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Nancy
@bristlesage.bsky.social
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Planner; trier; the fifth- to tenth-favorite person of lots of people. Found reading during work hours. cis bi she/her
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Good morning! I like to vote on the day (and I'm lucky to live in a place where that isn't difficult), so I got up early and did just that!
Me, a middle-aged white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, looking as tired as we all feel, holding my I VOTED! sticker and kind of smiling in front of my polling place (a large brick building with some crenellated bits).
November 5, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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Neighbors doing simple, effective work here.
A two-story house that is white in the daytime but has been washed with red floodlights for Halloween.
November 1, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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Seeing at least one movie! (The Wild Robot) I suspect the puzzles might call me home after this.
Movie theater screen playing some video involving robots, my legs in grey jeans and my feet in Stan Smiths, a metal mixing bowl of popcorn, a plastic tumbler of Dr. Pepper.
October 19, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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Got some new puzzles!
A 1000-piece Ravensburger of Daigo-ji garden in Kyoto, and a 1,500-piece Ravensburger of various Eames-designed objects.
October 19, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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It's a beautiful day in Chicago, and I'm happy to be part of it.
Brunch! There are three beverages, as required at my brunches - a bloody mary with a mozzarella-soppresata-olive skewer, black coffee, and water. There is also my plate of food, which is an eggs Benedict with pesto and crispy prosciutto and hashbrown casserole.
October 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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An unexpected perfect moment at 11:45 on a Wednesday morning - turning into my street just as "Do You Realize?" came on the radio.
October 9, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Also older than you'd (I'd) think: puke.
An entry from Merriam-Webster saying that puke has been known in use since 1601 as a verb and 1705 as a noun.
October 3, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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We call this one Urbs in Horto.
The Chicago skyline, as pictured from near Montrose Harbor, bracketed by tree and with a green expanse of grass seeming to roll right into the building in the far distance. The sky is faultless.
October 2, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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(Alt text continues/ends here) What a garbage letter.
The A's are part of the fabric of Oakland, the East Bay, and the entire Bay Area. When Lew Wolff and I bought the team in 2005, our dream was to win world championships and build a new ballpark in Oakland. Over the next 18 years, we did our very best to make that happen. We proposed and pursued five different locations in the Bay Area. And despite mutual and ongoing efforts to get a deal done for the Howard Terminal project, we came up short. Only in 2021, after 16 years of working exclusively on developing a home in the Bay Area and faced with a binding MLB agreement to find a new home by 2024, did we begin to explore taking the team to Las Vegas. There are millions of dedicated and passionate A's fans, in Oakland and around the world. Countless dedicated staff members and Oakland Coliseum employees have poured their hearts into this team, and their efforts have meant so much to our community. I know there is great disappointment, even bitterness. Though I wish I could speak to each one of you individually, I can tell you this from the heart: we tried. Staying in Oakland was our goal, it was our mission, and we failed to achieve it. And for that I am genuinely sorry. Looking ahead, I hope you will join our beloved A's as we move forward on this amazing journey. I hope I will see you again sporting the Green and Gold. And I hope we will make you proud. John Fisher
September 23, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Oh, John Fisher, you asshole. Oakland and Las Vegas both deserve better. Plus I hear they might be taking the elephant off the A's uniforms, add another hiss to the chorus.
To our Oakland Athletics Fans: This upcoming series with the Texas Rangers will be the final games of the A's storied 57 years in Oakland. And while the A's previously played in Philadelphia and Kansas City, Oakland has been home for the greatest era in the franchise's more than 123-year history. Four World Series Championships. Six pennants and 17 division titles. Seven Baseball Hall of Famers. Charlie Finley and his mule. Billy Ball. Reggie and his incomparable swagger. Rollie and his handlebar mustache. Dave Stewart and the stare. Bill King's "Holy Toledo." Rickey, the greatest leadoff hitter in baseball history. The list goes on and on. Triumphs, near misses, the 1989 Loma Preita earthquake in Game 3 of the Bay Bridge Series, the 20-game win streak, a Hollywood movie, and an unmatched cast of players, coaches, and fans. We've had it all. And that, I know, is what makes our departure so very hard.
September 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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Ah, but Roku, we play by Bronner Rules: ALL-ONE.
An email subject line from Roku reading, "Why Stop at One? Roku for All TVs!"
September 18, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Fun!
Laurmont Manor, handwritten again but with the L and M joined up vertically
September 18, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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Sometimes, one reads a word/phrase and then says it out loud because they know it will be fun to say. Sometimes, one reads a word/phrase and then writes it because they know it will be fun to write. I was correct! (There are several other versions of this phrase on this paper, due to the fun.)
Simple cursive, black ink on white paper, reading "Lairmont Manor".
September 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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Shades of
Post from @podkatt.bsky.social that reads "This shirtless kid has been going all game long, powered by nothing more than cotton candy sugar and Texas Hatin'", with a screenshot of a Texas player at bat in the College World Series while just over his right shoulder the aforementioned shirtless kid is throwing double Horns Down.
September 7, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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I loved all the Olympians + Sesame Street stuff!

Cookie monster, that isn't a cookie!
Katie Ledecky, a white woman in her mid-20s with light brown/dark blonde hair, is wearing her medals from the Paris Olympics. Cookie Monster is biting one like he means to eat it, while Elmo runs in from the other side of the shot to stop him. Ledecky's face is a very muppety YIKES kind of face, with raised eyebrows and a grimace.
August 22, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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I didn't have a good way to get one home, so I ordered one once I got here! It's me! And a Phryge!
Me, a middle-aged white woman with brown hair, from the neck up. I am holding a Phryge stuffie. The Phryge is vaguely triangular. They are red with blue eyes and bleu blanc et rouge tennis shoes. They have a Paris 2024 badge on their stomach (assuming an anthropomorphic cap has a stomach).
August 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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Got all spiffed up to attend an Irish horse race today.
It's me, a middle-aged white woman with wavy dark brown hair. I am wearing a blue and aqua wrap, cobalt blue big hoop earrings, a headband with deep aqua feathers sticking up, and a friendly closed mouth smile on my bright pink lips.
August 1, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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I just think advertisements for gatherings of local artesians could go harder.
Uncle Sam points at you and asks, "Are YOU going to Scarborough Fair?" (Except the YOU isn't actually in capitals with the rest in lowercase, like I wanted, but I relied in a meme generator, because I'm very lazy and way too lazy to edit this.)
July 31, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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Dancing at handball halftime, even!
Mascot Phryge on the center circle of a handball court, jumping up to the beat of a song. (They don't get much air.)
July 30, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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I love the Phryges, and they're everywhere, thankfully.
A mascot Phryge, greeting crowds at the handball venue. A close-up of the face of a Phryge on an icon at the concession stand that says Veggie is tasty, bon appétit!, explaining the stand has vegetarian items. The Phryge looks like they're licking their lips due to the tastiness. A Phryge finally competing in an Olympic event where I wouldn't look like a total fool: they're eating chips (as pictured on the back of a bag of chips) and have crumbs on their face.
July 30, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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We got to see some of the Argentina players meet their parents after the match. Did I cry? It was close!
An Argentinian field hockey player taking pictures of the parents greeting her from the stands. Argentinian player Alonso holding an Argentinian flag that's been adorned with images of her playing, the Olympic rings, and "Paris 2024".
July 29, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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Very silly, but I had these shirts made for #JulyCheatAndSteal this year. (The people listed are some of the actors who've turned up the most.)
Me on the left, facing the camera. I'm wearing a black shirt with white lettering that reads Gould& Ventura& Cannon& Redford. My husband is to the right of frame, facing away from the camera, the back of his black shirt reads in white lettering "July, Cheat, and Steal 2024"
July 20, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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First tomato salad of the season!
Red tomatoes, yellow tomatoes, stripey red and yellow tomatoes all piled in a bowl with chopped basil and cubed fresh mozzarella
July 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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When the Pilates teacher says,"Let's do some fun variations today!"
Me, a middle-aged white woman in a pink sleeveless workout shirt. My face is making side-eye while I'm violently exhaling, a pretty classic expression of, "Oh no."
July 11, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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#JulyCheatandSteal started tonight with The Last of Shelia and Glass Onion, and I was thematically dressed.
Me, a middle-aged woman with brown hair, wearing a shirt that reads "it's a Rian Johnson whodunnit, duh"
June 29, 2024 at 5:44 AM