Plain Kate

Good LORD that's terrible. Who the hell is that supposed to even be FOR?

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

Four women posing for a photo in a gym

Worth the long drive through the snowstorm to do a striking clinic with a Muay Thai champion! (and hey, if SHE can brave the Canadian winter to get there, WE had no excuse) You can tell Fierce Martial Arts: apparently we'll be the ones rocking up to the Muay Thai gym in leggings, not shorts, LOL

Yeah I was not expecting it to get so grim out there! But it was a seminar I paid a lot to register for and there were three of us that all needed to get there so. . .

Hoooo BOY the roads are bad right now #Ottawa. Just drove home from a class in Kemptville and lanes? what lanes? shoulders? what shoulders? Even the *highway* is obliterated. We attempted one exit ramp and bailed on it, decided to just keep going till we found one we wouldn't wipe out on.

OMG
"awwoo woo!"

A friend of mine quoted Snow Crash about YT's mom (in relation to this, in a group chat) and I was a little bit shook over the accuracy. The unassigned desks. The scrabble to prove you were at the *right* desk and logged in on time. AUGH, kind of terrifying

If they want us to go to a location, and us doing the work is not contingent on where we physically are, honestly I think we should be able to bill them for transportation at least. And parking. Definitely parking. There's a CLIMATE CRISIS people.

BONUS ROUND! We got rid of a bunch of our real estate and remodeled our offices to match a more diffuse, non-localized work style! So HOORAY! now that you have to come back to the office full time... here's a bunch of temporary, noisy "touchdown points," or you can fight for these eight focus rooms

Oops! Did you book a desk but when you got there someone was in it? DRAMA! Did you schlep your laptop to the office but it doesn't connect to wi-fi? OOPS! go back home and try! Are you shivering after biking to work and now A/C is chilling you? Sorry, spare clothes are all back at home.

I am ALREADY tired of wearing my salt-and-grit-crusted winter boots through a full 9-to-5 day. My feet itch. I am ALREADY tired of finding places on the floor to stash things like shoes and snacks and packets of coffee. I am SICK of showing up to an office, then taking every meeting over Teams.

Okay TBS, if you want me in an office building to work, fine. But give me a GODDAMN desk. Give me a space I can go to, where I can maybe tack a silly cartoon to the wall. For FUCKS sake we at least deserve that. Not this Snow Crash-ass "book a desk every morning & haul your gear back and forth" shit

Get ready for traffic to get even worse this summer #Ottawa - federal public servants are going to be commuting 4 to 5 days a week now

black t shirt with the word CARS in red and a white car from above on blue "You're gonna need a bigger bike"

Happy to announce a t-shirt collab with the good people at @bunchbike.com
All proceeds will be donated to the nearest cargo bike library
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When I realized I was operating a vehicle that had a backup beep 💀 Luckily I'm a decent driver, even managed to reverse the thing around a bend at one point. But I did NOT enjoy it.

A white 5-ton box truck

I've long been baffled by the fact that I was "upgraded" at a rental place once during a move - from a cargo van to a 5-ton truck, with no special licence or anything (they had no vans available). Any goob can walk off the street and rent one of these and drive it around.

I have zero bandwidth to develop the idea, but the last decade has given rise to a gulliblity style, where a source’s statement is treated as the story regardless of whether it’s true or plausible. It creates stories that are technically true but functionally misinformation. You see it everywhere.

Look. I'm NOT a conspiracy theorist. I'm not. But when I look at uncomfortable realities, it's difficult to refrain from drawing conclusions that sound like a crazy conspiracy.

#1) The Host of Valinor that marched on Angband supposedly consisted of a lot of elves, a lot of dwarfs, & a lot of men.

Here it is fully edited, the first harbor seal pup of 2026 pupping season in La Jolla, California kissing a VERY PROUD mama.

Full resolution: youtu.be/vDbShVpqvzk #sealsky 🦑 🦭

Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event

"The FCM says it has learned from officials that a vague reference in the budget to reallocating funds from the Canada Public Transit Fund will in fact mean a $5-billion cut over 10 years"
This is a very slippery government. Whether it's a budget or a high-profile speech, best to read the fine print

Note: I don't normally teach, I was filling in for their usual sensei. And haven't handled a class of children for anything in ages. I'm taking "no one cried" and "they seemed to be having fun" as a win

Trying to decide what was more draining: teaching an hour long judo class to a dozen 7 to 11 year old kids, or spending the following hour and a half in the adult class doing sacrifice throws. 😂

Tom Lehrer was fantastic. Grew up with his stuff and it's probably a major reason why I'm like this 🤣

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go - with intro

We Will All Go Together When We Go

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go - with intro

Oh and also there's We Will All Go Together When We Go

YouTube video by Paul Simon - Topic Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War

Well, that's maybe my favorite long title, but this is a more favorite actual song with a long title

Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict - Pink Floyd: Always wanted to name a rock climbing route after this (we did put up an area called Pink Floyd Wall with a bunch of PF titled routes)

It turned out pretty great I gotta admit. It's one of my go-to, I-don't-use-a-recipe dishes at this point: it turns out better or worse depending. This one was good.

A stainless steel karahi pan (round bottomed sauce pan) with paneer in spinach sauce

Thanks to Headbanger's Kitchen, I just got a karahi, and I'm taking it for a spin making some palak paneer :-) headbangerskitchen.com