Michele Feltman Strider
@michelestrider.bsky.social
I chronicle the adventures of my imaginary friends.
Formerly hotgingermess on the dead bird site.
Formerly hotgingermess on the dead bird site.
This is my yearly reminder that you don't need to do anything new or, god forbid, innovative when preparing a meal you eat once every 365 days
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is my yearly reminder that you don't need to do anything new or, god forbid, innovative when preparing a meal you eat once every 365 days
If there is anyone you haven't seen for a while and are hoping to bump into, they're at the grocery store. Right now. Along with the entirety of the human race.
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If there is anyone you haven't seen for a while and are hoping to bump into, they're at the grocery store. Right now. Along with the entirety of the human race.
The 5 Senses:
1. Humor
2. Guilt
3. Fashion
4. Impending doom
5. Smell
1. Humor
2. Guilt
3. Fashion
4. Impending doom
5. Smell
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The 5 Senses:
1. Humor
2. Guilt
3. Fashion
4. Impending doom
5. Smell
1. Humor
2. Guilt
3. Fashion
4. Impending doom
5. Smell
Chopping block?
No.
Executerie Board
No.
Executerie Board
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Chopping block?
No.
Executerie Board
No.
Executerie Board
This isn't helping refute the Bubba rumor
♥️ This is the romcom we all needed. What should we call it?
Zo Actually
While Don was Sleeping
When Zohran Met Donny
Zo Actually
While Don was Sleeping
When Zohran Met Donny
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn't helping refute the Bubba rumor
Pre-coffee, my broken brain read this as a beat poem.
Living well, I took your name, Kenneth
Fall on me
Drive, man-sized wreath
Ignore land
Living well, I took your name, Kenneth
Fall on me
Drive, man-sized wreath
Ignore land
Setlist from the band’s final show on the Accelerate tour, November 18, 2008, in Mexico City.
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Pre-coffee, my broken brain read this as a beat poem.
Living well, I took your name, Kenneth
Fall on me
Drive, man-sized wreath
Ignore land
Living well, I took your name, Kenneth
Fall on me
Drive, man-sized wreath
Ignore land
No, YOU'RE singing "Bad Bunny" to the tune of the old My Buddy doll commercial
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
No, YOU'RE singing "Bad Bunny" to the tune of the old My Buddy doll commercial
Tennessee Ernie Ford implies Kentucky Bert Chevy
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Tennessee Ernie Ford implies Kentucky Bert Chevy
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Cats don’t need “training” to do this.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Cats don’t need “training” to do this.
Signs my cat is MAGA:
1. Is very well-fed; resents the other cat eating anything.
2. Lives a cushy indoor life; is constantly and angrily obsessed with the stray cats outside.
3. Her rules are sacrosanct; my rules are fascist oppression, oh, poor baby.
4. Smells like canned tuna.
1. Is very well-fed; resents the other cat eating anything.
2. Lives a cushy indoor life; is constantly and angrily obsessed with the stray cats outside.
3. Her rules are sacrosanct; my rules are fascist oppression, oh, poor baby.
4. Smells like canned tuna.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Signs my cat is MAGA:
1. Is very well-fed; resents the other cat eating anything.
2. Lives a cushy indoor life; is constantly and angrily obsessed with the stray cats outside.
3. Her rules are sacrosanct; my rules are fascist oppression, oh, poor baby.
4. Smells like canned tuna.
1. Is very well-fed; resents the other cat eating anything.
2. Lives a cushy indoor life; is constantly and angrily obsessed with the stray cats outside.
3. Her rules are sacrosanct; my rules are fascist oppression, oh, poor baby.
4. Smells like canned tuna.
My proposed Baltimore restaurant group:
Burgers at the Rue Morgue
The Sirloined Letter
Bananabell Lee Sundae Shoppe
Falafel House of Usher
The Cask of Amontillado Wine & More
Burgers at the Rue Morgue
The Sirloined Letter
Bananabell Lee Sundae Shoppe
Falafel House of Usher
The Cask of Amontillado Wine & More
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My proposed Baltimore restaurant group:
Burgers at the Rue Morgue
The Sirloined Letter
Bananabell Lee Sundae Shoppe
Falafel House of Usher
The Cask of Amontillado Wine & More
Burgers at the Rue Morgue
The Sirloined Letter
Bananabell Lee Sundae Shoppe
Falafel House of Usher
The Cask of Amontillado Wine & More
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high salaries and robust public funding for elections
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
high salaries and robust public funding for elections
My very silly book about Southern ladies is on sale for nine dimes and nine pennies! (11/6 - 11/13) Get it while it's cheap, y'all!
#99centbooks #kindlebooksale
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#99centbooks #kindlebooksale
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Homestyle: The Complete Series
Amazon.com: Homestyle: The Complete Series eBook : Feltman Strider, Michele: Kindle Store
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November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My very silly book about Southern ladies is on sale for nine dimes and nine pennies! (11/6 - 11/13) Get it while it's cheap, y'all!
#99centbooks #kindlebooksale
www.amazon.com/Homestyle-Co...
#99centbooks #kindlebooksale
www.amazon.com/Homestyle-Co...
Is a brain necessary for survival? Because I woke up with a Nickelback song in mine
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Is a brain necessary for survival? Because I woke up with a Nickelback song in mine
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He outed a covert CIA agent because her husband wouldn't help him lie about WMDs in Iraq.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
He outed a covert CIA agent because her husband wouldn't help him lie about WMDs in Iraq.
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Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.
Just sitting here and hoping that the famous deaths rule of three gets it right
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Just sitting here and hoping that the famous deaths rule of three gets it right
My dude said "truthed out" like that is a phrase humans use
TAPPER: When can we expect the Trump administration to make SNAP payments?
BESSENT: Well, President Trump just truthed out that he needs to hear from the courts
TAPPER: The courts have weighed in
BESSENT: There's a process that has to be followed
BESSENT: Well, President Trump just truthed out that he needs to hear from the courts
TAPPER: The courts have weighed in
BESSENT: There's a process that has to be followed
November 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My dude said "truthed out" like that is a phrase humans use
Cats do not respect the time change because the time change does not respect cats
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cats do not respect the time change because the time change does not respect cats
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A reminder that I'm hosting writing sessions at 8am CT/7am CT weekdays all November long! The National Novel-Writing Month organization is dead, long live the NaNoWriMo process!
Register via anamariecox.com or directly at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via anamariecox.com or directly at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A reminder that I'm hosting writing sessions at 8am CT/7am CT weekdays all November long! The National Novel-Writing Month organization is dead, long live the NaNoWriMo process!
Register via anamariecox.com or directly at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via anamariecox.com or directly at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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Hey all-new episode of 99pi Breakdown of the Constitution is out! Roman & I talked about Congress, privateers, and more-plus special guest Senator @warren.senate.gov 🎧!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
Constitution Breakdown #3: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · 10/31/2025 · Bonus · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hey all-new episode of 99pi Breakdown of the Constitution is out! Roman & I talked about Congress, privateers, and more-plus special guest Senator @warren.senate.gov 🎧!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...
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I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
If HGTV had given this monster a show, we might still have a democracy
The guy who tore down half the White House and keeps plastering tacky gold shit everywhere is suddenly concerned with the building’s aesthetic traditions.
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If HGTV had given this monster a show, we might still have a democracy
New safety tip just dropped, y'all
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New safety tip just dropped, y'all