Leigh Ann
@booksandthread.bsky.social
She/her, reader, editor, mother, fabric lover, sewing phenom, occasional traveler, terrible gardener.
Listen to me: if you work in a group, and your coworkers are constantly playing save-the-fucking-day by working unpaid overtime or accommodating outrageously unaccomplishable work requests, your job will never, ever hire the team members the team’s needed for 3+ years to meet the actual workload
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Listen to me: if you work in a group, and your coworkers are constantly playing save-the-fucking-day by working unpaid overtime or accommodating outrageously unaccomplishable work requests, your job will never, ever hire the team members the team’s needed for 3+ years to meet the actual workload
Adding conversations on my Teams favorites this morning feels a little like picking my Mysace Top 8.
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Adding conversations on my Teams favorites this morning feels a little like picking my Mysace Top 8.
Today’s editing comment of the day:
“This is violently red?”
Editor’s note: there was already a red established on the page. The same red the company has used for 10+ years for this sort of thing…
“This is violently red?”
Editor’s note: there was already a red established on the page. The same red the company has used for 10+ years for this sort of thing…
May 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today’s editing comment of the day:
“This is violently red?”
Editor’s note: there was already a red established on the page. The same red the company has used for 10+ years for this sort of thing…
“This is violently red?”
Editor’s note: there was already a red established on the page. The same red the company has used for 10+ years for this sort of thing…
My favorite table setting in MSWord is when the indent feom left is “-0 inches”
🤔
🤔
May 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My favorite table setting in MSWord is when the indent feom left is “-0 inches”
🤔
🤔
I love how the internet’s discourse rn is “I’m not giving up my en dashes just cause AI likes them too much.”
And then they proceed to write pages of improperly used en dashes with their accompanying spaces on either side…
And then they proceed to write pages of improperly used en dashes with their accompanying spaces on either side…
May 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I love how the internet’s discourse rn is “I’m not giving up my en dashes just cause AI likes them too much.”
And then they proceed to write pages of improperly used en dashes with their accompanying spaces on either side…
And then they proceed to write pages of improperly used en dashes with their accompanying spaces on either side…
A tariff is a tax.
In day drag.
Not really full glam, but certainly way more exotic looking than Bill who works at the customs office second shift.
In day drag.
Not really full glam, but certainly way more exotic looking than Bill who works at the customs office second shift.
April 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A tariff is a tax.
In day drag.
Not really full glam, but certainly way more exotic looking than Bill who works at the customs office second shift.
In day drag.
Not really full glam, but certainly way more exotic looking than Bill who works at the customs office second shift.
Mmm the farm-fresh smell of newly laid mulch. A true sign spring has arrived.
March 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Mmm the farm-fresh smell of newly laid mulch. A true sign spring has arrived.
For the record: today, I was asked if I speak any “foreign languages” and I did not:
(1) tell the person that was a terrible, no-good, very-bad, English-entric take,
(2) say “I barely speak English,”
nor did I
(3) say “yes, of course: profanity and sarcasm; and, I was once fluent in toddler”
(1) tell the person that was a terrible, no-good, very-bad, English-entric take,
(2) say “I barely speak English,”
nor did I
(3) say “yes, of course: profanity and sarcasm; and, I was once fluent in toddler”
March 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
For the record: today, I was asked if I speak any “foreign languages” and I did not:
(1) tell the person that was a terrible, no-good, very-bad, English-entric take,
(2) say “I barely speak English,”
nor did I
(3) say “yes, of course: profanity and sarcasm; and, I was once fluent in toddler”
(1) tell the person that was a terrible, no-good, very-bad, English-entric take,
(2) say “I barely speak English,”
nor did I
(3) say “yes, of course: profanity and sarcasm; and, I was once fluent in toddler”
Oldest told me “the meaning of life is 48”
So pray for humanity, or something
So pray for humanity, or something
March 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oldest told me “the meaning of life is 48”
So pray for humanity, or something
So pray for humanity, or something
This morning, at work, I spent more time checking the “simulated phishing scam” email than I did reading all of my legit email.
I deserve stupidity pay for dealing with this shit.
I deserve stupidity pay for dealing with this shit.
March 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This morning, at work, I spent more time checking the “simulated phishing scam” email than I did reading all of my legit email.
I deserve stupidity pay for dealing with this shit.
I deserve stupidity pay for dealing with this shit.
How much is the “f*ck you” magnified if you egg someone’s car/house/… rn? Like “I hate you so much I’m gonna fuck up your day and risk my financial security to do so…” boss moves
March 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
How much is the “f*ck you” magnified if you egg someone’s car/house/… rn? Like “I hate you so much I’m gonna fuck up your day and risk my financial security to do so…” boss moves
A 10 second google search this morning said daytime humidity in the Mojave Desert in 2022 was 10-30 percent.
A second google said hospitals usually keep a 40-60 percent humidity to maximize comfort while minimizing spread if airborne contaminants.
The humidity in my office?
10-11 percent.
A second google said hospitals usually keep a 40-60 percent humidity to maximize comfort while minimizing spread if airborne contaminants.
The humidity in my office?
10-11 percent.
February 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A 10 second google search this morning said daytime humidity in the Mojave Desert in 2022 was 10-30 percent.
A second google said hospitals usually keep a 40-60 percent humidity to maximize comfort while minimizing spread if airborne contaminants.
The humidity in my office?
10-11 percent.
A second google said hospitals usually keep a 40-60 percent humidity to maximize comfort while minimizing spread if airborne contaminants.
The humidity in my office?
10-11 percent.
What were you doing at 9:16 am this morning?
January 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What were you doing at 9:16 am this morning?
Mom, you were born in 1822, right?
January 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Mom, you were born in 1822, right?