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isamclaren.bsky.social
Isa can't remember what her display name was.
@isamclaren.bsky.social
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Cocktail devotee. Lover of crime. Once you can fake sincerity, you've got it made. She/Her
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You look so much like Commander Will Riker in this picture. 🥰
Commander Will Riker from Star Trek TNG. He's in a red uniform with black shoulders. He's looking to the side with his blue eyes twinkling in mischief.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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GODSDAMMIT
A water pitcher that Past Me put in the fridge without filling it up. It's a good thing I also have Campari, Sambuca, and Vermouth. There's a bag of shredded cheese, too, in case I get hungry while setting coordinates in my tardis. (I didn't use all caps because I'm not sure how screen readers work with those.)
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
isamclaren.bsky.social
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
Lowly Worm is driving his apple car. He's wearing a blue suit with a red bow tie, and his green hat is set at a jaunty angle. I don't know how he's driving because worms don't have arms or legs.
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
isamclaren.bsky.social
I'm watching you.
#NoStabWednesday
A white woman with grey hair wearing a tweed jacket, grey skirt, and black cloche. The jacket has an umbrella brooch, which would be handy for stabbing. I'm pointing at crime scene tape. There are evidence markers next to a rug that has a body outline and a blood stain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
isamclaren.bsky.social
1, Always
I'm wearing a blue suit, striped shirt with bow tie, red sneakers, and a fez. I'm leaning against my blue box. (It's a blue Nissan Cube.)
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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A toddler is standing up. Her hair is every which way, her onesie is stained around the neck, and she has an unlit cigarette in her mouth. Caption: Hangover Can't find my lighter, coffee pot's broken, just tripped over the cat, and what the fuck do you want?
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
A crow with a red band on its leg has a knife in its beak. You know it's a rough neighborhood when you see a bird with an ankle monitor carrying a knife.
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Parker is nakey!

I just got her a new collar but she ran away when I took the old one off. I haven't been able to catch her to get the new one one. I added the bell from the other collar so now she will jingle more.
A black cat is lying on her side on an orange rug. She isn't wearing a collar. Or anything else, for that matter.
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Youngest is an anthropologist and works in a history museum. Today I asked them if they knew the name of an old-fashioned type of tie clip, but it's a pin. They were unfamiliar with it.

I just remembered the name but no longer remember why I wanted to know.

It's a stick pin.
A golden pin, about 3 inches long. At the top, an upside-down tear shaped setting holds a sapphire with a diamond above it. A row of small diamonds are set into the lower, pointed end of the setting. The description, from HeirloomFinds dot com, says it is an Edwardian 14 karat stick pin.
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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My general rule is to never eat something bigger than my head. In this case, I'm making an exception.
An enormous bowl of ramen with bok choi, mushrooms, tofu, and broth.
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
isamclaren.bsky.social
Looks like quilt batting!
Four rectangular samples of quilt batting with various ripples and textures.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
isamclaren.bsky.social
QRP with your flower art 🌸✨
A painting I did in 2021 of poppies in a square blue vase. The background goes from pink in the upper right corner, fading to grey, and then a darker bluish grey at the bottom left. This hangs in my bedroom.
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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There were some reactions to this.
I put Merriam-Webster's post about ordinal series' terms in the family group chat. I didn't notice that it didn't have alt text so here it is. ultimate = last in a series penultimate = second-to-last in a series antepenultimate = third-to-last in a series preantepenultimate = fourth-to-last in a series propreantepenultimate = fifth-to-last in a series My 4th kid, who I refer to as Penultimate Kid, said "Penultimate baby." Oldest of 5 asked, Am I ultimate or propreantepenultimate? My reply, Propreantepenultimate, to which she reacted with a frowny face. Youngest Kid said, "YES! I get to be the Ultimate Baby." These reactions are very on brand.
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Deanna Troi sits at a computer terminal and asks, "Computer, why are men?"
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
isamclaren.bsky.social
And it's done!
Wire shelving has been installed.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
isamclaren.bsky.social
I cooked, too!
A blue plate with slices of pork roast, roasted potatoes, and carrots.
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
isamclaren.bsky.social
Technically, putting the top shelf back in place was the next step, but that's done now.
The top shelf is in place. It sits between the wooden partition and the left wall. I added L brackets for extra support.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I should have taken more in-progress pictures. Next up, hanging the shelves.
Details in ALT
Horizontal track holds three vertical slotted rails against the back of a closet wall. They don't look parallel in this picture because I was taking it at an angle. But I used a level so they're pretty damn close. This shot is angled to the side. On the right side of this closet section, a wooden partition almost separates one side from the other. A human can't slip through the gap, but cats can. A short horizontal piece of wood has a socket for a closet pole. At the top of the partition, there is another support that held a wooden plank across the top. The top one isn't in the picture. I thought the top shelf was merely laying across, but it had glue and nails holding it in place.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Classic Dort glare.
A grey cat with white accents is lying down and glaring at me. He hates having his picture taken.
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Parker says it's cold.
A black cat is lying on a heating vent.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Family group chat from last week. Kids these days 🙄🤣
Family chat, typos corrected for clarity. Penultimate Kid: Oh god. I cannot listen to the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald as 12:30 pm on a Wednesday. Youngest Kid: Y'all are suffering huh
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Happy Guinness Sunday to all who celebrate!
My hand, holding a glass of Guinness. A can of Guinness that has a wintery village scene at the bottom.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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I took a picture of Dort because he was cute asleep. He woke up and glared at me. He hates having his picture taken, as any respectable thief would.
A grey cat with white accents is sleeping, curled up on his side with one paw covering his face. Same cat, same pose, except now he's staring up at me with murder in his eyes.
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
isamclaren.bsky.social
Art
A table is set up for an art fair. A wooden stand holds bookmarks with lithographs of flowers and of a stone arched window like in Gothic cathedrals. A small white basket holds pin badges and stickers. Youngest's business cards are propped in front. Two lithographs are on easel stands. The larger one is in the back. A black fig is cut in half and a wasp is inside. A yellow circle surrounds its head. My favorite piece, which I have a copy of, is a 5 by 7 inch litho. A black frame with cut-out corners holds a stick figure and the words Make Bad Art.
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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I've got leafs!
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM