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🥧Phoenix Rising To Eat Sweet Potato Pie
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No other cup of coffee tastes quite as good as the first cup on a Saturday morning.

Ahhhh…☕️😋
A cup of coffee with cream, sitting on a diner table
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Just watched the Twilight Zone episode “Nothing in the Dark” with Robert Redford as Death personified. It hits differently now.😔💔

Rest in peace, legend💜
Screen grab of actor Robert Redford as Harold Beldon, in the 1962 Twilight Zone episode called Nothing in the Dark Screen grab of actors Robert Redford and Gladys Cooper, as Harold Beldon and Wanda Dunn in the 1962 Twilight Zone episode called Nothing in the Dark
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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This was me in 2022…🥴

I finally just turned off notifications because I didn’t have the time or energy to read all of these or mark them as read.😬
Screenshot of iPhone Gmail widget from 2022, with a notification badge showing 90,683 unread emails
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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I’ve been working on a project for my job, and I’m incorporating common signage into my presentation. When I first glanced at this on the Free Printable Signs website, I thought it said DO NOT SHIT HERE.
🤭🚫🚽💩

TGIF😮‍💨
Sign depicting a person sitting on a flat surface, overlaid with a circle and slash. Text reads Do not sit here.
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Happy Halloween🎃👻 from me & my SuperSon Owen, 1999-2023

This has long been my little family’s favorite holiday. Owen LOVED it, and he especially loved horror movies, but now this day will always bring some sadness for the rest of us😔💔

We love you always, Big Guy. Soar among the stars, sweet boy🪽✨💜
A young white boy with blond buzzcut hair and blue eyes, wearing a Superman costume A preteen boy in a scary clown Halloween costume with a rainbow colored curly wig and a clown mask with big fangs
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Like this one? I had a shoebox full of Star Wars trading cards when I was a kid. But then years later, I had a wicked crush on a friend, and her son was a big Star Wars fan. I gave her the Star Wars cards to give to her kid. The friendship ended. Cards gone…😑

I wish I still had those cards. Oof!🤦🏻‍♂️
1977 Star Wars trading card of Princess Leia Organa
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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My older son did, too😊
An elementary school-aged boy with most of his face concealed is holding the book WARRIORS: STARLIGHT by Erin Hunter
October 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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It’s finally feeling like fall in my little neck of the woods. So obviously I made a massive batch of chili in the crockpot today.😋
A bowl of Midwestern-style chili topped with melted shredded cheese and corn chips
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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I’m doing the graphic novel version🙂
Cover of Fido Nesti’s graphic novel version of the book 1984 by George Orwell
October 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Had to reconnect my work laptop to our WiFi a little while ago after a brief power outage, and I just gotta say…

👊Respect, neighbor😌
Screen grab of a Microsoft Windows 11 “available WiFi networks” listing for a network called “Pretty fly for a WiFi”
October 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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My life’s not perfect, but in the last week, I’ve had an amazing piece of coconut cream pie and a blue ICEE, so I’ve got that going for me

I take my moments of joy where I can get them
Slice of coconut cream pie with a bite taken out of it Blue raspberry ICEE
September 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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This is what I have to look at every morning when my alarm goes off.

Meet my bestie/boss, Castiel Dean.😌
Close-up of a white cat’s face. He is peering at the camera with squinting eyes.
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Visited Minneapolis recently and was stoked to discover Source Comics & Games in Roseville, MN. I love the welcoming vibe, as well as the massive selection of merchandise (not shown: large gaming space with numerous tables, at the back of the store).

I’d be here a LOT if I lived in the area!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Interior of the massive Source Comics & Games store in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. Various types of comic book, gaming, sci-fi, and fantasy merchandise are visible. A Progress Pride flag hangs from one of the steel ceiling beams. Displays of gaming dice and other merchandise at Source Comics and Games store in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. A Progress Pride sticker and a Trans Pride sticker are among the items displayed in the foreground. Displays of books, superhero collectible figures, and other merchandise at Source Comics and Games store in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. On the top shelf of the bookcase in the foreground is a small framed poster called “A Guide to Pride Flags.” Display of assorted merchandise at Source Comics and Games in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. Among the items are books about sex and disability, asexuality, and coming out, as well as stickers with pro-LGBTQIA+ messages.
September 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Today’s lunch was a blissful respite from, well, everything…

Taco trio (chicken, steak, al pastor) with some amazing beans & rice, and a crave-worthy horchata.🤤

I freaking love this little local taqueria.🥰
Three cilantro-laden tacos in a paper-lined plastic restaurant basket are sitting next to a plate of refried beans and rice, on a wooden table. Behind the basket and plate are a styrofoam cup and two squeeze bottles of salsa.
September 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Post a meme you made
Meme of two hamster images, one above the other. In the top image, the is hamster curled up asleep, and text reads “My brain at 3 PM when I am at work.” In the bottom image, the hamster is running on a wheel, and text reads “My brain at 3 AM when I am in bed.”
August 31, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Sonic’s cherry limeade is one of my favorite beverage treats. This week I found a cherry limeade ChapStick. So, you know, another major win for me.🙌
“Lemonade Party” cherry limeade-flavored ChapStick.
August 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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I’m not even following this group on FB, but this post popped up in my feed & I’ve been laughing ever since.

Never thought I’d see a water tower that looks like a giant orange butt.🤭
Screenshot of a post in the Facebook group “America’s Roadside Legends: Attractions, History & Nostalgia” posted by John L. Roberts. The post includes a photo of “The Peachoid, a 135 foot water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S. that resembles a peach. The water tower holds one million U.S. gallons of water and is located off Peachoid Road by Interstate 85 by Interstate 85 between exits 90 and 92.”
August 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Can’t believe it took me over 50 years to figure out an easy, tidy way to eat the last little chip fragments with the last bit of dip. It’s like eating a bowl of cereal, but with kettle chips instead of cereal flakes and French onion dip instead of milk.💁🏻‍♂️

I’m winning at life today, folks!🙌
Almost-empty French onion dip container with some kettle-style potato chip fragments mixed into what’s left of the dip. A spoon sits in the container to scoop up the dip-covered chip fragments.
August 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Ah yes, that haircut… I couldn’t pull that one off because my hair was too wavy, but my sister did. So did one of our boy cousins. That haircut got a lot of mileage back in the day. I blame a certain TV show that I happened to love…

Rest in Peace, Adam Rich🪽
“Eight is Enough” TV show cast photo, featuring the two Bradford parents and their eight kids
August 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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first album you ever bought with your own money?

(I *think* this was the first… that was almost 50 years ago🥴)
Album cover of “Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk” album by Meco
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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It would have been a delightful night to open a few windows & sleep with a cool breeze blowing in, but…😞

☠️🫁
Screenshot of iPhone weather app indicating 64 degrees Fahrenheit, clear, and air quality index of 168 Unhealthy.
August 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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First day with mild temperatures all week, so naturally…😩

I could go outside & enjoy this weather, but my asthma might land me in the ER.😖
Screenshot from iPhone weather app, indicating a temperature of 76 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy, with high temperature of 78 and low of 63, but with air quality index of 154 Unhealthy.
July 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I mean…
Hateful Hitler-Youth-would-have-been Republican politician Kyle Langford’s tweet bragging about how his German ancestors smile upon him, and thanking the Auschwitz Museum for the “massive shoutout”
July 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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@americanmegalo.bsky.social I snagged myself a ticket to experience His Royal Badness next month😌🎸💜
Screenshot from Fandango app, indicating the user has purchased a ticket to see the Prince movie “Sign o’ the Times” in an IMAX theater
July 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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She is!🥰
Close-up of a dark-haired, white middle-aged nonbinary person lying on a pillow, with a tabby cat nuzzling their head
July 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM