Meredith Guthrie
@meredithea.bsky.social
Transplanted Texan. Media scholar at Pitt. Co-chair of Disability Studies and Disney Studies at MAPACA. Loves baseball, movies with explosions, and being contrary. She/her.
Taught youngest the term “jarlic” (for ”a jar of minced garlic”). Kid immediately says “I put the gar of jarlic on the jround.” and I died laughing.
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Taught youngest the term “jarlic” (for ”a jar of minced garlic”). Kid immediately says “I put the gar of jarlic on the jround.” and I died laughing.
Sometimes we really just need to see something good. Speaking of which, here’s a picture of Rufus (he had to wear the Donut of Shame for a few days because he injured his toe somehow. It’s doing a lot better!)
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sometimes we really just need to see something good. Speaking of which, here’s a picture of Rufus (he had to wear the Donut of Shame for a few days because he injured his toe somehow. It’s doing a lot better!)
Don’t forget to vote today, US friends!
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Don’t forget to vote today, US friends!
We actually got the Halloween decorations put away and I put the (completely unhinged) Thanksgiving outfit on Moose the Goose. I feel on top of life.
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We actually got the Halloween decorations put away and I put the (completely unhinged) Thanksgiving outfit on Moose the Goose. I feel on top of life.
Herbert the skeleton dressed as a 1970s detective for Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Herbert the skeleton dressed as a 1970s detective for Halloween.
Happy Halloweeeeeeeen! It’s chilly out today so I put on two capes. I’m officially a witch detective for Halloween. (Which detective? A witch detective!)
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Happy Halloweeeeeeeen! It’s chilly out today so I put on two capes. I’m officially a witch detective for Halloween. (Which detective? A witch detective!)
I made this witch costume for our porch goose, but it fits Gorfold (our creepy knockoff Garfield) weirdly well… 🧶
October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I made this witch costume for our porch goose, but it fits Gorfold (our creepy knockoff Garfield) weirdly well… 🧶
Rufus says “innocent doggo!”
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Rufus says “innocent doggo!”
This game is so long the score doesn’t all fit. The first inning is slowly being pushed off screen
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is so long the score doesn’t all fit. The first inning is slowly being pushed off screen
Our vet suggested getting a cat tree to help our cats get along better. We got a big one for the basement and a little one for the living room. I hope it helps!
Bee the cat helped assemble the little one. (We’re leash training her, so she’s still wearing her harness here. It’s a little askew.)
Bee the cat helped assemble the little one. (We’re leash training her, so she’s still wearing her harness here. It’s a little askew.)
October 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Our vet suggested getting a cat tree to help our cats get along better. We got a big one for the basement and a little one for the living room. I hope it helps!
Bee the cat helped assemble the little one. (We’re leash training her, so she’s still wearing her harness here. It’s a little askew.)
Bee the cat helped assemble the little one. (We’re leash training her, so she’s still wearing her harness here. It’s a little askew.)
Rufus thinks he’s a big weird cat (this is where our kitty Bea usually hangs out)
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Rufus thinks he’s a big weird cat (this is where our kitty Bea usually hangs out)
Halloween! I always love decorating the yard with the kids. We made groups of spooky pals.
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Halloween! I always love decorating the yard with the kids. We made groups of spooky pals.
I made a teensy basset hound. Rufus (real basset) for scale. This is very much a first attempt. I stink at amigurumi, but this is how you get better at stuff! 🧶#crochet
October 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I made a teensy basset hound. Rufus (real basset) for scale. This is very much a first attempt. I stink at amigurumi, but this is how you get better at stuff! 🧶#crochet
I finished the scarf/cowl I was working on. I realized at the very end that I’d slooooowly been leaving out rows, making it narrower, almost since the beginning. Ugh. I’d already woven in all my ends & this scarf will be wound twice around my neck, soooooo... I don’t think you can tell? 🧶 #crochet
October 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I finished the scarf/cowl I was working on. I realized at the very end that I’d slooooowly been leaving out rows, making it narrower, almost since the beginning. Ugh. I’d already woven in all my ends & this scarf will be wound twice around my neck, soooooo... I don’t think you can tell? 🧶 #crochet
Thank God for podcasts. The arrival time on my map keeps climbing and I’m doing a lot of just sitting still. I left the house at 8:10, so it’ll take me over an hour to go about 10 miles. (Don’t worry. The car is at a complete standstill and has been for 10 minutes!)
September 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thank God for podcasts. The arrival time on my map keeps climbing and I’m doing a lot of just sitting still. I left the house at 8:10, so it’ll take me over an hour to go about 10 miles. (Don’t worry. The car is at a complete standstill and has been for 10 minutes!)
Middle kid got their braces off yesterday. That’s my last kid done with braces, yay! (As someone who grew up without dental insurance, this is a Huge Deal.) I don’t put pictures of my kids on social media, so here’s a picture of the scarf I worked on in the waiting room. 🧶 #crochet
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Middle kid got their braces off yesterday. That’s my last kid done with braces, yay! (As someone who grew up without dental insurance, this is a Huge Deal.) I don’t put pictures of my kids on social media, so here’s a picture of the scarf I worked on in the waiting room. 🧶 #crochet
I'm working on an academic presentation on disabled Barbies and (in looking at Every Single Barbie/Ken Made Today) I came across this Ken. He has nothing to do with my paper, but he is so great:
1. Amazing outfit. 14/10, no notes.
2. I LOVE how "no thoughts, only vibes" his expression is
1. Amazing outfit. 14/10, no notes.
2. I LOVE how "no thoughts, only vibes" his expression is
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm working on an academic presentation on disabled Barbies and (in looking at Every Single Barbie/Ken Made Today) I came across this Ken. He has nothing to do with my paper, but he is so great:
1. Amazing outfit. 14/10, no notes.
2. I LOVE how "no thoughts, only vibes" his expression is
1. Amazing outfit. 14/10, no notes.
2. I LOVE how "no thoughts, only vibes" his expression is
My youngest made this truly inspired portrait of our knock off Garfield, Gorfold. Please behold and enjoy.
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My youngest made this truly inspired portrait of our knock off Garfield, Gorfold. Please behold and enjoy.
Today in “My Dog Is Too Smart,” Rufus figured out how to get to the cat food (which is in the yellow bowl behind him, on top of a tall sideboard cabinet) and now he is just farting all over the place. Too smart and too stinky.
August 31, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Today in “My Dog Is Too Smart,” Rufus figured out how to get to the cat food (which is in the yellow bowl behind him, on top of a tall sideboard cabinet) and now he is just farting all over the place. Too smart and too stinky.
It is glorious outside right now, Pittsburgh friends. Go outside now before it becomes a billion degrees with a million percent humidity.
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It is glorious outside right now, Pittsburgh friends. Go outside now before it becomes a billion degrees with a million percent humidity.
I deal with stress by doing stuff, so yesterday (in between checking the news about the Clairton plant explosion) I deep cleaned the bathroom and finished my porch goose’s witch costume. 🧶 #crochet
August 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I deal with stress by doing stuff, so yesterday (in between checking the news about the Clairton plant explosion) I deep cleaned the bathroom and finished my porch goose’s witch costume. 🧶 #crochet
This morning at breakfast in the hotel we sat next to a gentleman who is returning from an enormous church convention. I realized after he left I am wearing my “evil-o-meter” shirt. Whoops?
July 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This morning at breakfast in the hotel we sat next to a gentleman who is returning from an enormous church convention. I realized after he left I am wearing my “evil-o-meter” shirt. Whoops?
On a West Virginia road trip with the kids. We found a place called Guthrie’s Chicken, so we had to try it. It’s good! It’s like if Raising Canes discovered how to season the food.
Kid brought Gorfold (our knock off Garfield) for photo ops, so here you go.
Kid brought Gorfold (our knock off Garfield) for photo ops, so here you go.
July 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
On a West Virginia road trip with the kids. We found a place called Guthrie’s Chicken, so we had to try it. It’s good! It’s like if Raising Canes discovered how to season the food.
Kid brought Gorfold (our knock off Garfield) for photo ops, so here you go.
Kid brought Gorfold (our knock off Garfield) for photo ops, so here you go.
Here’s a before & after of one of my window screens. Please shame my cats for destroying them.
Fixing the screens was pretty easy and fun! It felt like I was making a particularly useful craft, and it was WAY cheaper than paying someone else to do it.
Fixing the screens was pretty easy and fun! It felt like I was making a particularly useful craft, and it was WAY cheaper than paying someone else to do it.
July 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Here’s a before & after of one of my window screens. Please shame my cats for destroying them.
Fixing the screens was pretty easy and fun! It felt like I was making a particularly useful craft, and it was WAY cheaper than paying someone else to do it.
Fixing the screens was pretty easy and fun! It felt like I was making a particularly useful craft, and it was WAY cheaper than paying someone else to do it.