If Vance gets excommunicated it’s an auto-win on my 2026 bingo card

Statewide mandatory survey received at 4:45 due by CoB tomorrow; we have tomorrow off due to the July 4 holiday and it requires interdepartmental collaboration. Survey submitted at 5:10 because I knew all the necessary information thanks to my committee work. What a way to start a long weekend.

I passed a sign for a storage facility. The sign said “lighted. secured” but my brain read “lightly secured” and I wondered “now why would they advertise that?”

There will be no blog post today; enjoy this photo of a bird I took earlier this morning

In 7th grade (c. 1998) a teacher called a meeting with my parents to tell them I was making other students feel bad with my vocabulary. Specifically, in a class discussion on pirates, I used the word “doubloon” - and of course the “solution” was to (attempt to) limit my reading 😞

I’m watching Congo on Tubi and wow does it not hold up. I’m also watching it on a TV where I can’t figure out how to adjust the smoothing so it all looks like a soap opera, too.

me too

Do not fear the night. You and your soft oversized pants, late evening ennui, and towering piles of unread books belong to the darkness.

Your daily affirmation: People underestimate me, but no one will stop me because I have the strength of a large boulder the size of a small boulder.

You’ve romanced your [my] last chemical

Pride Prompt 24: What’s one thing younger you would think is really cool about current you? Answer in the photo comments

Messi holds a World Cup record. Can’t say I’m a fan.

Complicated Dead

This was a week of Seminars and the Summer Solstice, so let’s go on a photographic journey through the last seven days.

if your dad sucks let me—an actual dad—use father's day to tell you what I think every child deserves to hear from their parents: I'm proud of you, and so glad you're figuring out how to survive this messy world. The world is better with you in it. This is extra true if you're trans.

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons meme

This is one of my favorite Q&As of the month so far

Last night we ordered pizza. Delivery guy drops off two pizzas instead of one, with a note: “We made your pie but made it wrong. We’ve fixed it; please enjoy them both.”

I may suck at Mario Kart, but I came in first place in the racing simulator at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Last night there was a social event put on by the conference organizer. I didn’t want to go alone & made a post about it. I got a response but wondered how the evening would actually go. When we met, she said “oh you have they/them pronouns? So does my kid!” - we got along great.

Attending a work conference for which I registered in December. Someone on the conference team noticed my title change (which only happened in May) and updated my attendee badge.

More Side Quests

Forgot that I got an “excuse me sir” while looking like this and I hope that person’s favorite sports team loses their next game.

Pride Prompt 14: What 3 songs tell the story of your journey so far? Existentialism on Prom Night; Straylight Run youtu.be/Neo-I7U1UfI Brave; Sara Bareilles youtu.be/QUQsqBqxoR4 Famous Last Words; My Chemical Romance youtu.be/8bbTtPL1jRs My cyberpunk rockerboy K2 by @dubiousartiste.bsky.social

Felt cute won’t delete later.

Pride Prompt 13: What part of Pride feels most meaningful to you? Answer in the photo

I have a cat friend named Elliot. We have only met in person once. But every time we play d&d and he hears my voice he tries to get right up on/with the speaker, so I’ve been told.

Saw a dress in Hot Topic that would have been perfect for the MCR show in August even though I’m still debating making a custom t-shirt. But all in stock was M when I need XL and it’s discontinued online.

The wizard sleeps tranquilly. He has a dream about a cat-sìth.

Mr Tom said D-Day was the worst day of his life - and he’d survived Pearl Harbor. Wishing him & all the others who’ve since passed fair winds & following seas. Perhaps one day the fight against fascists, Nazis, & all manner of evil authoritarianism will end, but until then, we carry on the fight.

This week I watched The Bride! and Primitive War and they were both enjoyable.

A thread of my Pride Prompt Posts for June 2026, staring here with Pride Prompt 1 bsky.app/profile/entl...

Blueberry Cake Lemon Filled Boston Creme The first two are discontinued by Dunkin and it makes me mad.

Pride Prompt 4: What’s a common misconception about nonbinary people you’d like to clear up? Answer in the first photo comment

There are many ways to improve your life. Turning your yard into a wildlife sanctuary for displaced forest horrors is one such way.

Who else is watching The Matrix every day in June? Just me?

Pride Prompt #3: What was your first clue that “man” and “woman” didn’t fully describe you? Answer in the first photo comment.

Pride Prompt #2: What’s something about being nonbinary that brings you joy? This one was too long for one post; see photo comment.

Pride Prompt #1: Introduce yourself. Hi. I’m Jay - a nonbinary mystical forest cryptid & merwrangler with Orange Cat Energy and a Crow Brain. My pronouns are They/Them

Opened up a brand new case of Schweppes ginger ale and inside was a can of Diet Pepsi (not, Pepsi was not okay). The rest of the case seems to be ginger ale.

I had several ingredients to use up, so supper tonight was pineapple chicken over yellow rice

Gruncles, Goblins, and Other States of Being

Thinking of doing a diy bleach design t-shirt but I’ve never tried anything like this before and I Am Not Crafty and I already know I’ll mess it up and I really wish I didn’t feel this way

Who has a Bluesky account and was invited to an MCR concert in August *as a treat* by three casual acquaintances who thought of them first when one of their group had to drop out of the trip? It’s me. I’m that person. I do not apologize for the person I will become (or already am)

Who has a Bluesky account and was invited to an MCR concert in August *as a treat* by three casual acquaintances who thought of them first when one of their group had to drop out of the trip? It’s me. I’m that person. I do not apologize for the person I will become (or already am)

Little King Trashmouth, is that you?

January 2020 has become my benchmark - there were already signs of the GOP pivot to anti-trans politics as their top issue, but no legislation had been passed in any state. If you think trans people had too many rights six years ago, there's no common ground on which we can meet.

Monsters offended by petty human evil will always be a favorite trope for me.

Capricorn: You experienced an emotion. Ponder your grave failure.

Y’all know that image/meme of the former Pizza Hut that’s now a different business and is used to explain what it means to be transgender? My town doesn’t get it. 1/2