Damn it, I thought I could have one nice thing this fall. #GoCubsGo #WaitTillNextYear

everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling Hamilton and bringing me untold joy (via the brilliant brettevansmafrog on insta)

jokes about the confederacy are always funny, but you gotta think about it in terms of "Supernatural lasted 5x longer than the Confederacy", which is absolutely hysterical

@breakaway71.bsky.social I thought you'd like to know that Josh Bell continues to be my baseball nemesis. :p

Knee surgery went well. Turns out my meniscus tear was much older than the MRI indicated, so all they could do was cut out the torn tissue, not stitch it up. On the bright side, I'm not on crutches, and my recovery should be quick. I'll just have arthritis sooner rather than later. :/

Just gonna leave this here...

For @ashtraythief.bsky.social:

So I wanted to try new experiences the year I turned 50...one of them is going to be knee surgery. 🙃 The pain I've been having since April is a torn meniscus. If they can fix it, I'll be on crutches for 6 months. If they can't, I'll be back on my feet until the inevitable arthritis kicks in...

The best thing about this play will always be Anthony Rizzo falling over laughing.

Because @quickreaver.bsky.social is doing it, and because I just finished S14 in my rewatch, and because I need to post here more: 1. Yes.

Justin Turner gets the credit and such, but Nico Hoerner's face knowing he was about to score the winning run on his birthday is what really (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) Takes the cake.

Welp, I've been DOGEd. My federal grant was terminated today with no prior notice, due to garbage reasons. Definitely going to try and appeal it, but I am so pissed.

I think I need this shirt. @cassiopeia7.bsky.social @iwinsoiwin.bsky.social @blissblar.bsky.social

Not sure when baseball announcers started describing a player hitting a home run off a pitcher as "taking him deep," but it does make me giggle.

Everything sucks and I am so tired, but hot damn am I enjoying this baseball season.

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

gotta keep moving 🦈

When you're getting ready to travel to your discipline's big annual conference, and you really, really hope that none of your fellow geographers has problems entering the U.S.... 😢

When you get up at 5 AM two days in a row to watch your team open the season in Tokyo, and they don't win either game. 😔⚾️🐻

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

Good deed for the day: shipped a quilt off to L.A. to be donated to an Altadena resident. Got it all boxed up and then realized I never took a picture!

Rewatch question: what is the most perfect SPN episode and why is it "Frontierland"?

yessssssssssss

Be careful of coins in restaurant fountains...

I know it means nothing in the scheme of things, either in baseball or the world as a whole, but this still makes me very happy.

Hey @cassiopeia7.bsky.social, did you see this? Looks like the wind caught them at just the wrong time.

SPN rewatch update: Season 6, and every time Cas is talking to or about Sam, all I can think of is this:

Just leaving this here for @cassiopeia7.bsky.social and @iwinsoiwin.bsky.social and @blissblar.bsky.social (and @juliasets.bsky.social):

SPN rewatch question: what is the best part of "My Bloody Valentine"? a) the way it turns from a light-hearted (ha) MOTW to a really important mytharc ep on a dime b) "Be my Valentine?" c) "Wait your turn." d) Sam Fucking Winchester saying no to a Horseman

SPN rewatch continues, now deep into Season 5. Last time I tried a rewatch in 2020, I gave up at "Abandon All Hope" because I couldn't handle it given how awful the world was. Now, I'm enjoying the season because at least I know the good guys win in the end. :/

Absolute worst nightmare. How is this month not over yet How

Saw someone wearing this today and thought of @cassiopeia7.bsky.social:

SPN rewatch update, Season 4: Jensen is really, really pretty. That is all.

These are all true, but especially the first one and the next-to-last one. @breakaway71.bsky.social www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mas...

This image is terrifying. When we lived in Pasadena, we'd go up to Altadena to go hiking all the time, and now most of the city is just...gone. That's not the evacuation zone, that's where the fire has burned. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) is the complex at the western edge of the image.

SPN rewatch S3 hot take: Mystery Spot improved after the Gabriel retcon.

Big thanks to my beautiful friends @iwinsoiwin.bsky.social, @ashtraythief.bsky.social, and @kelleigh.bsky.social for the beautiful flowers! Definitely a birthday highlight. 😊

Hope y'all had/are having a nice New Year's celebration. Glad I have all of you to get me through the upcoming year, and I hope I can be around here a bit more!

Went for a run today in shorts and a t-shirt, and I was actually glad when the sun went behind a cloud a few times because then it cooled off. Between Christmas and New Year's. In the Midwest.

OK, since these are getting popular...is the best part of "Nightshifter": a) Henriksen b) Dean's little smirk when he says, "that part's true" c) Sam taking out two heavily-armed SWAT guys by himself d) the tied-for-first best music cue in the whole damn show

SPN rewatch continues...which is the best part of "Hunted"? a) Ava b) Dean bound and gagged c) the anguish on Dean's face after the second trip wire goes off d) all the brother-touching (I know, it's the brother-touching)

Minneapolis-St. Paul.

SPN rewatch up to S2. Is the best part of Bloodlust: a) Sam bound & gagged b) smart!Sam tracing back to the nest from the map c) Gordon as Dean's new BFF till Dean hears about his sister and then Dean can't wait to put him down d) Sam to Dean: "You can't just fill that hole with whoever you want!"

SPN rewatch now up to "Shadow," where Sam says, "Dean, when this is all over, you’re gonna have to let me go my own way," and later John says to Sam, "you’ve gotta let me go," and OOF those both hit hard knowing what's to come.

I've started an SPN rewatch, and I did not remember my competence kink getting hit so hard by Hook Man. Yowza!

Midwesterners, I hope you got outside today to enjoy the lovely weather, because it's about to get Cold AF by next weekend. Like, highs in the 10s in Minneapolis, 20s in Chicago. 🥶