Jordan is a marketing genius.

I mean, there's only one of him.

Have a swell night everyone!

Current Mental State: Kenneth from 30 Rock explaining to Jack how he always manages to believe everything is going to work out.

My damn brain: "More like Daughternar with a yeast infection like that."

Interestingly, certain breads are basically guaranteed to trigger, but I think that's more a FODMAP thing than actual fiber.

Not having my body assume that the entire purpose of ingesting caffeine is to speed up the digestive process and evacuate the system as expeditiously as possible.

Wait, food is supposed to *help*? I do so much better with caffeine on an empty stomach.

There was a time I had my mind trained to just not make these connections and it was so freaking peaceful.

The absolute worst part of this is that I feel like you know *exactly* the face I'm making in response to this.

You really don't. Turns out that you can just have a couple coffees, call that breakfast, then not have a meal until dinner and no-one can stop you.

It's not a high bar, but at least I can take some solace in knowing that no matter how much I self deprecate I will never hate myself even a millionth as much as Brianna Wu hates herself.

I mean, I know I'm still an annoying ass, but I used to be so much worse.

The problem with personal growth is that now I've grown there are times when I'm discussing politics and suddenly everything feels like a Greek afterlife punishment where I'm forced to argue against the bullshit my past self used to advocate and experience how much of an annoying ass I was.

I've got another friend who keeps talking about getting me into a community darkroom up on Cap Hill so I'll see what they've got going on for printing. The monthly cost was quite reasonable.

"Putting out this fire that's actively burning down the building we're currently all trapped in won't actually stop us being trapped in here."

No shit. Still probably a good idea to concentrate on putting the fire out before we start drafting long-term escape plans though.

"If you can't win on a level playing field..." My guy, the other side is tilting the hell out of the playing field already. It's not going to be even close to level until we tilt it back the other way.

Refusing to engage in counter-gerrymandering out of some devotion to purity is like trying to run a showroom stock Mustang in NASCAR out of a devotion to the idea that "stock cars should be stock." No matter how righteous it makes you feel, you're not going to win.

Gods help me, but I will forever be most in love with the early C3 and the late C4 Corvettes.

Resurrecting my creative writing ability by coming up with a new Patreon display name every week to troll podcasters who read out supporter names.

The only decision better than plastering my friend's logo across your chest is subscribing to her podcast Patreon and helping her not starve.

FUCK!

Photo of a black and white Polaroid image showing a member of the Seattle chapter of Dykes on Bikes in the staging area of a rider skills course. The photo is propped up against an old Polaroid Impulse AF camera.

Did a riding skills training today to shake the rust off for the beginning of the season and got a decent shot of a friend.

🎞️ Polaroid 600 B&W (Expired Aug 2025)
📷 Polaroid Impulse AF
🧪 Developed sitting in a saddlebag, in the sun

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #Polaroid #DykesOnBikes

You *would* be the type of American to use the term "garburator."

Cover of Private Eye magazine. "Private Eye" is in large, green capital letters. Under, in white letters on a red background, is the underlined word "Hungary" and the headline "Orban loses historic election." Underneath is a photo of Viktor Orban and J.D. Vance at a rally, with a crowd and Hungarian and US flags in the background. A speech bubble coming from Vance says: "Who says America can't achieve regime change?" At the bottom, on another red rectangle in white letters: "Huge triumph for MAGA." In parentheses: "Surely Magyar? Ed.).

Well done, Private Eye

I'll bet she does crafts like this woman:

I do want something better for touring...

She otter be proud of that photo.

Absolutely wild bike and at the price they have I'd be sorely tempted if I weren't holding out for finding a CX650 Turbo as my holy grail weird bike.

Low angle photo of a Honda NM4 Vultus in the used bike section of my local dealer.

Bike shop has an NM4 Vultus and this thing is peak weird Honda.