Last night we played Raft on Steam with our neighbors. Was lots of fun, but I realized afterward that I curse SO. MUCH!! It's kind of incredible how densely my speech is littered with swear words. So...yeah. If anyone has any tips to... stop that... I'm listening. #Pottymouth

I did it. I added some Keystone Cops music to this:

Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive: 2015: 332 2016: 383 2017: 347 2018: 335 2019: 414 2020: 611 2021: 689 2022: 644 2023: 659 2024: 503 So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days. We do not have to keep living like this.

Turns out I’m the moron. Woken up by the sound of beeping construction equipment. Apparently they put up “No Parking” signs Sunday - we didn’t leave the house at all. Got dressed in a panic, ran out to move the car — just in time. Tow truck literally parked behind me. 😬😱

Visited our local library for the 1st time today. Lived here for 2.5 years. 😬 I love libraries & I’d forgotten how much. This one is small—one large room packed with wooden shelves—colorful books & plants all over. 100% safe space. Lovely mural w/ native animals & city skyline in the distance. ❤️

Signs on the street since last week: No parking, paving 9/21-9/26. Days go by, pavers don’t come. Some morons stop waiting, park anyway, thinking it won’t happen. Today pavers are here, trying to work around the cars. “Tow them!” the pedant in me cries. I am an old man yelling at clouds.

A few projects right now. Halloween decorations need to be put up and making memorial/shrine for my cat. Spending too much $. Hypomanic since she died a month ago—need to keep busy. Eager to get back to my digital art stuff—have inspiration but no bandwidth rn. 40-hr work week can kiss my ass.

Been lying to my psych for years. Omitting truth. Whatever. No combo of Rx’s reduce my depression. Years pass. That’s my lot in life. Tired of trying. Tired of being sad. What to do? Leave me alone. I’m fine, really. Don’t make a fuss. #bipolar #depression #mentalhealth

Huh. Imagine that.

FOX news host suggests we euthanize the homeless, someone goes into two encampments and starts shooting. 13 people shot and Jacob Frey and the media are just talking about it as the new best reason to clear the encampments

Behold, my MAGA brother’s reaction when it was mentioned in the group chat that Charlie Kirk’s murder was ironic given his statements about gun deaths. And my partner is the “vile” one for bringing up the irony. 🙄 Thanksgiving is gonna be real fun this year. #CharlieKirk #MAGA #CrocodileTears

Took a trip to the coast today to set my eyes on that big mass of salty liquid that separates us from our European brothren. Got some nice cloud shots while on the road and after we stopped for dinner on the way back. #roadtrip #clouds #sunset #looktothesky

This is 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, killed in the horrific violence at the Annunciation Catholic Church. We must honor their memories and hold their families close as we come together to heal.

#ThrowbackThursday My favorite picture from our 2023 trip to #PuertoRico. This is La Perla in Old San Juan.

I honestly thought there was no way he could win, or even continue his candidacy, when this came out. That was back when I was naive and thought people (MY people!) actually cared about decency. What a fucking wake up call this was. Broke my heart and my brain.

My cherished cat died unexpectedly yesterday. I am devastated. My dad, trying to comfort me, said, “We will be reunited with our animal friends in heaven.” My own beliefs about death are not comforting at all to someone who is grieving. I wish I were delusional. #grief #atheism #exvangelical

Me: I get my car inspected at a garage 0.25 mi. away from home, so I can walk home if they need to keep the car. My 70 year old dad who has not once visited me since I moved to Philly 2.5 yrs ago, even though I live in a nice-ish area on the outskirts: Aren’t you worried about your safety? Sigh.

Some neat cloud photos I’ve taken this year. Taken on an iPhone 13 Mini. #clouds #looktothesky

Very pleased with how this edit turned out on this photo for my family’s summer 2025 highlight reel. #photoshop #amateurphotoshop #gofish

#ThrowbackThursday My paternal grandparents and some of their children (others are not born yet). This is probably around 1957. My dad is the baby being held in his father’s arms. He is the middle boy in the family, with two older and two younger brothers. He also has four sisters.

Over the summer my nephew was staying with my parents and sent me this photo. The church is surrounded by hay fields. Our neighbors used to punish their foster kids by making them sit out there for hours and hours, even into the night when the coyotes were howling. #memories #exvangelical

Haneyville Baptist Church circa 1998. Digital. I grew up in this church. Dad was its pastor. They shunned my dad when I was 16, but even before then I’d lost my faith. Dad never lost his, though. Now he believes God speaks to him directly. #nostalgia #religion #exvangelical #digitalart

#selfportrait from several months ago during a depressive episode. When I wasn’t working I could only lay in bed, sometimes sleeping but mostly wide awake. Mind racing. Feeling myself getting pulled deeper into depression. Here, my partner is peering in, waiting for me to come back to the light.