I have never been anywhere even close to teetotal ever in my life but I'm still horrified at the normalization of this level of *drinking,* much less the normalization of drunk driving.

My marriage is gonna last forever because when I crawled back into bed just now my husband let me put my ice cold feet on his warm legs with nary a flinch or complaint and in return I said nothing about his absolutely rank morning breath. 😌

The thing about this administration is that they are all just so Dumb in their bigotry.

We need more posts about reading books, holding hands, and worshipping the dark lord.

You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check

Walking in my neighborhood is great because I can reliably count on smelling half a dozen different ethnicities of food, fresh laundry, and pot.

My birthday? What do I want for my birthday? The same thing I want every birthday, Pinky - books and the time to read them. I don't understand why I have to keep telling you this.

People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.

I had some time so I'm now deep into the hotness that is Heated Rivalry but I will once again stand on my soapbox and demand the return of male chest hair on screen. I do not need your pecs to be smooth as a baby's butt. Bring back the fuzz. Where is the happy trail.

Rick Steves is one of the 36, alongside Dolly Parton and Keanu Reeves.

I turn 40 in one week which is why I slept badly and now can't turn my head because my neck hurts so badly.

Candles in the window for all to see. Happy night three!

Sometimes, if I want to get really angry, I'll think about the time my daughter's nursery school teacher called her "coquettish" because she liked talking to the boys in the class. She was four.

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My kid just said, "brrr, it's cold in here," and my brain went -

Tech bros once again proving they don't understand idioms by *actually* reinventing the wheel. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Linda Pastan

Chocolate croissants do not have to go as hard as they do but I'm grateful for it

i just want some starbucks and a nap

No.

THIS.

We already have this. It's called having a short connection in any of the massive sprawling airport hubs and sprinting a quarter mile while dodging everyone and their mother and hauling thirty pounds of carryon luggage because checking a bag is an obscene amount of money.

Once again appalled and horrified at the cruel and petty actions of this administration. Good job NPR for refusing to deadname Dr. Levine and having some basic human and journalistic decency. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

It will keep promising him a plan and then eventually will give him a 'file' to 'download' but the download never works.

My 8yo told me that she had a "roast" that was so harsh she didn't want to tell me and I had to promise not to get mad. The roast: "You're as weak as an obedient puppy."

"Not tonight, honey, I just love you too much today."

My FSA Spending Wrapped

The guys in front of the computer.

A random picture on a random Facebook post led me down the rabbit hole and now y'all can learn about this extraordinary woman, someone I've never heard of before and I'm betting you haven't either!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_W...

I'd say that this was not on my Bingo Card for 2025 but I think I tore it up by March and all bets are off now because WHAT.

I've loved Sassoon since I was a kid, doing a project on WWI poets. He's brilliant and always timely, like the very best poets. This one is so lovely.

Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible? Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together? Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude? Try reading a book in public! 📖 #WritingCommunity #BookSky

Yep, this all checks out.

The world doesn't end in fire or ice or with a bang or a whimper, it ends with the whine of a data center.

Bought some cashmere sweaters on sale yesterday and it's very cold outside today and like, this stuff is pretty legit.

We should never forget that we live in an age of medical miracles.

I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other

If you understand why I snickered/groaned at this picture, I am very sorry for you.

I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.

Poetry Comics Month, Day 23: Infinite Senryu

Me: why does my body ache in weird ways today??? Also me: you turn 40 in a month and spent over an hour raking leaves yesterday

4yo nightmare: the corridor is full of monsters 14yo nightmare: the corridor is full of teenagers laughing at you 40yo nightmare: the corridor is full of laundry

Life tip for those like me who hate plain water but acknowledge its importance - every few hours, go to the sink, pour 16oz of water, and just chug it like the medicine that it is. Then move on with your day. No huge stupid water bottles, no forcing yourself to drink it with meals. Chug it. Done.

All of this. (If you just got us Wishbone back I'd be willing to negotiate about the others.)

Just saw something about how "six planets are in retrograde," and I still have no real idea what that means or believe in astrology at all whatsoever but at this point in 2025 I will absolutely nod sagely and say, "ah, yes, that explains a lot."

Smashing that bookmark button so fast -

A time capsule and all that's in it is a new rendition of "We Didn't Start the Fire" every thirty years.

Oh no... when I saw the election results in Nov 2024 I knew it wasn't going to be my year. More like: 1) how much damage can they do, really? 2) fuck 3) Thanksgiving