I don’t frick with ChatGPT either but this did remind me to tell you that Voyage of the Dogs got a nice recommendation from a panelist during a non-human characters panel I attended at Worldcon a few weeks ago. (I woohooed & tried to tell them how to pronounce your name but was too far back, sorry!)

Aw thank you for remembering that story! It was called “When We Were Twelve”, published in a chapbook collection. I should probably put it up online so it’s easier to find.

I'm sure you've already tried the classic "let's see who can be quiet the longest!" or "the whispering game"... Seriously, my deepest sympathies, that situation is so hard.

Oh gods that's heartbreaking.

Anyway, landlord drove two hours (from where he lives) and is outside our house trying to fix this himself. They fixed our street outflow pipe a few months ago and we think they messed up the grading near the house. Don’t get me started on my worry about mold; our place was already too damp.

Tim is a goddamn hero for taking point and letting me go back to bed while he turned the pump on every 15 minutes (it’ll burn out if you leave it and theres not enough water).

Also was woken up at 3am last night by someone trying to take my door off the hinges with an electric drill. Had 911 dialed in and my thumb over the green call button when I heard @timpratt.org cough and realized that the sound was the new pump and our bathroom was flooding from the rain again.

I would like to hear an explanation about why this methodology is (super bad) as well?

Wow! Fantastic shot! Just gorgeous 😍

Oh, nice catch!

We have a backyard and everything! And you love taking walks, Tim, and dogs love walks I hear! And our son isn’t even allergic to dogs! We need a dog! (She says, never having owned a dog in her life, yet fully aware our house is the opposite of puppy-proof.)

Such drama! (And a great shot!)