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Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Public service announcement: In a grocery store landscape that offers many options for small, sweet, seedless citrus fruits, don’t let these little divas fool you.
They taste nice but they spurt so much juice in every direction after i peel them my hands AND my glasses need washing!

Photo of a branded package of Ojai Pixie Tangerines on a granite countertop. They look all cute and innocent but they will make a mess and act like it’s not their fault.

March 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

In the midst of darkness, light persists.

A photo of the night sky with a brick warehouse-style building in the foreground. A light at the roofline of the building is aligned with the crescent moon and Venus in the sky.
A marquee on the building, which is only partly visible, reads “In the midst of darkness light persists”.

February 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

I got to see some Ed Ruscha works on paper this morning and this one reminded me that @jessethorn.bsky.social did a great interview with him.

An artwork by Ed Ruscha in which a church is silhouetted in soft gray and the words “MICROSCOPIC MIGRAINE” appear over it in white.

November 23, 2024 at 5:27 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

In Hot Frosty, a Hallmark-style Netflix Xmas movie in which a magic scarf turns a snowman into Dustin Milligan, who fixes Lacey Chabert’s house & heart, the absolute wildest, most unbelievable thing is this font on medical records.
It’s like a grim diagnosis was published in Highlights magazine.

A closeup of a document that says “Health notes” at the top in a normal-looking font, but underneath that, in a jaunty, casual script font, it says “Surgery to be scheduled. Chemotherapy will start immediately. Radiation Therapy…”
Also, it’s clearly a printed document, but the text is on a lined page as if it’s a notebook.

November 20, 2024 at 5:11 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Alright, maybe I’m back on here? I don’t know. Here’s a photo I took in London last month. Because London is where I always wish I were.

The intersection at the center of Seven Dials in London, taken from a third-floor window (second floor if you’re British) at night. The Crown Pub on Monmouth St. is at the bottom left, the Cambridge Theatre is mostly obscured behind a tree in the middle, but the illuminated sign for the musical Matilda is partially visible, and on the right is the pointed column in the center of the roundabout with sundials around the top. Several brightly lit pedicabs can be seen on the road.

November 18, 2024 at 3:29 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Two months today since I saw #Macbeth at the #DonmarWarehouse and I’m still thinking about it.
Shockingly hot take: David Tennant is a very good actor, especially in Shakespeare.

David Tennant as Macbeth in the Donmar Warehouse 2023-2024 production. Lady Macbeth, played by Cush Jumbo (although her face is out-of-frame) is partially visible behind him in a white dress, having just placed the crown on his head. Macbeth, having now achieved his ambition to become king, looks utterly miserable.

March 22, 2024 at 8:37 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

In my defense, sometimes the universe just takes it entirely out of my control and I can’t help it!

Wordle from January 27th, showing a progression from DEMON to the correct answer, SNAKE. (The intermediate guesses are LANCE and THANE.)

January 29, 2024 at 1:12 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Okay. I saw David Tennant in Macbeth. I don’t have the verbal facility to communicate how good it was.

Image of David Tennant and two other cast members of Macbeth, projected on the wall of the Donmar Warehouse theater. (Apologies to those actors, I didn’t buy the program.)

January 22, 2024 at 10:33 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Doctor Who-themed Rococo painting.

Image of the portrait of Madame de Pompadour by Francois Boucher (1759) with the label plaque shown below.

January 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

I know this isn’t how this meme works, but I’m excited, okay?

The door to the Donmar Warehouse theatre, with “SOON” written underneath in all caps.

January 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

From here London looks like a poorly executed diorama.

View of London from a plane. You can make out the Shard on the left and the City of London in the middle-right.

January 20, 2024 at 8:53 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

When are we going to get another @kentremendous.bsky.social show? I really need that super smart, good-hearted energy. It’s an election year and the dumb and evil are getting louder and louder.

Janet, on The Good Place, wailing awkwardly

January 17, 2024 at 9:24 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Dammit, Pilates is canceled tonight because of the snow! 😡

But also? Pilates is canceled tonight because of the snow! 😀

Conflicted Steve Harvey meme. Steve Harvey leans forward looking worried. Superimposed over that, however, is an image of Steve Harvey throwing his head back and laughing.

January 16, 2024 at 9:04 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Quote this with who you would be if you were in Star Trek.
My aspiration on the left/honest answer on the right.

Split image showing 2 characters. Left: Nurse Chapel in Strange New Worlds, Right: Geordie Laforge in Next Generation

January 16, 2024 at 12:40 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Unsolicited night sky photo.

Photo of the night sky. Diagonal trees at the bottom right reveal it was taken at an angle. In the sky, the moon is in the upper right, illuminating wispy clouds. Stars are also visible, including the constellation Orion in the lower left quadrant.

December 24, 2023 at 5:32 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

I basically have zero Christmas spirit this year, but I’m not going to let that stop me from enjoying the best thing about the season.

Therefore, I’m currently drinking earl grey tea while eating a mince pie.

(The photo is just for reference. Rest assured the mince pie I’m eating is full sized.)

A mini mince pie resting on a wrapped Christmas gift.

December 22, 2023 at 10:57 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

I’m not looking for a new job right now so it’s all good, but I don’t think this is the exciting news that LinkedIn seems to be implying.

December 15, 2023 at 12:33 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

David Tennant has a good life, to all appearances. He lives in Chiswick with his family and has a TARDIS in the garden.

David Tennant in Staged. He is on the phone in the garden of his home and a TARDIS is visible in the background.

December 9, 2023 at 9:46 PM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

I mean it’s far from perfect but at least people are mostly nice. This is the one I’m rooting for. Threads gives me the ick so I’m putting my eggs in this basket, even if everyone says you shouldn’t do that.

Love Island contestant saying “As everyone likes to say in here, I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket.”

December 9, 2023 at 12:23 AM

Maura O.

@m-a-u-r-a.bsky.social

Me, after The Star Beast: Oh, it’s great to have David Tennant back as the Doctor, Fourteen is fun! 😀

Me, after Wild Blue Yonder: NOOOOOO, I LOVE FOURTEEN, WE CANNOT LOSE HIM, DON’T GOOOOO!!!!