cta buses should switch to better lighting after sunset imo. i am too pretty for bright overhead fluorescent at 9pm

happy St. Patrick’s day!

20x2 Chicago: What's the Mission? The show where 20 creative people get two minutes each to answer the same question.

reading at this next Sunday! come through! 20x2.org/chicago/inde...

this week has been a lot, she thought for the 10th week in a row

me defending my no plot, just vibes short stories

we also discussed how a small coma might finally let us wake feeling rested

(I’ll cool it with the parent humor sorry. …sorry that my kid is the best / occasionally the worst / a comedy goldmine)

[my husband wakes up from a six-month coma]

our daughter: hey dad can you draw me a princess. and a witch

got a short speculative story up in @lunastation.bsky.social, please spread the word far and wide! www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061/

related to that last post

last night I made my first Star Wars joke; I asked if Sean could freeze me in carbonite for a couple months.

"You're a good dad, it'll be fine."

"Porter's going to be like, 'Where's mom? Is she okay?' and I'll remind her about Han Solo. We'll go look at you in the second bedroom."

"Great."

“She went to Mayo, maybe she thinks she’s hot shit.” God I love eavesdropping on gossip

this is not the worst year of my life but it is certainly the most brutal February.

I am doing this on Sunday! I hope to see you there! It should be fun!

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in lieu of most social media I have become that friend that texts you Reddit posts at odd hours

Support my friends at @challengers.bsky.social !!! You can also order online! A great time to get some signed MAYOR GOOD BOY books!!

I feel like there's this macho, very American idea of progress must always come at a terrible cost. like yes things need to get better but we can think about the human / animal / living creature / nature toll.

it's been a week

our kids will be teenagers

I fear I’m going to become an evangelist for unplugging from social media. it’s going to be so annoying — there’s nothing worse than a born-again.

I asked too many questions about Time Trax and now @seandove.bsky.social is making me watch videos about Time Trax

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News! Jokes! Hi Amy!

We were never able to write a second hit because of dei

How to Avoid Financial Ruin After a Medical Emergency By Ines Bellina In late March of 2024, I woke up with a persistent ache in my upper torso that I immediately recognized as a biliary colic. I had been dealing with those symptoms since January and was...

a really important article from pal Ines, who is not on here so I'm acting as her hype man: hellogloria.com/health/how-t...

I followed too many people on the other platform and it got unmanageable and incoherent.