Michele Ess

Cute puppy in the snow

It's so still out here. It's supposed to get very windy soon...hard to believe when it's this still.

It was 12 minutes until someone with the proper badge came by.

Got to work late, forgot my badge on my desk when I took a cart of books to the elevators. I am now stuck, badgeless, until someone comes by and helps me out. Not a great start to the week 😕

This is scary!

Merry and Pippin commenting on how we now have a second weekend after the Thurs-Fri of thanksgiving.

Every Thanksgiving weekend...

Framed artwork of a dove, wearing a pilgrim hat

You should decorate the house for thanksgiving, they said.

I have way too much to do but, ugh, FINE! I said. DONE.

Walkie-Talkie

Watching this on the news is one of my earliest memories. I was four, and had plenty of fire-featuring nightmares afterwards.

It's been too long since I've played my banjo. My fingertips have lost all of their calluses. I have to start the initiation all over again.

YouTube video by GateWorld Amazon's Stargate Announcement | Coming to Prime Video

So, are we going to watch the new series, Joe? After he calmed up, he said "undomesticated equines could not remove me."

Going to our ~super secret~ Aurora viewing spot, will contribute to the Blue sky Aurora feed shortly

Our current watch comes with a pesky earworm.

I love when the bullpens run in to participate in the scuffle.

The Bench calls for aid!
The Bullpen will answer!

A princess, an astronaut, a gothy kid (maybe actually goth and just turned it up a few notches for the evening?) and a kid in a hoodie with a light-up face mask.

Tuna is NOT keen on all of these people walking around and *gasp* knocking on OUR DOOR!! she's been relegated to the kitchen.

My choice of gif is additional proof that I am of the right age demographic to have been a kid in 1991.

a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

Thirty four years ago: the Twins had just won the World Series, kids were putting the final touches on their Halloween costumes, and a storm was brewing. I was a kid, I was there, and it was glorious.

[Enter Ghost.]

The neverending, uninteresting commentary of Smoltz et al is like having a radio on in the background. Unrelated droning radio that I can't turn off without getting up, but I'm too lazy.

Shohei, Yamamoto, Roki and the translators celebrating in the outfield lmao

My thoughts are with all of the Target employees who are attending the reaping today.

My thoughts are also with those who stayed up to watch 18 innings of baseball last night. I made it to the 12th and said - truth! - "this game is gonna go 18 innings, I'm going to bed". I did, and it did.

It’s 2028. Snow is falling in Dodger Stadium. No one remembers what a glove is. Freddie Freeman starts tearing a baseball apart with his teeth.

I also say WTF to the random Jonas Brothers song in the middle of a World Series game.

Grumpy looking gray-haired man New York Times headline Prince Andrew surrenders Duke of York title amid Epstein fallout

Oh, great! Who the hell is going to march 10,000 men up to the top of the hill and march them down again now?

I love it when they bring out the old Base On Balls graphic.

Sal Frelick

If I send you this, know I’ve lost my shit

Largest library-book distributor shutters

(...oh wait ...)

(I know it's 5 words, sorry)

All of these extra innings mean I get to hear the Seattle ads over and over again.
Valley valley valley, GMC!

Poor Detroit fans, it's tomorrow in the Eastern time zone.

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

COME ON SEATTLE
I really can't handle suspense. I'll never be able to sleep after all this!!