The Boss of You

I should not have had to get new headphones for my Garmin Fenix 8 to play music without skipping and breaking, but I did. The mix of annoyance at the problem and relief that it finally works is messing with my brain.

I have a no soliciting sign, so when there was a knock today, I opened the door coming in hot. But the poor guy was just canvassing for Roy Cooper. I'm sorry, my guy. Thanks for your service in this heat.

The National Park Service has been overrun by MAGA? How would anyone working for parks kill the cherry trees?

They keep telling us that the prices have gone up about 4% for groceries, when we're quite clearly seeing prices nearly double.

I tried. People said if you like Widow's Bay, try Midnight Mass, but the dialogue is so bad. I can't.

I'm begging streaming app designers to please stop putting the play button on the middle of the screen. Now there are fingerprints in the viewing area.

There are so many boy and his dog movies coming out. What's up?

Watching The Last House on Netflix. I hate it when adults just dismiss things children say, so it's already PMO.

All that bluster just to confirm him after. Even when he has nothing to lose, he can't show the slightest hint of courage or integrity

Do the showrunners know how the audience feels about Ser Criston?

Kinda uncool to go on and on about your vacation to people on your team who don't get PTO, honestly. Rub it in. Thanks.

Trying to watch Task, but they mispronounced Lancaster - it takes me right out of it.

These fireworks aren't particularly good, and the abundance of red makes it look like DC has literally entered hell

Every GOP seat in the #ncga needs a challenger, and every voter should see what they were doing while discussion of the corporate handouts disguised as a budget was going on

So, the writers behind Widow's Bay said, "Let's have a Jaws episode with Wyck as Quint." Not hating it, honestly. Love the nod.

OMG. Laurie Metcalf's Juarez, Mexico story on Hacks had me in tears. 10000/10. No notes.

I'm revisiting The Sea, The Sea, which I DNFd previously, and I can see now that I was just not in the right headspace to see it for what it was. Let me know if there are books you went back to that were so much better the second (or third) try.

what?

Elon is no Mansa Musa

I currently own 184 unread books. (That includes physical and ebooks.) I need to have this as a friendship bracelet I wear every time I leave the house to curb my book buying.

For the Top Chef creative vessels challenge, I was immediately wanting someone to choose this one and do something topped with fried rice noodles and with an edible flower in the noodle "hair."

I was SOBBING through the last half hour of Hamilton tonight watching the Anjelica troupe performance. Lily Soto is a powerhouse, and I am so grateful to have seen her live.

It's 2026, and this douche canoe is talking about COAL. We have the technology to move past this, but his brain is so rotten, he can't help himself.

Latest book haul, 2/3 from McKay's in Mebane.

Had to brag a little about my luck today. 🌎 May 13, 2026 🌍 🔥 9 | Avg. Guesses: 8.5 🟩 = 1 globle-game.com #globle

I inhaled that takeout from Banu Vegan.

The cinematography in Lord of the Flies is mind-blowingly good.

Does today's NYT Strands have a little dig at TFG today?

I went to a show at a performing arts center, and the number of grown people who don't understand how theatre seating works is astounding. I watched as the usher repeatedly had to explain to people how the alphabet and numbers work.

I might cry intermittently for the next few weeks after The Pitt finale. Sometimes, it just sneaks up on you.

Not sure what's going on in that clock app, but when you see a video and then block that creator, it also then disappears the next video in your feed that's not that creator, and I'm so confused. Is that a block penalty? 😶‍🌫️

The party of "family values" wants you to only be able to spend time with your family if the kids are also working in the warehouse.

Eric Swalwell has always given me the ick, and I hate that women suffered at the hands of that man. He needs to be charged.

Feel pretty good about getting SnapCalorie premium for just $20/year. I think it will be super helpful in making sure I hit my nutrition goals.

keep seeing (and then blocking) entertainment news/analysis creators who mispronounce names like Noah Wyle Fosse/Verdin (I heard her say Foss-verDon) Catherine O'Hara Is this rage bait?

This isn't the most important thing, but BC making daylight savings time permanent once again shows how slow we are to do anything about anything in the US.

Is Connections editor Wyna a Traitors fan?

Run up and hug your son when he announces he's in love, ffs.

Not only did Candiace write Rob's name down twice, but how do they not see him grinning when any Faithful is mentioned as suspicious at the roundtable?

Not very excited about the Booker longlist this year. Might read 1 or 2 of them.

Yes, that’s allegedly what it says in parts of the Epstein files his AG is illegally withholding