This has been one of my tenets for ages & a decade or so ago a good friend created this wonderful embroidery. These days, however, I'm forced to admit that the reverse can also be true. & that the combination can be a doozy.

This came in the mail from a friend and will henceforth be my response when folk ask how things are

Doubt that posting this on BlueSky is going to get anyone to the polls that wasn't going to vote already, or change how anyone is voting, but perhaps it can get some folks to donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, which is one way to get a T-shirt very like this one.

There are worse numbers.

I have attained the clean desk stage of procrastination

Who needs armies?

I’m at the Ruby Zoe in London and more hotels should offer this amenity. I can’t imagine it would be abused (or even used) that much and it has made my evening. And not just because I got to pay tribute to Shane MacGowan by playing his songs (badly. But working on it).

I would like to nominate this nasal spray bottle for speaker of the US House of Representatives.

Ha! ok. #proofofcat. Though not actually my cat. Or my living room. But it is my torso and my laptop.