Some tips on interacting with pre-teen boys: 1. Be as confident as possible. 2. Don't show them your fear (or annoyance). 3. Assume they're making fun of you, but act like you don't care. 4. If all else fails, hide in the bathroom until they go away.

Oops I spent the entire day reading instead of getting things done.

Wait. You’re telling me not every bad thing that happens in the world is about me? In fact, MOST things aren’t about me? 👁️👄👁️

Why are my mentions from 2022? Wait what year is it?

I got a good one today. I could definitely use some insight and wisdom.

Remember when you didn’t have to dial the area code to call someone?

I sure do love that my anxiety manifests in gagging when it’s really bad. It makes things so much better.

I just found the most racist bleach advertisement on the Advertising Archives from the 1890s.

This app is such a freaking nightmare now

I’m scared of spiders, and I don’t really feel bad about killing them when I see them in the house. So why do I feel like crying after just killing one that was in the middle of preparing its dinner? It was just living its life, probably happy at catching a meal. Am I a monster?

If I would just stick to one story and write 1,000 words a week, I would have a novel in a year. That seems doable, yet I'm 37 years old now with no novels written.

I just keep getting exciting ideas, and then I can't follow them through to the end.

My house is trying to kill me.

How did this happen again? We’re screwed.

I just wrote a Action Network letter: Urge WIU to Bring Back the Librarians! . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge-w…

I'm sorry, insurers say WHAT?

So I think I’m done with Twitter (still not calling it X). Follow me on Bluesky or anywhere else. My info is in my pinned post. It’s wild to think that I’ve been on here for about 15 years.