Jill
@yesthatjill.bsky.social
I got too busy to have hobbies. Non-work things: LEGO, romancelandia, knitting, Formula 1. Celiac with a keen interest in making desserts and a passable home cook. (she/her)
In Stupid Body news this morning, I think I might have scratched the edge of my cornea with a stray eyelash.
Stupid bodies! The tegaderm patch holding my estrogen patch in place is welting along two edges because I think I stretched and it tore the skin. Ugh.
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In Stupid Body news this morning, I think I might have scratched the edge of my cornea with a stray eyelash.
My career path looks like snakes and ladders.
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My career path looks like snakes and ladders.
This weekend, I’m having lunch with a friend, then I’m going to wind two skeins of wollmeise pure and cast on a Wooly Wormhead hat.
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This weekend, I’m having lunch with a friend, then I’m going to wind two skeins of wollmeise pure and cast on a Wooly Wormhead hat.
Yeah, broke down at work today because I didn’t keep track of one of the key pieces and it turns out that they didn’t get ordered because the accountants don’t have a backup plan for when one of them is out of the office.
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Yeah, broke down at work today because I didn’t keep track of one of the key pieces and it turns out that they didn’t get ordered because the accountants don’t have a backup plan for when one of them is out of the office.
I have to work this Thanksgiving to support the big expansion. It’s a thing. I feel like I’m letting my parents down because I’m the daughter that’s done Thanksgiving the last five years running.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I have to work this Thanksgiving to support the big expansion. It’s a thing. I feel like I’m letting my parents down because I’m the daughter that’s done Thanksgiving the last five years running.
And if you need it: I am happy to require you to work the holiday and will text or call to relay that information to you at the time of your choice if needed.
It is T-7.5 days to Thanksgiving, and if you absolutely CANNOT BEAR to make an appearance at the Racist Relative or Overbearing Inlaw table this year, and they won’t take “no, you’re assholes”, it is Groundwork Time!
Sometime this weekend, someone in your house will feel awful. There will be vomit.
Sometime this weekend, someone in your house will feel awful. There will be vomit.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
And if you need it: I am happy to require you to work the holiday and will text or call to relay that information to you at the time of your choice if needed.
We are attending sexual harassment training, as given by HR at another site. It’s the first session. It’s 15 minutes in and so far, it parallels the tech savviness that Safety Week gives us every year.
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We are attending sexual harassment training, as given by HR at another site. It’s the first session. It’s 15 minutes in and so far, it parallels the tech savviness that Safety Week gives us every year.
See’s Red Hot Swamp Goo is a cinnamon gelatin square (a jelly), on a marshmallow piece, robed in dark chocolate. It is delicious and my lips are tingling.
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
See’s Red Hot Swamp Goo is a cinnamon gelatin square (a jelly), on a marshmallow piece, robed in dark chocolate. It is delicious and my lips are tingling.
I found a recipe for gluten free little Debbie Christmas trees and, dammit, now I want to try it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I found a recipe for gluten free little Debbie Christmas trees and, dammit, now I want to try it.
Easy carnita-substitute: Two pounds of boneless country style pork ribs ($1.89 on buy now at wegmans) and a half bottle of mojo cirillo marinade in the crockpot for 6 hours.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Easy carnita-substitute: Two pounds of boneless country style pork ribs ($1.89 on buy now at wegmans) and a half bottle of mojo cirillo marinade in the crockpot for 6 hours.
Dad’s getting released from the hospital today (phew). Hopefully the c2-c3 instability that caused such pain can be treated without surgery.
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Dad’s getting released from the hospital today (phew). Hopefully the c2-c3 instability that caused such pain can be treated without surgery.
Stephen West strikes again.
@questauthority.bsky.social @akivamcohen.bsky.social what are your thoughts on this
Basically a person getting a copyright warning because there're selling an item they knitted from a pattern.
So company that sold the pattern is claiming IP violation.
www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark...
Basically a person getting a copyright warning because there're selling an item they knitted from a pattern.
So company that sold the pattern is claiming IP violation.
www.reddit.com/r/craftsnark...
From the craftsnark community on Reddit: Westknits alleging "copyright violation" on a worn / used shawl destash.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Stephen West strikes again.
“Add your Oreos! Now you have cookies and creme ice cream without all the crap in it.”
… who wants to tell this *influencer* about what Oreo cookies are made of?
… who wants to tell this *influencer* about what Oreo cookies are made of?
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“Add your Oreos! Now you have cookies and creme ice cream without all the crap in it.”
… who wants to tell this *influencer* about what Oreo cookies are made of?
… who wants to tell this *influencer* about what Oreo cookies are made of?
Not everything revolves around me, but I do feel hurt when the vegans are catered for but the only safe thing for me to eat is the ham and maybe the deviled eggs.
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Not everything revolves around me, but I do feel hurt when the vegans are catered for but the only safe thing for me to eat is the ham and maybe the deviled eggs.
Heavily influenced this morning by a @clairewillett.bsky.social thread, I bought a see’s candies advent calendar.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Heavily influenced this morning by a @clairewillett.bsky.social thread, I bought a see’s candies advent calendar.
I cannot be the only person looking for an inter-team Mercedes accident.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I cannot be the only person looking for an inter-team Mercedes accident.
Why did they enable DRS when there’s a yellow flag?
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Why did they enable DRS when there’s a yellow flag?
I’ll say it now: I think Hamilton will be out with an undrivable car by lap 10.
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’ll say it now: I think Hamilton will be out with an undrivable car by lap 10.
Jos Verstappen jump scare.
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Jos Verstappen jump scare.
“You don’t have any kids, why do you want to pay for schools?”
“Because my future doctor is going to go to school, as is the person who makes my dinner in the nursing home. I want to be cared-for by educated people. I want there to be art and good books and fun movies.”
“… oh”
“Because my future doctor is going to go to school, as is the person who makes my dinner in the nursing home. I want to be cared-for by educated people. I want there to be art and good books and fun movies.”
“… oh”
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“You don’t have any kids, why do you want to pay for schools?”
“Because my future doctor is going to go to school, as is the person who makes my dinner in the nursing home. I want to be cared-for by educated people. I want there to be art and good books and fun movies.”
“… oh”
“Because my future doctor is going to go to school, as is the person who makes my dinner in the nursing home. I want to be cared-for by educated people. I want there to be art and good books and fun movies.”
“… oh”
“According to the internet, I am in and out of that man like a sewing machine.” Knowing that taskmaster reads AO3 makes me giggle.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“According to the internet, I am in and out of that man like a sewing machine.” Knowing that taskmaster reads AO3 makes me giggle.
At our lunch for the technical experts at the company, our ceo said he was using copilot to summarize his emails every day and we should all start using AI every day.
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
At our lunch for the technical experts at the company, our ceo said he was using copilot to summarize his emails every day and we should all start using AI every day.
I hope the inconsiderate couple - boarded a half-empty southwest flight late, insisted that they had assigned seats in the front five rows, asked people to move to sit together, and then capped off the evening by standing up and getting in the aisle as soon as the wheels touched ground - were late.
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I hope the inconsiderate couple - boarded a half-empty southwest flight late, insisted that they had assigned seats in the front five rows, asked people to move to sit together, and then capped off the evening by standing up and getting in the aisle as soon as the wheels touched ground - were late.