My new, appropriate for a 6’5” human wheelchair is scheduled to be delivered next week & it only took seven months.

I peace outta Bluesky as soon as I hit the first “suburbanites are dumb racists” post by a city-dweller because, for real, your narrow-minded view of the suburbs isn’t the liberal gotcha you think it is.

My niece texted & asked if Slash was wearing a wig and now that’s all I can think about.

Jelly Roll is freaking me out. He sounds like Hulk Hogan during his AWA days of the early 80s.

Since I just finished re-watching Schitt’s Creek last night, I’m planning a Beetlejuice/Best in Show double feature in Catherine O’Hara’s honor.

Read 8 books so far this month. How do you disassociate in times of trouble?

It doesn’t look like much yet, but at the end of the month it will look like a calendar.

The ridiculous cold has sucked, yes, but it means I get to use the -11° and lower yarn in my 2026 Temperature Blanket.

Made some bars like the Minnesotan lady I am. Chex marshmallows, peanut butter, pretzels, and M&Ms. all of the new food groups, right?

Regarding Duck, Duck, Grey Duck discourse: In Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Ramona’s kindergarten class plays Duck, Duck, Grey Duck. Basically the game is American canon.

This explains everything.

How an Occupation Really Feels Uffda Darling Ones, How are your hearts holding up? Are your feet warm at least? Things ain't so good here. The US Government continues to occupy Minnesota, killing people and kidnapping anyone who is not white. Not good at all. I only know this because I keep…

I've been cycling Minnesota bands & angry women of the 90s music. It hasn't helped a ton, but at least I know all the songs by heart.

No one in Shakopee is asking for this. No one voted for this. To try and build this facility without the community’s voice involved highlights ICE’s complete disregard for Minnesotans. ICE cannot build a detention facility in Shakopee.

Is there a five concerts with male lead singers thing I missed or are we only othering the women?

Six Minutes Hello Darling Ones, Today was the big meeting with my Social Security Disability lawyer. It was an appointment I've anticipated for ages. I've spent a lot time imagining how it would go and making a case for why I should qualify for disability. Seriously, I wasted hours upon hours…

Trivial Question: is it better to get 8 short texts or one 8-paragraph text? Remember, I am an old. Also, I punctuate my texts.

Some personal good news. Insurance approved my request for a wheelchair & I’ll get it in 3-4 weeks (I started this process in July 2025).

Looking at Hennepin County Library’s most-borrowed books of 2025. The #10 Adult eBook was 1984 by George Orwell

One more time for the people in the back. Slave Patrols were waayyy before Gestapo. This stuff is AMERICAN history repeating.

Before there was Nazi Germany there was the United States of America just being its racist, genocidal self.

Trying to stay quiet, but a lot of y’all don’t seem to know the Nazis took most of their playbook from how America treated Native Americans & Black people and it shows.

Misanthropes & Gals Like Me Hola Darling Ones, Well, we made it to 2026 and it's been a real kick in the crotch, hasn't it? On January first I started using this neck & chest firming cream before bed each night because I'm well past my prime. I have/had a ridiculous amount of creams, potions, and…

angie craig is doing everything she can to get people to forget she voted for the laken riley act don’t fall for any of these stunts she can start by apologizing if she regrets the vote

I second these emotions.

Kinda proud I finally broke up with Spotify thanks to, as his daughter called him, “woke scold” @wolfdog.bsky.social & @solace.bsky.social.

So Long 2025 Holy Shit, Darling Ones, I'm in a little bit of denial that 2025 is at its end. This whole holiday flew by in a flash. It went by so fast that I only took about four pictures the whole time. One of those pics were from our Christmas Dinner Saltine Taste Test. Premium won by a…

I’m making a bunch of amigurumi toys for Christmas & have realized my distorted vision makes it impossible to line the ears up evenly. Not at all frustrating.

Personally, the best thing Rob Reiner ever did was bring River Phoenix into my life via Stand By Me. Thank you, Mr. Reiner. Rest easy.

In other book news, theres one called “One Death at a Time” in my Libby queue. I get this stuck in my head everytime i open the app. youtu.be/HX9_i9ZAHSw

I’m reading a novel about Clytemnestra and am, once again, enraged by what a dick Agamemnon is. I hate that guy.

She also guffawed, for real, that I was wearing The Strokes’ shirt after having a stroke.

I forgot to mention the hygienist at the Periodontist’s office had “Lover, You Should Have Come Over” on her playlist. So, I love her.

Magic Making Time Hello Darling Ones, A voicemail from my Poor People's insurance company just prompted me to burst into tears. The message was about connecting me with Second Harvest Heartland in case I needed help securing food. The tears were a mix of gratitude that I don't need that kind of…

I’m 66% through The Uncool, Cameron Crowe’s memoir. Not sure what I think yet, but it does remind me how much I loath most 70s Dude Rock. So boring.

Gonna reread The Cider House Rules by John Irving. I loved it when I read it the first time 30 years ago (how did I get so old?). Hope it holds up.

Can't wait for my west coast fam to get here for the holiday and discover I now talk to my cats like Gomez & Morticia Addams talk to each other.

Yes. Yes! I want this for Christmas, regardless of context.

My most-listened albums this year were 1. Amanda Shires, Nobody’s Girl 2. Jason Isbell, Foxes in the Snow It’d be funny if #3 was that Lily Allen record. It was Hana Vu’s Romantacism.

I really need every damn place to stop asking me to fill out a survey about my experience. The blood lab, really? Leave me alone.

They’re playing Dave Matthews in the waiting area where I get blood brawn. Uffda!

Do you remember the olden days of e-commerce when you were lucky to get a shippping notice? Now you get an email for: receipt, shipping pending, shipped!, delivery pending, delivered!, fill out this survey, and leave a review.

I’m watching a 1955 gameshow sponsored by Stopette deodorant with “anti-immune properties.”

I wanted to study Latin in college, but my mom told me to take something more useful. So, I took Russian.

I’ve started learning Latin on Duolingo. My favorite thing so far is that “disco” is Latin for “I learn.”

The good news: my invasive eye treatments went from every 4 to 6 to 8 to 12 to now 15 weeks. The bad news: I still can’t fucking see clearly.

Had a lot of self-worth & identity tied to being a single, independent, female freelancer. For 16 years I managed to support myself, pay my mortgage, pay off my student loans, and stay out of debt. Even had some saved for the rainy day that was having a stroke.

Did not expect that cancelling my FreshBooks account would make me so teary. Just when I think I have a grip on being disabled something comes along to kick me in the teeth and remonds me it's not that easy.

I took a temp job at a software company because you could wear jeans & they had free pop. FREE POP! (Coincidentally, I'm rightthissecond downloading 15 years of freelance data so I can cancel FreshBooks. Now that I'm disabled I can't work like I used to.)

She’s calling some of y’all out. “There is a certain kind of Replacements fan, I know, who is going to tear their hair out and be bothered in the extreme the second they read about “aesthetic strategies” and “artistic intention” in the context of their fave-ever band.” www.gq.com/story/when-t...