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Cindy Phan
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So, like, yesterday it was still possible to sit out there…
Two patio chairs and a round patio table out in the snow in a fenced-in, snow-filled backyard. There is so much snow in the chairs that the snow had formed negative snow-shell chairs within them, while the table sports a perfect, round, hockey puck slab of snow on what was just yesterday it’s virtually snow-free surface.
January 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Snow days hit different when you’re the adult and not the child. Also, when the human and not the dog who just wants to tunnel through the backyard.
A black standard poodle leaping through snow that comes up to her chest. She’s already carved out some snow lanes for herself in the backyard she’s in using her body and her boundless, near feral snow energy. There’s so much snow it’s almost featureless out there, save for the dog and her lanes. The dog standing in the kitchen on the hardwood floor next to a green rug. She’s in profile so you can see her snow-dusted body. Her head is turned and looking up at the camera. From her expression, it’s clear she has no regrets about the snow mess she’s made of herself, none at all. Her face is also covered in snow.
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
Debbie, a tall statuesque white teen with huge 80’s teased hair, standing next to her gal pal, Sheila, a shorter bespectacled black teen. They are in the school’s busy parking lot. Debbie is in a black outfit (crop top, studded pants, leather jacket) while Sheila wears a green sweater vest over a grey shit under an overlarge 89’s blue jacket. The movie is A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and while these two aren’t in it all that much, their on-screen chemistry is electric.
January 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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UPDATE:
The Christmas cactus pink and white flower, now in full bloom.
January 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Post a picture YOU took, no description just the picture.
Assorted brown and mostly broken faunal remains (shattered tibias, jaw bones, some vertebrae, some teeth) arranged on a wire screen arranged to form a crude and squat little man with his mouth open (including a pair of deer teeth for his own teeth). He also has stub ears and spiky, bone shard hair.
January 14, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Waiting…and waiting.
A black standard poodle, as seen from behind, as she sits waiting by the narrow window next to the curtain-draped front door. She’s sitting on a black floor mat. The poodle lying down now with her head resting on the narrow window’s narrow sill, front legs crossed. You can just make out the wistful expression on her white muzzled face.
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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My super nuanced take on Autistic Barbie
Marge Simpson holding a very large potato smiling in the “I just think they’re neat” meme. Marge, holding up the potato to her eye level for closer inspection, still smiling.
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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She can be v e r y persuasive
Close up of the long face of a black standard poodle as she looks into the camera with huge puppy dog eyes. She’s standing with her front paws on the ledge of a hardwood floor, a cluttered living room behind her.
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Oh hey, my Christmas cactus is doing that thing!
Close up of one of the many arms of a potted Christmas cactus, this particular one ending with a pink and white flower, mid-bloom.
January 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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The Heartbreaker has no regrets
A black standard poodle sitting on a hardwood floor. She’s looking at the camera with her head very slightly cocked to the side. Her ears are back, her expression bright and smug. Behind her is a cluttered living room, blue blanket draped on a brown couch.
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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Checking up on me (and the remains of my breakfast)
A black standard poodle sitting half-hidden behind the leg of a wooden chair as she looks at me (off camera) with a slight expression of concern. Behind her is a sunken living room space with white, book-filled bookshelves and a flat screen TV sitting atop a glass fronted cabinet.
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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OK. The kiddo is FINALLY going to sleep for real this time so we’re going to switch off TRON and finish what we were watching last night:

THE LORD OF ILLUSIONS (1995)
The back of a man’s head looking up to another man, a middle-aged cult leader with magical powers, as he (the cult leader) suspends himself Christ-like in the air, held in the embrace of a bloody cape made of bones and skin and rags. They are in a dilapidated house. The cult leader is otherwise dressed humbly, in a t-shirt and slacks.
January 10, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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Watching TRON: Ares with my partner (him for nostalgia, me for spousal support), though I have questions (also comments)
Ares, a shiny red and black helmeted figure (his face is completely covered), standing against a black background outlined in white lights. I think he’s inside a computer.
January 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Cindy. No more photos after this one. Promise me
A black standard poodle lying on a giant round dog bed with her legs clustered together into a V shape. She’s glaring at the camera with one heavy-lidded eye. She’s got a red flower attached to her blue and red collar.
January 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Also, his eyes? Made with glitter.
Another dramatic pic of this thic dramatic horse, showing off his determined and enraged expression, teeth showing, nostrils wide, eyes full of smudged orange glitter. Close up of Jericho’s face, all the better to show the glitter in his eye.
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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BONUS
View of Jericho’s the Blond Haired Horse’s absolutely CAKED backend.
January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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Everyone please, please stop and behold this super thicc boi I got at the thrift store today for $5
A painted plaster statue of a brown, blond haired bucking horse (facing left) on a wooden kitchen table. His mouth is open, teeth showing. He's got white legs to the knees. He's standing on an oval slice of treated wood. He is extremely buff, every muscle showing and bulging with a few extra, non-anatomically correct muscles on top of those. The horse facing right this time. Here you can see how his magnificent hair is swept over the side of his face. His ears are back, his tail high and proud and flowing. I have named him Jericho. One of Jericho's super buff, heavily muscled and (yes, in this light) shining back leg. Jericho's super, supremely buff front legs, muscles so round and big they're practically punching the air that surrounds them.
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Coming in hot to post that all three season of RELIC HUNTER staring the phenomenal Tia Carrere are on Tubi (Canada) NOW.

You’re welcome. You’re all very welcome.
Screen shot of the Relic Hunter TV show on Tubi, with an illustration of Tia Carrere (as Sydney Fox in a black tank top) next to a show description and with stills of episodes listed below, ready for selection.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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Always catching her laughing at her own jokes
A black standard poodle standing at the top of the stairs. She’s mid-yawn, but it looks like she’s laughing with her chin to her chest. To her left a window with potted plants on the sill can be seen, as well as the corner of an art print.
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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My coping mechanism is absurdity and posting pictures of my dog, who is herself ridiculous
A black standard poodle stands between the wooden slats of the staircase at the top of the stairs looking down at the camera as she licks her nose. She’s making an incredible amount of eye contact. To her left her on the wall over the stairs is a gigantic canvas fan with a cranes and waterfalls motif.
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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My partner is back on his commute so the dog is back on her vigil
A black standard poodle, as seen from behind, as she sits waiting by the narrow side window next to the front door, staring out into the street. The door is white with a white and blue curtain over its square window. There is a large black mat in front of it, upon which the poodle waits.
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Dog or Black Phillip?
A black standard poodle at the end of a messy foyer in front of the front door. She’s in blurry motion, up on her hind legs with her front legs reaching up by her face. She’s between a cluttered black bench burdened with bags and lined with shoes and an overflowing, winter coat and hoodie full coat rack.
January 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Holy hell hello nightmare fuel
Eyes and the hint of the bridge of a nose laying sidewise in the dark. Subtitles read: “Let them know this is our home.”
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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“Home” that X-Files episode so controversial and disturbing they pulled of off tv for a spell now playing for all the world and god to see at 10:30AM on a Tuesday morning on Pluto TV
A dark and stormy and hellacious night on a rundown homestead, a rusted truck shell in front of an old farmhouse as three dark figures leave the house and walk across its muddy grounds.
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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OH, PUH-LEASE!
Close up of the face of a black standard poodle as she stands on a hardwood floor beside a leopard print rug. She’s got a”rolled eyes” expression on her face as she looks up into the camera. Her snout is very long.
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM