Melody Joy Kramer

me: what do you want to do this weekend?
child: i want to go to food lion.

If anyone has recommendations for Baltimore or Williamsburg, all ears. (We have a shellfish allergy in the family which limits Baltimore seafood options.)

Planning a spring break trip to DC, Baltimore, and Williamsburg. Looking forward to seeing some new stuff (and go to a baseball game.)

carrboro nc

ukulele lessons are sweeping my town at the moment. we’re always about 15 years behind national trends. there’s talk of a band forming. 😂😂

kermit the frog is surrounded by other stuffed animals ALT: kermit the frog is surrounded by other stuffed animals

really reaping the benefits of the rest of my family taking music lessons. it sounds lovely!

Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...

Remember that Kristi Noem created a bottleneck at FEMA by demanding personal approval of large contracts, but fast-tracked relief for a Florida tourist attraction after a contributor to her campaign made a call.

a white cat playing with a yellow ball of yarn ALT: a white cat playing with a yellow ball of yarn

Trying to answer some very hard, messy questions this morning to untangle a project.

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yes yes holes is in your future young one

a cartoon character says i 've been waiting 25 years for this moment . ALT: a cartoon character says i 've been waiting 25 years for this moment .

goofball is reading the hatchet

Went this morning. Delicious. Then my car stopped on Franklin Street due to the battery futzing out. Terrible. A morning filled with high high and low lows.

It’s called Capture and is/was beta in Canada! Search the site!

Doing this entirely because of my children’s insatiable appetite for these games and to teach them investigative journalism lol. (One of them was Spelling Bee for Halloween.)

I’ve become the type of person to scour the trademarks database to see what games the Times may be cooking up next. (Excited for the chess one currently in Canada.)

Oh I know those guys. I’m not really a podcast person…mostly a reader. I enjoy @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social and @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social and @theassemblync.bsky.social and @indyweek.bsky.social and @triangleblogblog.bsky.social (full disclosure: I’m a former person there)

Primary day in NC! Looking forward to the returns.

Sadly for some, we did not go this route.

Asked my children to pick out a new shower curtain and was not familiar, until this very moment, at the variety of poop jokes in this medium.

It’s been fascinating.

Older goofball turning 9 this week. Have been parenting for a decade. Good stuff. Challenging and rewarding.

would it pain you to know we have sets mixed in large tubs in the garage?

No prob! He might also like “factory tours.” Literally any object has one.

if you start with everyone choosing one, it sort of helps steer. (does he like marble runs? those videos are fun.)

my spouse, me, my two kids - we each pick one. (these were both grown up picks. my goofballs like chess recaps which isn’t my thing.)

I may have just signed up for the research study and purchased the word kit. 😂😂

Really enjoyed watching this with my family!

Can Dogs Talk? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official

highly recommend if you’re looking for something to watch tonight youtu.be/jfLAaGtNc7U?...

everyone is picking a youtube video tonight. mine was on the operations behind the scenes of broadway shows. we’re now watching a nova documentary on dog cognition.

yes!