My local shelter os raising money for a much needed new building. Wish i knew @mcuban.bsky.social to ask him to hook them up. All i know (vicariously online) os @gailsimone.bsky.social They’re the same right? www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...

Ooooh! THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, containing my post-Stand story 'Hunted to Extinction,' is on sale for $4.99 today at Kobo Canada! Perhaps elsewhere? This is very cheap for 800 pages of book 🤩 www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

While physical therapy is maybe helping my back and neck the entire rest of my body seems to have decided the best way to handle that is to fall apart even faster.

The U-Haul Nazis that marched in Little Rock today I'm sure thought they looked badass but they looked like children cosplaying their idea of strength.. Ruby Bridges as a child has more steel in her spine than these moving van Mein Kampfuckboys ever will.

These air pods with active noise cancelling is.. I've listened to Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac an ungodly amount of times in my life and I heard subtleties I've never heard before..

Wait.. waitwaitwaitwait.. FIFA gave him a "Peace Prize"? #brainbluescreen

Kind of want a kindle scribe but also kind of like having both kidneys and a reluctant to sacrifice one for the other.. sheesh. Any buddy out there have a spare couple hundred bucks?

At what point as a freelancer do you get feisty about unpaid invoices? Three months? Four? Sigh.

Panic attacks suck. You wake up from a nice nap and your house is cold because it’s cold outside and your body takes that kind of shiver as oh shit we’re in danger and now your heart rate is 130+ Thankfully, the beta blocker anxiety pills I have for such situations, brought it down within an hour.

Every now and again i wonder if i should drop my cash app to see if any independently weary people would contribute to my laptop fund.. Sigh.. nah

Want to partake of Black Friday deals on a laptop but the freelancer dilemma of never seeming to get paid until months and months later… hinders me.

Small bookstore stop landed me the new @tashasuri.bsky.social and two paperbacks by @sea-ya-later.bsky.social and Claire North. #happymikey

Nothing like a quick trip to a bookstore where you feel pretty good about the two books you bought until you realized that you already own one of the books from four years ago… And another is part two of a series for which you do not have part one… Yeah, that sucks.

Man that pharmacist was not lying about the second shingles shot. My temperature went up nearly 3.6° last night. I was shivering under two comforters.

Of COURSE I can't find my earpods.. of course.

Waiting to get a haircut and while I’m old I’m not barbershop shoot the shit old yet… Thank God.

Honestly the outstanding invoices I have may be saving me money by not paying me at the moment these Black Friday sales are beginning to kick off... Not sure the wife sees it that way, tho.

Lulu is deeply concerned with what you’re doing over there. Deeply.

Magazine layout while listening to Harry Styles. The body may be in it's fifth decade but the ears still appreciate a good listen.

Staring at the Fela Kuti boxset that's on sale and wondering if I can crowdfund my way into a copy? "For just dollars a day you could help an old cajun's music collection... " Sigh.

I wish I looked at the world in the same hopeful way my youngest doggo looks at me while I'm eating pistachios. Sure they are bad for her (much as the world is bad for me) but those eyes never waver and that tail never stops wagging in hopeful anticipation. It's inspiring, really.

As soon as Yamamoto got on the mound it was a forgone conclusion. What am amazing season for the Jays. Shame it ended like that.

It’s always a good day when someone recognizes you in Walmart and tells you that your newspaper column is one of the reasons they still get a printed newspaper. That’s a nice ego boost.

Tomorrow it’s my first appointment to the new spine doctor who I predict will look at my back and say “yeah, that shit’s bad, yo” as he bills my insurance thousands…

Pulled the trigger and now own an Oura4 smart ring. I want health metrics without having the open temptation to obsess over my heart rate and wondering if an anxiety attack is imminent if it goes up..

What. A. Game.

Really wish I could get a handle on this back pain. I can be doing perfectly fine with just a twinge but then if I breathe wrong or turn my neck to look at a different location my lower back just screams right into a spasm. It’s extremely fun…

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand: The fonts won’t embed.

Long day today. New anti anxiety pill taken last night gave me alllll the anxiety and had my heart racing 100-140 all day until mid afternoon. Not taking that ever again.

It’s surreal that while we’re all teetering on the edge of ever increasing horrors due to one sad old man’s wet dreams (and diaper) of power.. the majority of people seem not to notice and have the energy to be outraged at Bad Bunny or Taylor Swift singing about a boner. 2025 is hiiiiiiigh y’all

Considering an Aura 4 instead of a smartwatch. Anyone use a smart ring?

I forget how damn good this album is…

Wasn’t watching Disney+ anyway, so bye Felicia…

Damn this administration for placing me in any position to care about Jimmy Kimmel. There should be NO timeline where I have empathy for one of the two jackasses behind The Man Show..

First arrhythmia episode in a while today. Zero stars. Would not recommend. Plan to call cardio doc in the morning and ask for guidance or possible med adjustments.

Two days of walking on the treadmill for a half hour and… this it is my life from now on isn’t it? Sweating and suffering just to decay less swiftly… I should have taken more care the first half century, shouldn’t I? Sigh.

Jesus the words and hashtags added to my mute list today…

I can only assume I’m not a much bigger account simple because I’m not all that interesting. My dogs bark to differ!

Lord give me the self confidence of someone less than half my age and 1/25 my experience in sending pages to a newspress as they tell me why they're right and I'm wrong. I'm not and they're not but man that self confidence will take them far if they back it up with the ability to listen and learn.

Starlink advertisement email in my inbox.. Jesus I nearly hurt myself blocking that email sender and deleting. I should have stretched first.

Took the eldest doggo for shots and a checkup and - much as I deduced - she's doing well and will likely outlive us all.

The new Buddy Guy is sublime. How the hell is this dude 89 and sounding this good?

24hr heart moniter shows I'm good for the majority of the time but showed occasional signs of an av block and tachycardia. They don't seem extremely concerned but will refer me to a specialist. Methinks this old man will have to lose weight and start to exercise daily.. and maybe meds? We'll see..

Back spasms are assholes. That is all.

Weighing in at 827 pages and 2 1/4 inches, our Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the 19th Century is HERE! Huge thanks to @oupphilosophy.bsky.social and our 50+ authors. Restoring women to the philosophical canon is a matter of justice, but it is also better scholarship!

I've found the perfect Instagram account. Seattle's Twice Sold Tales owner Jamie recommends books and shows her cats. That's it. IG twicesoldtales

Wearing a 24hr monitor for these little anxiety palpitations. Dunno if anxiety is causing them or my feeling the flutter is causing anxiety. Getting old is fun.

The fun of anxiety hooking up with afib and then bringing it out into the dance floor to make today’s anxiety attack a real doozy.. is nice I guess?

Of all the things I’d hoped I’d hear but didn’t believe I’d hear in 2025 is a new classic album drop by Public Enemy. Thanks to @chuckdpe.bsky.social and @flavorflav.bsky.social for giving these old ears something to nod my head to all summer.