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I need to start proofreading my alt text before I post it because when I do voice to text, things like "do rag" slip through. 🤦‍♀️
A page from The Monster at the End of this Book showing everyone's favorite lovable, furry Grover with his hands over his face and a thought bubble that reads: "Oh, I am so embarrassed....."
February 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Hit 50 again today and it's still in the high 40s right now, so it's grillin' weather one more time!
In the foreground is an open hunters orange jacket, over my left shoulder is a stainless steel propane grill with the thermometer on the front that shows about 250° because I had just closed the lid again
February 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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These will sit here opened until Easter, and they will be partially stale enough for my mom to enjoy them. 😂
A box of yellow peep chicks, with half of the wrapper removed.
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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Charred bacon hanging on a little clothesline with a charred sprig of rosemary Large rigatoni in lemon chardonay sauce topped with three little piles of pulled short rib and in the middle a pile of horseradish cream, and some long strings of parmesan on top. It's in a green bowl and it was delicious.
February 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Seated for my friend's birthday dinner at a fancy pub.
Ginger Peach Martini hendrick's gin, domaine de canton, peach schnapps, lemon Bacon Tower candied nueske bacon, torched tableside Deviled Eggs classic creamy deviled eggs topped with candied nueske bacon Pulled Short Rib Rigatoni 12-hour braised beef, oversized all dente pasta, lemon chardonnay butter sauce and horseradish cream, topped with torn herbs
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Fucking amazing show. Visuals were gorgeous.
B stage in the middle of the arena - it's a square and there is a hanging square above it - the stage is lined in red lights and smoke so it looks like its surrounded by red flames, and the light contraption above also glows a sinister red. A closer, brighter, more intense red of the same setup in the first picture. The lighting contraption above has dropped down closer to the stage, and I was in the nosebleeds so the angle looks like they might be crushed Same stage setup, but with purple and white light and smoke. It's almost like a purple negative - the guys in the band are visible as dark purple-y pink silhouettes against the white smoke The same setup with green lighting effects. The colored light is also bles out onto the audience surrounding the stage
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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The opening act is ass, but the visual is cool. (It's a bland DJ.)
A dj doing a set in a square pillar of red light. A dj doing a set in a square pillar of red light, a closer zoomed photo
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Seated in the nosebleeds for NIN
An unglamourous shot down on the Capital One Arena in DC
February 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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Karen from mean girls open-mouth-gape reacting to Regina saying "Boo, you whore" on the phone.
February 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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At one point I had a road fully covered, about 1.5 ft deep. All of these roads were plowed multiple times yesterday.

Luckily, it was sunset so the view was nice as I crawled along.
A view of the sunset yesterday, in the foreground there is snow on the ground, there are a couple of large what look like maple trees and then an apple orchard with a small, and adolescent aged apple trees with supports in them lined up, in back of that casting all of those in shadows so they look black, there is a bright gray sky above, about halfway down there are light gray blue clouds that are darker than the sky, then down on the horizon in just a little bit of space is a peachy pink vivid sunset coloring just above the ground A similar view like the previous photo, this time the sunset is framed by two of the large trees in the foreground with some of the Orchard showing in the background, and you can see a tall tall mashed fencing around the entire orchard, and the vivid dark pink sunset is showing through the fence and the small apple trees Further down the road, the clouds and the sunset have gotten darker and more ominous, there are no trees blocking the view of the sunset though there are some along the road on the right side of the photo, you can see completely over the apple orchard at this point because the supports are only showing very small, young baby apple trees Pass the Orchard, there is the sunset behind a snowy hill. To the left of center just above the top of the hill you can see the white roof of a barn in the distance, and some Evergreen and winter-dead deciduous trees on the horizon than the sunset above it the clouds. On the right side of the photo are some dramatic deciduous bare trees
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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I had to drive verrrrrry slow on the way home, on an alternate route because of a huge accident, so it was easy to just stop and take pics.

The tire tracks are in the left lane, the unnavigable piles are the right lane.
A very snowy road with drifts covering the right lane, and then there were pine trees and other scrub trees in the background Further down the same road, if fewer trees in the background but again snow covering everything, the left side of the road has tracks going through it and only has maybe a couple inches of snow on it, the right lane of the road is snow drifts that are probably 2 feet deep that have drift
February 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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My snow fence died a noble death yesterday.

The fence posts have about four feet above ground. So that's a lot of snow that blew accross the field.
A whole lot of snow in a destroyed snow fence looking out over a wide open field with one tree right next to the snow fence, and then a wood line off in the distance, there's just snow everywhere
February 7, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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I have the Final Girl mug and I kinda want all the rest of them?

www.etsy.com/shop/LittleE...
A tall pottery mug that's cream colored with black sparkles a black rim and a black handle, and in black on the front is a scary pumpkin face with the text YOU SHOULD SMILE MORE A cute cream colored mug that's cream with black speckles, it has a rich pink handle and rim, and on the bottom of the side of the mug in black text stamped into the mug PEOPLE DISPLEASER A tall pottery mug that's cream colored with black sparkles a deep blue rim and handle with some of the blue trailing down the sides of the mug, a black traced image of a mermaid and a fish with the words DUMP HIM above the mermaid, and in parentheses at the bottom of the mug INTO THE SEA A tall pottery mug that's cream colored with black sparkles a black rim and a black handle, and in black on the front is a haunted house with a dead tree on either side. with the text MENTALLY I AM HERE
February 7, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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It's... it's a legacy name, even.
A photo of a black man from a Google search, with his info: Calvin Ball III - 50 years old, born on September 2, 1975, and he went to Morgan State University and Towson University
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Showe a screenshot from the very first video game you remember playing.
Depth Charge
February 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Spilled too much brown sugar into it so it's way too sweet, but I did a kinda-version of this recipe (don't have any sesame oil booo) - damndelicious.net/2013/07/07/k...

It's pretty good.
Dark brown Ground beef, carrots pieces, sliced green onion, little bits of broccoli crowns, over rice with a juice sauce. All in a white bowl.
February 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Made some cheat potato soup and watched the Leverage Pilot.

Am now on episode 3 of an accidental rewatch. 😂
Creamy white potato soup in a red bowl, topped with some crumbled brown bacon, yellow shredded cheddar cheese, and sliced green onion tops.
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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January 20, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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no age limit, just end it here -
Screenshot of most of Mere's post above - "Mere Smith let me tell you, when I turned 50 and decided that I no longer have to listen to any white male " And then I scratched the rest out with white ink
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Moms deconstructed breakfast toast (didn't know if she wanted to eat it separately or not) and my hot mess choas
A piece of sourdough toast, some yellow scrambled eggs, red diced tomato, and green diced avocado all sitting separately on a white plate, with a stainless steel fork off to the side Two pieces of sourdough toast a little overdone, chaprically topped with yellow scrambled eggs, red diced tomato, and green diced avocado with fresh ground black pepper on top - on a white plate, with a stainless steel fork off to the side
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Black text on white background - I'm in this photo and I don't like it I'm in this photo and I don't like it I'm in this photo and I don't like it I'm in this photo and I don't like it
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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No new pictures, where are you mentally?
A panel from Calvin & Hobbes: Calvin's mom is on the left. She's calm. Her speech bubble reads: LIFE COULD BE WORSE, CALVIN. Calvin's mouth is wide and he's upset. His speech bubble reads: LIFE COULD BE A LOT BETTER, TOO!
January 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula...
Racquel - vampire from the rave at the beginning of Blade - covered in blood, portrayed by Traci Lords
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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I googled and now I have a question for the Philly folks on the skyline -

How does that Goedert dude sometimes look very decent and then also he looks like a serial killer?
Goedert looking decent Goedert looking decent Goedert looking like a bad mug shot Goedert looking like he's going to take you to his mountain cabin and torture you until he gets bored and just feeds you to his pair of pet wolverines named Ringo and Clyde
January 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM