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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 41m

I saw a political reporter say p much that yeah. I get that it’s easy but it does get tiring.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 57m

Bc I’m fat and I get easily winded and with allergies often breath through my mouth. But that hasn’t made me a fucking Omni-bigot.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 58m

I know this hopeless but it sure would be nice if ppl criticizing the “young” republicans could make it about their terrible beliefs and not their weight.

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 1h

Thing that never stops being exciting, even 30-ish years after you’ve left Seattle: getting a text w/a picture of Mt. Rainier being out.

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 5h

Padma: I certainly hope we don’t do _that_ again.

Me: nope. {under my breath} not for six months anyway when you get another dental

(Except for needing a tooth cleaning & a tendency to dirty ears, Padma is delightful & even super wiggly charmed the tech & the vet)

An orange and white cat sits on her haunches on a sunny kitchen table and stares at the camera with a piercing glare.

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 5h

.7 ml of Gabapentin folks. (She is still yelling even tho we’re here & waiting for the vet)

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Chris Nehls @nehls.bsky.social · 7h

good morning

The Queen of Hearts Shutdown

Through the looking glass on conventional CR wisdom as the House is late—late—for a very important vote

open.substack.com

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 8h

Susan probably won’t love the liquid either, but at least once it’s down her throat, I know she won’t be able to spit it back out. And she’ll stop trying to eat all of the food that exists in the world.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 8h

With Susan completely refusing the Prozac pill & the liquid not arriving until this afternoon, she back on Xanax and eating _all_ the food. Gave Sweetie a little extra just now since Susan had eaten all of the 6am food & then had to close the sunroom door so Susan wouldn’t try to crowd Sweetie out.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 8h

The possum was back, as it must have been several times lately, bc Georgie wanted to go back for more food, but she scared of it. Even after it ran away when it saw B. He said “so now I’ll have to put down two bowls”. I like his way of thinking.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 8h

Glad we don’t have to give Padma medicine regularly (and hope it stays that way) bc you’d think we were about to torture her. She got about .7 of the intended 1 ml of Gabapentin and that’s just going to have to do.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 20h

How about that! The last game i remember watching when I still lived in Seattle was one in which Mariners were up by a similar amount; went into the 9th and then lost. But not this time! Whee!

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 20h

Heyyyy a baseball player with glasses! Schneider of the Blue Jays.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

I appreciate the Blue Jays for knocking out the hated Yankees but I think the clear optimal postseason outcome at this point is a Mariners v Brewers World Series, in which the teams would combine for zero championships

a team being guaranteed their first title would be pretty fucking cool

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 20h

Padma’s annual exam is tomorrow. I just registered that I need to give her Gabapentin. That’ll be fun. And I’ll need to do it p much as soon as I wake up too. Argh.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 20h

Cal Raleigh is not so charismatic that blowing snot out of his nose on camera is ok.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 21h

This doesn’t look comfortable, but has been like this for about 5 minutes and now her eyes are closing even tho she’s fighting sleep. My Susan Sto Helit. 😻

A Siamese mix cat sits across a woman’s thighs. The cat’s front paws are straight, but her face shows she’s half asleep.

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 21h

Padma is ready for bed. She finds baseball soothing.

An orange and white cat sits loaf style on an ottoman. She’s facing the camera with her eyes half closed. Her wide-set ears perfectly frame the baseball game on the tv in the background.

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 21h

Seattle gets another run to make it 7-3.
Me: woo!
B: still not enough
Me, a fan back in the 90s: yeah, that’s true.

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 21h

According to www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packa... white pepper is less hot than black, but my experience is the opposite bc it blends into sauces more effectively. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

White Pepper vs. Black Pepper: What's the Difference?

Everything to know about both types of peppercorns, including when to use one over the other.

www.foodnetwork.com

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 22h

Makes for a sneakier heat to food bc the powder blends into sauces better than the comparatively coarser grind to black pepper. At least, for pre-ground black pepper. Tonight it went into a simple tomato-spinach-sausage sauce for pasta.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 22h

I have gotten white pepper before but not had it in the house for a long time. Lots of the stir fry recipes I’ve made this year call for it so I got more and I think I’m about to become a white pepper evangelist. I think it’s less the variety than the fact that it’s ground really fine. +

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 22h

Woohoo! Both teams into bullpen; Jose Polanco of Mariners hits a home run w/2 on. 6-3 Mariners in the top of the 5th.

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Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 23h

As I typed the last post, somebody got walked. Sigh.

Amy West @amyewest.bsky.social · 23h

Starting dinner while Mariners are pitching/defending bc bad things are more likely to happen then and I don’t need to see that.