How I put up with with bigoted family at the holidays. Step 1: I don't. You don't have to, either.

Today’s breakfast gave birth to an umbilical pancake ghost! His name is Krusteaz. He has opinions about syrup.

Started reading my first ever Iris Murdoch novel, Henry and Cato. So far so good. Only 12 more books this year to hit my goal of 25. 😂😂 Better bust out some Little Golden Books.

Leave it to The Dice Tower to continue to exhibit anti-trans sentiment by reviewing the much maligned, not-a-secret-that-it’s-controversial-and-awful, transphobic wizard game version of a mediocre party game. Fuck them some more. God damn. Sanitized, hands-off, noncommittal bullshit people. Ugh.

I married my favorite human one year ago today. In 3 months we’ll have been together for 20 years. It feels like we’ve been married way longer than a single year—in a good way.

Does anyone have advice for banishing nightmares? Lord…they’ve been BAD this last week. Fighting with friends, old job anxieties, weird sex shit, and all kinds of shame and horror. Ugh.

What, you don’t let your cat drink fresh water out of a glass?

Y’all, Heavy Cardboard is back!

The Amelia Earhart episode of Bob’s Burgers made me bawl. God. Real tears. What an honest episode and a wonderful lesson. 😮‍💨

Favorite albums to listen to on an overcast day: The Carpenters - Gold Andrew Bird - Noble Beast Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman Carole King - Tapestry DeVotchka - This Night Falls Forever

Oh yeah btw the reason why Vine is being relaunched with great fanfare and no Al is because it's jointly operated with an Al company and they probably don;t want to pollute their scrap pile with stuff they've already shat out.

Oh god. I’m feeling a Wind Waker replay coming on. 😬

A spot is opening up in our building of 2br apartments. Rent is below a thousand. Neighborhood is decent. Building is privately owned. If you’re in the northern IL area in the far west Chicago suburbs or are looking to move out here, message me.

For real. Don’t.

It’s rare when I have a day I just want to quit my job, as it’s basically my dream job, but today is one of those days.

The increase of ai generated content from creators is getting ridiculous...I don't care if you had a funny idea for a political meme. Don't. Use. Generative. AI. It's not funny.

Holy crap. My Board Game Geek Secret Santa delivered this year! Wow!

@peersylvester.bsky.social Happy birthday! The king may be dead, but I’m glad you’re alive.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Went out to see the lights again tonight. Nothing. I guess the solar event came earlier than they anticipated. Got a cool pic of the stars though.

FFT report: just lost twice immediately to Cuchilann. What the fuck can I even DO here?! It was so difficult I thought it had to be a “oops your characters get defeated” kind of plot battle. Fucking hell.

We’ve done a parody Christmas song for our out of office message for years, and this year my boss is trying to make it an AI song instead of paying someone to make it. I’m making sure that doesn’t happen. If I have to delete everything I’ve ever written, so be it. If this goes through? I quit.

Y’all. I’m almost at the end of chapter 2 in Final Fantasy Tactics and I JUST realized I can assign abilities. Like…I literally didn’t assign ANY before now. WTF?!

I dreamt I was picking out a hippo tattoo.

I have to say, Final Fantasy Tactics has GREAT writing. It really starts hitting hard from almost the very beginning. Wow.

The Bake Off finale was great, and one of the finalists was who I predicted from episode 1. The winner deserved it, wholeheartedly. Great season.

Gonna give this a whirl this afternoon. I’ve been wanting to play Return to Dark Tower since it was announced. Excited to get into it with @doubleb25.bsky.social.

Got up at 5:45 with racing brain. Drank a huge cup of coffee. Started Final Fantasy Tactics. Immediately took a 3 hour nap. Whoops. Guess the lore and battle tip passages aren’t that interesting.

Not now, carnivorous death ball

I just want to NAAAAAAAP! 😭

I am so thrilled for the people of New York and everyone else who had good news last night. ❤️

As you celebrate Mamdani’s victory, I want to take in that it was not a victory for the Democratic Party. He won in spite of the party.

My board game store credit is being put to use to get a secondhand copy of Return to Dark Tower, which I have always regretted missing out on during the first KS.

We had more trick or treaters last night than in any of the almost 20 years we’ve been living here. It feels awesome. All ages, all levels of costume, and everyone was polite and friendly.

Why the hell are people not extremely embarrassed to be seen wearing a Harry Potter costume in 2025? Educate yourself!

She always makes me pretty again. Tip your hair person extra this holiday season. She revealed my grey, and I’m digging it today.

I love seeing everyone’s costumes, but the thought of dressing up for Halloween makes me ill. It’s my anxiety about being judged for my clothes turned up to, like, 1000.

Okay, this “zoom out” photo trend is maybe the worst. What the fuck is the point?

Here they are! Robb did the Ghostbusters logo. He’s so crafty.

Pumpkin carving is going splendidly today. This wide boy is horrified. Maybe about his little top hat I made him?

The new bsky app icon makes it look blurry. I hate it.

idk why this concept is difficult to grasp for a lot of people and doesn't take priority over wether or not liking wizards makes you a good person. Dont give her money! The money funds evil! its truly that simple

Caught a Pokémon in ZA I’ve never seen before. Skrelp? Do you know how much of a record scratch moment that was for me? Apparently it debuted in XY, which I played. Huh. I’m shook.

Please hold. Screaming forever.

Cool. Get snarky with me, boss. That seems constructive. I need a reason why you’re asking me to do this thing you’ve asked me to do twice this year, which I have completed in full twice already. Way to make me feel valued and appreciated.

I did it all. It’s done! Where’s my pizza?

Started hand drying dishes and the microwave beeped at me. I opened it up, surprised to find freshly steamed buns. I guess half that edible was enough. Back to trying to dry.

Going through back mail, sorting and tossing aforementioned card bin, cleaning the fridge, doing dishes, putting games away, watching board game streams, rearranging the spice cupboard, drinking tea, and maybe playing some Pokémon later. But the purge and nesting rituals feel nice today.

Went through our card bin today, throwing stuff out and making room for the holiday season. I have been bathed in glitter. Someone come set me on fire. God. Never send me a card with glitter.

If you had to pick 4 living warriors of light to combat the world’s evil, Final Fantasy style, who would that be? My picks? Bill Nye - science guy Dolly Parton - healer Pedro Pascal - warrior Bob Ross - comes back from the dead in the 3rd act to reveal his true power