The computer lost the mandate of heaven when the humble, helpful "program" was replaced with the insidious "app"

fastest girl alive

one of these doors tells the truth etc etc

I think a very sincere and once-pure feeling has started to morph into this twisted wretched desire to experience a blackout or move to nowhere just to stop hearing the ever-present hum of machinery and traffic

is it just me or are phone flashlights being left on

the relationship I have developed with "streak-maintaining" apps is an earnest desire to engage that morphs with a single obligate 'streak freeze' into disillusionment and resentment. is nothing sacred nor sincere?

fresh basil in my wrap -> changed the entire forecast

this can't keep happening

Are you the detective type? ⌨️

as a blossoming professional puzzler, one irritant that's worth voicing about the NYT Connections is that the final category rarely gives solvers an "aha!" moment. leaving your solvers with a residual feeling of, "Oh, okay. That's annoying." isn't compelling puzzle design.

if I had a million dollars: every year I'd coordinate a week-long vacation in a multi-bedroom exposed-beam thatched cottage on the water with all my friends & install a wide-radius signal jammer that encompasses the premises

Artemis II has brought me to tears every day they've been out there. Safe travels home, friends.

coming to terms with the milestone of learning, several weeks after it happened, that your parent(s) have experienced an injury or health-related incident & neglected several opportunities to mention it

more than once I've missed a hold pickup window & every time I pay the $1.00 fine, I am fraught. the librarians have assured me they don't care and they're happy to see me again. pillars of society

weather app showing me new symbols I've never experienced before. 2026 Weather DLC

paying mortgage & income taxes is good. it's good. we have to look at the long game. it's good. it might feel like -$13k in 3 days but it's actually good. we have to look to the future. it's good.

the work is mysterious and important (writing cryptics for my strava entries as I start running again)

I don't typically pay much attention to fashion, but I am absolutely enamoured when someone is wearing an entirely benign outfit paired with the most fun and unexpected socks.

it can't possibly be that hard to cut my own bangs

you can always tell when a baddie is nearby bc their uggs are scuffing along the winter salt all the way. schoof schoof schoof schoof that's a 10 coming up on your left, show some respect

the most efficient way to burn a candle is from both ends, really

motorists will see a safe stopping distance and ask is 'anyone going to swerve into that' & not wait for an answer

If we're going the same direction, we might as well go together.

it was so easy to buy avocados that I almost completely missed that both the superbowl and the olympics are happening right now

an hour of Strange Antiquities has me curled up and yawning at 7:30pm and it's only when the heater turns off that I realize the background music is soft lulling piano and a gentle thunderstorm

battery backup for the computer in this office losing power, intermittent inconsistent beeping. going to overstep my role and get under the desk like a mechanic to disassemble it with my bare hands.

Eva is short for Evarything To Me

I want to hang out with a cat for a weekend but the 5 cats I know personally are owned by my beautiful friends who are convinced that their cat has unique feline travel anxiety and will hate visiting me :(

there is no rooftop high enough nor could I ever shout loud enough to express the sheer love and respect I have for crossing guards

it's getting to the point where I'm excited for -25⁰ (feels like -32⁰) because I can blamelessly and shamelessly cancel all my plans that involve leaving my house

she star in my valley till I dew

my mod team asked me to take on the role of Task Master (affectionately, Submission Mistress) to ensure all the research tasks were completed. 94/95 (98.9%) tasks have been completed, with the outstanding one on-campus and out of my locus of control. This is fine. Why wouldn't it be?

Cardinality did such a beautiful, good job of MITMH this year. I've been doing tasks and quests for two days. I'm in my bliss like never before.

living with a bunny has illuminated for me exactly what it would be like to have Navi follow me around, if she were an oval who was always a little bit mad at me

I keep saying things like, "unlocked a new level of cozy" & think I've peaked but then I'll have a day like today and realize the cozy I've yet to experience is a beautiful sprawling range of mountain peaks ahead of me. I'm also napping in all the valleys too

new tier unlocked: recognized by the staff at the humane society

simmering my new years resolutions on low heat until they caramelize

it didn't work

this morning I confiscated ant poison from a squirrel, and opened a fortune cookie for 8 sparrows. the fortune read, "Be cautious of the next turn."

I could pick a card, any card, from a standard, freshly opened 52 deck and still somehow pull Temperance

why is it that laundry has a final boss phase after wash and dry. and why does it take two weeks to do a final knockout blow that costs me less than an hour of my life

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well. it's time. how do i set my tree up and bunny-proof it against little wandering angels who long to consume wires at any cost

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packing for Pax Unplugged as if I'm going to Australia for six weeks, not two states down for four days

all I have going for me is my wit, charm, confidence, and familiarity. unfortunately this will not be enough to prevent me from being fed to the wolves, who have sensed my lack of ease and my facade of nonchalance

finding out that all the emails I ignored from my building are actually about a full day water shut-off actually resulted in a very productive catch-up on dishes and filling 10 mason jars with drinking water