Thank you, Raghu <3 <3 She has been with us through so many adventures. And she kept us sane during the pandemic. She was our little stalwart. A fine travel buddy.

Loyal to the last. You should all be so lucky as to have companionship such as hers.

IN MEMORIAM: Phryne Schrager-Rheinstrom, 2017-2026 She who nine times cheated Death could outrun him no longer. Rest now, swift one, sweet one. I shall love you forever, for you were the finest of dogs.

Around DC and Maryland we've got crab-flavored chips, which are really just old bay flavored chips: paprika and celery salt

I've got to know the story of two things: This Ukrainian company from chernihiv that sells A SINGLE PICKLE The meaning of the Ukrainian idiom "Don't push the horses."

like this one from six years ago

another day, another dollar, another attempt to explain grammar to children using the cartoons of my early childhood

IN MY DEFENSE before you goobers say "this is the most david thing ever" they were really pretty beans, okay

I collect bandanas when i travel. They're light, they're useful. I usually have at least one in my bag. And i would like to see your favorite ones! This one comes from Stormcloud, a very fine brewery in Frankfort, Michigan. Anyway. Show me your bandanas, please!

Kevin Brown, Dotcom from 30 Rock, is in this! Briefly.

patching in new audio on old videos as I revise grammar videos for an upcoming release. Blue waveform is 2016; green waveform is this morning. I'm inserting new audio mid-sentence; I'm cutting at a breath. Time is fake. I can't hear the difference.

It's a side! It was kinda hiding

Today in breakfast technology: half an Italian sausage rolled up in a thin sheet of egg, served in a split top bun with a spoonful of sofrito on top. New to me, instant favorite

The aforementioned snags of the beleaguered American republic

They never say that about bones, do they! Nobody ever says keep calm and perform ecosystem services by eating bones, DO THEY?!

I always wonder why they sell chips AND dip in truck stops. Are people keeping a jar of queso in the cup holder?

This is wrecker behavior. She wants him to lose! This also doesn't make her sound nearly as cool as I think she was hoping for it to sound. If he invited her to the party convention and she wants to work on downballot races, she should have said yes!

I guess I gotta get the St Barts at Surfside Tacos in Dupont Circle

Right back atcha, chief <3 <3 and THANK YOU I am so unbelievably proud of that one. The color palette I based on a photo I snuck in my friends' home; I wanted to make sure that the colors I chose for the quilt would match their art and wall hangings.

I should have georgetown highlighted here; I'm having a devil of a time trying to figure out how to collate an address with a voting precinct, but if you're in the mood to be a sicko about it, LTSE, here's the DCBOE website: electionresults.dcboe.org/election_sta...

Lol i wonder if we were there at the same time today!

it was me; I needed more ~*banana water*~

I think my favorite is the doof warrior camel

My sister's dog looks like this, and he is RELENTLESS. Extremely sweet, well-behaved, but lord has he worked out exactly the tolerances of his own cuteness. He's like an artillerist landing shots with pinpoint accuracy, using only the slide rule of his self-regard

I cannot say this respectfully: this is the most divorced-man object I have ever seen

I *do* love precise embossing details. Gosh! This does kind of feel like a retailer pack to me, though: like, the sort of thing you might see as a display at a games shop but not in someone's home

I already have two of these. shut up. Only god can judge me

The reason I'm so persnickety about choosing gifts for myself on this service is because the value of the gifts can vary WILDLY A Tushy brand bidet attachment (retails for about 50 USD) and 5 truffles from a los angeles chocolatier (retails for about 20 USD)