Spouse: so they want to use “fisherfolk” as a gender neutral term for “fishermen” and I was like hmmmmm. What about “fishers”, which no one liked. Me: also those are weasels. S: what? Me: yeah, weasel family. Also called fisher cats. S: they’re fishing cats? Me: no, those are something else.

Now seems like a fun time to remind everyone that GWAR did an NPR Tiny Desk concert

Paid some co-pays and now we get to sit in anticipation of my FSA company taking a month to decide if they're going to demand a receipt that's fancier than the receipt that's automatically generated even though they've approved payments to this vendor 6 times already. They might be a salon now!!!!

Sitting through the pre-open enrollment presentation and I still can’t believe we accept this shit as normal.

Libby/Overdrive's hold system revamp seems to have fried itself this morning as it's now telling me that a couple of books that don't publish for weeks are available soon and all of the rest I have on hold have expired at every library that stocks them.

timeline cleanse

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Love when my work laptop just crashes for no reason

Want to make this into a quilt.

This sucks a lot. :(

I got nailed by biting flies a half a dozen times yesterday while socializing with the neighbors and they fucking ITCH. Antihistamines are just barely putting a dent in it.

I am 2/3rds of the way done with the assembly part of the giant FPP quilt but I started making frustrating mistakes over and over so now it is time to be done for the night. But I’m so close! And then I have to tear the paper off.

Sale soap! Soap sale!

Nats left field just robbed the game tying home run from the Mets and the reaction shots from the stands are hilarious

“Gosh, I’m tired from sewing. I should take a break for lunch. And then I should take the trash out, vacuum out my car, and wrestle the seat cover back in after washing. That will be relaxing.”

All money coming in goes right to Satanic ent removal. If that makes you sad and you want a Satanic ent I can hook you up but I bear no responsibility for what happens after that. ko-fi.com/karidru#paym...

Update: he barfed in the car.

At a winery and Meatball has become a fearsome lantern fly hunter. Given he gorged on apples earlier, J and I will be dealing with some fun dog digestion tonight.

Once again I am asking small business owners, artists and artisans, and anyone else who purchases packaging to do it anywhere but Uline

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

I’ve got like four more sections of paper to sew fabric to and then I’d be done but my back is tired and I’m out of audio content at the moment so I’m deciding to not push it even though I’m soclose to being done (with this part).

Just finished listening to To Clutch A Razor and I enjoyed it as much as the first book. share.libbyapp.com/title/11588749

Penny had a good and sweet encounter with one of the neighborhood puppies and I am so proud of her! She decided to be gentle and not barky and there were playbows!

ah tis the season; youtube reccing me art videos of "a new way to prepare for inktober!" Here's a new way to prepare for inktober: by doing literally anything else with your autumn than bringing more brand rec to a plagiarist bigot who trademarked something collectively built.

From simple yet deft strokes of graphite, ShouXin summons cats that jump, roll, crash, and express their curiosity. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/shou...

LOLOL Turns out fail!guy ALSO lied to me about the number of panels we could install by a good amount. New guy is much more on the ball and has won back my confidence.

Also, check municipalities around you to see who has reciprocal lending with the area you live in. You may be able to get cards in multiple cities/counties and have access to that much more. Virginia residents, I’ve got a list of libraries that don’t require you to roll up with ID too.

Another little creb 😊

Fuck fascists. Here’s some goslings

This book I’m reading is pretty decent but I am going “what on earth were you thinking” at the author for a) naming a teenage demonic character “Lezebel” and b) further shortening it to “Lezzie”.

Lol the guy at the solar company that was fucking up my project appears to have been fired.

Eel fact: this eel is cute

ok im taking constructive criticism but you have to be nice bc i am ✨illiterate✨

Okay but why doesn't the ice cream truck come around when I want it at adult times of the evening instead of at 5:30 pm.

“A conservative is someone who may not agree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say something they do agree with instead.”

The package that was supposedly delivered yesterday was on the porch today. Two packages that are supposed to be delivered tomorrow were in the mailbox today. I have received no updated shipping notifications. What is happening.

Goddamnit. Libby completely changed how they handle suspended holds and you can’t schedule them for a specific date anymore. You can only have it suspended or not.

Has anyone used a custom Braille printing service they can vouch for? We normally do farewell posters for rotational officers leaving my work team and I'd like to print one in Braille, but I'm nervous about just ordering one from some random outfit online since I can't verify it's right.

South Carolina and adjacent folks: OP has lost her both parents and needs to find homes for their cats. More info downthread.

We chatted with Hangama Amiri this week about her tender, stitched portraits and tableaus. Amiri is known for translating moments from her teenage years and times with friends and family into vivid, textured quilts. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/hang...

South Carolina and adjacent folks: OP has lost her both parents and needs to find homes for their cats. More info downthread.

Okay so local coyote has decided to start singing along with the fire engines when they did not previously. This would be hilarious and joyful except my dogs feel the need to heckle loudly and at the top of their barks. You could just sing along, you assholes.

“We need to turn off the radiation shields. It’s the only way.” “The radiation shields stop you from dying,” I explain. “No. Radiation only kills the impure of spirit.” “It appears you have drastically misunderstood the nature of radiation.”

Once again a Windows update appears to have broken my ability to turn off the mousepad on my ancient laptop in favor or my separate mouse which means occasionally my cursor goes wandering around the screen while I type.

The number of people at different companies who ask me to fix THEIR IT problems is more than zero and this boggles me.

Company I buy flavored syrups from just sent an email about their first sugar-free product! No artificial junk! Who wants to bet me a dollar it’s sweetened with stevia??

Love to get a delivery notification when it’s pissing down only to go out and find no package. It’s not at my door as claimed. It’s not in my mailbox. It’s not on a neighbor’s porch. I haven’t ordered anything so I don’t know if this is just a delayed notification or a lie.

You know, I get the production impulse to use different voice actors for different points of view in a book, but when the characters don't have the same speech pattern between actors, I completely lose track of them being the same characters in different scenes. They don't sound alike!

Work contact: please open this secure message with no context and a really weird url. Me: Hi, WC, can you give me more context as to what this is? It looks sus as hell. WC: Yes, open secure message. Secrue message perfec t size for logins! inside very legit and secure for user login safely clicking