Guck-o-lantern

Boooooooo

At this point, I would take an opposition party that would be willing to stand up and say “I’m rubber and you’re glue. Anything you say bounces off me and sticks to you.” Or something.

But “talk shit, get hit” would also be acceptable.

Ahh, the power of the “nuh uh” party

Virgin Diet Mountain Dewmosa

(Diet Mountain Dew mixed with orange juice over ice as a breakfast drink)

That’s not good. Hoping it’s something minor that’s just distracting him that the vet can easily clear up

I read an interesting blog years ago that posited that the reason that so many “genius rock stars” died at around 28 was actually related to history of digestive issues and the efficacy of illegal drugs vs. the lack of effective GI treatment then. GI = genius indigestion?

For me, it’s a mixer. Booze mixer, limeade mixer. But straight? It’s a whole lot a lot.

Shhh. I am fooling myself into fiscal responsibility.

I am just going to pretend that there is no exchange rate and then be surprised at the end of my Toronto trip.

I made the Milwaukee mistake of coming when the weather is beautiful so I’m like “I could live here” forgetting December—> April

It’s my sequel to The Birds. The Bird.

There were also post ACL weekend hungover girls with green juices in sweatpants all over the airport. An extremely AUS airport day.

I have seen sparrows in malls occasionally, but this is the first time I’ve seen grackles in the Austin airport.

They’re hanging out by the Delta lounge but, sadly, don’t seem to have Sky Club status.

The Goodall Netflix interview involves Jane drinking whiskey and admitting that she is magic and once controlled the rain.

I would call her a chimp witch, but that just sounds like a terrible sandwich.

Hoping that it’s your childhood dog that waits for you in the afterlife is absolutely relatable.

A black and white picture of a frog with the text “did you know? When provoked, frogs will defend themselves by traveling back in time to make sure you were never born!

A meme from Frogwitch with a little frog on a mushroom that says “Do not look at your phone challenge! You lost!”

A dog toy that looks like a frog wearing a witch hat laying on the ground

I believe frogs are more difficult to defeat than we expect and have ways of defeating us.

In fact, Friday went head to head with a frog witch today and lost. (She did not successfully squeak its squeaker.)

I was obsessed with Chernobyl at the time (because of how much The Day After messed me up just a few years before) and I have heard good things. The next time I get a free trial or when they fire David Zaslav I will absolutely check it out.

I can be convinced to give any of it a try. Except Mad Men. After teaching college-level History of Advertising I know exactly how I would react to any of the advertising-adjacent stuff.

It’s not like I’m diametrically opposed to them. I just haven’t had an occasion.

Never seen a full episode of Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Firefly, Succession, Parks and Rec, Abbott Elementary, 30 Rock, Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica reboot (but watched all the original), Schitts Creek, Dexter, Lost, Chernobyl, Rick and Morty, True Detective, West Wing

Never seen Schindler’s List

Fellas, is it gay to-

I have met him and worked on an initiative campaign early in his political career. He is a shitbag.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

It is my go-to cheeseburger

That I did not know!

I’m the last person on earth who cares about the subjunctive mood in English.

Don’t you wish your girlfriend *were* hot like me?

Wish I *were* there

If only I *were* asleep

How is a hot dog the only grammatically correct one?

After all, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner

When I was 30 and my marriage was falling apart, work was my life because everything absolutely sucked. It wasn’t a sign of success.

The longer she goes, the fewer emotional resources she’ll have to actually deal with the burnout when it comes.

Nightmare in Blood

Midnight

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I'd never heard that one. Now I need to listen to the whole album.

Still a banger

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In case *anyone* has any doubts as to where Sam Vimes’s politics would land.

As a paludarium keeper, I can only assume that isopods and springtails are a part of the maintenance.

Brigitte Bardot in a large bathtub holding a telephone headset

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