not sure how to read two colleagues saying we’re doing a cheese shop group halloween costume of rocky horror and they’ve been discussing how i’d be a ‘great’ rocky, aka ‘hot idiot’

i know there are many problems in this world but i must be honest when a newsletter changes their provider and doesn't announce it ahead of time and my carefully calibrated automatic inbox category labels get screwed up i scream inside my heart a tiny little bit

i would like to thank cbc music for making me aware of this completely bonkers version of ‘common people’

i will say this — it takes a real asshat to get the calm, collected and cordial @ari-shapiro.bsky.social to be this publicly cutting (via @nwquah.bsky.social intw // @vulture.com)

the woman next to me on the tread at barry’s was like ‘well look who it is! i just opened the wine you insisted i try and i absolutely loved it’ and let me tell you all something i had not a clue what she was talking about

as a student in paris 15 years ago, i relished brunch with friends at the student canteens. i never gave much thought to the deliberate social structures that made those affordable meals possible

out here tryna

as we drove last night and heard ari shapiro introduce this segment, my husband rubbed my knee and just said, ‘well this will be us’ [elderly couple hitting a karaoke bar every single night for 25 years]

delightful read on the musical tastemakers that were lorelei and rory gilmore (and of course by extension amy sherman-palladino and daniel palladino) [thanks be to @jillmapes.bsky.social]

good morning hello your reminder that kate bush somehow did not know ‘babushka’ is a russian word for grandmother so ‘babooshka’ is actually not about a woman disguising herself as a baba yaga type in order to woo her wayward husband with a penchant for the olds

so this is mamdami campaign sponcon, right

while i was not making $5 million / year, this does put my february layoff in larger context yes i made this about dot me support public media donate to your local station today i mean it

i really need to know how and why demi moore insisted that her character in ‘striptease’ would EXCLUSIVELY dance to the music of annie lennox and annie lennox ONLY (and yes, in one instance, prince, whatever)

okay! i reached my fundraising goal but somehow both still have diabetes and still haven’t run this marathon yet — all the more reason for you to donate if you haven’t already so we can get to the bottom of this

I think it's genuinely heartwarming that instead of doing a bunch of tryhard film posting today everyone is just like "no Robert Redford could get it like no one in human history"

ina garten's newsletter is truly just 'oh my gosh it's finally fall! let's make rumpled lil fruit tarts you absoultely can do it yourself queen, shut up and get going' and i love her for this

a man just said holding on to a kayak on the first leg of a half-ironman out of panic was somehow less difficult than 'what type 1 diabetics live through every day' and honestly sir, i can say no, that is false your kayak thing, that's harder

i know training has wrecked my brain bc today rn ‘all’ i have to run is 17 miles and i have said out loud to ordinary non broken people that that is a nicer and easier distance to run

somehow they have gamified the nyt games app even more (more streaks, badges to win, lil stickers, etc) and my brain is broken

on this one of my longest mileage weeks i thought ‘oh you should also do a quick heavy glutes and legs workout, give that booty a lil pop’ and now my thighs and butt hurt like hell

just was paid to attend a three-hour personal class on cheese. life is just fine sometimes.

if you have not already subscribed to danielle’s excellent newsletter today is the day to do so

today, after 12 years (!) living here in cambridge i FINALLY got my library card (i know, i know, i know)

rilo kiley played mgm and my chemical romance played fenway and the meeting of the fandoms on public transit rn is like your nerdiest high school quadrant quietly fighting for space and failing entirely

joked with my boss that i was going to see rilo kiley tonight with all the cool moms, and he admitted he knew a lot of very cool moms who had recently seen the band on tour, so i guess i can't wait for all my fellow cool moms to scream about the frug etc tonight

santé, to another season of porch drinks

had ~.7mi left in my run and appropriately purchased ~.7lbs of parmesan and thus ran the equivalent mileage to cheese weight, my life is a joke, today’s the season’s final porch drinks come eat and drink, today 18h - 20h30ish

i woke up early and ran to my workout class where i also ran and lifted heavy things and then i ran right back home but it’s my birthday so you have to say nice things to me

regular customers at my cheese shop asked more questions about my jarring nose scabs (took a tumble on a run) than did any of my book club friends, with whom i am v close

it is alarming how much deep tactile satisfaction the times’ digital domino placing game provides me

i have achieved my final form (primary color shirt and primary color watch in a primary color room)

turns out, reading the entirety of a series of unfortunate events as a child made me like this

there is an actual city council election in the city in which i live (cambridge) this november, but as of yet, i have seen not one candidate sign. i have, however, seen 84 signs for 'somerville bike path mayor,' a position that does not exist and has no voting public. democracy!

i’d really like to believe that ‘supporting a good cause and encouraging my running!’ helped push me over the edge for my fundraising minimum but it turns out no it was my current one week only cheese cave tour and tasting contest

gorgeous exploration of how sesame street / the children’s television workshop made a home for independent animators

today is my first 20miler this training cycle (and yes you should donate please, thank you) but let me tell you i am AMPED for the caffeine energy chews i will get to eat 45 mins in

if you ever thought ‘what if i tried porch drinks maybe?’ today is the day for it just saying

woke up early to begin baking the three elaborate cocktail snacks on my afternoon menu and have yet to start one, stay tuned

friends! if you have not yet donated to my breakthrough t1d chicago marathon fundraiser yet (or even if you have!) there is now a limited-time cheese-related bonus on hand

sadly brian t. burns is NOT on this platform but obviously all of you should read his beautiful essay about finding and being a friend

'oh, great, my coach made my run today 18 miles instead of 19 miles, that's fun' — real sentence i have just said out loud to myself

the glee that @hels.bsky.social's latest review brought me today is simply beyond

my husband's birthday is tomorrow and as such friday's porch drinks is in his honor. he asked me to make the works: chesire pickle scones, cheddar taralli, tomato pound cake. i will do it, but this absurd collection of savory cocktail snacks is entirely my fault.

i have NO idea what to do with this tomato-derived spirit from france but i am SO excited to try it out

at this point, i am just w a i t i n g for my insulin pump’s 24hr help line agents to suggest i try gaining weight as a solution to pumps constantly flying off of my midsection

look i know this feeling is available to me any day of the week, but there is something so deeply invigorating about waking up early and going for a run. also, you feel Better Than Everyone which isn’t the point but doesn’t hurt.

i only just now tried to use the red ink line on my vintage typewriter and now i feel like a WIZARD

last night i made my favorite late summer dish (raw sweet corn & fresh blueberries w/ a balsamic reduction) and it was so good so everybody here should know about it, too

the unabashed pride that CBC music hosts have for canadian artists who broke out to worldwide success (BNL, sarah mclachan, etc) is maybe the most canadian thing possible

thoughtful exploration of what all those 'one-euro houses!' actually mean in reality