Ellen W.
@spurioustuple.bsky.social
Punk ass book jockey, academic edition
We also went to a local nursery and got ambitious but Mike and his parents pulled it off!
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We also went to a local nursery and got ambitious but Mike and his parents pulled it off!
I went through all my piles of books today and sorted them and this is the remaining TBR situation, nonfiction on top, fiction in the middle, and poetry on the bottom.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I went through all my piles of books today and sorted them and this is the remaining TBR situation, nonfiction on top, fiction in the middle, and poetry on the bottom.
I’m flying a little close to the sun trying out a new recipe for Thanksgiving. Will I end up like Icarus? It’s got potatoes, sour cream, and cheese as ingredients so I feel like my odds of survival are good.
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I’m flying a little close to the sun trying out a new recipe for Thanksgiving. Will I end up like Icarus? It’s got potatoes, sour cream, and cheese as ingredients so I feel like my odds of survival are good.
I got auto-approved by @graywolfpress.bsky.social on NetGalley, you can’t tell me anything today, I am the boss.
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I got auto-approved by @graywolfpress.bsky.social on NetGalley, you can’t tell me anything today, I am the boss.
I have ordered my slightly unhinged work and gym holiday party outfit. No one can say I didn’t participate this year.
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I have ordered my slightly unhinged work and gym holiday party outfit. No one can say I didn’t participate this year.
I’ve had a very, very, very long week but it has also been book-heavy. Tuesday I went to a Zoom discussion about book awards. Wednesday night M and I watched the livestream of the National Book Awards. Tonight I went to the student book club, where we discussed both Shatter Me and Gravity’s Rainbow…
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I’ve had a very, very, very long week but it has also been book-heavy. Tuesday I went to a Zoom discussion about book awards. Wednesday night M and I watched the livestream of the National Book Awards. Tonight I went to the student book club, where we discussed both Shatter Me and Gravity’s Rainbow…
This morning at the gym I got my knee to the floor on all the sandbag lunges, but the really impressive part, I think, is that I then got back up. Yes, everything is sore.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This morning at the gym I got my knee to the floor on all the sandbag lunges, but the really impressive part, I think, is that I then got back up. Yes, everything is sore.
I played around with zine templates today. I was really excited about a one page version, only to discover upon printing that it was for A4 paper.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I played around with zine templates today. I was really excited about a one page version, only to discover upon printing that it was for A4 paper.
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If you let someone cut in front if you in traffic and they don’t do the little hand wave as thanks, you should be legally allowed to ram their car.
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you let someone cut in front if you in traffic and they don’t do the little hand wave as thanks, you should be legally allowed to ram their car.
Reposted by Ellen W.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
This building’s portion of the Systems Department is in the Halloween spirit.
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This building’s portion of the Systems Department is in the Halloween spirit.
Costume #1
Yes, I did a full workout in this. 😂
Yes, I did a full workout in this. 😂
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Costume #1
Yes, I did a full workout in this. 😂
Yes, I did a full workout in this. 😂
I am done with my to do list for the day and there are still 75 minutes left in the work day. If I didn’t have to run a time-specific errand after work I would have figured out how to get out of here early. It rained all day Sunday and today is nice, there ought to be some sort of comp time for that
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I am done with my to do list for the day and there are still 75 minutes left in the work day. If I didn’t have to run a time-specific errand after work I would have figured out how to get out of here early. It rained all day Sunday and today is nice, there ought to be some sort of comp time for that
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In case it's useful.
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In case it's useful.
I am feeling pretty smug about how well the book club I started is going.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I am feeling pretty smug about how well the book club I started is going.
Reposted by Ellen W.
molly the beauty of the first game in the series is the promise of endless possibilities tbh
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
molly the beauty of the first game in the series is the promise of endless possibilities tbh
I think some sort of memo was sent to units outside the library about emailing me to demand money to replace existing technology that still works. My dudes, I have no budget.
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think some sort of memo was sent to units outside the library about emailing me to demand money to replace existing technology that still works. My dudes, I have no budget.
I tripped yesterday and very narrowly avoided smashing my face into concrete thanks to the heroic work of my left wrist, which is now a bit sore and swollen. This morning I found out about a walk-in ortho clinic so I went there to make sure I hadn’t really injured anything. Just a bad strain!
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I tripped yesterday and very narrowly avoided smashing my face into concrete thanks to the heroic work of my left wrist, which is now a bit sore and swollen. This morning I found out about a walk-in ortho clinic so I went there to make sure I hadn’t really injured anything. Just a bad strain!
Came in to find one zillion emails about library platforms being down due to the AWS outage.
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Came in to find one zillion emails about library platforms being down due to the AWS outage.
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Rushing to the pharmacy to pick up my fat checks from Merck and Pfizer.
Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rushing to the pharmacy to pick up my fat checks from Merck and Pfizer.
I talked to my college chaplain yesterday for the first time since 1998 and he helped me sort out some theological dilemmas I’ve been facing. I am not a regular churchgoer but I do have a faith tradition that’s meaningful to me and he helped me sort through some things.
October 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I talked to my college chaplain yesterday for the first time since 1998 and he helped me sort out some theological dilemmas I’ve been facing. I am not a regular churchgoer but I do have a faith tradition that’s meaningful to me and he helped me sort through some things.
Unfortunately I do love buying new hardcovers.
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Unfortunately I do love buying new hardcovers.
I have been ignoring responsibilities all day because Pippin wants to be outside but not alone. Life is short.
September 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I have been ignoring responsibilities all day because Pippin wants to be outside but not alone. Life is short.
@pshumate.bsky.social care to comment?
September 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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