No Blue Angels for SF Fleet Week this year, which ... GOOD. The best part of a government shutdown is to not have to feel like I'm in an active war zone having fighter jets buzzing my neighborhood for a week.

Unexpected bonus gift from my trip: I get a shiny new work laptop. Apparently Ethiopia is on the no-no list of places for folks with my level of access at work, so they have bricked my machine.

This is homophobic.

It's the first perfect football day since November 11, 2017: Tech wins and Georgie loses. THWG!

Georgia Tech had no business winning that football game.

And finally the last flight. It's gone: Silhouette Island Helipad > SEZ > ADD > FCO > IAD > SFO Almost 50 full hours of travel. Whew what a trip!

Flight two of five of this trip home: SEZ > ADD

Maybe one of the most touristy things I've ever done, but I gotta eat. And who isn't curious about how the Seychelles Burger King is?

The last few days we've been on Silhouette island in the Seychelles. I thought it was named that because the island makes a lovely silhouette off in the distance from the main island, Mahe. 1/2

I saw Goody Proctor take Tylenol in the third trimester.

It's the last day of an absolutely magical 3-week vacation. I don't want to go home but I'm ready to be home.

Hi, we're already in the afternoon of Tuesday September 23rd over here and nothing has happened. Or maybe none of the people at this resort on a private island in Seychelles were gonna get raptured. Either way, no complaints.

It feels kinda neat to be on the other side of the world from an earthquake at home and not only hear about it but also get a positive status update about our cat BMO's response before the shockwaves had time to reach me.

"4.8, that's not huge but still good sized." "My favorite in the dark room." Some of my friends need Jesus, y'all.

Had the most White Lotus day of my life. We got off the yacht in Seychelles and went to the lounge for some mojitos before the ferry over to the private island where our villa is. The staff were all lined up outside waving as we arrived. We've booked the helicopter for the return journey.

Have you tried the appropriate number of chromosomes?

Y'all. We literally broke into a yacht. In the Seychelles. What even is life right now?

🎶 Part of your woooorld🎶

Life. Done correctly

If it feels like you bopped your head, it's Kander and Ebb.

I don't know who the ❄️ connection is for the announcer on NFL RedZone, but they've got the good stuff.

Margaret Thatcher is dead. It's not the anniversary or anything, I just thought you'd like to know.

Does anyone know if the patent on the iron lung has run out? Asking for the children of Florida.

This has aged well.

🎶 He had it coming! He only had himself to blame! If you'da been there, of you'da seen it, I betcha you would have done the same. 🎶

It's always a fascinating experience at work the morning after your biggest client had a big round of layoffs.

I know I'm late to the discourse on the Cut article, but two quick questions: 1) can you imagine being one of this guy's friends/acquaintances? 2) is the least surprising part that the writer has a double-barreled last name?

Let this woman cook, justice for Peggy Hill

I'm gonna call it now: Trump is going to announce that he's renaming DoD to Department of War in his little proof-of-life announcement today. Something meaningless that will give the talking heads something to chew over for a while.

Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future

It's pretty funny watching the people of North Carolina learn what a doddering septuagenarian can actually do without Bob Kraft's checkbook.

BMO's labor day plan. I'm on board.

Who would be the funniest journalist to break the news?

One of my fwb's bf is Atlantis' musical director. So he got to host Audra over for dinner. A hand that has touched Audra has been inside me.

Watching this film for no reason whatsoever.

Got off the Amtrak train this morning from Fresno at Richmond to finally ride the Orange/Red Bart line from its terminus and complete my collection of riding through every single Bay Area train station: Bart, Muni, CalTrain, and Amtrak.

Star Trek has never predicted the future more accurately than they did with this episode of Enterprise from 2004.

Go home, Duolingo AI. You're drunk.

My baby may not be on the honor roll, but I'm proud of her anyway.

In the 9 To 5 of life, be a Doralee. Never a Roz.

I'd love for the bots that post earthquake information to do so in terms of distance from cities anyone has actually heard of. "1.9km from Rio Vista California" is utterly meaningless if no one has any idea where that place is. "40mi southwest of Sacramento" is a much better description.

It begins.

I don't often give my friends gifts wrapped in chips bags. Unless I am gifting them chips. Which my friends do often enjoy.

The next few days are my last free weekend until ... checks notes ... November.

Hallo! Oui! I am here to fight ze ah-lienz.

I ate said salad. Who is the real winner here?

Love like a dyke Fuck like a faggot

An actual conversation that just occurred at my dinner table: @monovalent.bsky.social : "Oh! David Hyde Pierce." @camcron.bsky.social "PRO!" @monovalent.bsky.social "AGAINST!" Me: "discuss"

"Death Becomes Her: She's A Salesman" is this anything?

So the punishment for living for free on the taxpayer's dime is to...live some more on the taxpayer's dime. Coolio. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...