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Suburban Recluse
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I’m 53 today. I legit feel old. Winter birthdays suck compared to the lovely May through Oct stretch. I can’t (don’t want to) go out & even attempt to do something fun. And also, see my last post re cabin fever. And I have a beard, which is now mostly white. I’m closer to 80 than I am to college.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Wife & I have been working from home since Mar. 2020. We have no issues seeing each other a lot (which is obv good!), & we can talk about household stuff & plan & walk the dog. But it’s weird when it’s cold AF & our patio has 10” of snow. I’m the Suburban Recluse, but even I get cabin fever.
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I started working at 7:00 and I blinked. It’s now 11:00.

This is how days turn into years so suddenly.
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
When a big snow storm is coming and you go around d the house doing things like dusting and straightening books on shelves and other stuff that has nothing to do with warmth and survival. 😂
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A large percentage of my tweets (or whatever they’re called here) have concerned her. 😂

My life is exciting. Wasting my time complaining about a cleaning lady.
January 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Cleaning lady has canceled again. We have decided we are done.
January 20, 2026 at 5:33 PM
These days a Breaking News pop up on your phone can be anything from

Stranger Things collaborates with Burger King on a new type of onion ring.

to

Trump declares war on France, declaring “We will destroy your weak country swiftly.”

Fun times.
January 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I had a dream that there was a silver coin vending machine which sold coins for a ridiculously cheap price. You put in 4 quarters and get a fat silver coin worth far more than $1.
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
“Suits”… attractive people who are incredibly bright solving complex problems while wearing expensive clothes.

My law practice … old tired guy wearing a Costco hoodie while writing out a check for $1.62 for client medical records.

Practicing law … it’s just like on TV.
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Funny how people with brains perform this type analysis, and employ a common sense approach to what they saw, and people like Noem say “she was a domestic terrorist” and the MAGA cult members say “that’s what she gets!”
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This Providence College - UConn game is nuts.
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Completely unrelated to my cleaning lady rant, I just mis-typed the word “service” as “cervice” and it reminded me of “crevice.” 😂
January 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The dog is running around upstairs. We have told her he doesn’t go upstairs.

Jesus Christ.
January 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Now I have to say to her,
“Hi. Could you move your car? My wife is coming home from the dentist soon. She wants to park in the garage.”

She’ll say, “Oh oh … I .. uh … well I thought…”

No. You didn’t “think.” You never think.
January 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
“We need to have access to our garage doors.” So for a few months she reverts to the correct spot. Today: blocking the garage doors. Imagine being this stupid? This isn’t rocket science. Just don’t park in front of our garage. Ever.
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
For 15 years my cleaning lady has been parking in a spot in the driveway that gives us access to both garage doors. Out of the blue, a few months ago, she just starts parking in front of the garage doors. I told her then that she must park where she has alway parked. I explained why…
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
But because the kids are older now (18 and 20), it was overall more sane than it used to be. My boys got sweatshirts and Uber cards and stuff they’ll use. When they were little my MIL would get them like 8 coloring books and toys they never even used, all of which we donated.
December 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My MIL gave my wife $30, which is just going to get stuffed into my wife’s bag, since we don’t really use cash. My MIL got my a $15 Dunkin card. I don’t even go to Dunkin, so I gave that to my son for the on-campus Dunkin.
December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s just rough having a lot of money and being quite secure and receiving $25 from someone (who’s quite a bit younger) who is struggling and can’t afford to fix her washing machine (brings her clothes to her mother’s house to wash). My wife agrees that we need to end this.
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I don’t have any crazy stories or Scroogish comments about this Christmas. But the adult gift giving remained awkward and unnecessary. My BIL’s sister (my wife’s sister’s husband’s sister) who we don’t really know well or see is literally on the verge of bankruptcy. And she got us a $25 Amazon card.
December 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today’s the day! … the day we learn nothing. We will be in the same place with Epstein tomorrow at 10:00am.

The Epstein stuff won’t be Trump’s downfall. His ineptitude about the economy will be. Raise your hand if you think the country’s jobs and prices will be kicking ass in nine months.
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We need a leak.
December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Is Epstein stuff really getting released tomorrow? Or will it just … not be released? Or will all/some be released but as a mass of blacked out redacted documents?

Serious question.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It goes without saying that he is a stupid, disgusting, insecure asshole, but last night was next level. This fucking child spends his time making plaques criticizing past presidents while the economy is failing, and then goes on TV and tells 340 million people that everything is great. Infuriating.
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Lovely little 🦊 in our back yard this morning
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM