mimi smartypants
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she/her. Chicago. an okay person.
she/her. Chicago. an okay person.
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Zoom transcript heard "methodological" as "mythological" and wow that's a lot better. completely different and completely better
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Zoom transcript heard "methodological" as "mythological" and wow that's a lot better. completely different and completely better
why is this so hilarious to me. FROM SPACE!
A former Air Force intelligence officer pleaded guilty last week to lying to law enforcement when she falsely accused her estranged wife — who is an astronaut — of illegally accessing her bank account from space.
Wife of Astronaut Pleads Guilty to Falsely Alleging Crime in Space
Summer Worden admitted lying to federal agents when she accused her spouse, the astronaut Anne McClain, of illegally accessing her bank account from space.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
why is this so hilarious to me. FROM SPACE!
Really appreciate this runtime/content warning on an event at my local movie theater: (90 mins - contains nudity, language, clowns)
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Really appreciate this runtime/content warning on an event at my local movie theater: (90 mins - contains nudity, language, clowns)
every week or so there is a new thing that makes me say, "I wish David Foster Wallace could react to this"
BREAKING: We’re getting six (!) edible mascots at this year’s @poptartsbowl.com!
- six edible mascots, three on Team Sprinkles and three on Team Swirls
- fans get to vote on which mascot team to sacrifice to Mouth Heaven at game’s end, the biggest edible mascot sacrifice EVER
- six edible mascots, three on Team Sprinkles and three on Team Swirls
- fans get to vote on which mascot team to sacrifice to Mouth Heaven at game’s end, the biggest edible mascot sacrifice EVER
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
every week or so there is a new thing that makes me say, "I wish David Foster Wallace could react to this"
I absolutely love the difference in color and size between the female black widow spider and the male. An ordinary nondescript dude with a big-titty goth girlfriend, good for him
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I absolutely love the difference in color and size between the female black widow spider and the male. An ordinary nondescript dude with a big-titty goth girlfriend, good for him
It's raining, I'm tired, I skipped the gym. Tomorrow is another day. Before anyone asks, I do indeed realize that the gym is indoors
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's raining, I'm tired, I skipped the gym. Tomorrow is another day. Before anyone asks, I do indeed realize that the gym is indoors
First workday song: youtu.be/xJMSsHuQc5c?...
White Mystery - "Cerebellum" - Sessions from Studio A
YouTube video by WNIJ
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November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
First workday song: youtu.be/xJMSsHuQc5c?...
I read "Bright Lights, Big City" as a high school freshman and was immediately like, "This is how I want to live, this is what I want to read." I have matured literarily and I'm not a degenerate cokehead (anymore) but I wanted to collect them all. talkingcovers.com/2012/09/12/v...
VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES
Editor Gary Fisketjon launched Vintage Contemporaries, a paperback imprint of Random House, in September 1984. There were seven initial titles. By decade’s end, there would be close to 100. T…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I read "Bright Lights, Big City" as a high school freshman and was immediately like, "This is how I want to live, this is what I want to read." I have matured literarily and I'm not a degenerate cokehead (anymore) but I wanted to collect them all. talkingcovers.com/2012/09/12/v...
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This is a catastrophic sentence. If I wrote this sentence, I would take a vow of silence for the rest of my life. If I even praised a writer who wrote this sentence, I would understand that it was time for me to retire from the world of writing forever.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is a catastrophic sentence. If I wrote this sentence, I would take a vow of silence for the rest of my life. If I even praised a writer who wrote this sentence, I would understand that it was time for me to retire from the world of writing forever.
Has anyone else noticed "welcome in" replacing "welcome" (customer service and whatnot)?
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Has anyone else noticed "welcome in" replacing "welcome" (customer service and whatnot)?
To quote the great Tammy Larsen, "Anything that's not a dog is a cat to me."
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
To quote the great Tammy Larsen, "Anything that's not a dog is a cat to me."
Both cats ejected from the bedroom at 2:55 am for unsleepmanlike conduct
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Both cats ejected from the bedroom at 2:55 am for unsleepmanlike conduct
Possibly the most navel-gazing I have ever done! Unless you consider the whole "keeping a personal blog online" as one thing, in which case that wins by default. mimismartypants.com/2025/11/14/b...
mimi smartypants - big day coming, about a mile away
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November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Possibly the most navel-gazing I have ever done! Unless you consider the whole "keeping a personal blog online" as one thing, in which case that wins by default. mimismartypants.com/2025/11/14/b...
There is lipstick and a dress (going out to dinner), but I am not particularly gothed out; however, apparently it was enough for the lounging gentleman at the El stop to yell HEEEYYYY SPOOKY BAT GIRL
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There is lipstick and a dress (going out to dinner), but I am not particularly gothed out; however, apparently it was enough for the lounging gentleman at the El stop to yell HEEEYYYY SPOOKY BAT GIRL
First workday song: youtu.be/kDN7g6YS-uQ?...
Future Nobodies - Over It (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Vincent Valentine
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November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
First workday song: youtu.be/kDN7g6YS-uQ?...
Another word I did not know until today!
Definition of SEMANTEME
a word (as the noun dog, the verb run, the adjective new, the concrete adverb fast) or a base (as Latin can- in canis 'dog', curr- in currere 'to run', nov- in novus 'new') that expresses a definite i...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Another word I did not know until today!
I just voluntarily reduced the amount of cheese in a recipe and feel like a traitor to my tribe (Midwesterners)
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I just voluntarily reduced the amount of cheese in a recipe and feel like a traitor to my tribe (Midwesterners)
First workday song: youtu.be/jp0orpZccVQ?...
Bud Powell - Celia
YouTube video by Okmusix
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
First workday song: youtu.be/jp0orpZccVQ?...
Never ever ever have I been lucky enough to learn of a flight delay before arriving at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Never ever ever have I been lucky enough to learn of a flight delay before arriving at the airport.
BEARS! (football)
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
BEARS! (football)
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we gotta stop with the tiny microphones. get a full size mic like an ADULT. you look like you’re at tea with a mouse
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
we gotta stop with the tiny microphones. get a full size mic like an ADULT. you look like you’re at tea with a mouse
I'm on vacation in the forested mountains. Chicago is a wonderful place but a major strike against it is we don't have hiking.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I'm on vacation in the forested mountains. Chicago is a wonderful place but a major strike against it is we don't have hiking.
Christmas should extend into January (when we really need it), not start in November. Don't change my mind
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Christmas should extend into January (when we really need it), not start in November. Don't change my mind
the delusional travel paranoia where you not only have to check that you have your passport but open it to check that is indeed you
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
the delusional travel paranoia where you not only have to check that you have your passport but open it to check that is indeed you
First workday song youtu.be/0gWORi0FuBE?...
The Telescopes - Celeste
YouTube video by content generator
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November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
First workday song youtu.be/0gWORi0FuBE?...