I said this when I got my citizenship just over a decade ago. I could see the writing on the wall then.

I feel a bit weird asking people to give me their unwanted soot. I’m on a quest to make black ink and attempt to write with reeds to see if it’s viable for my students.

This blue-green Egyptian faience amulet was meant to protect its owner (apotropaic) and bring good luck. It was in the form of the head of the hero Hercules, identifiable by his beard and the Nemean lionskin - a symbol of power. 2nd-3rd c. CE, Karanis, Egypt. V&A Museum. #ancientbluesky 📸 me

I just want to preemptively put this out there - my mother cannot take Tylenol. She wouldn’t have taken it while pregnant. Take from that what you will. PS the only take away is that RFK Jr is full of crap.

It seems like a fever dream, but I remember the following in Georgia public schools in the late 90s/early 00s: -mandated patriotic songs played every morning, a “moment of silent reflection” because prayer would be illegal, and stickers in our science books creationism. I’m sure I’ll remember more.

Currently wondering how it is I got roped into doing crafty things for The Boy’s D&D group.

I didn’t think it would be difficult to donate some of Bast’s stuff to the local animal sanctuary. I of course sobbed. It made me feel better when my son’s friends who volunteer there said they needed cat beds, so they now have two of her beds and lots of her toys amongst other things.

After seeing how quickly dust settles in my house and what is collected in the vacuum, I’m absolutely certain the way that Vulcans are written to be repulsed by human smell is spot on.

I’m pretty sure I can definitively say I’m British. I keep getting misnamed, even by coworkers I’ve had for 8 years, and it’s too awkward to correct them.

Totally using this to help explain Popper and falsificationism to my students. Side note, I want off this planet.

Trying miniature painting for the first time, and it’s so relaxing. I’ve let hours pass without realising. So these are the very first ones I’ve done.

I’ve only just learned about Sephora kids. The only skin care routine preteens need is sunscreen. You’re welcome.

I have moved on from my obsession with Pidgin BBC to Scots Wikipedia. It is now my favourite thing to passively read. sco.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barghest

My new trauma perfume. If you know you know… #RIPArtax, you were a real one. 🥀

Y’all, my baby got into York to study archaeology, and I’m weeping.

A* as far as pet names go

For Father’s Day, I painted a family crest for my husband. I don’t think my husband appreciated it, I’m thinking maybe because of the inclusion of our dearly departed kitty. So I will share it here instead. The testicular coconuts were unintentional, but very on brand for our family.

I humbly request the reintroduction of the stocks and pillory for people that burn stuff on sunny weekend afternoons. I will supply the dirty laundry to throw at their stupid faces.

Just thinking about my grandfather that passed away well over 20 years ago. He was born in the early 1940s, was the epitome of the silent, stoic Southern man, but never said a word crossways when my sister and I insisted on styling his hair with bright hair bows, barrettes, and hair ties.

“WhY iS tHe HiGh StReEt DyInG?” Because you want to charge me for the privilege of parking so I can navigate past clouds of weed smoke and fruity vapes and scallies swearing at each other. I just want some storage boxes, damn.

This is flipping awesome! It’s modern Thor Heyerdahl stuff without the questionable views.

I saw an OS Jeep while driving the other day. It was covered in an OS map wrap. They look sick.

Herakles says what now… www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/c...

Begging, pleading a modern musician to release a record that looks like bone music records from the USSR.

I saw these at online at a local antiques dealer. I cannot express how much I want them, and equally how much I can’t afford the nearly £2k price tag. Article on ancient Egyptian stools for context: the-past.com/feature/hila...

Just a moment of appreciation for Chin-Riley’s Roman hairstyle

BT is buggered. Because of that, I played phone tag with my doctors for an hour until getting tired of it and showing up in person.

I have a genuine moral quandary. I am an atheist. I teach Christian theology. I have an excess number of very old Bibles that are no longer needed. What should one do with Bibles that are no longer needed? Charity? Burn it? Bury it? They’re just sat there in a box.

Sometimes I look wistfully at cat adoption pages. Last night, I found Adam Driver Cat and Kristen Schaal Cat.

Yikes, the number of snotty messages and emails I’ve sent this month is a new record when I’m generally measured. I am become Karen, destroyer of feelings. 😣

Spindleshanks’ line lives on. I present Spindleshanks Jr!

Tired of exam marking. I feel it’s a garden centre day.

The Boy sees his own jus sanguinis entitlement to US citizenship as very unwanted. I compared it to original sin and seminal presence. We laughed. *yes I know ending it for others would cause untold damage and heartache. It’s not an endorsement to end it.

I’m being a saddo and trying to figure out the most appropriate use of a Latin prohibitive. So I’ll ask - which is less polite and more direct - noli or ne? I’m thinking ne.

I know it has problems, but I would like to bring back ostracism.

“Legion of Doom complains everyone is hurting their fee-fees”

What is this, Dipshit Command Theory?

Finally watched Sinners last night. It was cheesier than I thought it would be, but I should have realised it is standard for vampire films. Still a solid film with an equally solid soundtrack. My cringing at the southern accents was definitely mitigated by it being good.

This is the kind of science we need. Although, I have heard that sphynx cats leave little marks that look like kisses where they’ve sat down, sooo…maybe repeat with a sphynx variable.

Part of the endless autism-ADHD feedback loop for me right now is having Slipknot’s ‘The Devil in I’ alongside the word ‘grindylow’ repeating in my head over and over and over again…

So the Romulan weapons on the Bajoran moon Derna is The Cuban Missile Crisis in space…

Why, hello ceramics I didn’t know I needed in my life. annettejanelle.com

I decided I’d try to listen to podcasts while cleaning, and I’m struggling to finish one because of someone’s vocal fry. ASMR videos are bad enough. This makes me violently angry.

I started out thinking Tostig Godwinson was a little bitch, but I’m kind of on the fence now.

Just randomly remembered that I had a teacher in middle school who was obsessed with personality typing students using the four humours. He taught gifted classes. Yes, he was a jackass. That wasn’t the most egregious thing he did either.