Practically my Jesus prayer at this point 🙃

Repost with an iconic fictional band. Was thinking just recently that I should rewatch this. It's been *years*.

An upside to aging - I don't care I do not care if people think I'm a big baby 'cause I don't do scary movies. The teens are watching Scream in the living room, I will happily clean this kitchen.

Once again having this experience - enjoyed the first book by this author, so ready to be done with the second and never return to her again.

To every restaurant everywhere: please have some way to indicate whether the single-user restroom is occupied. Otherwise I have to try the door and risk dying of embarrassment. Please and thank you.

Congrats to JayCee Cooper and to the team at Gender Justice, who argued her case at the Minnesota State Supreme Court last year!

Every once in the bluest of moons I wonder what life would be like if I lived in/moved back to my Ohio hometown. And then I see the 400+ comment war on FB over LGBTQ books in the public library.

Um. Whatcha doin' with the gun, fellas? #nokings

Zero skill?? That guess that was no more random than LEFTY or FRITZ. SYBAU, Bot.

I'm curious if meringue is as popular in Britain as GBBO makes it seem.

Taking the wins where I can find 'em: My 16yo suggested we rewatch Shock Treatment and make the 18yo join us. She told him, "It's not GOOD - at all - but the soundtrack's full of bangers."

Credit where credit's due: I told the faculty member that I would come down to the lab and somehow managed not to add "and see what's on the slab." I see you shiver.

Beautiful Sunday morning walking the richie rich streets around the Hillwood Museum, regretting all my life choices.

We spent the weekend talking about class schedules, lunch options, and what to do if they are stopped or see a classmate stopped by ICE/NG.

I'm as impressed as you, WordleBot. Wordle 1,513 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Please tell me other people also find Visa gift cards an incredible hassle. Are they designed to make it impossible to spend the whole balance or am I missing something because they are also unclear omg I'm going to bed.

Funny / not funny how often this line plays in my head. Thaaaaat is how the woooorld woooorks.

"How will it look drenched?" is now a key factor in my clothing decisions. 🌧️🌧️💃🏻🌧️🌧️

Lightning striking so close I don't want to sit on the metal chairs in my kitchen. ⚡😬

That specific heartbreak of wanting so badly to support a local small business but they're... just... not.... good.

I wish I could ask him what appeals about certain beds. He didn't use this one for the longest time. He likes this spot better? Because it's out of the way? Help me help you, my love. @cats.bsky.social

Have to say, I did not anticipate enshittification turning up in sleep podcasts, but here we are. They're poorly done AI voices, and *in what universe* are these relaxing topics. It's amusing in a "kill me" sorta way.

I have a B.Phil. in interdisciplinary studies, focusing on sociology. You can laugh. 😉 It taught me to come at an issue from a variety of angles, to find and make connections. So, yes.

When it's hot enough that the lifeguards are spending most/all their break time in the pool. ☀️☀️☀️🛟🏊🏻‍♂️🛟🏊🏻‍♂️🛟🏊🏻‍♂️☀️☀️☀️

"And you can't find your waitress with a Geiger counter / And she hates you and your friends and you just can't get served without her" A Tom Waits line seldom far from my mind these days.

For the second time this year, I'm trying to book a flight to Utah and why - seriously, why is it impossibly difficult? The options are inconvenient, expensive, or inconvenient AND expensive.

One of those weather nights where I'm checking the radar block by block, minute by minute. Like, can I make it to the next bus stop before i'm blown off the sidewalk.

I was just wishing my nana was still around to remind me how she made gnocchi from leftover mashed potatoes. Then I remembered the whole conversation would be, "You know ... 🫱🏻🤏🏼 🫴🏻 'til it looks right."

A world turned so upside down that I'm over here feeling bad for the military. The *institution* deserves better.

Just 13 to go!

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What a difference a decade makes: I would set up my sick kid in my office at NWLC so I didn't have to take off, because my boss told me she didn't think a single mother was "a suitable fit" for my job.

"Shut up, I'm still funny and cool," I said, sipping a homemade kombucha from a mason jar.

Pleases me greatly that the half-zip has always been his move. Hadn't seen this before - by the same director who made my beloved Crossing Delancey.

The upside of long wait times at the library is that by the time they arrive, I've sometimes forgotten why I added them. They're a surprise gift from three-months-ago me. Or in this case, I wonder what possessed me to borrow Annihilation. 100% not my cup of tea.

Who needs coffee when you can start your day with chaos.

Apropos of nothing, heading off for a weekend of backcountry camping on a mountain and nooooo cell service byeeeee

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If @feclad.bsky.social is here you know it's

@kimkelly.bsky.social I hope you have TikTok because this may be the *most charming* labor story I've ever seen. The stitches are 🤗 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj5TpjV5/

Every once in a while I get excited to check out an Italian restaurant, but Nana would rise up to whack me with a wooden spoon if I paid this much. www.grazienonnaxoxo.com

Listening to @capitalweather.bsky.social "Still rather humid as we warm into the mid-70s..."

Escorted this crew across L St this morning because Mama couldn't be bothered to wait for the walk sign. 🦆

Look at the tail flicking. "I fucking DARE a crow to land on this railing." #caturday

I've slept a lot of time in DEN and SLC airports the last few days - nobody is standing right / walking left on the escalator, nor are they moving to the center of the car. There are RULES burned into my DC brain and I am dying.

Note to self for the next time the kids ask me to order Burger King delivery: say no. I don't know how they manage it, but it takes two. full. hours.

@purplejusthappens.bsky.social I knew the bot would have something to say about my row 3 but whatever Wordle 1,408 4/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I think Derwin's working on the red line today. 🤗 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjrfukd1/

La la la, I fear I may be helpless to resist "Italian brain rot" TikToks. 🤌🏼Brava ragazza rispetto!🤌🏼