Penny "still in circulation" Sterling

Golden/grey longhaired cat (Siberian) snoozing on a fuzzy pink blanket. Also on the blanket, in the foreground, is a journal with the words "Screenplays about My Cat" on the cover,

I may not have the best life, by Foof the Cat sure does.
#photography #CatsofThreads

I thought it was lucky for Mom that her dad never yelled at her or beat her when he came home & took his anger & frustration out on her mother & brothers.
It wasn't until she was in her 80's that it occurred to me that what he was doing to her was far worse than what the rest of her family received.

My mother would talk about him to me all the time, because I was charming & entertaining from a young age & she would use these stories to explain why she would beat me Whenever I did anything charming & entertaining growing up.
I was charming & entertaining a lot.

Maternal: Unemployed alcoholic during the depression:
The charming, entertaining type who would use his wit & storytelling skills to get folks to buy him drinks after his money ran out, then would stagger home and terrorize his family, screaming at his wife & beating up my mom's 3 younger brothers.

Paternal: Unemployed alcoholic during the depression:
The quiet, brooding type who set relatively attainable rules and everything was fine if they were met. Basically he just wanted to be left alone with his hooch.

How I arrived on Bluesky:

A black and white photo of a white woman with brunette curls. She has flying goggles and a ray gun and is shouting into a microphone

With only two weeks to go tickets are literally trickling out... Don't miss your chance to see my show in Glasgow International Comedy Festival before the Kier Starmer joke becomes obsolete
www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/events/robin...

Q: What’s the difference between billionaires and dragons?
A: Billionaires are real.

Get outta my head

Gosh you're purty. I'd like to be on your team.
Also, am I the only one who looks like they're paying attention in the meetings, but you're actually checking yourself out to see how different reactions look?

a man in an orange shirt is standing with his hands on his hips and the words who 's awesome you are ALT: a man in an orange shirt is standing with his hands on his hips and the words who 's awesome you are

I didn't see this until now, but as a reminder:

True story: my puberty didn’t arrive until I was nearly 16. I honestly think that it held off as long as it could, but in the 1970s, there really was no other alternative, but for the wrong puberty. I grew half a foot and my voice dropped half an octave in a summer. It was a whole bunch of not fun.

I’m not sure what my hair was trying to do today
I’m also not sure I dislike it

It’s noticed and appreciated 🩷

…and, like every fkkn thing that happens in America, a big part of the reason service workers need to rely on tips is based in racism.

This movie deserved better animation than it received.

The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

This is heinous

A calico cat with adorable markings and a green space alien-themed bow tie sits primly on the edge of a display counter.

A calico cat with adorable markings and a green space alien-themed bow tie has spotted a target while she sits on the edge of a display counter.

A grey & black striped shorthaired tiger cat with an adorable brownish nose and green-gold eyes sits in profile on a table, looking over their shoulder, tail in mid-swish

Chester the greeter cat, an adorable faded orange tabby with a red & orange striped bow tie, sits beneath a portait painting of a tuxedo cat with a black bowtie and top hat

My bestie & I went to a cat cafe today.
Nobody had a better afternoon than me.

OMG the well-worn purple cons 😍

I do hope you're sitting in the last row.

Currently working on a spy thriller, where the heroes desperately race against the clock to decode the murdered scientist’s notes, only to have them be casually read by someone’s grandma, who then explains to the spies the technique known as cursive handwriting.

I appreciate the sentiment, however:

1. It’s AI
2. Equating courage with testosterone implies men are braver than women, meaning women are only braver when they adopt masculine traits.
2a. I really don’t think you meant it this way. I’m just trying to help you understand the implications

☮️ peace

Ooh! Easy block!

Single panel comic from Shannon Wheeler's "Too Much Coffee Man" webcomic. In the upper left corner is the word "LIFE:" In the lower right corner is a black line drawing of a headstone surrounded by some grass, the blades closest to the headstone are higher than the rest. The headstone is unmarked apart from the letters "R. I. P" along the top of the headstone. Between the word "LIFE" and the headstone is the following: PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY. PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, PLAY, SCHOOL, PLAY, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, PLAY, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, PLAY, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, FIRST LOVE, BRIEF HAPPINESS, BREAK UP, REGRET, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL, PLAY, WORK, PLAY, WORK, PLAY, WORK, PLAY, WORK, IDEALISM, EFFORT, REJECTION, FAILURE, WORK, EFFORT, FAILURE, COMPROMISE, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, COMMITMENT, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, PLAY, WORK, WORK, WORK, RETIRE, PLAY, DIE.

It's funny cuz it's true.

More like side LICK, amirite?

pick up the nearest book. turn to page 42; post the second sentence:
TRUVY: 'Morning Ouiser.

Oh if I had a nickel…

A large, leafless tree framed by a cloud, with stars appearing around the top of the frame

The tree in my backyard, taken with my iPhone 3, with three different manual settings, between 8:15 & 8:18 pm 02/17/2026
#photography

Maybe we can hang out there for a little a cuppa sometime!

Exterior of Bookeaters, a bookstore & cafe in the South Wedge neighborhood of Rochester, NY. On the front porch of the cream-colored building with green pillars and porch rails, with yellow slats is a Naxalone dispenser box.

One of the things that I love about living in a mixed-income, multicultural, artists-and-queer-friendly neighborhood is how much everyone looks after everyone, including businesses.