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you're the best. thank you. 😊

¹i don't think that's strictly true, but the last time i had Netflix, there wasn't yet a second season of Orange Is The New Black.

2/2

i need Netflix help. i have never used Netflix before.¹

i'm donating platelets again this Friday & will be immobilised for about two hours during the process.

how do i start a series & get it to automatically play the next episode when one finishes? is that the default?

1/2

yup

that was the last vinyl i bought before i switched to CDs.

(until recently & i am rekindling my love for vinyl)

I barely make 10K in a good year, most likely I make 8k so yeah. Any help is greatly appreciated.

when i had a fancy job, i think being able to help people was what kept me holding on long past burnout.

i realised something i quite like about myself when i got laid off from that computer company in Texas: my biggest sad was that i wouldn't be able to use my employee discount for friends' PCs

i keep the Morning Pages practise from The Artist's Way in my back pocket. i don't do them every day and almost never in the morning, but when i'm spun up, sitting down and writing out three pages of brain spew is incredibly helpful to unspin.

it's block a SWERF day, i guess

also? now i want to make a quilt with those colours.

i think i broke the sound barrier on my way to pre-order. this is right up my alley.

and, you know what?...i'm gonna order another one for a friend

i love this for you.

this is the intro to a Billy Joel song. or maybe Jim Croce.

see? if i was a writer, i'd not have left out the 'a' in the second sentence.

🤭🤭🤭

the day Taco Bell gave up green onions is was really the beginning of the end.

i super hate this fact. i'm not writer, but writers have brought both joy & thoughtfulness to my life. they deserve to make a good living without burning out on day jobs.

happy annibirthary!

the Irish Rovers record album The Unicorn lying on a blue cushion with the vinyl peeking out from the cover. the cover art is a teal blue spiral transparently superimposed on a rampant purple unicorn. the album title is in purple bubble letters in the first (largest) ring of the spiral. the band name sits in the second ring of the spiral and is done in bright green bubble letters.

struck nostalgia gold thrifting.

this was the album i played when my tiny self was first allowed to work the record player.

also: i was convinced for a time that Irish people were literally orange & green, except for that poor William-Pat guy who was striped like the Fruit Stripe Gum zebra or smth

universal bidets would be such a boon to society

i met my current spouse online in 2000.

i traveled to Yorkshire from the US to attend the wedding of two friends who had also met online.

what kind of 90's moral panic tomfoolery is this? gah!

my both of my grandmothers worked while my parents were growing up. mom & aunt lived with relatives in summer so gran could work exta

mom worked until my brother was born, then she taught painting & did craft fairs. when i finished kindergarten she went back to formal work.

dad born '34, mom '39

apropos to mention the cocaine hippos in Colombia right here...

Being a freelancer on a disability pension is rough, friends. Payment from a publishing client was supposed to go through last week but I’m still waiting.

I need a buffer to pay for travel to see mom at the nursing home, and my tenants insurance will be due soon.

solidarity friend.

ime there's a difference btwn people who hate romance novels (hi) & those who hate that others enjoy romance novels.

i also don't enjoy comics & graphic novels. not bc i think they lack merit, but bc i really struggle with the format.

i just don't mistake my needs & preferences for universal rules

excactly

i admit i shouldn't be, but am, a little flabbergasted that they're surprised that Iran is retaliating.

my phone is nearing end of life (it's almost 6 years old). i am thinking about going back to a basic T9 phone cos i can't find a smart phone without AI integrated.

i gigglesnorted