not something i'd experienced in carrot cake before
i'm thankful that it is light out earlier now, that instead of it immediately being time to get up the first moment i open my eyes, i open them and see that...
tavi gevinson doing i love dick on taylor swift
"fan fiction: a satire", which is tavi gevinson doing i love dick on taylor swift (my original elevator pitch reference point was marie calloway but tonally...
what's crackalackin
the show couples therapy which i had avoided because it seemed like it might be a downer and sometimes it is but mostly it's just very entertaining to...
another bespoke mental illness i have recently discovered
snuffle mats, if you don't have a dog, are an alternative to a dog's food bowl (usually a cloth mat with lots of frills and pockets for food to hide in) that...
she said to me condescendingly
at work we had a long guild discussion about the fraught relationship between engineering and design, which was enriching and also hilarious because usually...
deborah's march vlog, a highlight of my life
it's time for another monthly vlog from deborah, here is a short concrete description of every shot in the video. i watch rough cuts of this video all month...
out of memory
i had a pretty good day on wednesday and because i want to record it as a kind of talisman to grasp on bad days and also i think it's interesting to read...
frank o'hara's walk poems
i'm thankful that though i had a really weird and unpleasant spike of nausea on friday afternoon that made it impossible for a while to think of anything but...
the dream of spoiler-free search
miso went to daycare yesterday because they were supposed to mulch the stump of the tree they unnecessarily cut down in our backyard (they didn't end up...
not afraid to be servicey
i'm really sorry to do this to you but i have been living with this inside me for so long and i wonder if in the tradition of email chain letters / curses in...
...audioslave?
the work problems i was ambiently dreading having to figure out for the start of my monday i found, on holding my breath while opening slack and checking my...
little orange raindrops
the weather was all of a sudden very nice (65-70f/18.3-211c) all weekend, it really feels like spring is here. on saturday we had a little cookout (i'm...
a book i could not tear myself away from
molly by blake butler a book i could not tear myself away from in order to write these notes "on time" yesterday, my strongest possible recommendation if you...
making pasta the right way
my previous job is having their company retreat and because of watching on instagram i had a dream about it and as someone who has worked fully remotely for...
my plot memory fades very quickly
i'm thankful that i put miso's little dog bed beside my desk chair and that she sleeps there for large parts of the day (deborah and i say it is her office...
the official embarrassment of being represented abroad by short people
i'm thankful that e, who i have deep spiritual overlap with in so many respects, pointed out a new york fascination era that is absolutely central to my...
a charming way to process the anxiety of feeling late
i'm thankful we got an unexpected christmas package from my brother and his wife (which included among other things: an otamatone, chocolate truffles,...
compliment sandwich artist
friday after getting design approval 😎 and the QA engineer who had been working on my PR being laid off 🙃, i thought i was going to be finally done with it...
curtsying and lunging
i'm thankful for the internet archive, which performs a number of serious essential services but i am particularly thankful because last night we used it to...
my san junipero
i'm thankful that a designer who is known for being very picky about pixels (somewhat unfairly, i think) DMed me to ask if i wanted only part of his feedback...