Sigh. This is why I work remotely. What is it about working remotely people don’t get?

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There you go🔥🔥🔥

Enjoying every sentence in Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon set in 1932. There’s a lot of American slang. Chapter 16 - … Union Station … Rain in Chicago today, a downbeat hush. Yard bulls in slickers moving among the gaunt steel monsters, rain brightened rails, treacherous footing.

⚠️ Concern for a burst of heavy snow late afternoon–midnight. Snowfall rates could hit 1"/hr → difficult travel. Most likely heavier zones: • W/NW of I95 • Southern MD & western Bay Elsewhere: lighter totals. Key factor: how quickly temps flip rain to snow. Intensity eases after midnight.

Rankle #404 2/4 “Worlds apart” ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 www.rankle.app

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Feb. 22, 2026 T I G H T R O P E ✅ 💔 ✅ 💔 💔 ⎵ ⎵ ⎵ ⎵ 🤕 My Score: 420

Quintalist #556 5/5 Do You Believe In Miracles? ⬜⬜⬜1️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣⬜2️⃣ ⬜⬜3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ 4️⃣4️⃣⬜4️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣⬜5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ Streak: 40 quintalist.com #quintalist

Strands #721 “Olympics wrap-up” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵☕️☕️

Connections Puzzle #987 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,709 4/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩☕️☕️

Coffee?

A backyard country song: I was promised snow. All I got was buckets of rain. I was waiting for the freeze, you know. Now it’s poop soup, my eternal bane.

Pouting because he has to wear his drying towel 😂

And one of the best road movies

Night night sweet dreamies We often have very little empathy for our own thoughts and feelings and frequently try to suppress them by dismissing them as weaknesses. They are valid 🧡

Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day Like the sun, a smile spreads warmth on a world that can be so cold. Warm someone with a smile today

Five authors I’ve read at least five books by: John Irving Barbara Kingsolver Dean Koontz Sue Graftin Emily Henry

How bout a Cover Band Saturday? I'm kind of in a George Harrison groove this week. enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnuS...

I give up. Going to bed to see if the light show stops after a little sleep.

Serious talk. Real photo postcard from my collection, no date/info.

My reading buddy today. I will never complain about a fat cat again. This fall she weighed 13 lb and I put her on a diet. She got to 10 lb (her ideal wt) and maintained. Now she’s got hyperthyroid and is down to 9 lb. In a very short time😩😩 And my experience is a thin cat is a sick cat😭😭😭

Visual snow is really pronounced outside today. Cloudy but bright. Think I’ll keep things darkish inside today.

Remembering John Lewis on what would have been his 86th Birthday. “Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” -Lewis🕊️

A son of sharecroppers, a Freedom Rider, a moral force in Congress, John Lewis taught us that democracy is not a state, it is an act. When we see injustice, we do not look away. We get in good trouble. And we build bridges despite adversity. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Congressman.

I don’t mock anybody as fiercely and unrepentantly as I mock people driving this thing. I point. I laugh. I gun my (superior) engine. I don’t let them into traffic. I don’t let them pass on the right or the left. I will out my car back into park rather than give them next for a parking space.

My 2025 ornament curtesy of Petey or Lenny.

Why can’t we have nice things?

Some dogs just need the water to be a solid. 🎥 Bernoulli is swimming (floundering) and then the video switches to Bernoulli, Beaker, and Bunsen in the snow.

Rankle #403 4/4 “Freeze your assets” 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ 🟩 ⬜️ ⬜️ ⬜️ 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 www.rankle.app

Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica Feb. 21, 2026 T I G H T R O P E ✅ ✅ ✅ 💔 ✅ 💔 ✅ ✅ ✅ 🎉 My Score: 1610

Flashback for Feb. 21, 2026 25 points 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟥 Play here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Happy National Red Sock Day

Quintalist #555 5/5 Five 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣⬜2️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣⬜3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ 4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣⬜4️⃣ ⬜⬜5️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ Streak: 39 quintalist.com #quintalist Different? I beg to differ.

Strands #720 “The beer necessities” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵☕️☕️

www.nytimes.com/badges/games... 4:04😳😳☕️

Connections Puzzle #986 🟩🟦🟩🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Maybe one more chance for a tiny bit of snow. Please, no ice this time.

Wordle 1,708 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

If you see this, post a princess

Good morning & welcome to #Caturday We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. 🧡 A small act of kindness can reach places only compassion can heal. Never underestimate the power of simply being gentle, present, and kind, you might be the light someone needs today

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Nighty night, George. Sleep tight.

Child abuse.

Joanne Bland, one of the youngest people to march on “Bloody Sunday,” has died. She was 72. "By the time I was 11-years-old, I had been arrested at least 13 documented times”

Starting John Scalzi’s Starter Villain on audio if anyone wants to buddy read. I know you’ve read it @ru12bseen.com so we can pick another one- you and @inburrito.bsky.social pick.

I think maybe the mustard better take cover too.

His blood pressure, I hope.

After the Supreme Court tariff ruling, plus poor economic numbers, ketchup is making itself scarce at the White House today, lest it end up on the walls.

His blood pressure has got to be through the roof right now, so if anyone has a chance to ask him an aggressive question about the Epstein files, that really could make It happen today. Come on, reporters. We'll build statues in your honor.