Meg brought a tiny violin to a knife fight

John Brown. As far as I can tell from some quick searches he's never been featured--I'd have been surprised at the opposite, sadly.

Update: have just seen that Flavor Flav has offered to host a celebration for the women! He's such a great dude.

I knew there was a reason I, as a non-hockey fan, was thrilled to hear about the US women's gold, but actively hoping the men would flame out--especially against Denmark. Grrr. Gross.

show me your uber driver

(the WGN late late movie regret really never leaves you)

Ha! That would be so fun.

Saaaaaame! It reminds me of my Urban Decay GoT White Walker shade but that seems unlikely.

Absolutely love it!!

a brown dog with a red collar is laying on a couch Alt: dubious dog

Yes, every single one of us. Very dubious.

a young woman wearing a fur coat and gloves is standing in front of a waterfall . Alt: Arya Stark

My sister and I will never forget. And I hate to play this card, but your father was a fan as well if I recall correctly.

Enjoyed the rumpy-puppy shoutout though!

How Dare You Screaming Lady GIF Alt: How Dare You Screaming Lady GIF

Personal to @petersob13.bsky.social:

Yes. To say this is Protestantism writ large is to obviously not have spent time (drinking) with Episcopalians and Lutherans.

Thanks! And huh...my library actually has it. Whether I actually check it out remains to be seen...

Oh wow. Title? (Happy to receive via DM if you don't want to reveal publicly!)

A Star Trek drag queen named UhuRu Paul. (Surely someone has done one this before!)

Wonders never cease.

Jonathan Pryce!! He's so great.

PS: I love all the spider webs!

Surprised not to see more felt ones! Did Venerable Mom give them all away?! Or do you just make a different selection every year?

Big discrepancies between the Midwest and northeast within the US too. Last summer paid about $85 RT for 2 adults/2 kids for Chicago-Urbana. Not a great comparison even with a cheap one-way Boston-NYC on northeast regional!

Not a book, but a stack of papers containing the ship manifests, declarations of intent to naturalize, and citizenship certificates of my mother and her parents. Because what better signifier of faith in this country?!

I still love that one. Lots of fun. And Val Kilmer…sigh.

Christmas gold.

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

Didn’t get any purrs but also took a literal nap-with-cat today. The best!

A tuxedo cat curled up on his human. His head is mostly black but he has a white spot by his mouth and white scarf at his neck. His paws and belly are white. He’s in a semi croissant position.

Merry Christmas from me and this guy, who has spent more hours lying on me today than anywhere else. We even took a nap!

One of my top three cocktails. Cheers!!

Yep, agreed. I’m a so-called heritage American via my father and my mother is an immigrant/naturalized citizen. Which to me is about as American a combo as you can get. (Without being Native American, of course.)

Last 5 mins of the 4th ep of End of an Era 🤢. No, the fans don't all love him. No, why should we? That's nuts, Taylor. But I guess yay there weren't any lilies in the bouquet he sent her? He's just grosses me out. #sorrynotsorry

Nazis get their faces melted? I’m down for that!!