Husband and his family bought almost every garbage toy that has been advertised on TV for the last 3 months, and this panda is definitely the worst and it probably cost a fortune

Apparently it’s “Christmas Steve” and you have to be extra nice to Steve or Santa won’t give you presents

Forgot your #2 pencil on test day? Have billionaires infesting your country? An awful itch just out of reach on your back?

Show me how your 2025 went

Tomorrow is the last day of preschool and the beginning of “can you play with me?” on repeat for 12 hours a day until January 5th

Watching this video where they’re talking about how we misunderstood Megalodon and I’m sorry that must have hurt Megalodon’s feelings

The only constable I want in my home is John

Shoot— should I start consolidating home decor content in one thread? This is gonna be a big happy thing for me in the coming months

Measuring walls and windows tomorrow for paint and coverings in the new house. My MIL is great at so many things, but I will not be taking advice from someone who discovered millennial gray/white/black decorating 15 years before everyone else.

Waiting for Craft Warehouse to open so I’m sitting in my car listening to czech bluegrass youtu.be/YSyPIQxNOH4

Number 10 on my top 10 paintings of 2025 WARM WATER SKY, 16x16”, Acrylic on Panel, 2025 This is loosely based on various stats that I’ve included below. PRICE: $2500 SIZE: 16x16” on panel DAYS TO COMPLETE: 8 DAYS TO SELL: 0 💥 ALL SOCIAL LIKES: 36,182 PRINTS SOLD: 18

“Hey mom?” “Yeah?” “Mom?” “Yeah I’m here, what’s up?” … “Glowing freaks me out”

Now that we’re probably moving into another house with a subpar yard/garden situation, I look forward to randomly tending to the trails and fields nearby again like this

Almost too many big things happening at once— even good ones— and I can feel my nervous system going into shutdown mode to preserve energy.

I think a lot about how hospitality was considered a vital public virtue for millennia and I fully believe that the corrosion and displacement of hospitality as a pillar of healthy social order is a not-zero part of why shit sucks now

The only way out is through. The only way through is together.

Yeah so that got canceled lol

Signed some papers, so I think I can say I’m not unemployed anymore? Just gonna nap everyday until January 5th when I have to be an office person again

I wasn’t expecting to go through this many emotions

Touring a daycare by a river during a flood watch 😬

Somebody asked me to edit the knob out of the photo on the right. A thing such as that is with me the work of but an instant.

JD looks like he saw a couch across the room and is about to unbutton his jacket and unzip his pants.

Negotiated a salary, please clap

Having a crappy morning and Mc Donald’s got my order wrong* so I went back inside to get the right sandwich and I picked up breakfast for the panhandler kid who I didn’t have cash for *it’s okay tias, I still love you

I keep thinking there’s a squirrel hiding in this picture

Walt Disney Video-A-Longs: Winnie the Pooh (1986) VHS (R-U #64) : 1126s

Someday I’ll get normal sleep Someday I’ll get normal sleep Someday I’ll get normal sleep

When the room smells funky bc there are three people and a cat sleeping in it, but you can’t crack the window bc there’s a wind storm outside

journo getting mad at another journo for plagiarizing the same antifa group as him is rich

I want to listen to this album

Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914

I usually order like 4-6 books on this sale every year, but we’re living crammed in someone else’s house right now 😭 Could I buy some and you just put me at the bottom of the shipping pile so I might be in a new place with shelves again?

avoiding online or big corp purchases for holiday shopping sometimes means DMing your friend’s fave taqueria past midnight to ask if they sell gift cards

Was it @jeremyhammett.bsky.social who introduced me to the peddle steel player Arthur Freeman on IG? Because he just got invited to play at Ryman for the Opry 😭

Happy Hanukkah! KMHD played this tonight and I hope it’s a fun discovery for someone youtu.be/VT2_7aq3ytE

Managed to shut down a sore throat and chills in 12 hours flat, but everything settled into my knees (?) and this stinks

We visited a house yesterday with our realtor and this tiny finished storage room off the older teenage boy’s bedroom is being used for exactly what you think

We visited a house yesterday with our realtor and this tiny finished storage room off the older teenage boy’s bedroom is being used for exactly what you think

Me when it happens

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters. His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound. A true hero.

Okay, kid show review: it takes a minute to get used to the stylistic choices, but Creature Cases is legit interesting and often quite funny. Plus the CC “fact file” song is super catchy (Thanks Mark Mothersbaugh)

The combination of onX Hunt, Facebook, and LinkedIn is unparalleled for checking out potential neighbors while house hunting.

A Christmas Story? Gonna leave the room. Christmas Vacation? Gonna leave the room. Elf? Gonna bust into your room through the wall like the Koolaid man.

We’re not even *close* to running out of good ideas. The issue is smart people’s ideas being systematically persecuted, under-resourced, and blocked from opportunity by fascists. Do not believe propaganda in the “Future Perfect” section of Vox that’s underwritten by Effective Altruism extremists.

In sheer physiological terms, what is this doing to my brain and body

My codes are all mixed up today bc I just muttered “Fuck! Gosh darnit!” like they were perfectly equivalent

I respect yogurt, but I don’t like yogurt

Something really interesting about that interview yesterday is they are looking for some help with 5-6 different types of tasks that a lot of folks have been diverting to AI. There are a few AI tools they use, but it’s limited, and they really want a human being to do this job.

Anyone can become disabled. Anyone can become chronically ill. Anyone can become homeless. These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant, often when you least expect it. It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever.

So my old boss/office sent a plaque that I had gotten for participating in an industry leadership program that was hanging on the wall next to everyone else’s. Cool, right? Not even a note.