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Caustic encourager, busy procrastinator, natural blonde, and grateful you're so smart/funny/attractive~ (since '08 and still!)

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It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· 18d

I tweak the directions for our Panasonic toaster oven: I cook 4 on parchment at 390 for 17 min. with two foil strips covering the tips so they don’t burn:

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· 18d

These are what I like to have on hand - YUM!

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· 24d

You’ve been murdered. Who *else* do you want on the case?

Josh “Justice” Mankiewicz - dark blue suit jacket over white button-down - give his serious look per the network’s marketing demands. (I may have invented that nickname but he deserves it.)

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jul 2

Grateful to report this good luck (but we’ll get burned alive in Aug./Sept.):

A grey screenshot showing white text: a temp range of 67 (now) to high of 71 (2 pm) in my hood near UCLA.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jul 2

A nightlight, as if we needed a reminder:

A little plastic “dumpster fire” nightlight — green bin reads “everything is fine”, black life, orange flame glows.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jun 26

Waving our wands!

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jun 22

Jef’s a talented, wonderful guy, a long-time pal/colleague. I too cancelled the LAT (& WaPo, same reason) but I look in on Frazz at comics.com (Still sorely miss my morning funnies!) This from one of a few originals he’s gifted me. 💗

A final pane in a paper FRAZZ cartoon strip; elegant, energetic, evocative black line drawing a clever school boy and a wise janitor, taking a savvy dig at the MP/TV biz.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jun 10

The exquisite pleasure of listening to John Geilgud and Ralph Richardson performing as Holmes & Watson in 1954… (Orsen Welles as Moriarty is a bonus!)

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· May 27

I just discovered @brianphillips.lol here, am enjoying his posts and his replies; will soon listen to his book of essays, “Impossible Owls.”

Audiobook cover illustration, a full-bleed collage of three stacked images, top to bottom: an owl’s face, a woman’s face, some brown/green nature image that I can’t make out— maybe a tiger? Plus white text over it all — top to bottom: Impossible Owls; Essays; Brian Phillips.
I’m crap at doing this Alt text and am sure I help no one with this, and I’m now put off the whole lovely cover. Ugh.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 27

Spring on the wonderful West 76th St., my mom’s old street. (photo: Ann Cooper, West Side Rag)

Photo of an exterior stone staircase, potted green plants and spring flowers on every riser along the left side.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 24

We were on Sawtelle for our favorite bulgogi when I pulled out my camera with “Oh I have to send this to my friend Carole… whom I’ve never met but lives in my phone…” (MY social media has been terrific!) @caroleu.bsky.social

snapshot of Marugame Udon, a casual cafeteria joint on Sawtelle. White sign on a grey roof of a white storefront blocked by a white car and in so bad at Alt text.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 16

Guys… when my own profile is a warning, it seems like a good day to set down @bsky.app and back away slowly…

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 14

I’m struck by the “praying girl” and the “patient’s” resemblance to Epstein’s mug shot:

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 13

Really?! Up by you guys? It was a bright blue sky when I read this, but now I see your clouds moving in with a chilly breeze:

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 13

Don’t know the Locus; DO highly recommend this book:

Eerie cover of a compelling audiobook: dark forest surrounding a golden glow backlighting a spiral staircase… listen to “Staircase in the Woods” by Chuck Wendig and you’ll never forget it.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 12

Childhood artifact that always makes me smile:

Just a white background and a Yellow plastic insert used on a record player to center ‘45s.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Apr 5

Happy However You Celebrate Spring Day!

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Mar 6

PSA for my LA neighbors: the LA Marathon is Sunday.

Vague "street closure" map of the 2026 route of the LA Marathon, shows it begin at Dodger Stadium to the East, cross the city via Sunset Bl., Hollywood Bl., Santa Monica Bl., and San Vicente BUT it stops before reaching Santa Monica and doubles back to finish in Century City, making it a long day of not being able to get out of Westwood Village. (Lorena Elebee credited)

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Feb 22

The movie poster for the movie: title in red beneath illustrations of the cast. I don’t really know how to make Alt text useful.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Feb 22

Doesn’t everybody exclaim “It’s the blimp, Frank! The blimp!” when they see a dirigible in the sky? 😁

A blimp upper left in a blue sky over green horizon in West LA, moving toward the East — snapped though a screen door just now.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jan 30

And when I first saw it as one photo, it looked like you standing along the wall behind your work bestie to both judge us!

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jan 26

Timeline Cleanse! (Am I doing this right?)

Snapshot of my sweet car’s odometer showing 197,171 miles — almost 200K !

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jan 15

We are not psychopaths, we like to find what we need. (My drawer is a slid-out box):

A selection of whiteish plastic containers and blue or red lids, well organized and easily grabable in an old cardboard box.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jan 6

I know a painted backdrop when I see one…

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Jan 2

Have you ever used this How to Stop Hiccups trick? (Alt text spells it out fully.)

1) close your eyes
2) hold your breath
3) imagine a door
4) imagine a great wind is trying to blow that door open
5) imagine a Giant’s hand whose huge index finger is holding the door closed against the great wind…
Your hiccups should be gone. (“Stop holding your breath” can be inferred.) 😁 I found this note in a pile from the aughts; must’ve been listening to something so jotted it down in pen, all caps, on this hot pink post-it.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Dec 25

Murder mystery “Shake Hands Forever” is a Christmas story.

A book cover in browns, from the Libby app, of “Shake Hands Forever” and “Ruth Rendell” and “An Inspector Wexford mystery” all in white letters. I can’t really tell what the blurry design behind the letters is.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Dec 24

They’ll be able to tell I stopped to think carefully about what to write them when they see the difference in the ink…

A white Christmas card starting the greeting in thin red ink and re-starting the message in a thicker red ink.
(I don’t think I’m doing this Alt text think right, but I’m trying. I hate doing it, but am told it helps.)

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Dec 24

That’s me, the little blonde, but instead of an ornament I’m holding a delivery box from Sichuan Impression. (But I’m also the Grinch.)

An illustration of the ad for the original tv special, with its title: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” — the green Grinch disguised as Santa on the left, tiny Cindy Lou Who holds a red ornament.

It's TheGirlPie!@thegirlpie· Dec 17

When Dad worked on Laugh-In (NBC art dept.) he got to make their Flying Fickle Finger of Fate award. (This photo from that year was his only memento of it.) cc: @willmckinley.bsky.social