ldthomps
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Looking to buy a present for my favorite Canadian friend turning 3, and the descriptions here made me yelp with laughter. Maybe someone had a paste error?
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Looking to buy a present for my favorite Canadian friend turning 3, and the descriptions here made me yelp with laughter. Maybe someone had a paste error?
Such a good protest here in Boston today. Multiple bands, so many inflatable chickens and some frogs and unicorns and Cartman (???), great signs, great weather, angry and joyful and as I left a little early the roar of the crowd from blocks away was terrifying and awesome. Power to the people!
October 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Such a good protest here in Boston today. Multiple bands, so many inflatable chickens and some frogs and unicorns and Cartman (???), great signs, great weather, angry and joyful and as I left a little early the roar of the crowd from blocks away was terrifying and awesome. Power to the people!
So if things come in threes, the deaths should stop now that mom, G's ex, and my SIL's dad have all died in ~3 months, right? I mean, we're extremely fortunate in that (other than mom) these deaths only cause tangential effects in our lives. Still, here's to good health all around, folks <3.
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So if things come in threes, the deaths should stop now that mom, G's ex, and my SIL's dad have all died in ~3 months, right? I mean, we're extremely fortunate in that (other than mom) these deaths only cause tangential effects in our lives. Still, here's to good health all around, folks <3.
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I wrote a trilogy of novels published by HarperCollins about a brother and sister caught on opposite sides of the war to unite Viking Age Norway.
Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present!
The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...
Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present!
The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...
The Half-Drowned King|Paperback
"Linnea Hartsuyker brings myth and legend roaring to life in this superbly good page-turning saga of Viking-era Norway. The book’s fiercest magic shines in the characters of Ragnvald and Svanhil...
www.barnesandnoble.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I wrote a trilogy of novels published by HarperCollins about a brother and sister caught on opposite sides of the war to unite Viking Age Norway.
Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present!
The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...
Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present!
The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...
I'd cut my hair a good bit shorter after mom died (she had complicated hair feelings, mostly that long was best), and didn't love it. So I went even shorter yesterday, and though this isn't a great pic? It's making me So much happier. Here's to being comfier in our own skin/hair <3.
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I'd cut my hair a good bit shorter after mom died (she had complicated hair feelings, mostly that long was best), and didn't love it. So I went even shorter yesterday, and though this isn't a great pic? It's making me So much happier. Here's to being comfier in our own skin/hair <3.
@reginagiraffe.bsky.social - Happy Birthday! Sorry to hear about your ear infection, I hope you get to thoroughly celebrate soon! We're heading down your way for husband's 50th high school reunion this weekend, so you're still a youngster to some :D.
October 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@reginagiraffe.bsky.social - Happy Birthday! Sorry to hear about your ear infection, I hope you get to thoroughly celebrate soon! We're heading down your way for husband's 50th high school reunion this weekend, so you're still a youngster to some :D.
Saw One Battle After Another, it was good. Now I want the movie centered on Benicio Del Toro's character - competent, compassionate, well-networked, instead of the one about Di Caprio's flawed dude. Perhaps BdT wasn't given flaws like the others, but still, gimme all Competent fascism-battlers!
October 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Saw One Battle After Another, it was good. Now I want the movie centered on Benicio Del Toro's character - competent, compassionate, well-networked, instead of the one about Di Caprio's flawed dude. Perhaps BdT wasn't given flaws like the others, but still, gimme all Competent fascism-battlers!
"If there ever come a time where I got rabies, you're high on the bitin' list" - Tyler Childers, "Bitin' List". It's not high poetry (unlike some of his best songs), but it does get at the mood of 2025. I feel it, even if it also gets me thinking of my biting list.
August 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"If there ever come a time where I got rabies, you're high on the bitin' list" - Tyler Childers, "Bitin' List". It's not high poetry (unlike some of his best songs), but it does get at the mood of 2025. I feel it, even if it also gets me thinking of my biting list.
We got fewer strawberries from our patch this year, perhaps a result of new (generally better, but they'd blown over) bird nets. Still a tasty June haul. But last year we pruned the raspberries the way we were told? And holy cow! So many raspberries! We are going to be Feasting! 😍
June 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We got fewer strawberries from our patch this year, perhaps a result of new (generally better, but they'd blown over) bird nets. Still a tasty June haul. But last year we pruned the raspberries the way we were told? And holy cow! So many raspberries! We are going to be Feasting! 😍
I love that SO many people I know are headed to Pride, including folks who hadn't been in aWhile. YAS QUEENS!
June 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I love that SO many people I know are headed to Pride, including folks who hadn't been in aWhile. YAS QUEENS!
Just saw someone mourning their mom, who was tiny but mighty, at 4' 11". Apparently she was fond of saying, "there's a reason dynamite comes in small sticks!" <3.
June 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Just saw someone mourning their mom, who was tiny but mighty, at 4' 11". Apparently she was fond of saying, "there's a reason dynamite comes in small sticks!" <3.
My favorite sign at the political rally I went to earlier was on a dog. It read "Beware of Dog(e)", but the dog kept messing with the messaging by being Extremely waggy in meeting anyone within 10 feet (admirably restrainedly so, it never barked or jumped). A+, want more poli-dogs!
April 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My favorite sign at the political rally I went to earlier was on a dog. It read "Beware of Dog(e)", but the dog kept messing with the messaging by being Extremely waggy in meeting anyone within 10 feet (admirably restrainedly so, it never barked or jumped). A+, want more poli-dogs!
G is a trivia wiz (on a TV team in the 70s!), and I have the memory of a goldfish. So I say, "the movie with handsome gray-haired man" and he says, "George Clooney!". This works for many less-obvious wrong guesses as I handwave, but was challenged yesterday by a movie with Vanessa Redgrave. (1/?)
March 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
G is a trivia wiz (on a TV team in the 70s!), and I have the memory of a goldfish. So I say, "the movie with handsome gray-haired man" and he says, "George Clooney!". This works for many less-obvious wrong guesses as I handwave, but was challenged yesterday by a movie with Vanessa Redgrave. (1/?)
I really enjoyed Frostbite (www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...), even if it's a poprocks of interesting facts. Refrigeration Has completely changed our food. Also, if you haven't listened to the Gastropod podcast about the heroes who saved the first seedbank in Leningrad, highly recommended!
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Plan…
An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigerati…
www.goodreads.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I really enjoyed Frostbite (www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...), even if it's a poprocks of interesting facts. Refrigeration Has completely changed our food. Also, if you haven't listened to the Gastropod podcast about the heroes who saved the first seedbank in Leningrad, highly recommended!
Booo, it looks like I have covid. Thanks to vaccines and such it's pretty mild - I've had a worse colds (this season, even), but still. There are always better things to be doing!
March 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Booo, it looks like I have covid. Thanks to vaccines and such it's pretty mild - I've had a worse colds (this season, even), but still. There are always better things to be doing!
Holy crap, this story about a bureaucrat, her great (failing) idea, and the connections that saved a girl's life. wapo.st/4buoiLX
Opinion | The free-living bureaucrat
Michael Lewis on Heather Stone of the Food and Drug Administration.
wapo.st
March 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Holy crap, this story about a bureaucrat, her great (failing) idea, and the connections that saved a girl's life. wapo.st/4buoiLX
Between my frail mom (86), my friend with leukemia in a rehab hospital nearby (83), and my friend in home hospice (81) in Braintree, I've done a lot of visiting ladies with whatever treats I hope will get them to eat / find joy lately. Luckily no one is examining my chocolate budget.
March 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Between my frail mom (86), my friend with leukemia in a rehab hospital nearby (83), and my friend in home hospice (81) in Braintree, I've done a lot of visiting ladies with whatever treats I hope will get them to eat / find joy lately. Luckily no one is examining my chocolate budget.
@linneaharts.bsky.social - I saw a mini-truck today and thought of you, it looked awesome. Then chuckled when I saw it had a bumper sticker on the back that said, "Calm your Titties". Always a good message for the road ragers!
March 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@linneaharts.bsky.social - I saw a mini-truck today and thought of you, it looked awesome. Then chuckled when I saw it had a bumper sticker on the back that said, "Calm your Titties". Always a good message for the road ragers!
We went to So Cal and the weather was Much Nicer than Feb in Boston. Weird! Highlights: the Getty, La Brea Tar Pits, LACMA, Joshua Tree, Anza Borrego, San Diego Zoo, Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, and sea otters and pups swimming in Morro Bay. And here's a Joshua Tree doing PG Arms with me \o/.
February 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We went to So Cal and the weather was Much Nicer than Feb in Boston. Weird! Highlights: the Getty, La Brea Tar Pits, LACMA, Joshua Tree, Anza Borrego, San Diego Zoo, Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, and sea otters and pups swimming in Morro Bay. And here's a Joshua Tree doing PG Arms with me \o/.
I'm excited to be planning to go the renowned Casey's for a social meetup tonight. I will check out the women's bathroom paper towel sitch. I will eat one of the things people said weren't bad? And try to remember which things those were :D. (Any advice welcome).
January 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I'm excited to be planning to go the renowned Casey's for a social meetup tonight. I will check out the women's bathroom paper towel sitch. I will eat one of the things people said weren't bad? And try to remember which things those were :D. (Any advice welcome).
If only every day had the productive energy and general haze of gratitude that the first day of feeling better after a bad cold does. Maybe I should make a daily meditation practice that begins with the joy of being able to breathe through both nostrils and progresses from there?
January 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If only every day had the productive energy and general haze of gratitude that the first day of feeling better after a bad cold does. Maybe I should make a daily meditation practice that begins with the joy of being able to breathe through both nostrils and progresses from there?
I don't think I've had a lunch or dinner in more than a week that didn't involve a soup or stew, and now we just finished making a big ol' dutch oven's worth of borscht (thanks to inspiration here). Yum!
January 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I don't think I've had a lunch or dinner in more than a week that didn't involve a soup or stew, and now we just finished making a big ol' dutch oven's worth of borscht (thanks to inspiration here). Yum!
I do very little of our cooking (though I help often, do dishes, etc). I'm notorious for thinking recipes aren't the boss of me, and yet my improvisations are usually... meh. However! The Walden breakfast sausage, white bean, and veg soup I improv-ed last night is Good. Yay!
January 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I do very little of our cooking (though I help often, do dishes, etc). I'm notorious for thinking recipes aren't the boss of me, and yet my improvisations are usually... meh. However! The Walden breakfast sausage, white bean, and veg soup I improv-ed last night is Good. Yay!
Read a fun epistolary travelogue of my g-grandfather and his sister biking in Europe in 1892. Bikes were still exotic, they called them "wheels" mostly, and women riders rare. There's something both life-affirming and a little heart-breaking reading about how grateful it made them to be alive <3.
January 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Read a fun epistolary travelogue of my g-grandfather and his sister biking in Europe in 1892. Bikes were still exotic, they called them "wheels" mostly, and women riders rare. There's something both life-affirming and a little heart-breaking reading about how grateful it made them to be alive <3.
Was pleased to hear local volunteer group found a finance person (who was not me), and she sounds awesome. She said she loves Excel (well, of course)... and competes in the Excel E-Games. Now that's Next Level - so impressed!
January 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Was pleased to hear local volunteer group found a finance person (who was not me), and she sounds awesome. She said she loves Excel (well, of course)... and competes in the Excel E-Games. Now that's Next Level - so impressed!