Taking our youngest off to college in the land of Irn Bru and haggis--back in a week!

"Midnight Mountain" by Cathedral is almost *too* perfect for this . . .

Bye, Paramount+! Don't let the reel hit you where the projectionist spliced you!

Mia passed away peacefully Monday night after a long fight with cancer, which had moved to her lungs in her last few days, and each day was showing a noticeable decline from the day before.

I haven't been active on social media, partly because Mia had been in home hospice care since late last year.

Us to the 19-year-old in May: it's too bad that the Switch 2 didn't release in time for your birthday

They have no idea :D

Every so often, the family tolerates me bringing this up from the garage :)

Sure, it never stood much chance of getting any Oscar nominations, but even so, Hundreds of Beavers was robbed!

Best screenplay, I understand the omission (there was almost no dialogue)

Best special effects? I understand wanting to give the CGI wizards their due

But best costume design? Snubbed!

The Senate confirmation hearings are going on right now, and the most-faxed representative has a whopping three faxes . . .

I see now why the new regime thinks it can do whatever it wants; instead of having to fight for every inch of their agenda, it looks like they're being met with empty fields.

I should probably recommend things to people more often so that when I mean it, people can tell, but I'm telling you. HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is a new Christmas classic:

Well, that's my page of the 2024 family Christmas list spreadsheet sorted! 😀😀😀 😀😀😀 😀😀😀

For some strange reason the NYT didn't give this piece a comments section 🧐

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/n...

Greetings from sunny--yes, sunny--Edinburgh, where the Royal Botanic Garden has @silviamg.bsky.social's MEXICAN GOTHIC included as part of their Fungi Forms exhibit, available to read in their fungi-themed reading room!

It’s felt like all my letters to voters just go out into the void, but here’s hoping they bear fruit like some of my requests for street trees finally did 😅

With the agency's thirtieth anniversary party next week, I finally updated my NYT Bestseller shelf.

Please welcome @ecmyers.bsky.social, whose FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: THE WEEK BEFORE landed on the series list!

Sometimes I wonder if I spoil the cat, seeing him in his haunted mansion, with his bat 🦇

Seconded! And with some stuff (like CDs) you can back it up using an app like Exact Audio Copy, stream it to yourself with Plex, and still be able to access your collection from your phone/computer/device:

It's been a minute since I've posted much of anything, so please enjoy this image of Noodles preparing for Muppet auditions: