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ADHD Mom. Geek. Reader. Gamer. Wordsmith. Nerd. MS LIS Grad. Archivist. Folklorist. Language and Coffee are important.

Self care, Reading, PBS, masking up, and kindness are punk af.

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Last night was so, so good. Critical Role live show is everything I hoped it would be and more. No spoilers because "or else".
Image while standing in line for the Critical Roll love show of the side of the Radio City Music Hall marquee. Marquee of Radio City Music Hall from a distance with the info that "Tonight Sold Out Critical Role" scrolling across the bottom.
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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This is the reframe I've been needing. I hope it reaches the people it needs to.

you are not broken - you are alive.
Post from Threads by user michellcclark that reads, "grief is proof of love. anger is proof of care. fatigue is proof of effort. you are not broken - you are alive."
September 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Possibly a deep cut but the fans know
Image of a green T-shirt, front reads "all the way from Tuam Saw Doctors" The back is a quote from the song Hay Rap that reads, "get that wasp off my sandwich"
September 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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An image of a post from bluesky sent by user Weeder (@weeder.bsky) that reads: "*young me, developing a strong sense of justice* This is gonan be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane"
August 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Timeline cleanse

Please behold my grumpy, freshly shaven catto boy.
Before and after pics of a grey Maine Coon. In the before he is wary and fluffy like a storm cloud. In the after, he is fuzzy and less confused, more angy. His tail was left floofy.
August 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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No cheating post the most recent pic of your pets.
Image of two white hind cat paws with pink and black toe beans just barely showing out of a large round covered cat bed.
July 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Apparently what it takes for my neck to not hurt is 6 glasses of wine over 5 courses and Miguel telling us about some food we're having that is way too good. Thank you Gramercy Tavern for a night so good I didn't take pics other than these

Our 20th anniversary is in the books. Now I sleep.
June 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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🎶Shouldn't have to say it all again
The universe is hostile, so impersonal
Devour to survive, so it is, so it's always been

We all feed on tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies

Much better you than I.🎵
White text on blue background that read, "Hands to the sky crying, "Why oh why?" 'Cause I need to watch things die From a distance Vicariously I live while the whole world dies You all need it too, dont' lie." Lyrics to Vicarious by Tool
May 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Apparently I have a reputation or brand or something.

I'm NOT mad about it.
Message from discord which reads, "Oh, random question I forgot to ask you yesterday and today lol: Have you read the lesbian space necromancer series, and if so, are they any good?"
May 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Here's the rest!
Image from the credits of Jacqueline Emerson as Emily Wodsworth, with their picture in character and "123UH-493VU-834NA" under the image. Image from the credits of Noshir Dalal as Hercules De Baudin, with their picture in character and "784UV-43FL-347RJ" under the image. Image from the credits of Jane Douglas as Valerie Sutton, with their picture in character and "243VN-982LI-356DE" under the image.
April 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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For the folx who watched: A short 🧵about Thresher from Critical Role with images of folx from the credits because there are unique codes under each one. Starting here:
Image from the credits of Mark/Mara Hulmes as Betty Callahan, with their picture in character and "843FH-573JV-752JH" under the image. Image from the credits of Abubakar Salim as Daemon Adams, with their picture in character and "476BV-84OBV-784HB" under the image.
April 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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An Easter argument I enjoy. Happy bunny day, everyone.
Black text on white background that reads, This Easter remember, JESUS WAS NOT A ZOMBIE. He was not mindless nor did He consume anyone Nor was he a GHOUL or a WIGHT. Although His soul and intellect were intact, He was not a rotting corpse. He was not a VAMPIRE. While He transubstantiated wine into blood He never drank it from a person. Jesus was not a GHOST or a WRAITH. He was corporeal and still had His wounds. It is clear. JESUS WAS A LICH. A lich is created when a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind his soul to his animated corpse and thereby achieves immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, their bodies still bearing the wounds they recieved before their death. Liches often have the power of necromancy, which allow them to bring the dead back to life.
April 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Honestly?

It might be the memes at this point.
Image from Mean Girls of a girl yelling angrily, with the caption, "We should totally just stab Caesar!" Image from X of a post that reads, "If you behaved well this year, Brutus will leave knife under your bed so you can stab the person of your choosing"
March 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Calendars, Emperors, Salads, Shakespeare, group activities. Whatever the reason is? I just love this day so much.
Image of a text conversation that reads, "You created group "Julius Caesar"" "You removed Dagger" "You added Dagger" "You removed Dagger" "You added Dagger." "Caesar: wtf brutus" "You removed Dagger" "Caesar left" On the bottom is an altered image from an Elder Scrolls game of an achievement which says, "History 100" Image of a poster that says, "Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by Julius Caesar" and the image of hands raised in a fist clutching daggers across the bottom. Picture of a "You're Invited!" Flyer with the words, "MARCH XV TEXT BRUTUS TO RSVP (VIII VII VII) VII VIII II - II VI VI IX TAKE ONE" And daggers on the tear off slips on the bottom. Five have been removed.
March 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The Caesar salad, interestingly, was not named for Julius. It was named for Caesar Cardini who created it at his Tijuana restaurant, Caesar's, in 1924.
Image of a bottle of Kraft Classic Caesar dressing with a knife stabbed into the label on the back. Image of a post by user Beans After Dark that says, "u telling me Julius Caesar, who has been dead for well over 70 years, made this salad?" user @unrealizzztic responds, "technically you aren't wrong with that number but I just hate it" Image of a bunch of lettuce with many knives stabbed into it. Above the image is the caption, "Friend: This isn't Caesar Salad" "Me: You Don't have a fucking clue about history"
March 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Caesar's adopted son, Octavius, had been named his sole heir. Octavius heard of his father's death and returned to Rome, becoming Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, or Octavian. Octavian would go on to become Emperor Augustus in 27 BCE.
Image of the meme of graduated white tiles intended to demonstrate how small actions can have large consequences. There is a large gap in these though, with too much space for there to be impact on the last tile. The man attempting to knock them over is labeled "Brutus". The small group of tiles ends with the label "Assassinating Caesar". The largest tile, standing alone, is labled "Restoring the republic in Rome"
March 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Historians, unfortunately, tell us that despite their intentions his death was the beginning of the Roman Empire period, and the death of the Roman Republic.
Image from Untitled Goose Game, of a woman holding a goose. The woman is labled "Roman Historians", the goose is labled Caesar. The caption under the image reads, "It's not that he's evil. He lacks empathy, and he goes into a disassociative state and commits atrocities."
March 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Whatever he said, his death was a betrayal undertaken by a group of senators to serve the greater good.
Image on light blue background of a man in Roman chestplate and kirtle, holding a staff, next to text which reads, "People are losing the spirit of the Ides of March. It's not about just stabbing. It's about coming together to stab in groups." Image by someecards.com Image on golden orange background of a man in Roman kirtle, holding a dagger, next to text which reads, "People are losing the spirit of the Ides of March. It's not about just stabbing. It's about coming together to stab in groups." Image by someecards.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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The last words of Julius Caesar are disputed, with some saying he said nothing, others saying he said, in Latin, "You too, my son?" The most famous of them is, of course, from Shakespeare who claims them to be, "Et tu, Brute?" meaning "And you, Brutus?"
Image by user jeniekim-archive which says, "et tu" above an image of a trash can by Rubbermaid company that says "BRUTE".
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The assasination of Caesar was done by members of the senate. People he knew and was even friendly with.
A clip from Tumblr with the text: "Writing-prompt-s: You're teleported to 44 BCE Rome in your everyday street clothes. You're brought before Caesar and he believes you might be from the future, hoping to bring him fortune. One day he questions you, asking "How Do I Die?" "calamitouserebus: "Surrounded by friends"" "gardenoffish: Caesar as he's getting stabbed and remembers:"
March 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Shakespeare took his turn with this in "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar"and attributed to that seer (now a soothsayer) the phrase, "Beware the Ides of March".
Post from user "sirgnomethegiant" which says, "I'm envisioning Caesar hearing "mmm whatcha say" restarting 23 times before he dies for good."
March 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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According to Greek Historian and philosopher Plutarch, Caesar had been warned by a seer that he would be harmed on the Ides. That day he saw the seer again saying basically, "Well the ides are here" implyign he was fine, to which the seer replied, "Yes, here but not yet gone".
Image from the House of Mouse with a caption above it. The caption above reads, "Brutus: lets go to the senate. Caesar: Wait whats that knife? Brutus: " The caption from the show says, "-Its a surprise tool that will help us later"
March 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Interestingly, it was the day set aside for the payment of taxes, rent, and other bills accumulated. This is seen today in our American Tax Day being on the 15th, and on some places collecting rent that day, paying out paychecks the 15th, etc.
Meme from the show Arthur showing his sister D.W. looking at a note on the door. The note says "Beware the Ides of March" and D.W., named "Julius Caesar" here, looks at it angrily. The caption on the bottom is from the show which says, "That sign won't stop me because I can't read!"
March 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The Ides, March 15th, are so called because of the date according to the Roman calendar. Martius was the first month of the Roman year until about 2ndC BCE. Idus was the middle of the month, which for March is the 15th.
Image from the film Mean Girls of three characters in the car, looking out toward the viewer. The caption is changed from the movie quote to read, "Get in loser, we're going TO STAB CAESAR"
March 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire." Wikipedia tells us.
Image with caption, image is a still taken from a news program of text which reads, "Quote from Man Stabbed:" "What are you gonna do, stab me?" The caption reads, "The death of Julius Caesar. Circa March 15th, 44 BC"
March 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM