In the ruined turbine hall of a DTEK power station, shattered by russian attacks, a choir sings Shchedryk. Truly, a performance worth a million words 💔

Broken with a migraine, but Nurse Guinness is applying cuddle and purr therapy.

Just today, I saw a driver blithely run a red light and nearly hit a ~10-year-old child. “Yo, I nearly got run over, bro!!!” At least the driver lifted two fingers from the wheel in acknowledgement. 🙄

Sad news: the beer I was excited to try is too sweet and I can’t drink it Good news: I bet it would make really nice beer bread

One more BIG week. One frantic tie-off-the-loose-ends week after that. And then I have a truly significant amount of time off. **thud**

I don’t understand his obsession, but it’s tradition now.

A great thing about having a chatty cat is that I can say things like, “It’s snowing,” and he’ll solemnly answer, “Mep MEP.”

The Ontario government reverses course and announces today it won't scrap rent control, after proposing the change on Thursday. Many tenants voiced anger at the government and tenant groups vowed they would put up a strong fight.

🚨 ONTARIO RED ALERT THREAD 🚨

Famous last words: I have an important update.

Literally no one will care about this, but I spent the last two weeks learning a set of preces and responses. They’re the wrong ones. 😭

Annnnd his butt is currently in the “chin scratcher,” as God intended.

This article resonated with me (I say, with full awareness of the irony of posting about it here). I have largely “opted out,”, and I’ve largely seen the same patterns unfold. It’s a strange modern hermitage: peace, privacy, and often, silence. 1/2 www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...

Long, challenging week, so I rehearsed in the choir room by myself for 3 hours, then I got a cute cookie and took a long walk. Self-care takes many forms.

My cat Guinness, the cat with the world's worst FOMO, desperately wants to play fetch with my neighbour's dog, leading me to the window and screaming to go outside whenever he sees them.

Our music director frequently exhorts us to get as close as we can to “too much,” while still staying on the right side of good taste, and honestly I think that’s good general life advice.

Don’t think of shrinkflation as the least amount you’ve had of something. Think of it as the most you’ll ever have again. /s

roses are red violets are blue singular they predates singular you

wait I have an unexpected free evening I have one (1) beer ...I think it is time to watch STAT until my eyes bleed and I forget words in both English and French

“After a global pandemic that 1) affected many people’s immune systems in ways we don’t fully understand yet, and 2) showed why not spreading viruses to others is Good, Actually, people doing more in-office work are taking more of the sick leave that’s part of their total compensation.”

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Early signs of the changing season - Goldenrod and jewelweed coming into bloom Concord grapes at the market Pumpkin beers at the LCBO

Me: I can double my sight-reading practice by also singing the alto line! The alto line:

Oh, to be as chill as this snail, hanging out on a flower early on a summer morning.

If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.

This is hilarious. But also sad. But also hilarious. Go, Mac, go! 😂 [I recently beat the TTC in a different kind of race. The next bus arrivals were in 23, 24, and 27 minutes, so I walked to my destination in 25 minutes.] www.cp24.com/news/2025/08...

Friends, friends, I found a *baby acorn*

Reasons my cat is crying: I briefly paused while brushing him.

I really don't know what's happening anymore, but I wrote *two* poems today. Just gonna ride the wave while it's here.

I saw MacBeth at the Stratford Festival this weekend, and I’m adding, “You have displaced the mirth,” witheringly delivered by Lady MacBeth (Lucy Peacock), to my personal lexicon.

I will never, ever get tired of people mistakenly tagging my cat instead of the Guinness brand.

Honestly, is there a TikTok going around telling drivers that if they run red lights; or stop halfway through the crosswalk; or (as just happened to me) shoot through the crosswalk after the pedestrian passes their vehicle, even though the light is still red, they’ll optimize their life by 1.76%?

Reasons my cat is crying: I did not arrange the curtains to his liking.

When I was 16, I came with my mom to pick my sister up from choir practice. We got there a little early, the kids were still singing. I was AMAZED. I wanted to do it, so so badly. So I joined the teen section. And I sucked.

I just love this cut so much. This one is me.

New hair - I asked for “clean flow,” and, yes, this, absolutely loving it.

TFW you realize “our leadership” includes you.

Talk is cheap; I want to know your silences, and walk before your breaking storms. I fear neither your vastness nor your trembling but ask only this: let us pass, two holy pilgrims, through one held breath, beyond all need for prayer.

*taking notes*

I am a Chief of Staff who once again has a chief to staff for, and my world feels right again.

Found these gorgeous wild grapes in the woods.

Growing up, I always assumed that one day I would pay taxes. I just didn’t realize how much would be the Cheese Tax.

Toronto Public Health seeking unidentified person who came into contact with a bat on June 25 suspected of rabies infection www.toronto.ca/news/toronto...

With this birthday, it appears I’ve reached the age where I can give Queer Elder Life Advice.

So queer my birthday falls on Pride.

Choral music has given me many things, and one of them is the ability to give an attention-grabbing shout over 75+ people without shredding my throat. (It was to take a group photo.)

Oh no, I'm writing poetry again.

Resentfully wearing my winter coat, tuque, and gloves on May 31.

I don’t think I can buy these anymore. It’s too stressful making sure we finish our tubes at the same time.

Hi, Guinness.