I just realized my nieces are the age that they told me I was really old at. (They were teens at the time, to be fair.) I should remind them of this fact. :D

If you like life sim games (or even if you don't) you should check out @tinylifehacker.bsky.social. (Tiny Life.) It's the work of one person, super-inclusive, and no expensive DLC. It'll also run on a potato. (windows, mac, Linux)

My parents were weirdly protective and neglectful at the same time. I couldn't watch R movies until my teens, and they didn't like it then. But I could watch anything on PBS at whatever age. Kids probably shouldn't watch Dave Allen at Large or the Two Ronnies. (Much of the humor was lost on me.)

Sigh. Someone on LQN called Pat Volkerding "an old codger." Dude could easily be my sibling, since he's a year or two older than mine. Guess it's time for the old folks' home.

My mom was not very happy when I told her that her Bradford Collection collector's plates were going straight into the trash. I'm sure that's why she stole everything my grandparents left to me.

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

UBI and single-payer healthcare should be a thing for everyone.

I got Hades for Christmas. I'm debating god mode, just to get the story.

My anxiety is off the damn charts lately. :/

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

Oh god, this was my mom. Thing is? She had lived in California. She should've known that LA and the Bay are like 4 hours apart.

Today's agenda: pizza dough, and I wanted to make some sort of beer cheese dip.

www.instagram.com/p/DSXxH2ykeu9/ nothing says "peace on earth" like a brawl between hockey teams.

So what are your struggle meals? I've got a few. Beans and rice. (Pintos cooked with chorizo), tuna/kimchi/rice and an egg fried (if I'm feeling flush), and ramen (made according to package) with a scoop of peanut butter and some chili oil or sriracha.

Violence is never the solution, but counterpoint here's Andrew Tate being punched in the face.

There's a sparrow chirping up a storm on the bush right outside the window, and Ralph is literally quivering.

Aaaand windstorm again. I learned my lesson not to update my computer during one. Fortunately it was only a browser that was interrupted mid-update. Something else, and my computer woudln't have booted.

I, once again, implore people to stop close-miking eating noises.

And my biggest of middle fingers to both DeVos and McMahon, who think I'm the worst. Oh, and in the parlance of Gen X, they can bite me.

And loans dropped off the government's website. (The servicer reports to the NSLDS, so that takes a bit to update.) It's official official. No more loans.

I just cannot with linuxquestions.org today. The slackware forum is about 3 different fights about pipewire, KDE, and fuck knows what else.

newmelleray.org/autumn-trans... This is kind of sad, but when I was there back in the 90's for a school trip, they kind of anticipated it happening. The abbot talked about how things were dwindling, and the boom of the 50's wasn't like anything before or after, and that kind of grown was untenable.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9sQ... See, I get what he's saying, but I don't know how useful it is to cram a piece not functioning on functional harmony into a toolset that assumes it on some level. If we're talking Boretz/Rahn music theory as model of musical experience, I think the model doesn't fit.

The whole "estrangement epidemic" in vogue lately (fuck you for this, Oprah) makes me glad that my mom died and never got into tiktok. A sick old woman making videos about her missing her daughter would've blown up & dealing with that harassment would've been awful.

The whole student loans were such a thing I didn't know were a thing that now that they aren't there, I feel like my brain is looking for something to panic about, because the lack of low-grade constant worry is worrying. If that makes any sense.

Anyone got their radio operator's license? I"m thinking about it. With hurricane Helene, the current shit in the PacNW, and the fact that we (in New england) live in a hurricane/nor'easter zone, it might be a useful skill to have.

oh for fuck's sake.

www.forbes.com/sites/adammi... This, combined with the AI bubble is going to be a very nasty combination... It'll make 2008 look like a blip.

Wait, they pronounce "paella" as "pie-ella" in the UK? Sigh.

Does Shaolin Soccer count?

My week started with a surprise root canal. And then today IBR forgiveness. Zeros across the board. I legit bawled when I saw "paid in full."

Heh. Amy could play piano and got to play piano in front of the music class (in like 2nd grade.) The next week I wrote a piece of music for my toy trumpet (with 4 notes), and brought it in. The teacher was cool, but was like "I don't know how to play this, because your staff only has 4 lines."

So Ralph woke me up from a dream where I had to do my doctoral exams again, because my chair hadn't signed that paper. Thanks, buddy. It was a crappy dream

www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/choc... Hrm. might have to try these.

www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1... What you do is pack the snow with your bare hands. That way if it's cold enough, it'll form a nice ice crust on it.

www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/it-j... Well barf. What do y'all use?

Over/under on the people who slide into my mentions on the rot13 post, saying how root canals cause cancer or such bullshit? You know why you see cancer in people with root canals? They live long enough to reach an age where a lot get cancer. It means they didn't die of a brain/bone infection.

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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."

Shit. I forgot to do the annual egg nog latte binge fest while there's egg nog.

www.bjs.com/product/cadb... For those playing along at home that might not be in the know...it's the season of Advent. Then comes Christmas (about a month, same time as advent.) Then we have Ordinary Time for a few weeks, and about a month of lent. Only then do we have Easter.

Why is it that mouth bacteria is the only thing penicillin still works for? (Not that I'm complaining. Antibiotic-resistant mouth bacteria would be horrible.)

Surprise root canal!

Was up way earlier than I had to be because of period and smoke alarm inspections. Need to call the dentist about a tooth that I'm scared will need to be pulled, and I'm dealing with period from hell

hey.paris/posts/appleid/ This is why I don't buy into the Apple hype as a musician.

Case in point? I bring up linux, and some random pops in saying how much "FOSS adherents" suck.

youtu.be/DDmuitHVDHc?... Wait, say what? Good for her, if she had her Road to Damascus moment.

www.axios.com/local/boston... I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you, that a red state is freeloading off the back of a blue one.

I wonder if anyone's done a study about the cold war's effect on Marian apparitions?