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Bike Crash
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Just trying to get by from one day to the next. he/him.
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How it started How it's going
18 months of diet & exercise
290 lbs => 210 lbs
My large, round belly with an outtie belly button a year and a half ago. My soft round belly & upper body from a year and a half ago My much less round & soft belly & upper body today. There's even a hint of abs! Getting to where I want to be. My leaner & more toned belly & upper body today. I also got a sea turtle tattoo on my left arm.
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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My current TBR list. I like the range.
Three books on a coffee table, with a sticker saying "Read Terry Pratchett" above them. The books are The Double Tax by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, Katabasis by Rebecca Kuang, and Enahittification by Cory Doctorow.
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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One of my favorite things about working from home is being able to cook stuff that is time consuming but not labor intensive. Yesterday was a big pot of chickpeas. Today it's roast chicken & veggies.
A roasted, trussed chicken on a bed of potatoes, onions, carrots, & garlic in a cast iron pan.
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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The final version:
The front 2/3 of my new sea turtle tattoo. He's grumpy. The back 2/3 of my new sea turtle tattoo.
September 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Thanks, Shine. She does really intricate work & I'm super happy with how it turned out.
New tattoo of a sea turtle.
September 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Grumpy sea turtle tattoo in progress! I'm loving the work the tattoo artist is doing.
A tattoo of a grumpy sea turtle, about 1/3 finished, on an upper left arm.
September 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Princess Wanda
A gray kitty lounging on a pillow on the couch, looking regal.
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Got my first tattoo today. The Guarding Dark from Thud!
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Wooohooo!!! First tattoo, love how it turned out.
A tattoo of a circle with 5 bars across it on the inside of a wrist. Based on the Guarding Dark from Terry Pratchett's Thud! A different view of a tattoo of a circle with 5 bars across it on the inside of a wrist. Based on the Guarding Dark from Terry Pratchett's Thud!
August 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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This is 50!
August 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Today is my 50th birthday. Feeling better about life than I have in years, mental health is good, physical health is really good. Friends are taking me out to dinner & I'm getting this tattoo on my wrist this afternoon:
On the left, a circle with 5 crooked bars across it. On the right, the same design repeated with more detail on the bars.
August 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Saying goodbye to Wanda for a few days as I head out of town.
A gray kitty tilting her head back as she gets skritches.
August 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Breakfast, fuck yeah!
A plate with a mix of roasted potatoes, onions, garlic, poblanos, and chicken thigh, topped with a fried egg & finished with cotija cheese & Cholula hot sauce.
August 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Dessert: Smitten Kitchen's salted caramel peach crisp w/vanilla ice cream & more caramel sauce.
A bowl of salted caramel peach crips topped w/vanilla ice cream and salted caramel sauce.
July 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Had 7 people over for dinner, super happy with how the meal turned out. Mostly forgot to take pics. Apps: Elote, Darth's cronchy potatoes w/blue cheese dressing & homemade Calabrian chili hot sauce, baked stuffed squash blossoms with tomato sauce.
A table covered w/a red tablecloth, with plates of cronchy smashed potatoes, elote, and stuffed/baked squash blossoms w/tomato sauce & bowls of blue cheese dressing & homemade Calabrian chili hot sauce.
July 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Tasty light dinner: roast chicken leg quarter with the skin peeled off, garlic green beans, roast fairy eggplants with basil sauce.
A plate with a chicken leg quarter, a small pile of green beans, and roasted little eggplants split lengthwise & topped with basil sauce.
July 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Bedtime cuddles with Wanda.
A gray cat lounging at the foot of a bed, leaning back against my leg & looking at the camera.
July 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Saturday afternoon roast chicken & veggies. Turned out very well.
A whole roast chicken on a cutting board next to a cast iron skillet holding leeks, carrots, potatoes, & garlic. Mixed roast veggies & a sliced chicken breast with a pan sauce on a plate.
July 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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This was freaking delicious. Pork tenderloin marinated in honey, garlic, mint, basil, olive oil, lemon juice, & Calabrian chilis the topped with extra marinade over charred corn/leeks with garlic, basil, heirloom tomato.
A plate with a bed of corn, leeks, tomato, garlic, & basil topped with pork tenderloin & a sauce of mint, basil, honey, garlic, lemon juice, & Calabrian chilis.
June 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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One year later, 50+ lbs lighter. I turn 50 in two months. Target is to lose another 30 lbs & get under 200 lbs.
A shirtless male torso & arm. A shirtless male torso and arm.
June 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Last night's dinner. Spicy honey garlic basil shrimp & mushrooms + garlic asparagus. This was outstanding.
A plate 2/3 covered with spicy honey garlic vinegar maitake mushrooms & shrimp finished with basil & 1/3 covered by asparagus sautéed with garlic.
June 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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She's had enough with the pictures.
A gray cat hiding her face behind her paw because I've been taking pictures.
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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My back would break if I tried this.
A gray cat contorted and upside down on a blanket while fast asleep.
June 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Treated myself yesterday. Been doing really well with diet & exercise and my farmers market had morels so I went all out. Morels in cream sauce over a ribeye + asparagus. Steak came out just a touch past medium rare & ridiculously tasty.
A 16oz ribeye steak smothered with morel mushrooms in cream sauce, next to a bunch of sauteed asparagus.
June 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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I am unreasonably excited about the roast chicken & veggies I'll be making for dinner later.
A salted & peppered whole chicken on a wire rack, next to a cutting board with leeks, carrots, potatoes, garlic, and a lemon.
May 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM