Jennifer Robertson
@jennrobertson.bsky.social
Jennspiller in a former life. Writer, Mom, lover of Broadway, genre fiction, and collie dogs. UVA grad and basketball fan. Liberal trying to figure out how to make a difference. She/her
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This is my first post of this type. If you knew me on Twitter, I was jennspiller. Got divorced, back to my maiden name.
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
Heels are the devil. But I find them so pretty! So I’m living with the consequences of my life choices.
December 20, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Heels are the devil. But I find them so pretty! So I’m living with the consequences of my life choices.
At my son’s high school choir concert. It features every elementary & middle school choir in the pyramid, plus 4 more hs choirs. I try to remember these are precious moments. But, it’s a really really really long concert. And there weren’t enough seats, so I’m standing. #motherhood #notfortheweak
December 20, 2024 at 12:34 AM
At my son’s high school choir concert. It features every elementary & middle school choir in the pyramid, plus 4 more hs choirs. I try to remember these are precious moments. But, it’s a really really really long concert. And there weren’t enough seats, so I’m standing. #motherhood #notfortheweak
Zomg! I just got to the end of the wedding episode of the boat show! Holy hen!
#DoctorOdyssey Did not see that coming!
#DoctorOdyssey Did not see that coming!
November 21, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Zomg! I just got to the end of the wedding episode of the boat show! Holy hen!
#DoctorOdyssey Did not see that coming!
#DoctorOdyssey Did not see that coming!
Gentle reminder. Ahem.
[BATMAN VOICE (Kevin Conroy)]
Fry your turkey outdoors, Harvey! Outside and away from your home or other flammable materials. Never use your turkey fryer in an enclosed area like the garage or on the porch!
Fry your turkey outdoors, Harvey! Outside and away from your home or other flammable materials. Never use your turkey fryer in an enclosed area like the garage or on the porch!
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Gentle reminder. Ahem.
When I was a new SAHM, I ran into this at my first Moms meeting. Someone at the library story time had invited me and I was super lonely. We had moved when the baby was nine months. I made it up to the point when the speaker said she felt closer to God when folding her husband’s underwear.
These high childcare costs are pushing mothers not only out of the workforce but also--and maybe ironically--into political conservatism. Because moms pushed out of paid work often struggle with loss of identity. And because conservative Christian moms' groups often step in to fill that void. 1/🧵
Cost of child care for one child can be more than rent in some US counties blog.dol.gov/2024/11/19/n...
November 19, 2024 at 8:57 PM
When I was a new SAHM, I ran into this at my first Moms meeting. Someone at the library story time had invited me and I was super lonely. We had moved when the baby was nine months. I made it up to the point when the speaker said she felt closer to God when folding her husband’s underwear.
This is my first post of this type. If you knew me on Twitter, I was jennspiller. Got divorced, back to my maiden name.
November 19, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is my first post of this type. If you knew me on Twitter, I was jennspiller. Got divorced, back to my maiden name.
Ok, my instinctual answer is the first one, but I have no good reason. I believe there is an actual grammar rule that covers such things, but I don’t remember what it is. Do you follow @bcdreyer.social ? He has posted about this sort of thing before.
November 19, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Ok, my instinctual answer is the first one, but I have no good reason. I believe there is an actual grammar rule that covers such things, but I don’t remember what it is. Do you follow @bcdreyer.social ? He has posted about this sort of thing before.
Is $100 actually *cheap* for a sneaker? The latest Sketchers commercial has me wondering. Am I out of touch? That seems expensive to me. (I have shoes that cost more than that, but I’d never say they were cheap. And I don’t have that many, just my workhorse shoes).
November 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Is $100 actually *cheap* for a sneaker? The latest Sketchers commercial has me wondering. Am I out of touch? That seems expensive to me. (I have shoes that cost more than that, but I’d never say they were cheap. And I don’t have that many, just my workhorse shoes).
Fascinating article about the neuroscience of reward behavior in rats and their joy. Joy keeps coming up as a topic a lot lately. I love learning about the ways I can increase it in my life.
Rats!! Start your engines!! www.yahoo.com/news/neurosc...
Neuroscientists taught rats to drive tiny cars. They took them out on 'joy rides.'
Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and the rewarding destination.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Fascinating article about the neuroscience of reward behavior in rats and their joy. Joy keeps coming up as a topic a lot lately. I love learning about the ways I can increase it in my life.
I have noticed some themes in my posts. So, I post about content I consume, my dogs, and encounters with wildlife.
November 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM
I have noticed some themes in my posts. So, I post about content I consume, my dogs, and encounters with wildlife.
Good morning from the DMV! It’s a crazy Monday, as always. The fox visited again last night, so this morning’s collie adventure was sniffing every blade of grass in the yard. Anyone else plagued by foxes? (I think they’re freaking adorable but they do taunt the dogs.
November 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Good morning from the DMV! It’s a crazy Monday, as always. The fox visited again last night, so this morning’s collie adventure was sniffing every blade of grass in the yard. Anyone else plagued by foxes? (I think they’re freaking adorable but they do taunt the dogs.
Ok. So I’m watching this boat show. Am I getting Clooney vibes? #DoctorOddyssey
November 17, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Ok. So I’m watching this boat show. Am I getting Clooney vibes? #DoctorOddyssey
Just started this last night and it is so good. Highly recommend.
"Aldis Hodge steps up and elevates every scene with what's easily the best on-screen version of Alex Cross to date."
James Patterson's much-loved detective #Cross gets a new series adaptation, streaming on Prime Video now.
Read the Empire review: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/c...
James Patterson's much-loved detective #Cross gets a new series adaptation, streaming on Prime Video now.
Read the Empire review: www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/c...
Cross: Season 1
James Patterson's Detective Alex Cross gets a new series adaptation at Prime Video. Read Empire's review.
www.empireonline.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Just started this last night and it is so good. Highly recommend.
Bookish checkpoint:
Last book I read. The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long
Current Read: The Duke is Mine by Eloisa James
Last book added to tbr: My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
Next anticipated read: Southern Man by Greg Iles
Last book I read. The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long
Current Read: The Duke is Mine by Eloisa James
Last book added to tbr: My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
Next anticipated read: Southern Man by Greg Iles
Bookish checkpoint:
✧ last book you read: The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville
✧ your current read: Moon of the Turning Leaves by @waub.bsky.social
✧ last book added to tbr: The Takedown by Lily Chu
✧ next anticipated read: The Moonlit Maze by @zdmarriott.bsky.social
#booksky
✧ last book you read: The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville
✧ your current read: Moon of the Turning Leaves by @waub.bsky.social
✧ last book added to tbr: The Takedown by Lily Chu
✧ next anticipated read: The Moonlit Maze by @zdmarriott.bsky.social
#booksky
Bookish checkpoint:
✧ last book you read: The Deorhord by @hanavideen.bsky.social
✧ your current read: Root Rot by Saskia Nislow
✧ last book added to tbr: They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social
✧ next anticipated read: Hunt for the Golden Scarab by @mglnrd.bsky.social
#booksky 💙📚
✧ last book you read: The Deorhord by @hanavideen.bsky.social
✧ your current read: Root Rot by Saskia Nislow
✧ last book added to tbr: They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social
✧ next anticipated read: Hunt for the Golden Scarab by @mglnrd.bsky.social
#booksky 💙📚
November 17, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Bookish checkpoint:
Last book I read. The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long
Current Read: The Duke is Mine by Eloisa James
Last book added to tbr: My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
Next anticipated read: Southern Man by Greg Iles
Last book I read. The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long
Current Read: The Duke is Mine by Eloisa James
Last book added to tbr: My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
Next anticipated read: Southern Man by Greg Iles
The persimmon tree in my back yard. No persimmons this year, but last year there were buckets and buckets of them
November 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
The persimmon tree in my back yard. No persimmons this year, but last year there were buckets and buckets of them
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Shakespeare for the 21st century...
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
November 17, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Shakespeare for the 21st century...
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”
got up to get some water at 5am, and there was a large buck on our front lawn. Some canines also discovered it out the window and now I am awake. At 5. On a Sunday.
November 17, 2024 at 10:38 AM
got up to get some water at 5am, and there was a large buck on our front lawn. Some canines also discovered it out the window and now I am awake. At 5. On a Sunday.
Folks, I’m breaking up with quinoa. The repercussions, and I do mean percussions, repeatedly, are too much to bear. I do t know how some of you do it. Steel colons?
November 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Folks, I’m breaking up with quinoa. The repercussions, and I do mean percussions, repeatedly, are too much to bear. I do t know how some of you do it. Steel colons?
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So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me.
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
November 16, 2024 at 12:49 AM
So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me.
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
“Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5
Run, do not walk, to your Kindle, folks. I’m a huge historical romance reader and this series is gold.
...and the first six books are currently in KU, in case that helps anyone who feels like diving in. :)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0868D5ZH...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0868D5ZH...
The Palace of Rogues
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November 15, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Run, do not walk, to your Kindle, folks. I’m a huge historical romance reader and this series is gold.
So far, my biggest takeaway from this site today is that I need to watch this boat show.
November 15, 2024 at 11:44 PM
So far, my biggest takeaway from this site today is that I need to watch this boat show.
I’m in my happy place, watching #UVABASKETBALL. Where my other Hoos at?
November 15, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I’m in my happy place, watching #UVABASKETBALL. Where my other Hoos at?