Monica is so tired
@monicamcj.bsky.social
Data analyst by trade, into fitness (but not influencers), politics, sports, theology. Volunteer for League of Women Voters, church musician. Second guessing myself since before it was cool.
Received a mailer from a candidate for the Cincinnati City Council race. At my home in suburban Columbus. 🤔
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Received a mailer from a candidate for the Cincinnati City Council race. At my home in suburban Columbus. 🤔
If you get stuck by the paywall, check out this image of the Purdue Exponent with IU’s statue of legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle:
October 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
If you get stuck by the paywall, check out this image of the Purdue Exponent with IU’s statue of legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle:
I was looking up the cast of Spinal Tap (don’t judge me) and came across this AI gem. It’s actually telling me that the Lenny character is not in the movie, lmao. (I knew the answer to the displayed question because I am old, just wanted to see how it was handled.)
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I was looking up the cast of Spinal Tap (don’t judge me) and came across this AI gem. It’s actually telling me that the Lenny character is not in the movie, lmao. (I knew the answer to the displayed question because I am old, just wanted to see how it was handled.)
Someone chalked the path along Hoover Reservoir with loving and encouraging statements ❤️
September 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Someone chalked the path along Hoover Reservoir with loving and encouraging statements ❤️
We end with this very real testimonial from someone who bought one of Joan's bags after reading her story. We of course have a link to Joan's online store where there are thousands of super cheap 'vegan leather' bags for sale. Us old folks call that pleather. 10/
August 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We end with this very real testimonial from someone who bought one of Joan's bags after reading her story. We of course have a link to Joan's online store where there are thousands of super cheap 'vegan leather' bags for sale. Us old folks call that pleather. 10/
This part is almost the worst in all this dreck. "25 years have passed since Hurricane Katrina." What?
Anyway, at 65 her hands have slowed but her heart is still full. She guides her granddaughter's small hands. My cavities deepen and my dentist clucks in disapproval. 9/
Anyway, at 65 her hands have slowed but her heart is still full. She guides her granddaughter's small hands. My cavities deepen and my dentist clucks in disapproval. 9/
August 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This part is almost the worst in all this dreck. "25 years have passed since Hurricane Katrina." What?
Anyway, at 65 her hands have slowed but her heart is still full. She guides her granddaughter's small hands. My cavities deepen and my dentist clucks in disapproval. 9/
Anyway, at 65 her hands have slowed but her heart is still full. She guides her granddaughter's small hands. My cavities deepen and my dentist clucks in disapproval. 9/
The community gathers around her! She starts teaching workshops! If you teach everyone, Joan, who are you going to sell to?
It's going to be such a shock to the community that she's closing up shop after 39 years. Remember that part? 8/
It's going to be such a shock to the community that she's closing up shop after 39 years. Remember that part? 8/
August 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The community gathers around her! She starts teaching workshops! If you teach everyone, Joan, who are you going to sell to?
It's going to be such a shock to the community that she's closing up shop after 39 years. Remember that part? 8/
It's going to be such a shock to the community that she's closing up shop after 39 years. Remember that part? 8/
REDEMPTION. Her husband and daughter encourage her to return to sewing her bags. Fingers seem to add up, good job! Let's not talk about the knuckles. I'm pretty sure the prompt said something like "make everything brown." 7/
August 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
REDEMPTION. Her husband and daughter encourage her to return to sewing her bags. Fingers seem to add up, good job! Let's not talk about the knuckles. I'm pretty sure the prompt said something like "make everything brown." 7/
OH DAMN. Hurricane Katrina hits and wipes out her store! In Central Ohio! The bags she had made over the years were lost. I guess she wasn't actually selling them all those years then? Just collecting them? Good thing the sign on the store is completely undamaged. 6/
August 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OH DAMN. Hurricane Katrina hits and wipes out her store! In Central Ohio! The bags she had made over the years were lost. I guess she wasn't actually selling them all those years then? Just collecting them? Good thing the sign on the store is completely undamaged. 6/
Anyone remember that we're supposed to end up Westerville in this story? And that the store is closing? The AI certainly doesn't. We learn that Joan starts making bags for people and eventually her hobby turns into a small business. This writing is so sickly sweet my molars are aching. 5/
August 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Anyone remember that we're supposed to end up Westerville in this story? And that the store is closing? The AI certainly doesn't. We learn that Joan starts making bags for people and eventually her hobby turns into a small business. This writing is so sickly sweet my molars are aching. 5/
We learn that Joan made her first crappy bag, but she loved it so much "she carried it everywhere like it was made of gold." Not sure why there's a photo here of a young woman with a sign that reads "Joan's Bag." 4/
August 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We learn that Joan made her first crappy bag, but she loved it so much "she carried it everywhere like it was made of gold." Not sure why there's a photo here of a young woman with a sign that reads "Joan's Bag." 4/
Now we're cooking. I learn that she was born in a small town, and watched her grandmother sew, patching clothes, making 'small pouches.' As you do. I mean, my grandma could sew a mean pouch, I'll tell you what. 3/
August 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Now we're cooking. I learn that she was born in a small town, and watched her grandmother sew, patching clothes, making 'small pouches.' As you do. I mean, my grandma could sew a mean pouch, I'll tell you what. 3/
I clicked on the link. I had to. It's a story of this nice lady with 7 fingers who "vanished after the storm." Huh? Let's find out more. 2/
August 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I clicked on the link. I had to. It's a story of this nice lady with 7 fingers who "vanished after the storm." Huh? Let's find out more. 2/
I can't get over this AI slop from my local paper, @dispatch.com. I was reading an article today and at the bottom, a headline about a store closing in Westerville, where I live. This store absolutely does not exist.
Then I catch the disclaimer that it is AI-generated. 1/
Then I catch the disclaimer that it is AI-generated. 1/
August 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I can't get over this AI slop from my local paper, @dispatch.com. I was reading an article today and at the bottom, a headline about a store closing in Westerville, where I live. This store absolutely does not exist.
Then I catch the disclaimer that it is AI-generated. 1/
Then I catch the disclaimer that it is AI-generated. 1/
Happy blimp day aka ultimate bucket list item for an Akron native.
July 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Happy blimp day aka ultimate bucket list item for an Akron native.
Got an actual fortune from a cookie yesterday, instead of advice, observation, or proverb, and my first thought was “hell yeah I’m gonna shine” and the very next thought was “wait oh no what’s going to happen in September to require inner strength?”
June 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Got an actual fortune from a cookie yesterday, instead of advice, observation, or proverb, and my first thought was “hell yeah I’m gonna shine” and the very next thought was “wait oh no what’s going to happen in September to require inner strength?”
Running a 5K in Columbus this morning and let’s just check the temperature and whaaa..
March 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Running a 5K in Columbus this morning and let’s just check the temperature and whaaa..
Every time I visit my son, I claim this mug because I feel so SEEN.
December 24, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Every time I visit my son, I claim this mug because I feel so SEEN.
Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
December 21, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Name a non-LOTR character that could resist the One Ring.
Not the point of the article in today’s Columbus Dispatch, but every once in a while I am reminded that Italians aren’t “white,” regardless of what my racist extended family members might think.
November 19, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Not the point of the article in today’s Columbus Dispatch, but every once in a while I am reminded that Italians aren’t “white,” regardless of what my racist extended family members might think.
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally.
November 5, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally.
You found him!
October 22, 2024 at 11:19 AM
You found him!