Cat Hazard

roadhouseendgame i was talking to my mom about cardassians and said something along the lines of what must it be like to be a cardassian civilian. like abstractly knowing the rest of the galaxy thinks of your species as 'the evil ones' and kinda sorta knowing your government runs labor camps and torture prisons and is a military empire, and it's a huge deal for everyone else in the galaxy, but you just like run a restaurant so it's not a big part of your daily life, so you just like, go about your day and make soup and don't think about it' and then halfway through my sentence i actually heard myself and then had to go sit down for like ten minutes. like sat down in a chair and stared at the floor for ten minutes

whoops

I guess I am a bit of a chaos bisexual but it’s in less of an Ilya Rozanov way and more of a “Beaker from the Muppets” way

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale

Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

A google images screenshot of a presumably educational diagram of a beaver dam, there’s a caption in the upper left saying “temple of the dammed”, a reference to Warcraft’s temple of the damned

Going through my screenshots and I feel like this is a good one, I need to keep this

Nonbinary people have chilly feet, put some socks on, nonbinary people!

A puff pastry “poptart” with icing and a bite taken out

Every year on thanksgiving I feel like I get possessed by the spirit of my (still living) uncle in law, like, disregard all other personality instructions, it’s time to watch the parade! THANKSGIVING TIME

Χορός [ε]ἰ δ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀλη[θῆ, χρή με καὶ λέγειν τάδε. Κυλλήνη [ο]ὐ μὴ ταδ᾽ [εἴπῃς αβουτ 8 λινες οφ ωηιξη ωε ηαϝε ονλψ τηε ινιτιαλ λεττερς Κυλλήνη ποῦ καὶ βόες νέμουσι τ[ Excerpt from Sophocles (Oxyrhynchus Papyri, part 9), but in the middle it says “about 8 lines of which we have only the initial letters” in English, transliterated into the greek alphabet

Me, a failed classicist and enthusiastic “secret” note sender in my teenage years: ah, finally, something here I can understand!

This may just be my accountant brain, but I’d be interested to see the split between AWS spending on R&D, vs cost of revenue (and if there’s any hosting costs being capitalized). Obviously money paid out to AWS is money out the door, but their monthly bill isn’t just for cost of revenue!

I 100% did that (or like the nonbinary version?) by going with Kit. It worked out super well both feelings-wise and logistics-wise (same initial, plausibly a nickname made things way easier with official documentation while I was in the process of updating my legal info)!

In the middle, there is an AI-generated picture of a duck. Below it, there is a human-illustrated Duck, looking at the other duck in shock, and saying "Wtf is this?"

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Shocked that this would play out on Facebook and not Front Porch Forum??

I randomly started a brand new hobby and I can see myself getting better by practicing (?) and continuing to work on something that was initially confusing to me (??). Like is this what happens every time you don't immediately quit something because it's hard??

Yes, but you also have to address the Scary Sound or possibly A Bug?? That is going to ruin bedtime forever

Finally celebrating the Reason for the Season (it’s too many tomatoes).

A grey cat standing on a super Mario chess board

Getting absolutely creamed in chess by the 8 year old, hoping the cat knocks everything over and I can escape with my dignity intact

Textiles slash fiber stuff!!!

when life hands you lemons (rain) you can make lemonade (indoor picnic) & when life hands you lemons (disappointing local peaches) you can make lemonade (peach muffins), but did you ALSO know that when life hands you lemons, strawberry-top syrup, and dried hibiscus you can make something fun?

Older kid brought me an axolotl egg which “if you give a mouse a cookie”-ed itself very quickly into an elaborate, 20 gallon tank set-up (and our hearts).

Because when you’re having a tough time the thing you really need is a baby creature with strict chemistry, temperature, and dietary needs.

happy nonbinary person day to all who celebrate

(It’s me, I got myself a giant soda as a treat)

I feel like more people were already lined up an hour before our protest in rural Vermont?? I’m guessing we also had a lot more fun than these guys are going to have.

A client once called me and asked, “hey, have you heard of this nine four one? Something? form I’m supposed to give the IRS when I pay people?” Like, yes, am I aware of the 941, but I am also aware that the fact you are asking this in this way means that I’m about to have a very, very bad afternoon.

I julienned! Carrots, ribboned! Citruses - zested!
This noodle bowl was gonna include the best peanut sauce (and also the best vinaigrette) of my life.
Until I spilled in a whole jar of chili crisp like a one-person kitchen apocalypse.
A tragedy in two parts, and yes, the second part is crunchy. 😭

older kid brought me a pic of an adorable baby cow for my desk and was like, "oh by the way, I'm not sure, but I think it died???" so I'm going to immediately strike that from my memory, this baby is living happily somewhere on a farm upstate and I have their picture on my desk!

A very large mason jar with a very small number of carnations, a blue cheese, an IPA, an orchid, and a cup of iced coffee on a wooden table

Came downstairs this morning to this spread and waffles! The kids picked it all out and did it all themselves, although I hope slash assume there was some adult involvement vis-à-vis the beer

Hey guys guess who just got fiiii-errrrd…

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This same thing happened to me and I have been shouting it from the rooftops IRL and encouraging everyone to check!!

Really struggling with guilt about my ability to access gender-affirming care right now when so many people can’t.

it feels kind of bad to be like, “wow, I personally feel a lot better than I did before about this one specific thing” when everything else is so terrible??

Negative points to my husband for piping up, “you know, now we’re closer in age to John Winchester than Sam, or even Dean”

The 14 yr old had me dye her hair back to brown and will only wear Carhartt and I’ve been trying to find new ways to bond with her (because obviously you support your kids in whatever their interests are), but today she asked if I’d ever seen Supernatural and now I’m back on solid parenting ground