Man, "refulgence" is a real word that doesn't look like what it means. Kind of like "pulchritude."

I saw this days ago and can't stop thinking about it and I hope Lindsey makes a million dollars. (That fellow with the short dreads? WHEW.) www.instagram.com/reel/Day1TyL...

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There is a kid in my son's classroom named Ian who superficially looks like Sean: pale, blond, blue eyes. And when she picks Sean up my mom makes a big pantomime of taking Ian home instead of Sean. (Sean is not amused.) It has just now occurred to me that they have the same Gaelic name.

At day care pickup I saw a toddler named Reagan wearing an Aaron Rodgers (Packers) jersey and I am a member of a society so I refrained from telling that mom that her kid's vibes are terrible

Friends in Tacoma are getting wildfire smoke; am I truly a monster for telling her to hand-sell Fire Season by @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social (she works in a book shop)

Courtney did such a great presentation tonight as part of @romancingthevote.com and I think I'm ready to follow her again, two months after Rufus's death. Truly, Samuel Alito IS a whiny pissbaby. Who can't read.

S-tier summer dinner: Trader Joe's steamed lentils, Kewpie mayo, garden tomato, fried halloumi, front-porch basil, balsamic reduction. 🧑‍🍳💋

Made it out of Sean's room in time to get cleaned up, make dinner, and pour myself an enormous glass of rosé before Samuel Alito Is a Whiny Pissbaby with @courtneymilan.com.

Don't get us started on the cartoon fox, bro

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d ago

Guys will listen to male influencer bullshit about needing to have a six pack and manipulate everyone and meanwhile women will go “you know who is the sexiest fucking guy I’ve ever seen?” and post this

Behold, I grew a zucchini!

It's not often that I actually gasp "Jesus fucking Christ" under my breath but JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · yesterday

this piece of shit needs to resign now

Follow-up question: When the member in question is a Democrat, then do you have any opinions?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

RAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too

I'm in an orientation meeting for the preschool program that Sean is starting later this month and I'd just like it noted in my IEP that someone reading slides over zoom isn't how I personally learn best.

This page in one of Sean's favorite books drives me bonkers. Why is salad the most expensive thing on the menu??

Me: Sean, we can read one more book and then it's time for bed. My son:

Yesterday my mom came back from a nine-day cruise, on which she didn't have internet access, and it took about fifteen minutes on the car ride home from Baltimore for her to ask, "Why…why are we talking about Dr. Fauci?" "You don't want to know."

Sean has recently gotten into Winnie the Pooh (he pulled a book off his shelf at random and discovered him) and he calls him The Bear, so now I'm going around asking him if he wants to watch some more of The Bear, like an eager FX development exec.

Jeremy Allen White in The Bear

ALT: Jeremy Allen White in The Bear

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In the meantime, have you heard the good news about Shades of Forever by @chriswarcraft.bsky.social? There is also a cat (kind of).

sarrible@sarabrady.com · 5d ago

I finished editing a book today that I want to shout about because I think the sci fi/cat lovers of Bluesky will lose their goddamn minds, but it won't come out for like six months. Putting a note in my calendar.

I finished editing a book today that I want to shout about because I think the sci fi/cat lovers of Bluesky will lose their goddamn minds, but it won't come out for like six months. Putting a note in my calendar.

When I picked Sean up at day care yesterday I suspected he had a dirty diaper, but didn't want to wait for someone to change it, so I drove him home (and changed it myself). Closed up in the car with a poo diaper. I feel for the Secret Service, man.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d ago

Yes, yes, critics will say Trump looks like shit at Camp David, but have you considered that he also sounds like shit and, yes, literally smells like shit? Hmm?

A little Friday reading: You have got to hear about the evangelist who wants to take over a closed campus in Vermont and save the souls of New Englanders, whether they like it or not. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social did a bang-up job on this one. www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

A Green Mountain College Resurrection?

An evangelist wants to reopen a closed campus in rural Vermont. But the finances and strategy are unclear, and his prior attempt at running a college raises questions.

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Me, racking my brain... Me: Jesus Christ I forgot about Brazil

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 6d ago

but they haven't. they Uefa FAs agreed to boycott. that is NUCLEAR. You will hear FIFA talk in the coming days about how many world cups have been won by non-euro nations. it's a fake stat. only THREE non euro nations have won a world cup. and one of those was Uruguay in the early years.

Garden tomatoes. That is all.

I just had an enormous, incredibly messy sandwich for dinner: garden tomato on perfect sourdough bread (a lady in the neighborhood bakes it), with Kewpie mayo, fried halloumi, basil from the front porch, and balsamic reduction. Tomato juice was dripping down my arm and it was an A+ summer experience

Forgot the worst one: I gave him flat water to drink rather than seltzer. Seriously. He's two.

sarrible@sarabrady.com · 7d ago

Why is my two-year-old enraged? I buckled him into his car seat. I sliced his banana wrong. I took his shoes off. I put his goldfish in a bowl rather than a Ziploc bag. Worried about my next performance review.

Why is my two-year-old enraged? I buckled him into his car seat. I sliced his banana wrong. I took his shoes off. I put his goldfish in a bowl rather than a Ziploc bag. Worried about my next performance review.

God give me the confidence of Pierce Brosnan accepting a lead singing role in this movie (I love him but come on)

Meryl is obviously perfect in this movie but it has always annoyed me that she says her mother told her not to come home when she got pregnant. Meryl was 59 in 2008, when this movie came out, and Sophie is supposed to be 20. Perhaps her mother didn't approve of geriatric pregnancy.

sarrible@sarabrady.com · last wk.

Christine Baranski deserved an Oscar for Mamma Mia and I will not be taking questions.

Christine Baranski deserved an Oscar for Mamma Mia and I will not be taking questions.

Mamma Mia! Colin Firth Clapping Happily

ALT: Mamma Mia! Colin Firth Clapping Happily

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So is Mitch McConnell's family going to return all the paychecks he collected for the last two months when they confirm next week that he's been dead this whole time? Because that's actual government waste, fraud, and abuse.