The chickadee outside my window this morning: “ITS SPRING!”

ok, I agree, that’s great, but it will also be spring two hours from now when it’s not FIVE THIRTY AM.

PARK RANGER: to be a guide you need to be able to name all the animals

ME: no problem

[later with a tour group]

ME: that’s Greg, & that's Sydney…

We only rate dogs. This is clearly a state-of-the-art home security system. Not sure how you got those confused. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10

if you buy used books and want to avoid amazon where possible, check out bookfinder.com

you can search essentially every marketplace in one go

so you can, e.g., find the same used copy for sale, from the same seller, on biblio.com or ebay instead of amazon or abe (owned by amazon)

I think it's important to remember, with everything extremely fucked up and dumb right now, that at the root of it, fuck fuck fucking fucking fuck.

We've been saving this little pup for when we thought you all might really need a gold star. And, given the current circumstances, here she is. 13/10

Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.

No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.

Hate has no home here.