Past perfect, future tense
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Seasonal nomadic, timezone agnostic.
Sparkling something beer budget.
Not here to Intellectual.
Sparkling something beer budget.
Not here to Intellectual.
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I was attracted by the mixture of leaves and foam spinning in the pool, so I put on the ND filter and took couple of long exposures. There was no wind at all and the atmosphere was completed by the thick fog 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I was attracted by the mixture of leaves and foam spinning in the pool, so I put on the ND filter and took couple of long exposures. There was no wind at all and the atmosphere was completed by the thick fog 🤩
Hmm. Maybe "Moderation in all things, including moderation."
But I had to think about it.
But I had to think about it.
Do you have a firmest belief?
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Hmm. Maybe "Moderation in all things, including moderation."
But I had to think about it.
But I had to think about it.
Caught myself whispering « i am not going to apologize for being good at my job » to myself — which feels like the mental equivalent of rubbing my tummy and patting my head at the same time
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Caught myself whispering « i am not going to apologize for being good at my job » to myself — which feels like the mental equivalent of rubbing my tummy and patting my head at the same time
The rate this week is going, I'm going to end up writing myself up
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The rate this week is going, I'm going to end up writing myself up
Liberally sprinkled good treats (at least among those without allergies/who would accept them) to atone for my minor role in a 3-way transcription kerfuffle.
When all else fails...
When all else fails...
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Liberally sprinkled good treats (at least among those without allergies/who would accept them) to atone for my minor role in a 3-way transcription kerfuffle.
When all else fails...
When all else fails...
Cool cool more things broken
I know adulthood is partly making peace with the fact that stuff is constantly breaking and needs fixing BUT
TGIF
I know adulthood is partly making peace with the fact that stuff is constantly breaking and needs fixing BUT
TGIF
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Cool cool more things broken
I know adulthood is partly making peace with the fact that stuff is constantly breaking and needs fixing BUT
TGIF
I know adulthood is partly making peace with the fact that stuff is constantly breaking and needs fixing BUT
TGIF
I think I'm mad at myself because I'm tired but I can't be sure.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I think I'm mad at myself because I'm tired but I can't be sure.
Am I the only one thinking "factory floor sweepings"
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Am I the only one thinking "factory floor sweepings"
Got a 50-something year-old load-bearing manager working at their suddenly-declining father's bedside in long-term care this week, after burying their mother earlier this year.
What does one even say.
What does one even say.
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Got a 50-something year-old load-bearing manager working at their suddenly-declining father's bedside in long-term care this week, after burying their mother earlier this year.
What does one even say.
What does one even say.
Remembered to do 20 squats today while waiting for water to boil
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Remembered to do 20 squats today while waiting for water to boil
Love explaining my banking tasks to a bunch of rotating 20-somethings who are so clearly siloed and lost
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Love explaining my banking tasks to a bunch of rotating 20-somethings who are so clearly siloed and lost
Managing people/change can be so weird.
I'll put effort into the most succinct rationale I can muster for why we do X to fix Problem Y with plan to revisit in a month (not counting on 100% signal fidelity here) — and the disseminated message will be something like: "She said you have to do this!"
I'll put effort into the most succinct rationale I can muster for why we do X to fix Problem Y with plan to revisit in a month (not counting on 100% signal fidelity here) — and the disseminated message will be something like: "She said you have to do this!"
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Managing people/change can be so weird.
I'll put effort into the most succinct rationale I can muster for why we do X to fix Problem Y with plan to revisit in a month (not counting on 100% signal fidelity here) — and the disseminated message will be something like: "She said you have to do this!"
I'll put effort into the most succinct rationale I can muster for why we do X to fix Problem Y with plan to revisit in a month (not counting on 100% signal fidelity here) — and the disseminated message will be something like: "She said you have to do this!"
November mood.
Quit With Me - Lucy Wainwright Roche feat. Matthew Perryman Jones
YouTube video by Lucy Wainwright Roche
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
November mood.
This is the only way
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is the only way
People will keep wanting me to wave a magic wand, and then get mad-disappointed that the wand is basically a stick with a sign that says "get your folks to do what they are supposed to"
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
People will keep wanting me to wave a magic wand, and then get mad-disappointed that the wand is basically a stick with a sign that says "get your folks to do what they are supposed to"
The rule of not responding before 24 hours have elapsed, warring with the rule of bringing out the Big Gavel before things go too much farther
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The rule of not responding before 24 hours have elapsed, warring with the rule of bringing out the Big Gavel before things go too much farther
Ever glad of having enough rank/chutzpah to leave a badly-run meeting gone severely overtime
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ever glad of having enough rank/chutzpah to leave a badly-run meeting gone severely overtime
Incredibly vivid dream of various invertebrates still wonderfully alive in flexi-laminated sheets and cases for sale as ?souvenirs, scattered around beautiful streams, ponds and woods
Let one slug-leech one out and it was attempting to consume my thermos
Let one slug-leech one out and it was attempting to consume my thermos
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Incredibly vivid dream of various invertebrates still wonderfully alive in flexi-laminated sheets and cases for sale as ?souvenirs, scattered around beautiful streams, ponds and woods
Let one slug-leech one out and it was attempting to consume my thermos
Let one slug-leech one out and it was attempting to consume my thermos
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The day I can yell, "Where is my phone?" and it yells back,
"Down here in the couch!" then it will truly be a smartphone.
"Down here in the couch!" then it will truly be a smartphone.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The day I can yell, "Where is my phone?" and it yells back,
"Down here in the couch!" then it will truly be a smartphone.
"Down here in the couch!" then it will truly be a smartphone.
Dental appointment concluded.
Apparently I have been brushing my teeth wrong my whole life.
Apparently I have been brushing my teeth wrong my whole life.
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Dental appointment concluded.
Apparently I have been brushing my teeth wrong my whole life.
Apparently I have been brushing my teeth wrong my whole life.
Off to meet a new dental hygienist, just back from maternity. Hopefully won't have to tell this one to put all their hair back please, so it's not falling in my face and mouth.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Off to meet a new dental hygienist, just back from maternity. Hopefully won't have to tell this one to put all their hair back please, so it's not falling in my face and mouth.
"...Monday’s panel, which included doctors with robust social media presences, had at times overstated both the negative health effects of menopause and the science on the benefits of hormone replacement therapy"
Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"...Monday’s panel, which included doctors with robust social media presences, had at times overstated both the negative health effects of menopause and the science on the benefits of hormone replacement therapy"
Alexandre Desplat scored the movie??
I guess I will have to watch it after all
I guess I will have to watch it after all
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Alexandre Desplat scored the movie??
I guess I will have to watch it after all
I guess I will have to watch it after all
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
*Such* a thread
[Medieval monastery]
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible?
Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy.
Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit?
Me: lol yeah
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
*Such* a thread