Moira

Read in a NY Times essay awhile back that happiness and unhappiness are not opposites, and felt that explained a lot about what this year has been like.

The box of a game called PigMania showing pairs of dice-like pigs that have landed in different configurations, each of which earns a specific number of points.

How charming. This brought back the memory of pig-rolling games that I believe were popular for a moment in the ‘80s!

"You make a cup once, you wash it a thousand times" is gonna stick with me

"Knobbed russet apple", green apples covered with brown russeting and knobby growths

Real pomological perverts know that if the apples look like this they're going to be mindblowing

Support the best local journalists I know AND your money goes toward a worker-led nonprofit instead of Bezos!

When I was a kid I would get carpooled to gymnastics in this exact gold T-top. Coming from a practical station wagon family, I didn’t know what to make of it!

garlic in a sexy lil green mesh number

do yall take the lingerie off your garlic fast or slow

Obligatory plug to move your money from Bezos to local, worker-led coverage—

I'm so scared of cities. All those buildings so close to each other. You can go to the movie theater and a restaurant and the park while walking, in defiance of God. There are people you haven't met before. Sometimes there's a dog in a jacket

Whenever someone says they’re afraid of downtown in American cities, I’m always like, brother, that’s where the Fogos de Chão are.

We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

Mandalay restaurant in Silver Spring, Md has great Burmese food, but purple line construction on Bonifant has been discouraging customers from going there. See their Facebook post below. They are asking for support despite that construction which makes it harder to get there .

emotion wheel starting with "joy, fear, anger" in the center and then lapsing into gibberish

a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon

Pillowy Soft Cinnamon Rolls (the best!) | The Vanilla Bean Blog This recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls produces pillowy soft cinnamon buns every time, and dough can be refrigerated overnight!

When @thekitchn.bsky.social compared a bunch this one was the clear winner and I’ve found it very forgiving! www.thevanillabeanblog.com/cinnamon-rol...

It’s 59°F and a little further down the beach, a woman with a head full of curls pulls off her dress and plunges into the sea. No hesitation and not a shiver as she eventually makes her way out again.

Portobello Beach: two goths in love, slinging an arm around each other and searching the clear blue sky for the best selfie angle. He in a grey kilt and she in a black skirt, but everything else the same.

I was thinking about this Joe and Tracy anecdote from the supply chain crisis on gummy bears. Things are probably going to get really weird in a few weeks in unexpected ways:

Antique bakelite pencil sharpener. #WhettingEngines

A crowd in front of the Washington Monument. One woman holds a sign that says “Hands Off!”

A crowd of marching protesters. One holds a sign that says “Democracy not Dictatorship”

A crowd of marching protesters. One holds a sign that says “They want 1939 Germany. Let’s give them 1789 France.” Another says “No good billionaires.”

DC today

YouTube video by rudeboy6000 Prince Buster - Hard Man Fe Dead

It’s a Prince Buster kind of morning

Ink drawing of a long-haired man with eyeglasses and a lion-like face

Lion man

I love learning how other people think about or employ color

May we all eat as delightful a meal as Jeremy today!

Schatz’ DC office is picking up the phone!

One of the really special things about Sesame Street was always these little art films that were less about teaching a specific thing than they were about instilling a sort of meditative sense of wonder at how the world works.

Direct your calls accordingly, folks!

On the grammar of “trump take egg”

Men’s’ faces drawn with a single line

Ink drawing of a woman carrying a steaming plate

Doodles I find in the trash