Just a fail on every level. My mother will be SO disappointed in me! I didn't take a damn picture!

And you looked so cute! And I looked...like I'd tried! WHY DID WE NOT TAKE A PIC??

what, and I mean this respectfully, the absolute fuck.

NEED.

A tiny rickety looking 3d printed chicken coop resting on a square yard printed in a green/brown texture like grass. It has four little picked white fences closing it in, and there are five different colored tiny chickens hanging out in the coop, around the coop, and on the coop's roof.

a small speckled egg that is cracked open, and one black and gray chicken is sitting on top of all the other tiny chickens hiding inside.

a larger chicken printed in a pastel rainbow with an orange beak. there's a little keychain hole on his back with a purple ball chain.

a classical Chicken Colored Chicken (White with a yellow beak and red fringe) dangling from a white keychain that is dangling from my pinky

HEY Y'ALL!!! The chicken fundraiser IS LIVE!

We have added four Chicken Themed listings to the shop: a very limited run chicken farm with a coop & 5 tiny chickens, a set of five adorable chickens in their own speckled egg, and two chicken keychains!

thebrokencircle.etsy.com?search_query...

I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES! I DIDN'T TAKE A SINGLE PICTURE!!!

Both?

Both is good?

My Kid would be an AMAZING Prof of History. He'd love to be an Econ History Prof.

But in this Economy?

He's an accounting major.

And I'm really proud of you, too! LOOK AT ALL THESE GOLD STARS I'M THROWING (lovingly) AT YOU!

An unsharpened pencil

Brains are the worst.

Maybe if I take a nap today it will all come back to me? We can only hope! Because all I can remember is that I had an idea!

Wheee! Progress is progressing! But yah for mental health breaks!!!

I had a really great short story idea as I was falling asleep last night. The entire plot, characters--the whole shebang.

Does anyone remember what it was? Because *I do not*.

HAHAHAHA! We know the (semi) secret things!

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So many mistakes, so very little time!

Oh, delightful! Does this mean the move has been labeled A Success!

A note to add to the next Notorious VAG presentation, then?

I know where you took this photo from!

screenshot of some of the donated yarn, as listed on ravelry

my synagogue's knitting group is selling a bunch of beautiful donated yarn on ravelry to benefit our upcoming 2026 warm clothing drive! ALL proceeds will be set aside for this year's wishlist!!

deets: www.ravelry.com/discuss/yarn...
the yarn: www.ravelry.com/people/mater...

Great cake or--

GREATEST CAKE EVER?

Tomorrow!!

Totes adorbs!

I gave a panel talk on Consent Is Sexy! Today and recommended The Governess Affair as possibly the finest example of how to make consent sexy after one character has experienced assault.

Also, while at this conference? I finished my antarctic story for @pseudopod.org and just sent it in! Writing at a writing conference? WELL I NEVER!

That bitey dino looks delighted to have been rediscovered!

Really grateful for all the brand new writers who came to my presentation on Publishing from A to Z (even though we only made it to P and a few highlights) and to everyone who was at Consent is Sexy! Thanks for coming!!!

I did two presentations (well, one presentation and one ad-hoc panel we made up on the fly) back to back this morning and then did some peopling and it has been GREAT meeting people and seeing people! I'm loving @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social!*

*I'm hiding in my room until dinner

Have you been falling asleep listening to @stephenblackmoore.com again?

This is also an acceptable answer.