Dana Whozanne

a close up of a girl 's face with the words i 'm not a fucking doll written below her ALT: a close up of a girl 's face with the words i 'm not a fucking doll written below her

Anyone else *still* disappointed from finding out the Childlike Empress' new name/Bastian's Mom's name in The Neverending Story? Of all the mysteries that should have stayed unknown to my ever-curious brain, that's the one I should have left alone. Really? That? It's not even that pretty.

I did comment to my family last week that this is what Rome must have felt like under Nero.

*one* who wasn't already got off his ass. There seem to be a bunch more who haven't felt the urgency yet.

If it makes you feel better, I got laid off from my job a week and a half before a scheduled work trip and still ended up with a twinge of anxiety about missing the flight for the job I no longer had.

10yr girl had some drama this morning that upset her.
16yr AudHD boy: what's up with her?
Me: High school level drama for elementary girls.
16: Good thing that nowadays, there's no drama in high school.
Me: Son, I'm sure there's lots of drama in high school, you just don't care.
16: Good point.

Anyone into #astrology know what a Balsamic moon means? Other than a) eat a salad or b) have some strawberries? I'm baffled.

(Also, literally downloaded this astrology app in desperation that the universe will send me some hope soon. I know nothing about this stuff.)

What if those fools had added in someone with less integrity and understanding of how damaging this information could be?

I can not get past the horror of that. The editor is a good man and true patriot, and they're villifying him to cover their own asses.

The artist defined the lips and chin more - so you could actually see them!

I love shmelephants

Pic of the Ham in question for pet tax.

Our extra chubby bulldog, Ham Solo, got too excited playing with my husband and, for the first time ever, launched himself into my husband's lap on the couch, to their mutual surprise. I haven't belly laughed that hard in weeks. My only regret is I didn't get it on video. 🤣😂🤣😂

6) and the vinegar in the wound is that I can't expect the worker's comp to be handled in a timely manner, because the company laid off their only dedicated person doing that job on Jan 27th - me. I was laid off, allegedly due to budget cuts, and replaced with a 6-person committee; so efficient. 🤔😭

5) I bought some medical insurance - and it's garbage. And I paid extra for what I thought was a prescription plan - it's a "rx discount plan". The cheapest I can get my antidepressants is $550 a month. Which we obviously don't have. So my anxiety & depression will get worse, which won't help.

3) We're still waiting on someone from worker's comp to contact him. He did finally get some snail mail from them - it was delivered a street over.
4) My unemployment is delayed for ? reasons? There's no money coming in, and while I have a small emergency fund started, it won't even last a month.

Need to scream into the void for a second.
1) I got laid off on Jan 27, completely out of the blue.
2) My husband got injured at work on the 12th and hasn't been cleared to go back to work yet OR had an appointment made for the orthopedist or MRI that have now been ordered 2x.🪡

The descriptions of a couple of those books that I have read don't align at all with how I remember them. I imagine it's a little surreal as an author - to see how someone else describes your book, especially if they seem to have either skimmed it or read it with a decidedly odd take.

Just received a random email from Temu. Odd, as I have never and will never buy anything from them. But they also think I speak Spanish, apparently. I am working on it, but I'm definitely not fluent yet.

Side note - is anyone else totally weirded out by some of the Duolingo graphics? Ick!!!

Given this administration's take on immigration, I've been expecting them to take down Lady Liberty and put up a Golden (well, orange) Idol since day 1.

My phone informs me it's Sleep Awareness Week. The irony of this being the same week as the return of daylight savings time is breathtaking. For the next week, I'll *struggle* to go to bed at a reasonable time and drag myself out of bed at what *feels* like TOO EARLY. I loathe the spring forward.

My favorite is over easy or poached over a biscuit. But any way works, as long as it's not overcooked.

Discworld is my all-time, hands down favorite series. I'm constantly reading one in the background to maintain my mental health. The Color of Magic is not the best place to start but it is a good foundation. Please see attached photo to track story arcs. There are 42 books in the main series.

Saw a post today asking what do you need from your supervisor/manager? Now I'm stuck on the fact that the last real conversation I had with my former boss (before she told me I was being laid off) was the one where she made me cry and told me I was lying 3 times in an hour.

If you want a punch, mantis shrimp. But as has been mentioned, giant isopod is the best answer.

The accuracy of the political cartoons recently is incredibly painful.

Lovely sentiment, but he has no love for God or country, only himself. He has no reason to resign.

Please read—this is becoming serious!

Obviously, the whole dastardly plot falls apart when some rube accidentally shows up at Scalzi's church by accident...or it could be an "accident" because fan culture and conspiracy theories are venn diagrams that occasionally overlap.

Meet Ham Solo, the extremely judgemental.

I'm ahead of the game there, as my lifetime intake of coffee is a total of a few accidental sips - I don't even like the smell of coffee.

However, I do have to watch my black tea intake, as I have given myself the jitters with a big mug and some strong leaf.