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mmrilla
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Your middle-aged bestie. She/her.
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Mojo made soft pretzels and it's going to be delicious with the soup.
Four big soft pretzels on a baking tray. A steaming hot pot of soup on a stove.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Found this beauty on our walk today. Long tree roots and a chunk of stump. Dragged it home with one hand while walking Pisim on leash with the other.
A long tree root that sort of points up to the sky attached to a part of a chunk of tree trunk. Pictured on the grass in my backyard.
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Post-vet walk for better vibes. We are getting screamed at by a blue jay, which is my favourite thing.
A black brindle dog walking on a yellow leafy path.
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Had a dental cleaning, then walked the dog. Now she's havin' a snooze.
A black brindle dog with a white bib and white toes, sleeping peacefully on a couch on a colorful quilt.
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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One more souvenir shirt from the San Diego zoo.
Rilla in a novelty tee: it's dark blue with a yellow koala bear wearing glasses. Over Koalified in text.
October 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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We had a beautiful autumn walk.
A black brindle dog on a leash walking through yellow fall leaves. Rilla's shadow is very tall nearby.
October 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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New hat, what's up.

I should show my souvenir swag. I have some cool new things.
Rilla sitting in the sun wearing a pink baseball cap with a rainbow San Diego patch prominently on the front.
October 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Our regularly scheduled programming.
A black brindle dog lying in a couch on a brightly colored quilt. Rilla's legs are scrunched up in the foreground, on the other half of the couch.
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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A few fancy drinks from my vacation.
A fizzy amber drink in tumbler with a beautiful pink flower as a fancy garnish. A pink drink with a plastic skull adornment, garnished with an orange slice and mint. A tumbler filled with smoke with a napkin holding it in, next to a bottle with some amber liquid in the bottom and the rest filled with smoke.
October 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Reunited with my best dog. This is Pisim and Arie on a walk this morning. They became good pals while staying with Mom.
A medium-sized black dog on a pink leash walking on a gravel road, in step with a small black dog on a pink leash.
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Fresh out of a hot tub in a new t-shirt.
Rilla wearing a purple tshirt with an image of a surfer riding The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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San Diego zoo!
A mama sloth bear and two juveniles, all in a row. A koala bear in a tree with a sleepy face. Three hippos under water. Two of them have their bums facing the camera and one on the left is in profile. Two ducks sitting on a rock. The duck on the right is grooming the one on the left.
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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San Diego, Japanese Friendship Garden.
A white cat with black spots sits under a tree in the grass. Rilla in a yellow mesh sweater sits under a huge, old tree that stretches many branches to the sky. Mojo and Rilla stand together on a bridge in a Japenese Garden. They are smiling and looking at the camera. A little green lizard on a branch. Its tail drapes down behind the branch.
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Vacation-Rilla says hello.
A selfie of Rilla holding a nearly empty cocktail glass. She is a middle aged white lady with glasses, blond hair, and nose rings.
October 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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I went on a tourist excursion with three elderly Japanese folks to the Japanese Tea Gardens in the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
A Japanese garden with a koi pond in the foreground and a tall, red pagoda in the background. A moon bridge in a Japanese garden. A Japanese garden with tall redwood trees in the background. Koi pond in the foreground. A plaque: "Japanese Tea Garden Gates" is the header. The body of the text is very small!
October 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I made a special dog tag for Pisim for her upcoming visit with my mom. I went with a phonetic spelling, for simplicity. Mom's number is on the back.
A black dog tag shaped like a bone with PEACE-UM engraved on it.
September 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Pisim went downstairs to get Mojo to both come upstairs and get me so that we could together come outside and watch her lie in the sun. She was not wrong.
A black brindle dog lying in the sunshine on a wood deck.
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I've been in conference sessions for two days and Pisim and I are decompressing from the stress of being apart.
A black brindle dog lying on a wooden deck next to a white middle-aged lady in a chair. Rilla is looking up at the camera and you can just see a slip of her face.
September 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Supper brag.
A plate of food: steak and a salad. A half glass of beer is next to it. Lots of clutter on the table.
September 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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11 seconds of lightning. No thunder yet. When it gets overhead it will be LOUD.
August 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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ANOTHER!
August 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I converted it to an MP4 because it deserves to be seen.
August 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Oh no! The gif isn't working. Here is the good boy on his own.
A beefy junkyard dog from Bob's Burgers. He has dog tracks in skids around him because he is so fast.
August 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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My favourite character from Bob's Burgers this season is the junkyard dog who guards the boat scrapyard. Mojo made this gif for me because I. AM. OBSESSED.
The Bob's Burgers kids peeking over the side of a rusty boat. A beefy dog runs into the screen and drifts like a racecar to face them. The kids scream and duck down.
August 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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We went to the vet yesterday to check out a weird cyst that I'm not too worried about, but that I want to get tested... anyway Pisim did not have a good time at the vet, even though they gave her peanut butter. We go back in a few days with some anxiety meds for a biopsy.
A black brindle dog lying on a couch with a brightly colored quilt. She has white fur on her toes and she looks sleepy.
August 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM