Bev Brandt
@bevbrandt.bsky.social
Parent, educator, artist, gardener, and maker. Restoring St. Louis buildings one window at a time.
The replacement window industry is lying to you about everything: energy efficiency, sustainability, lifespan, repair and maintenance needs - all of it. They’re preying on your fear of “high energy bills” and even to a lesser extent, lead based paint
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The replacement window industry is lying to you about everything: energy efficiency, sustainability, lifespan, repair and maintenance needs - all of it. They’re preying on your fear of “high energy bills” and even to a lesser extent, lead based paint
Aster season begins.
September 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Aster season begins.
New work truck just dropped.
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New work truck just dropped.
So I don’t think I posted it on here but a couple of weeks ago we rescued this tiny kitten from under a pile of plywood at our shop. His confidence has improved. This is a dog toy that he’s into because otherwise he does this to my arm. 😆
September 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So I don’t think I posted it on here but a couple of weeks ago we rescued this tiny kitten from under a pile of plywood at our shop. His confidence has improved. This is a dog toy that he’s into because otherwise he does this to my arm. 😆
I was raised with his ideas on parenting always in the background. Time to dance!
August 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I was raised with his ideas on parenting always in the background. Time to dance!
Please enjoy this glamour pic of my daughter’s gecko, Toad.
July 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Please enjoy this glamour pic of my daughter’s gecko, Toad.
You know, just name your parent company Morgoth and be done with it.
Peter Thiel is founding yet another company named after something from Middle Earth.
This time it’s a bank named Erebor, a reference to the mountain which holds Smaug’s piles of gold and treasure.
This time it’s a bank named Erebor, a reference to the mountain which holds Smaug’s piles of gold and treasure.
Peter Thiel joins tech billionaires backing new lender Erebor to rival Silicon Valley Bank
Start-up named after the dragon’s mountain in ‘Lord of the Rings’
www.ft.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
You know, just name your parent company Morgoth and be done with it.
Everyone keeps saying “rabbit, rabbit” for good luck and yeah here ya go.
July 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Everyone keeps saying “rabbit, rabbit” for good luck and yeah here ya go.
This reminds me of the “Old Man” at a company where I was in a computer support position. The guy would get a phone call, someone would leave their email address in a voicemail, and he’d complain to me that he couldn’t just email them back without typing in their email address. Or something. 😂
June 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This reminds me of the “Old Man” at a company where I was in a computer support position. The guy would get a phone call, someone would leave their email address in a voicemail, and he’d complain to me that he couldn’t just email them back without typing in their email address. Or something. 😂
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St. Louis was a brick 'epicenter.' Can it keep its bricks after the tornado? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/16/s...
St. Louis was a brick ‘epicenter.’ Can it keep its bricks after the tornado?
St. Louis’ strong brick heritage stretches back well over a century
www.chicagotribune.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
St. Louis was a brick 'epicenter.' Can it keep its bricks after the tornado? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/16/s...
@torcho.bsky.social , I know we like to trash the postal service, but I just saw a package with UPS (*not* USPS) go to Kansas City and be “out for delivery.” Well, then it headed back to St. Louis because: Oopsie! Kind of wondering if it’ll toodle around Columbia or Jeff City on its way here.
June 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@torcho.bsky.social , I know we like to trash the postal service, but I just saw a package with UPS (*not* USPS) go to Kansas City and be “out for delivery.” Well, then it headed back to St. Louis because: Oopsie! Kind of wondering if it’ll toodle around Columbia or Jeff City on its way here.
My son, having lived in Louisiana for a few years: “FEMA guy said what now?”
living in new orleans for hurricane season and the FEMA director doesn’t know what hurricane season is
June 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
My son, having lived in Louisiana for a few years: “FEMA guy said what now?”
I have almost no reach, but maybe others can help spread the word.
In the meantime, the Mound City Bar Association (and friends) put this two pager together.
May 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I have almost no reach, but maybe others can help spread the word.
University City fire department is a tornado relief donation center.
May 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
University City fire department is a tornado relief donation center.
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
May 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Back when I taught high school, I had a “translator” in most classes who would guide me on what the kids were saying and what it meant. CBS could use some of that…guidance. 😳
CBS on the cardinals: "One thing we know they're not doing is checking Instagram because their devices have all been confiscated. I believe the kids call it rawdogging."
May 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Back when I taught high school, I had a “translator” in most classes who would guide me on what the kids were saying and what it meant. CBS could use some of that…guidance. 😳
Me, over on another thread, complaining about people who practice demolition by neglect, raising my BP. Here’s my little building we saved from a similar fate. Lowering my BP…
May 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Me, over on another thread, complaining about people who practice demolition by neglect, raising my BP. Here’s my little building we saved from a similar fate. Lowering my BP…
We made our first tariff panic buy. The gloves are made in China and the cartridges for our respirators are made in Mexico. (It occurs to me that I don’t know where the respirators themselves are made.) Anyway. Not toys, but okay.
April 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We made our first tariff panic buy. The gloves are made in China and the cartridges for our respirators are made in Mexico. (It occurs to me that I don’t know where the respirators themselves are made.) Anyway. Not toys, but okay.
I remember once on Xitter (and other social media) I got in Big Trouble with a rehabber for posting derisively about their black-painted crap. Including, in that case, glazed brick. Here’s a whole article about this kind of crap. www.stlmag.com/news/red-doo...
April 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I remember once on Xitter (and other social media) I got in Big Trouble with a rehabber for posting derisively about their black-painted crap. Including, in that case, glazed brick. Here’s a whole article about this kind of crap. www.stlmag.com/news/red-doo...
No one. Not one person. Not anyone who considers themselves from St. Louis. No one says “Saint Louie.”
What’s one thing you wish writers (fic or otherwise) knew about your geographical area?
Here’s one of mine: we don’t say “I-10.” It’s the 10, the 101, the 405.
Here’s one of mine: we don’t say “I-10.” It’s the 10, the 101, the 405.
ok you've heard of britpicking, but may i propose: yinzpicking
looking @ you pitt fandom
looking @ you pitt fandom
April 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
No one. Not one person. Not anyone who considers themselves from St. Louis. No one says “Saint Louie.”
My hometown. Huh. I’m impressed.
ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.
April 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
My hometown. Huh. I’m impressed.