Kelli Dianne Rule

George Costanza we're living in a society here dot gif

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

"Zen Lyrics for the Carhartt Guru" by Sherry Mayle is everything. Thanks to @turnandwork.com for bringing it to my attention and to @fracturedlit.bsky.social for publishing it.

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The Postal Service is for when you are 27, The National is for when you are 36 I will not be taking questions at this time.

When you put on The Postal Service when you meant to put on The National it's like yeahhhh I like MnMs and all but I really wanted a to sink my teeth into a family size Snickers

Thank you @turnandwork.com for recognizing "The Almost" in this week's The Shortlist. This bittersweet little sketch was recently published by @fictivedream.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing, honored you enjoyed it!

I remember I went to some youth group summit with a friend when I was 12 and they played the Head Like a Hole video to show us all how scary secularism was and that is literally the only thing I remember from the event.

Maybe you don't need therapy, maybe you just need to listen to Nine Inch Nails while making batches of maracuyá jam to sell at the mercado.

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

a person too narcissistic and egotistical to engage in self-reflection and who has also surrounded themselves with people who will indulge their worst qualities, many such cases.

Suppose it could be a way to roleplay intimacy. Strikes me as profoundly sad and unsustainable.

Breaking: Man Invents Porn

OMG The Chair Company is amazing.

Dear god, late to the party on this show but...so far, 100% would rather meet Bardem's Anton Chigurh than Bardem's José Menendez.

It's over.

Cat walked on my keyboard and gave me an editorial note.

#writersky

Bullshit, that is not the tablecloth of a millionaire.

Who hyphenates thought police?

Notable stays: Leslie and the Lys, and some guy who was walking from Texas to WA with a cross on his back to show penance for not paying his child support.

When a guy walks in and asks me if we have a fridge big enough for a mountain lion. Soon after the feds came in and dragged him out for poaching.

Okay fine I'll write a story about the time in the late 2000s when I worked at and lived in a roadside motel in rural Idaho.

You know why all the creepy fairy tales are set in the woods? Because that's where shit like this lives.

Omg I love Zohran the Mansion Boy

This line from the Tay article: "That the prancing punks of the internet bother her from whatever heights she looks down upon us from is more an indictment of her inability to let go of a world that no longer is hers." ...mWAH. Perfect.

In all seriousness, I really like this story. Inspired loosely by a quiet female janitor who worked at my high school and a romance novel I bought at 7-11 when I was maybe 12.

Or maybe a little regret. Haven't decided.

New flash fiction, "The Almost." Romance, no regrets, and early morning bus routes.

...But the idea is similar - molding something in a way that distances you from its original simple beauty. But intentionally so. And with a certain lack of respect. To demonstrate, a baker beat a simple breadstick into an ornate bow. I suggested we mold an expensive spice into tiny plates for elves

one taking an unnecessarily hamhanded and aggressive approach toward a craft - sort of like the expression "gilding the lily," but with more of an intent to transform than just decorate...

Last night I dreamed of an aesthetic technique called "siento lo diente" which, in my dream, translated to "to feel the teeth," (my dream Spanish needs work) which basically means...