This is just to say I have binned the condiments that were in the back of the fridge and which we could not possibly have been saving for any discernible purpose I ask no forgiveness They were antique so cold and so impossibly past their use-by dates.

The best online resource I know of for Bengali food: https://www.bongeats.com/ Incredible content, team, recipes

For those who celebrate

"Thanksgiving dinner" - square quotes because I don't celebrate, I'm just having lunch - is a few slices of Field Roast's hazlenut & cranberry Celebration Roast en croute, paired completely inappropriately with carnivore red beans & rice. The latter because I really have to finish these […]

Just hanging out with my bunny by the fire

I'm a childhood cancer survivor (AML, remission since 1987) who's enjoying the privilege of starting to feel old. This one hits home: https://xkcd.com/3172/ Man, that last panel. Yeah. Yeah, it really is. Congrats on your anniversary, y'all - may you know many, many more.

Hey, speaking of HATING AI WITH THE FIRE OF A THOUSAND SUNS -- I am a member of a couple Slack workspaces. On the Android app, sometimes when I'm "catching up," Slack _helpfully_ offers to summarize the thread for me, because _actually reading_ is presumed to be too hard. Can I tell Slack "No […]

Today's #amcooking adventures: Chicken stock, #instantpot edition! (But I repeat myself.) I collect leek trimmings in a reclosable bag in the freezer. (More the roots than green tops these days because, thanks to Jacques Pépin's excellent cooking videos, I no longer believe the ONLY THE WHITE […]

RE: https://wandering.shop/@xgranade/115607426995883704 The whole poetry/prompt thing is a good reminder: just because a claim sounds like it would bolster a prior belief doesn't make it true. It's all too easy, and I am very guilty of this, to let your guard down around things that reinforce […]

Hello! You know me, I hate "AI" and I want you to hate it too. Here's another reason to hate hate hate it! BLOOMBERG: AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures […]

Hello and Happy Monday! In this week's Monday Muse, I wax romantic about maker spaces, fail to enthuse about turkey, grumble about the encroachment of Christmas into mid-November LET THANKSGIVING HAPPEN YOU ASSHOLES ADVENT DOES NOT START ON NOVEMBER 15TH and provide a writing prompt. (Not in […]

For REASONS I watched some footage from BCRD's recent participation in #rollerderby tournament Cosmo Chaos specifically Us vs. Rat City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6EdxvE1gQY Just happened to click into Period 1, Jam 22, which a. has me in it b. doing pretty well actually, but I gotta say […]

They just put out a new album. Check it out. youtu.be/sxWjiaAJ3ZY?...

"Popeye's copycat" fried chicken commences. https://wandering.shop/@NicoleJLeBoeuf/115591652222377859 Already we fail, for we do not have Louisina Hot Sauce in the house, nor powdered buttermilk, nor "Accent Seasoning." (I think "Accent Seasoning" is what we call MSG if we don't want to freak […]

ELI50* - what, precisely, makes a meme "dank"? *"Explain like I'm 50"

Would you like to see a knitted TNG insignia? I’ll take that as a yes 🖖 #startrek #knitting

I'm not cooking a turkey next week... ...but I *am* going to fry chicken tomorrow! Will be loosely following this recipe claiming to be a reverse-engineered Popeye's spicy... https://www.food.com/recipe/popeyes-bonafide-spicy-chicken-copycat-444589?ftab=reviews I'm missing a few of the […]

Made my first thing at Tinkermill! (The big maker space in Longmont CO.) Big thanks to laser cutter station captain Tyler who taught the certification class, made the basic file for me in Solidworks while talking me through each his steps, then helped me make […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

Welp. I am apparently doomed to hit saturation point on Christmas "carols" IN THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING. Thanks awfully, St. Anthony West, blasting Frosty the Snowman and All I Want For Christmas Is You out your emergency entrance as I walked past toward the separate medical building where […]

So there's this Microsoft Copilot ad that bugs me; maybe you've seen it? The young child approaches Mom with demands about her upcoming meal. No greens! No gluten! and something else. Mom immediately turns to the LLM on her phone for help. 1. The phrase "learned helplessness" comes to mind 2 […]

I done blogged again: actually writing blog: In which the author consoles herself, after a medically rough day, with a spot of comfort cooking, and shares her recipe with you http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=1637 in which there is a teensy spot of medical TMI […]

Hey! Hey! So, I blogged. Been a hot minute, ain't it? http://www.nicolejleboeuf.com/journal/index.php?criteria=id&value=1636 As always, here's hoping this becomes a more regular accomplishment.

Holland and I seem to have made a very short ASMR. Turn up your volume for 30 seconds of the soothing sounds of a contented #bunny munching his hay. #rabbitsofmastodon #bunniesofmastodon #houserabbit

Would never have noticed the Cloudflare outage if I hadn't had a sudden brainfart about my upcoming Dr. appt "Wednesday the 18th... DOESN'T EXIST, YE GODS, IS MY APPOINTMENT TODAY OR TOMORROW?!" and tried to resolve my anxiety by logging onto the patient portal, which displayed a No Can Do […]

Hallo! We have *on-time* movement on the #fridayfictionette project, as follows: Friday, November 14: "The End, and Beyond," in which we grapple with the consequences of getting what we wanted. ebook: https://www.patreon.com/posts/143610298 audio: https://www.patreon.com/posts/143610307 […]

#broomfieldco can see #aurora curtains!!!

Stopped in before bedtime for the #aurora pictures and y'all did not disappoint I got a few, not nearly as impressive as some, but considering this one was from practically my front door and visible with the unaided eye, I'm taking the win https://photos.app.goo.gl/k5PAj641o42NeSVu9

A Monday Muse on a Tuesday! Again? Well, life's been challenging. And where is last week's Friday Fictionette? Well. SEE ABOVE. Anyways, today's post includes not only my writing prompt for November Week 2 but also a link to Julie Duffy's excellent StoryADay challenge, which is FULL of prompts […]

Here is Oliver Darkshire, talking about what led to the writing of "Once Upon A Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller" https://www.bookpage.com/behind-the-book/oliver-darkshire-essay/ and I am here to tell you that the book is as entertaining, as baffling, and as heartwarming as you […]

Colorado voters overwhelmingly supported a pair of ballot measures that aim to ensure every public school child in the state is able to access free meals at their schools. Proposition MM increases taxes on wealthy households earning more than $300,000 annually. The measure supplements a […]

Speaking of cross-generational discoveries! Thanks to a Colorado Public Radio DJ (though I forget which DJ and which of the stations, either 102.3 or 105.5), I have now heard the novelty song from which the musical act Right Said Fred ("I'm Too Sexy") took its name. It's a hoot […]

I will never get over this. GenX me with a young-end-of-millenial friend, driving around in a rental car with a Sirius XM subscription. I've got the car tuned to 80s On 8, like a GenX do. And "Never Gonna Give You Up" comes on. And my friend gets this disgusted look on her face and wails, "Is […]

Spent much of my writing morning down a communal table from this guy (upper 30s?) espousing to another guy about his millions of Twitter followers and his business selling testosterone injections to men who, as they got older, had forgotten what it was like to feel good. It was kind of surreal […]

Before anyone eats dinner at my house I just want there to be no question that all the frozen vegetables have been used on previous injuries.

All right! Back on the Monday Muse game, a day late but given the circumstances I think y'all will understand. Includes a wrap-up of all the roller derby and nephrectomy stuff I've been yammering about randomly. Also two writing prompts. https://www.patreon.com/posts/142866331 (unlocked post […]

VERY EXCITED. Signed up for my FIRST class at Tinkermill, the big maker space in Longmont CO. Me & @worldnamer became members back in September, but what with one thing and another we just had no bandwidth to look at class offerings until now. Anyways, gonna get certified on the laser cutter in […]

I started a new knitting project! Some of my roller derby teammates put together a little "distractions so you don't go stir-crazy while you're recovering and can't skate" baggie, and one of the items inside was a skein of Left Hand Wool yarn. Here's how much […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

Despite the technological superiority of a high-end hotel bed, there is something comforting about coming home, after a week's vacation, to your own bed, its sheets smelling of sunlight and your own laundry detergent.

The contents of my head are annoying me right now, so I don't see why anyone else should escape infection. Tonight's earworm is: "Taking Care of Business," BTO to the tune of "Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat", Andrew Lloyd Weber

Heyo! Anyone else thinking of joining StoryADay Nov 2025? Anyone else having trouble actually signing up? https://storyaday.org/ halp #amwriting (because I am) #nanowrimo (although it's not)

Hi! So, hey, here's a Friday Fictionette. First one I've managed since 1. the big roller derby road trip and 2. getting a whole damn kidney out. Fun times! And but so anyways... "Love after Love" - in which we question the received wisdom about surviving, or not surviving, one's animal (or […]

Just finished listening to the audiobook of THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET. Really enjoyed it. The narrator is a talented voice actor with a great range, and the story recontextualizes itself constantly as more is revealed, which is a thing I love to see done well. All right, one of those […]

Reason no. 1,376 why #rollerderby is a net benefit to one's life: Because you never know when you'll suddenly need major abdominal surgery! I am SO GRATEFUL to be able to reach the floor via air squat or knee lunges, now that I can't fold over at the waist much at all! And that #bunny way down […]

Audiobook recommendation: The entire "Fairyland" series ("The Girl Who...") by Catherynne M. Valente. I traveled through 'em during my recent roller derby road trip and finished them off during my hospital stay. Thread, because I'm gonna yammer enthusiastically about 'em -

Hospital hot take #257 - The birth of a brand new baby is a miracle that absolutely should be celebrated. However. That celebration should not take the form of 8 bars of "lullaby and goodnight" played over loudspeaker in the hospital halls loud enough to wake up the patients. FOR CRYING OUT […]

omg. So. I just spent a couple nights in the hospital (following a kidney removal, fun times), and I can tell you, sometimes the nurses worry about the wrong things. Like, every time they had to detach adhesive from my skin they were so gentle and apprehensive while I was like RIP IT OFF GET […]

Heading east down I-40 / Needles Freeway across the southern California high desert, well of COURSE I'm listening to Robert Plant's Fate of Nations album "29 Palms... when I hear your voice on the radio..."

And how about a belated Monday Muse? Contains some extra commentary on the tournament and on road-tripping via electric vehicle; also a writing prompt. https://www.patreon.com/posts/141242612 (unlocked post)

This is just to say I have purchased some plums and put them in the ice box and will probably save them for breakfast ...that's it. That's the pome.

Oh hey there, it's a stupidly delayed Friday Fictionette! Originally scheduled for September 5, 2025: "Between Two Witches," in which we have to figure out what WE want out of life, despite the overbearing influence of family members who just want us to be HAPPY, dammit […]