Re-watching Pretty in Pink, I thought "Wow, John Hughes was pretty much allowed to do whatever, I guess." Re-watching Say Anything, I thought, "GEN X WOMEN WERE DEFINED BY THIS"

This is adorable.

Slump We are in the second week now of me Not Being at the Library, and I am in a bit of a slump. It is funny to me that in my last two weeks working there, I thought to myself things such as, “Whe…

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Fuel company is refilling our tank and I shudder to think what this is going to cost. And also shudder to think how by autumn this price might seem like a bargain, and I might be so glad we filled up now.

Sandra Newman is killing it recently, if you're looking for a new fun follow.

Birthday Gift for a Dearest Friend What should I buy my favorite cousin for her birthday? I consider her one of my Top Three: one of the three friends I would tell FIRST if I had any news; one of the three I would most consider incl…

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Before Trump started the war in Iran:

Iran was not building a nuclear weapon

The Strait of Hormuz was open

Thousands killed during the war were alive

That really was fun to watch! I like hearing their reasons!

So fun to watch! Also the driver who said Milwaukee is the toughest: yes. You get it.

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

I too am a type 3, but am willing to say that one of our local restaurants serves a bread basket I would be willing to hesitantly suggest as a contender. They do a pleasing MEDLEY: for example there will be a regular roll, a dark roll, a slice of pumpkin bread, a slice of seed/grain bread, etc.

Look, not everybody needs to be a strawberry, okay? There's room for cranberries in this world too. You can be weird and sour and only tolerated by a handful of people around the holidays. I know you can. You can be fun if mixed with enough vodka. I believe in you. You can live in a bog

women who hate men generally just hate what men have done to them whereas men who hate women mostly just hate what women won’t do for them

the difference is crucial

("Here is the promise you and I must cling to"; "or insisting all bread is dear in its own way"; "Even if you attempt to betray me")

I clicked on it ONLY because YOU said I should---and after reading just the FIRST PARAGRAPH I forced every member of my household to read that first paragraph, and sent a screenshot of the first paragraph to one of my other children with my three favorite parts listed

This is so wonderful, and I love the devil horns the camera-wearing diver throws up on the first greeting

"Four green!" 😭😍

The Tyranny of AI Everywhere Sneakers? Why stop there?

Reese no

Does anyone know if it's good when your incredibly unpopular autocratic President starts creating a huge war-proof shelter for himself and his besties?

It is a HOT Thursday PARTY night and I am putting BAKING SODA and VINEGAR and BOILING WATER down the DRAINS

circus peanut

Dream; Cat Pancreatitis; Perimenopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy Speaking of dreams, last night I dreamed I accidentally went to work, and had worked for awhile before I remembered I wasn’t supposed to be there. So then I kept trying to leave before I got …

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i don’t want my appliances to be smart or connect to the internet. i want them to do one mechanical task for 100 years

there was the commissioning and then canceling of that Pride collection by queer and trans artists, then there was the DEI rollback, now it’s AI-driven false arrests. Target is setting land-speed records for torching customer goodwill, given how high their popularity and how far they had to fall

Dear, dear. Hot tea and a cold washcloth, I think.

Katrina no

Fortunately there is another library nearby I can use at least during this time of upheaval and transition.

First Day Not at Work; Most Common Dreams This work situation has made me nearly 100% self-absorbed in recent weeks. I was reading a book about dealing with emotions and stress, and it was like “Hey, are you using mostly I-statements…

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Okay but if the selfie reverses the image to make you feel like you look like yourself (i.e., the way you look to yourself in the mirror), that means you look WRONG to everyone who knows you