Finished The Alice Network last week, and it was the best Blind Date I've ever been on. ☺️
06.03.2026 16:38
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Finished The Alice Network last week, and it was the best Blind Date I've ever been on. ☺️
H. R. 7661 would prohibit, among other things, programs or literature containing "lewd or lascivious dancing," making it illegal to show Footloose.
Irony is dead.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
I need to take the train to NY just for this.
Text from Roanoke County Public Schools (Virginia): "Middle/high schools placed in secure mode as a precaution due to a concerning message. Schools will dismiss at normal time."
While driving, I received a text that Roanoke County (Virginia) middle and high schools were placed in "secure mode" minutes before normal dismissal due to a "concerning message."
Got my child without incident as police started rolling into the parking lot. Praying that all is well.
Remember that time that Ace of Base accused Lady Gaga of being derivative?
American History X.
So good.
So brilliant.
So brutal.
Headline feed from the Washington Post includes a column from Dana Milbank with the headline: "One path to a happier life: Thinking more about death"
Philosophy, vindicated
A chart showing the US economy consistently 13 points behind the rest of the global economy over the last year
We're underperforming globally.
Lego's Good fortune set with fan, vase, teapots, and calligraphy scroll on a shelf with a horse statue and a large vase
Exciting!
What are building?
We've been on a Lego Jag to help ease out of this too-long winter.
Good fortune complete.
Firecracker in progress.
A book in wrapping paper with a bookmark as decoration. Label reads: Historical Fiction WWI "Queen of Spies" Mission to Find the Truth
14 yo got me a blind date with a book for Valentine's and I could not be more pleased. ♥️
Any guesses on the title?
NYT article "Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound designed by her great-grandfather, made her a writer who investigated the built world with a wary eye.' Featuring a photo of Lessard on the balcony of The Player's Club In 1996.
Damn.
Lessard was a brilliant mentor, too.
Confirmation that pinball is demonic
😏
Housekeeping day, and there was a mountain of neatening up, organizing, and tossing out before cleaning started, so it was a long day.
I love the results
♥️
Nicely done!
You're in the home stretch now.
♥️🧶
I love the effect of Italian tubular bindoff, but the process drives me batty. 🦇
@wascie.bsky.social, check your local libraries!
Many of them have 3D printers available for use. 😊
That's my governor.
@abigailspanberger.com knows what's at stake, and what it means for Virginians.
Minding my own business, driving to the library to pick up the 14yo, listening to @npr.org and Bob Mondello made me cry in all the best ways.
www.npr.org/2026/02/03/n...
Woohoo!
🎉
Go you!
Welcome to the wonderful world of knitting 🧶
More sauna time.
Ooo, they are beautiful as a set!
My favorite is Jitterbug.
😊
Stockinette in the round is meditation
♥️
From the article: "Hamlin and his fraternity brothers were ultimately expelled from Alpha Delta Phi, but not from the university, and their records were expunged after completing their sentences."
Can confirm
View of snow covered Campbell Ave SW in downtown Roanoke from a rooftop terrace
Despite being one of the warmest spots in the Valley, Campbell Ave SW is now completely covered. #Snowpocalypse started about two and a half hours ago here in downtown Roanoke.
@kevinmyattwx.bsky.social
#swvawx
Activated by the governor or by the president?
Stay warm and stay safe, @teacherspeaks52.bsky.social
You have everything you need to weather this one?
Field sweater pattern in progress on Purl Soho Good Knitting Wool in Pine Green
A snowpocalypse and the sniffles can only mean one thing:
More knitting.
I think the footage is a video from the shop across the street.
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This one?
bsky.app/profile/oale...