SpooWriter
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Sister. Nerd. Teacher. Sometimes writer.
I wish my parents were still around so I could ask them if they felt like this in, like, 1994.
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I wish my parents were still around so I could ask them if they felt like this in, like, 1994.
I know I’ve said this before but I’ve always wished more people would listen to what the it’s a small world* song is trying to tell us instead of complaining it’s an earworm.
*this is the attraction-specific appropriate capitalization
*this is the attraction-specific appropriate capitalization
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I know I’ve said this before but I’ve always wished more people would listen to what the it’s a small world* song is trying to tell us instead of complaining it’s an earworm.
*this is the attraction-specific appropriate capitalization
*this is the attraction-specific appropriate capitalization
There’s just something about Disneyland at Christmas time. So glad I get to see it this year.
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
There’s just something about Disneyland at Christmas time. So glad I get to see it this year.
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#StarTrekDiscovery
Michael exemplifies everything it means to be a Starfleet Captain; duty bound, selfless, principled. And at the same time is a unique character unto herself. The effort by some of paint her as unworthy will never hold water. She is Starfleet.
Michael exemplifies everything it means to be a Starfleet Captain; duty bound, selfless, principled. And at the same time is a unique character unto herself. The effort by some of paint her as unworthy will never hold water. She is Starfleet.
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
#StarTrekDiscovery
Michael exemplifies everything it means to be a Starfleet Captain; duty bound, selfless, principled. And at the same time is a unique character unto herself. The effort by some of paint her as unworthy will never hold water. She is Starfleet.
Michael exemplifies everything it means to be a Starfleet Captain; duty bound, selfless, principled. And at the same time is a unique character unto herself. The effort by some of paint her as unworthy will never hold water. She is Starfleet.
I regret to inform you that the copycat Pick Up Stix house chicken recipe I tried tastes nothing like Pick Up Stix house chicken.
However, this results in absolutely delightful apple cider (though I mixed gala and envy apples)
thestayathomechef.com/slow-cooker-...
However, this results in absolutely delightful apple cider (though I mixed gala and envy apples)
thestayathomechef.com/slow-cooker-...
Slow Cooker Apple Cider From Scratch
Cuddle up and stay warm with a mug of spiced apple cider. This Slow Cooker Apple Cider is made from scratch and can be frozen to enjoy all winter long!
thestayathomechef.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I regret to inform you that the copycat Pick Up Stix house chicken recipe I tried tastes nothing like Pick Up Stix house chicken.
However, this results in absolutely delightful apple cider (though I mixed gala and envy apples)
thestayathomechef.com/slow-cooker-...
However, this results in absolutely delightful apple cider (though I mixed gala and envy apples)
thestayathomechef.com/slow-cooker-...
The thing about “Wolf in the Fold” is that it’s a cool sci-fi premise - an incorporeal entity that feeds on emotion - that’s marred by the sexism in how it’s treated (both in the “women feel more fear” part and the “I got a bonk on the head and am now a misogynist” part.
#TOSSatNight
#TOSSatNight
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The thing about “Wolf in the Fold” is that it’s a cool sci-fi premise - an incorporeal entity that feeds on emotion - that’s marred by the sexism in how it’s treated (both in the “women feel more fear” part and the “I got a bonk on the head and am now a misogynist” part.
#TOSSatNight
#TOSSatNight
This is adorable on its face but also I cannot express enough how much I love it when people who clearly *adore* Star Trek get to be in a Star Trek.
(Also T’Lyn is the best.)
(Also T’Lyn is the best.)
Gabrielle Ruiz sings happy birthday in Vulcan to little Trekkie #STCHI #startreklowerdecks
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This is adorable on its face but also I cannot express enough how much I love it when people who clearly *adore* Star Trek get to be in a Star Trek.
(Also T’Lyn is the best.)
(Also T’Lyn is the best.)
I really want to post a Doctor Who screenshot in relation to a movie but I hate vague “only a spoiler if you connect these random dots” posts so I’ll wait a while.
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I really want to post a Doctor Who screenshot in relation to a movie but I hate vague “only a spoiler if you connect these random dots” posts so I’ll wait a while.
Thirty-one minutes in and they’ve hit the part that made go from “uuhhhh I don’t think so” to “what the heck is this racist nonsense?????”
“If Books Could Kill” taking down “Sapiens.” To this day I’m so mad I wasted an Audible credit on this nonsense.
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Thirty-one minutes in and they’ve hit the part that made go from “uuhhhh I don’t think so” to “what the heck is this racist nonsense?????”
“If Books Could Kill” taking down “Sapiens.” To this day I’m so mad I wasted an Audible credit on this nonsense.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“If Books Could Kill” taking down “Sapiens.” To this day I’m so mad I wasted an Audible credit on this nonsense.
Left work basically right after the kids went home to get stuff for a STEM challenge and to try and sleep off the cold I picked up in the staff room Monday (which is on me; when someone who was visibly ill came in to have lunch I…stayed in the same room breathing her germs).
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Left work basically right after the kids went home to get stuff for a STEM challenge and to try and sleep off the cold I picked up in the staff room Monday (which is on me; when someone who was visibly ill came in to have lunch I…stayed in the same room breathing her germs).
See you later, Navigator!
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
See you later, Navigator!
I have not, but I’ve never, ever been good at giving myself grace. It’s a good reminder.
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I have not, but I’ve never, ever been good at giving myself grace. It’s a good reminder.
It is absolutely *pouring* right now, in an El-Niño-Spring-Storm-in-SoCal kinda way, except it’s November and apparently it’s a La Niña year.
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It is absolutely *pouring* right now, in an El-Niño-Spring-Storm-in-SoCal kinda way, except it’s November and apparently it’s a La Niña year.
Speechless with rage
The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Speechless with rage
Probably my most un-fun opinion is that alt text is not for jokes or cleverness; it’s to describe the image to people who can’t see it so they understand the two word commentary you post along with the image.
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Probably my most un-fun opinion is that alt text is not for jokes or cleverness; it’s to describe the image to people who can’t see it so they understand the two word commentary you post along with the image.
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NEW: I wrote about attacks on federal oversight of special ed and what it means for families like mine. I went into this thinking maybe MN kids would be ok, but "As I spoke to experts in federal disability education policy, I began to see the cracks."
www.startribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW: I wrote about attacks on federal oversight of special ed and what it means for families like mine. I went into this thinking maybe MN kids would be ok, but "As I spoke to experts in federal disability education policy, I began to see the cracks."
He’s a bad guy. We all know it. And if he did horrible stuff to underage kids then he deserves whatever consequences come his way.
But otherwise? I don’t need to know ANY of this other stuff about any president’s intimate life.
But also?
But otherwise? I don’t need to know ANY of this other stuff about any president’s intimate life.
But also?
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
He’s a bad guy. We all know it. And if he did horrible stuff to underage kids then he deserves whatever consequences come his way.
But otherwise? I don’t need to know ANY of this other stuff about any president’s intimate life.
But also?
But otherwise? I don’t need to know ANY of this other stuff about any president’s intimate life.
But also?
Ah, yes, Athens was famously known for being the birthplace of authoritarianism. 😑
Burns: The Old Testament says there’s nothing new under the sun. On July 4th, 1776, there was. Everybody up to that point had been under authoritarian rule. It was in the interests of their rulers that they be uneducated, that they be superstitious, that they be distracted by conspiracies…
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ah, yes, Athens was famously known for being the birthplace of authoritarianism. 😑
So again I find myself in the position of thinking (1) his superpower is avoiding any and all accountability for anything, (2) that it would in fact be supremely ironic if a guy who courted Q Anon (and what hubris to do that given this) went down for this, and (3) I spell better than a billionaire.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
So again I find myself in the position of thinking (1) his superpower is avoiding any and all accountability for anything, (2) that it would in fact be supremely ironic if a guy who courted Q Anon (and what hubris to do that given this) went down for this, and (3) I spell better than a billionaire.
Okay, (slight tmi warning) so I should get about two to two and a half paid days off a month because without that “useless medication” I would be curled up in a ball feeling like my insides were being squeezed like a dish towel. 🤷🏼♀️💵
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Okay, (slight tmi warning) so I should get about two to two and a half paid days off a month because without that “useless medication” I would be curled up in a ball feeling like my insides were being squeezed like a dish towel. 🤷🏼♀️💵
I dislike the Liquid Glass stuff a lot less than most but, you know, I actually would like to know what time it is while I’m using an app. 😑
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I dislike the Liquid Glass stuff a lot less than most but, you know, I actually would like to know what time it is while I’m using an app. 😑
Finished the entire Foreigner series by CJ Cherryh (so far* 🤞) and I kind of want to go back and reread it now that I know what’s going on behind the scenes in the early books. But early days Bren is so ridiculous. I admire Banichi’s restraint in not throwing him through a wall.
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Finished the entire Foreigner series by CJ Cherryh (so far* 🤞) and I kind of want to go back and reread it now that I know what’s going on behind the scenes in the early books. But early days Bren is so ridiculous. I admire Banichi’s restraint in not throwing him through a wall.
You know, apropos of having random snippets of the soundtrack stuck in my head for weeks thanks to previews, the 2 saddest lines in the entire Wicked soundtrack are:
“And if I’m flying solo / at least I’m flying free”
and
“Well……isn’t it?”
(And all of “I’m Not That Girl.”)
“And if I’m flying solo / at least I’m flying free”
and
“Well……isn’t it?”
(And all of “I’m Not That Girl.”)
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You know, apropos of having random snippets of the soundtrack stuck in my head for weeks thanks to previews, the 2 saddest lines in the entire Wicked soundtrack are:
“And if I’m flying solo / at least I’m flying free”
and
“Well……isn’t it?”
(And all of “I’m Not That Girl.”)
“And if I’m flying solo / at least I’m flying free”
and
“Well……isn’t it?”
(And all of “I’m Not That Girl.”)