Nothin' fancy. Just bread, a proper kneaded loaf this time. Fresh bread just out of the oven with butter is a lovely thing.

Installed something upside down, I think. #Caturday

Not usually much for comedy, and I didn't expect to like Our Flag Means Death enough to keep watching. Episode 2 and these people are completely adorable and I'm hooked.

Someday I really should get back to drawing. I'd really just started messing with colored pencils when I stopped. Enjoy a really shady-looking bear in a top hat.

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New VoicePlay drop always makes a day a little better. Even if I still haven't seen K-Pop. (Someday Netflix will come back around in the streaming rotation.)

Kaylee has never been a lap cat. Apparently there are Extenuating Circumstances in which this alters; in this case, my having rearranged everything to enable working in bed. This does not actually facilitate working in bed, but-- well, just look at that expression. YOU tell her no.

My executive dysfunction says I REQUIRE A TUG.

Tickles me every time that River, too, needs to have some body part hanging out from under the blanket.

If anybody else is struggling with "I really need to do X" today, and it helps to hear someone else managed it-- --I got my treadmill time in. It's been a week since I did that last. You, too, can do what needs doing. Put your shoes on (metaphorically speaking). Maybe it'll be just enough oomph.

While the pacing's been a bit uneven, I've got to give a shout out to Planet Crafter - this is dopamine central. Terraform a barren rock (and figure out what the corps are hiding from you). No real threats other than food/water/air/falling off high places. Very pretty. Meditative mostly.

A fan (whom I won’t name unless they say so) asked for art depicting Aziraphale and Crowley protecting school children from ICE in Minnesota. They’re part of a parent group who’ve been sorting children to and from school in shifts to deter ICE from kidnapping them. They’re the REAL patriots. Fuck 🧊

50% chance of snow this weekend. Pleeeeeease yes*. Just a little bit! *I'm a desert transplant to colder climes, gimme a break, it's a lovely novelty. 😁

Quick iconic comic cover edit to laud Ilhan Omar.

Something about this colouration has always been magical to me. I love a blue roan, or a silver fox! #art #artdoll #peryton #handmade #furryart

When you've got fresh bread, an avocado, a little lemon juice, salt, pepper, and everything-bagel seasoning--

Behold: A bread! Squishy-soft crumb, extremely crunchy crust. Pretty much perfect. www.bowlofdelicious.com/dutch-oven-b...

Well, no wonder it's been so quiet. Apparently I no longer get notifications? Stuff's in Mentions instead.

Executively dysfunctional all over the place this last week or two. Dishes piled high, everything needs tidying, I've been meaning to make bread for at least that long.... But now the dishes are half-done and fully triaged, and this no-knead bread dough has FLOOFED. Fridged until tomorrow.

"When the Dark comes rising six shall turn it back; Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; Water, fire, stone; Five will return and one go alone." - Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising Reminded of this series today. It's past due for a re-read. My intro to mythic fiction.

From the "it makes me smile" collection today:

I mostly played the Angband variant. And Zangband. And Pernband. And TOME. And....

Had to people today, but it was made up for by delicious Peruvian food. I honestly quite like my co-workers, most of whom I might see twice a year (we're full-remote). They're a bunch of weirdos. Also, the pisco sour was excellent. I've been wanting to try one since T. Kingfisher mentioned them.

ARTE

I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers. This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.

Me over here bumbling around going "hey, that storm's going to miss us pretty much entirely, no big deal." Also me attempting to grocery shop today. I may not be worried (we may not even get *rain* at the rate the forecast is changing), but everyone *else* bought out the meat, dairy, and bread.

Is it really as easy as adjusting my expectations for myself? Is it really as easy as not judging myself, and hitting publish instead of cancel? Why is that so hard?

Kaylee's normally not much for proximity, but River (who would be a scarf if Kaylee would just let her) keeps on trying. Today: Synchronized couch sleeping.

New favorite journal. Tiefossi A5 Moon's Power Dot Grid, 256-page variant. 160gsm paper. Pen loop. Lovely.

Whee! I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jan 18th 2026 (Hard), in less than 29 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I've spotted the mouse before, but not the squirrels - going to have to spend more time night-watching! All the rodents show up around the eight minute mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDd6...

Oh hell yes

This is an extraordinary bundle. I'll probably run out of characters before listing just the authors in here I've read or had on my list to read: @cheriepriest.com, @kateelliottsff.bsky.social, @matociquala.bsky.social, @robinmckinley.bsky.social, Vonda N. McIntyre, Ursula le Guin, Jo Walton, Andre

The nest is looking so nest-y these days! And I'm kicking myself for not catching a screenshot of the bold-as-brass little mouse that was foraging in it the other night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...

Hah. Gotcha. I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 10th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 13 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

When you're writing* and suddenly need to know whether buckskin horses have dark skin under the hair (they do), and all the neat things there are to know about geckos. *My characters have some funky nanotech stuff going on (sort of) and most of them incorporate animal aspects. #amwriting

No idea who might need to see this, but this is a truly fantastic little tutorial for learning flexbox. flexboxfroggy.com

Feels like a day to share art and whimsy, because everything is terrible but this is really cool.

Three separate projects I'm meant to be working on today, all for the same client, and every single one of their sites is currently 403ing me for no apparent reason - again - and I'm waiting on IT to figure out how they've misconfigured Cloudflare. So the litterbox is now clean!

I shirted and mugged that raccoon! 15% proceeds will go to Feeding America to help battle some of this never ending bullshit over here. shop.gleafer.com/products/are...

Gleafer. Stop being doom and gloom. Post something nice. *shakes fist* POST IT. Good monkey. Enjoy my Little Blonde Angel Support Group! All the sad goths who fell for the sunshine one. Crowley, Blackbeard, Sherlock, Loki and Spike.

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

holy fuck

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: The shattered glass that almost got my eye probably wasn't life-threatening, but I was two, who knows. The knee I split on cinderblocks would've been my head if I skidded just a little differently. Kicked by a horse-- also a near-miss to the head.

Tiny wobbly cottonball fluff eagle babies faceplanting.

Forskalia from @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 651. So perfectly designed to catch prey. I love them. #sepacificseamounts #MarineLife

Alternator belt is straight-up missing. Well, that certainly explains a few things.

Started 2026 with all the laundry done, all the dishes done, with All Roots* chowder half-finished, and was writing when the midnight hour flipped its year. It's a good start. I hope the rest of you had as exciting or relaxing a New Year as you wanted to. Here's to a better one. (2026, shape up!)

It was quite a day here.