My mom really died... that really happened... so...
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At last I can see life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there's no guarantees, but I'm not alone
There comes a time in everyone's life
When all you can see are the years passing by
And I have made up my mind that those days are gone
And I know there's no guarantees, but I'm not alone
There comes a time in everyone's life
When all you can see are the years passing by
And I have made up my mind that those days are gone
I didn't kill it, but it is severely wounded...
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I didn't kill it, but it is severely wounded...
They really do have delusions that they could hold their own against people like us. It's almost adorable. I've been online since AOL 1.0 floppies... so... yeah... good luck, sweet pea. Make sure your mom packs you a sack lunch. 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
They really do have delusions that they could hold their own against people like us. It's almost adorable. I've been online since AOL 1.0 floppies... so... yeah... good luck, sweet pea. Make sure your mom packs you a sack lunch. 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You know what: Panera may be stupid expensive and arguably not worth it, but I'm sitting here with a Creme Brulee Bite, a Brownie Bite, a Chocolate-dipped Macaroon, and a Chocolate Macaroon about to watch today's episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, so... let's do this.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
You know what: Panera may be stupid expensive and arguably not worth it, but I'm sitting here with a Creme Brulee Bite, a Brownie Bite, a Chocolate-dipped Macaroon, and a Chocolate Macaroon about to watch today's episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, so... let's do this.
It's always funny when someone blocks you, then unblocks you because they can't resist stalking your timeline & keeping up with what you're saying in a given exchange, then blocks you again... because you get a separate listification DM every time it happens.
People are a trip.
People are a trip.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's always funny when someone blocks you, then unblocks you because they can't resist stalking your timeline & keeping up with what you're saying in a given exchange, then blocks you again... because you get a separate listification DM every time it happens.
People are a trip.
People are a trip.
I couldn't decide... so I got both. 🤷♀️
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I couldn't decide... so I got both. 🤷♀️
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This infographic only needs to exist because people are too dumb to appreciate boundaries and nuance.
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This infographic only needs to exist because people are too dumb to appreciate boundaries and nuance.
I swear to you, I think I might have to get one of these on Wednesday so I can warm it up to eat on Thursday. That would be equal parts really sad and kind of awesome. My mom would laugh her ass off. I may hear her laughing her ass off at me if I do this.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I swear to you, I think I might have to get one of these on Wednesday so I can warm it up to eat on Thursday. That would be equal parts really sad and kind of awesome. My mom would laugh her ass off. I may hear her laughing her ass off at me if I do this.
Mom's Favorite Movies Marathon continues now with the 2009 Star Trek reboot.
I lived in Florida when this movie came out, but I came home the week of Mother's Day to visit and I took mom to see it in IMAX. I found this ticket stub in her filing cabinet the other day...
I lived in Florida when this movie came out, but I came home the week of Mother's Day to visit and I took mom to see it in IMAX. I found this ticket stub in her filing cabinet the other day...
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Mom's Favorite Movies Marathon continues now with the 2009 Star Trek reboot.
I lived in Florida when this movie came out, but I came home the week of Mother's Day to visit and I took mom to see it in IMAX. I found this ticket stub in her filing cabinet the other day...
I lived in Florida when this movie came out, but I came home the week of Mother's Day to visit and I took mom to see it in IMAX. I found this ticket stub in her filing cabinet the other day...
I'd like to have a word with the Penn Station chocolate chunk cookie serving size decision makers. Nobody eats 1/4 of a cookie. If you're the kind of person who eats 1/4 of a cookie at a time, you're not the kind of person who eats at Penn Station to begin with.
COME ON, MAN!
COME ON, MAN!
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'd like to have a word with the Penn Station chocolate chunk cookie serving size decision makers. Nobody eats 1/4 of a cookie. If you're the kind of person who eats 1/4 of a cookie at a time, you're not the kind of person who eats at Penn Station to begin with.
COME ON, MAN!
COME ON, MAN!
I did all this with the free version... never paid for the upgrade. I'm sure it's a lot more capable than the free version, but I managed to get done what I was looking to get done with the free one.
This is a bird's eye of the property layout showing the whole "compound".
This is a bird's eye of the property layout showing the whole "compound".
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I did all this with the free version... never paid for the upgrade. I'm sure it's a lot more capable than the free version, but I managed to get done what I was looking to get done with the free one.
This is a bird's eye of the property layout showing the whole "compound".
This is a bird's eye of the property layout showing the whole "compound".
This was the apartment & garden deck I designed for my mom above the garage in my lottery house. If I ever actually win that jackpot now, I guess it'll just be a guest suite.
Bottom right quadrant is my grow room, in case you're wondering what the utility sink and stalls & such are all about.
Bottom right quadrant is my grow room, in case you're wondering what the utility sink and stalls & such are all about.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This was the apartment & garden deck I designed for my mom above the garage in my lottery house. If I ever actually win that jackpot now, I guess it'll just be a guest suite.
Bottom right quadrant is my grow room, in case you're wondering what the utility sink and stalls & such are all about.
Bottom right quadrant is my grow room, in case you're wondering what the utility sink and stalls & such are all about.
Pick your 1/2 acre friends & family plot along the bottom there. We'll will this shit into existence. 😜
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Pick your 1/2 acre friends & family plot along the bottom there. We'll will this shit into existence. 😜
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
But apparently she never got around to unpacking all of it. And I hadn't made room for it in one of the spare bedrooms yet, so it was still sitting there. I thought all the boxes in it were empty. I thought she'd already unpacked everything. She hadn't.
I found it... all of it... in one box.
I found it... all of it... in one box.
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
But apparently she never got around to unpacking all of it. And I hadn't made room for it in one of the spare bedrooms yet, so it was still sitting there. I thought all the boxes in it were empty. I thought she'd already unpacked everything. She hadn't.
I found it... all of it... in one box.
I found it... all of it... in one box.
Decided on Culver's. I'mma go ahead and eat some feelings here, if you'll excuse me for a few minutes...
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Decided on Culver's. I'mma go ahead and eat some feelings here, if you'll excuse me for a few minutes...
Found this letter from one of my mom's college professors in her filing cabinet, along with the psychology project she's talking about. Take note of the A+ atop the page. That was my mom's thing. I'm not sure she ever got a paper or project back that wasn't an A, if not a 100%+/A+.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Found this letter from one of my mom's college professors in her filing cabinet, along with the psychology project she's talking about. Take note of the A+ atop the page. That was my mom's thing. I'm not sure she ever got a paper or project back that wasn't an A, if not a 100%+/A+.
My walk was nice. There used to be some crazy rich people that lived around here. First pic they call Betty's Cabin. Some "cabin", eh? The second is the Ball Mansion... as in Ball jars... Ball State University... Ball Memorial Hospital... they basically built Muncie back in the day.
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My walk was nice. There used to be some crazy rich people that lived around here. First pic they call Betty's Cabin. Some "cabin", eh? The second is the Ball Mansion... as in Ball jars... Ball State University... Ball Memorial Hospital... they basically built Muncie back in the day.
Donuts & coffee are here. I'm about to try to bury a mountain of pain under a mountain of sugar. It's not gonna work, but I'm gonna give it my best shot anyway. Wish me luck.
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Donuts & coffee are here. I'm about to try to bury a mountain of pain under a mountain of sugar. It's not gonna work, but I'm gonna give it my best shot anyway. Wish me luck.
Walking out of my bedroom to see an empty chair and an empty bed in the living room was a punch to the gut every time... got the futon converted into a couch. It was never used as a couch, so visually maybe it'll be symbolic closure while I’m stuck here sorting through 72 years of my mom’s life.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Walking out of my bedroom to see an empty chair and an empty bed in the living room was a punch to the gut every time... got the futon converted into a couch. It was never used as a couch, so visually maybe it'll be symbolic closure while I’m stuck here sorting through 72 years of my mom’s life.
Up next in Mom's Favorite Movies Marathon: The Core. Thanks to @marcmck.bsky.social for reminding me of it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Up next in Mom's Favorite Movies Marathon: The Core. Thanks to @marcmck.bsky.social for reminding me of it.
People suck. I dropped my whole life and ran to Houston to take care of her baby for several weeks when she called me in a panic 3 days before her maternity leave was ending & she got a call from her daycare saying they were shutting down the following day.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
People suck. I dropped my whole life and ran to Houston to take care of her baby for several weeks when she called me in a panic 3 days before her maternity leave was ending & she got a call from her daycare saying they were shutting down the following day.
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Facebook isn't all bad. This is my childhood friend, Jodi, who grew up 4 houses down the street. This made me smile. Also bawl... but smile-bawling.
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Facebook isn't all bad. This is my childhood friend, Jodi, who grew up 4 houses down the street. This made me smile. Also bawl... but smile-bawling.