbor looks after him while her daughter is at work. He is small, with wiry tan and white fur and an adorable under-bite. 😍

Ginger Snap has been madly alternating tonight between her beloved exercise wheel and her new coconut shell hideout this evening. No matter, she loves you best and she wishes for you restful sleep and sweet dreams.

Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."

Our son’s sister-in-law was detained this morning in Minneapolis while driving her immigrant co-workers to work. She was later released, but idk the status of her friends. MSP is under siege.

Grover is magnificent!