Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

Who did this!?! 🤣🤣🤣

On Monday, I lost my very best friend of 37 years. There’s a gigantic Serena sized hole in my heart. Serena was a dedicated nurse and an amazing human. Fuck cancer.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.

Woof! That was a tough game, but we won. Way to go, Utes!!!!!

Happy little rainbow 🌈

This smug little nugget talked his mother into second breakfast. He’ll be taking no questions at this time, but will be signing autographs at the dog park later.

It’s rare that I can get all the kids together in one photo.

Many people are saying the Republicans shut down the government to bulldoze the White House without permission and build the Epstein ballroom.

The Art of the Deal.

Scooby Do voice: “G G G GHOSTS!!!!”.

Might be my favorite.

I love it when you order food for just yourself and they enclose two silverware packets. Do they really think I’m gonna share? I actually am gonna share with my dogs, but they don’t need forks.

[Exit King.]

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown. There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law. You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.

Dip your fun sized chocolate bar in your morning coffee season is upon us ☕️

One of the greatest women who ever lived, Jane Goodall has died at age 91. May we all think of her as our role model. 💔

Please reassure Mr. Headless that he’s still tough and scary even though he’s surrounded by blooming flowers.

Today’s Dog Walk Report: Tango is a scaredy cat ( don’t tell him I called him a cat). Every far he has to be reminded that the big tall skeletons in people‘s yards aren’t real and they can’t hurt you. Some people have already put the spooky stuff out and Tango is not amused.

Photos from Seattle.

Today’s Dog Report: mom is back from her friend trip. She’s trying to act like everything is normal and she didn’t just leave us for two days. Mom swears that she didn’t pet any dogs while she was in Seattle. Honestly, if we snuggle with her any longer, we might just forgive her.

Wouldn’t it be funny that if instead of the rapture that’s supposed to happen today all the bad people just got sucked into the underworld? I would really enjoy that.

Today’s dog walk report: how could we enjoy our run when mom got out her suitcase this morning? We are planning to pout for two days straight. We are going to be abandoned orphans. Sure will be home with dad and the human brothers but they are just surplus humans. How could our mommy do this to us?

For all the people confused as to how extremist violent behavior could happen in Utah, maybe they should read “Under the Banner of Heaven” and study up on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. It’s in the DNA of our ancestors. They weren’t peacemakers.

It's in no way a solution to our current problems, but try to do something nice for someone you don't know today or this week. It'll make you feel better. Just try it.

Today’s Dog Run Report: were you worried we stopped running? Nope, we go every morning for runs or walkies. Mom is just a lazy poster. Today’s run was crisp and beautiful. Fall is in the way. It’s all good until snow.

Today’s Dog Lawn Report: Green paws.

Brilliant.

Bang up job this year pollinators. Well done 🐝🦋🐝

It makes me sick to think of all the progress we’ve lost.

throwing a sandwich is a gateway to more nefarious food-based acts like tossing tea into a harbor

Our last few trips to Bellingham have been quite hot and dry. We are finally being treated to the rain and clouds that makes Washington emerald green.

I grew those from tiny seeds 👩‍🌾

If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me. #pediatriccancer #cancermom

Dog Rodent Report: Are you aware there are stupid squirrels even when camping? There is also something more stupid called a chipmunk. They tortured us for hours.

If you want to support a writer, buy their book if funds allow—and ask your public library to purchase it. Collection development librarians give a lot of weight to patron requests.

Yesterday Tango had a no good, very bad day. He got stung by a Yellowjacket and got scratch under his eye from a branch. Then the fireworks went off for our state holiday all night. Early this morning the fire alarm chirped cuz it needed batteries. Whew! Today is much better already.

For my mom‘s memorial I had forget-me-not seed packets for people to take. I planted some, but only a small amount sprouted. The taller they got the more they didn’t look like traditional forget-me-nots to me. I looked them up and found out that this variety is actually Chinese Forget-Me-Not 🧐

News: “Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who you’ve admired as a kid, has died” Me: “Noooo!” News: “Ozzy Osbourne, who you’ve admired as a kid, has died” Me: “Noooo!” News: “Hulk Hogan, who you’ve admired as a kid, has died” Me: “Ah. Oh well. What are you gonna do”

The world is very bad, but I found a squirrel that looks like Napoleon

Maybe you want to see cute fuzzy bees in flowers or maybe you don’t. Turns out you don’t have a choice.

Change your vocabulary and stop using the language of the predator. 1. Underage woman = child 2. Sex scandal (involving children) = rape 3. Sex with child = child rape 4. Sex trafficking = rape trafficking 5. Pedophile = child rapist #opdeatheaters

Yeah, the right way to think about CBS is that the same thing happened there as happened with Twitter. People outside tech may not know his name, but Ellison was the original Musk-style shithead tycoon in the industry, dating back to the 90s.

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.

Being a Democrat doesn’t automatically mean you are not a piece of shit.