Restrained in a bike lock (by the staff at the restaurant) for attempting to help clean up at my own birthday party. This is 40!

Seasonal affective disorder hitting so hard this year that I'm thinking ... OK, maybe I should do something about this next year. I feel almost embarrassed to be a middle-aged woman thinking "oh, everyone suddenly hates me now; yes, that's gotta be it" like I'm in junior high again ...

2026: The year in which I get paid fairly by more than one client? (Here's hoping and praying.)

me so far to 2026 (this is shutterstock image 2692016911)

this year better suck a little less than last year

❗🎈FUN FACT🎈❗ EA Games is named after Ea-Nasir, who inspired them with his legendary commitment to quality & customer satisfaction.

Merry KANEDAAAAAAAA-mas from me! Lovely #akira -themed card given to me by Ben. @darrencullen.bsky.social is the artist making my day merry and bright ~

Why prop up AI "art" when you can drink a beer and a mulled wine and then buy a hand-knit hat in the shape of a teapot?

While at the movie theater yesterday, I noticed a poster for a film called "Die My Love." Between that and "Wake Up Dead Man," what's the grudge against commas in film titles in 2025?

Wondering if anyone else is sick, twisted, and depraved enough to do their #crossword in lower-case.

Love to wake up filled with rage at the Democrats -- and I don't even live in the US anymore! Hopefully I can turn this rage into energy to write English-learning textbooks. That's how it works, right?

This is now a #TheGoldenSpurtle stan account ~ Also maybe my gimmick on this site should be making an "Absolute Cinema" meme variant based on every movie I watch ... 🤔

In lieu of a Halloween costume, repping #philly by wearing my boneriffic Mutter Museum shirt today. (Also, I'm bad at selfies; the orange wall is thematically appropriate, and you'll just have to pretend the microwave is spooky.)

Love to go from "three months of so little work I am contemplating a career shift" to "in the middle of so much work that I can't take a day off for another month or so, after a month with no breaks." #Freelancing rules!!! Please send coping mechanisms ...

Had some hot mead on Saturday that was so steamy, it did weird things to my lens and distorted the photo a little ... so the photo now accurately represents the feeling of sipping warm mead (and drinking it with 6x kinds of cheese + flourless chocolate cake)

Another stellar evening of #rotterdam 's best fine dining at Tres! One of the early snacks was an oliebol (fried dough ball) filled with avocado ice cream, topped with a dollop of wild garlic gel and the tenderest pork of your dang life.

This whole section really.

Chibi crew of the Enterprise from Uchusen Magazine Vol. 47, 1989. SD Tasha is great and it's funny seeing early clean-shaven Will.

A bit of #PSX and #PS2 history recovered from my childhood bedroom -- got this #squaresoft promotional popcorn bag from my local Loews movie theater 25 years ago. Promos for #FFIX and #TheBouncer. Was such a fun time to be a gamer!

Absolutely lost it upon seeing the label CLOWN VALUES on a machine at Round 1, but I'm unable to articulate why.

#GroundsForSculpture is one of my favorite New Jersey things because you get to see art and say "BIG LADY!!!" a lot.

Having a nice time in the #USA, home of the thirty-two-dollar sandwich that was big enough for four people to eat (and came with free chocolate chip cookies)

Once more revisiting good business names from #Seoul, and who could forget the one and only "you need my yogurt," a dessert cafe I stumbled upon after seeing the Korean equivalent of a Chippendales show?

Mamily Fart

Some people stream on #Twitch to make money or find fame. Me? I do it to meet cool #crossword constructors who pop me into their puzzles! ❤️ (Puzz available here: crosshare.org/crosswords/1...)

#America -based folks, a question for you (pic for attention): Are there any must-try new foods, restaurants, experiences, etc., that you'd recommend in the #philly area specifically? I haven't visited since 2023, so surely something nice must have manifested in this time ...

Mood for 2025: this panic-stricken bird from old wallpaper at Chatsworth House, Bakewell, UK

A later-skeet of the eel croissant cake w/unripe strawberry from Tres, a dish I constantly wish I had in my mouth (and to date, one of only two good eel dishes I've had in the Netherlands). #finedining #rotterdam #omnomnom

A bit of later-posting from Haddon Hall in the UK -- a cozy little nook for reading and/or tea here, I think.

A #repost from a restaurant in #seoul maybe 10 years ago; the restaurant is presumably long gone (the food was mediocre), but the slogan lives on.

One good thing about being in a country where people leave trash around is the occasional baffling, kinda-artsy finding.

Get yourself a girl who looks at you the way I look at birds

The way this guy says "Chibi Anime" has completely destroyed my vocabulary.

Looking up fine dining in London and absolutely losing it at "gentleman's relish" at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. "How are you gentleman?! All your relish are belong to us!"

Facebook's algorithm is really crushing the game these days! Today I got this post from a high school softball team, which is perfect for me, a noted fan of amateur sports and ... *checks notes* ... resident of Arizona

A little fella for the timeline.

Found the Dinosaurs fan Doujins. I am officially in too deep.

#BadPhotography of a #GoodKitty I saw on my self-mandated mental health walk yesterday. (Entering week three of 8+-hour work days with no days off ...)

Shout-out to the food choices in #Rotterdam -- a Georgian restaurant and damn good taco place within 8 minutes walk of my apartment have opened in the past few weeks

I am sick and tired of seeing AI-generated text and images EVERYWHERE online. I am also tired of people telling me to get used to it because it's inevitable. Nothing is inevitable! I still use a phone with a headphone jack! Truly I hate what technological "progress" has become.

Take me back to #tokyo in 2005. (No, seriously, build a time machine so I can get back my whimsy, my desire to #travel, and a world that's generally less of a hassle to tour.)

Mood: Imps in a teacup at glow-in-the-dark mini golf

Good morning, hello, many things are on fire, but I'd like to take the time to say Go Birds! 🦅

Y'all should check out and perhaps even play Ben's (and others', like Richard Garfield's) game if you are an autobattler fan!

Reposting a classic screenshot from 15 (!) years ago on FB, because a little Korean kid spelling "bus station" as "bus statinsky" will never not be funny to me.

Who are your "must-follow" artists, weird meme creators, and other essential accounts? Need to fill out this feed.

The horrors persist, but so does Taskmaster New Zealand.