You have a unique creative voice. The world is a better place when you share it. - Dan Blank

Fun fact: The next Saturday without a baseball game will be in November Feel warmer yet?

If you’re an American service member who gets killed in a retaliatory strike, your family can take comfort in the fact that it was done in service of making the host of Celebrity Apprentice feel like a big man for a minute, before he moved on to something else and forgets about this forever

Had to gently splain to the hubs today the quickest path to a divorce is asking me if I want new car mats for my birthday

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

So thankful we had the option to vote using machines today. Last fall it was paper only and it felt like we needed a stone tablet and a chisel.

I'm at the stage of my life where I make decisions about furniture based on whether or not the cat will be mad if I get rid of it

The slow and productive burn of anger is an asset. - Soraya Chemaly

This Valentine’s Day, give love and books.

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Dr. Anthony ’Tony the Tiger’ ‘Meowchi’ Fauci right after we adopted him. He’s about to turn 6 in March. #caturday

not only can you subscribe to PBS+ for less money than ad-free rightwing Paramount+ but you can watch a multi-hour documentary about the American Revolution that will guide you through our horrible times

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Austin area peeps: where are my fellow comedy fans? My daughter Laurel Kathleen is flying in from LA next week to participate in a comedy show at Coldtowne Theater on January 29. Join us! Use promo code LAUREL for 15% off your tickets. www.tickettailor.com/events/guyzn...

Learned a new word today

Start off the new year with some quality knowledge h/t The Daily Stoic @ryan-holiday.bsky.social

Committed to having black-eyed peas on New Year's Day for good luck in 2026, but longing for something a little tastier than Hoppin' John? Zannie's Black-Eyed Pea Dip is the ticket! www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking...

Looking for some fresh New Year’s resolutions ideas? youtu.be/JvoG5FoTF2w

Happy Solstice! May Your Writing be Merry and Bright. annerallen.com/2025/12/happ...

No matter what happens tomorrow, remember that happiness doesn’t come from gifts; it comes from drinking from the skull of your enemies.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

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Recent rain = Joe pye weed blooms Joe pye weed blooms = happy monarchs

Yes, and how odd that this varies vastly from one cat to another.

vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans

MM is #1 in my heart. Fight me. www.timesnownews.com/photos/enter...

Ach, my heart. It breaks. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

W.E.B. Griffin wrote over 200 books? TWO HUNDRED?? Sheesh. Only 188 more to go, I guess . . . www.dallasobserver.com/arts-culture...

Today’s pick from Beth Pickens’ writing prompt deck: vulnerability www.bethpickens.com/artistsdeck

I can’t remember the last time my Christmas cactus actually bloomed at Christmas

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Don’t get me wrong: I love H-E-B. But I don’t even know where to begin with this.

What kind of a savage tears a page out of a book to use as a bookmark? (this book acquired at thrift)

Kicking off my annual Christmas music listening marathon with this gem

Stunned by the news of the sudden passing of a friend. Memento mori, indeed.

Listening to a classical piano station and dying inside realizing how fast I'm supposed to be playing some of this stuff

TIL the name Adelita is the Mexican equivalent of Athena or Boudica or the Amazons. Women warriors are everywhere! www.latinousa.org/2025/11/28/a...

Here is your annual #Thanksgiving reminder that "Over the River and Through the Wood" was written by Lydia Maria Child, a fierce abolitionist who waged a lifelong struggle for racial justice in the US. She loved her country; she recognized its faults; she fought to fix it. 🙏 🙏for her example!

Completely insane. How do I not remember this?

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Met my annual goal of reading an average of one book per week a little early this year with this banger. Def earned a spot on my Favorites shelf. 🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤