Lisa Rabey
@pookiebear
Overly educated and has a lot of opinions. Pretty mouthy, too. 😍 AKA heroineinabook / pnkrcklibrarian 💻 Nerd Girl Industries 📚 Mercenary librarian 📍 Michigander for life ☕️ Jane Austen 👉🏻 @excessivelydiverting.net
I am at a convert (Stray Cats!) and the venue is all seating. The crowd has gotten up and danced and then sat their asses down. But we have asshats at the stage still dancing while every one sits which means these yahoos are blocking other’s line of sight. I hate you. Go jump in a lake!
Mr. Lisa and I both work remotely and we tend to wander into the kitchen at the same time for snacks or meals. We gossip like co-workers around a watercooler, mainly about Thursday the Pug because she is our lord and savior.
FOR FUCK SAKE'S LIBRARIANS! The below image was NOT created by ALA! It was created, using ChatGPT, by people who run The AI School Librarians Substack. They pulled the info from ALA's guidance paper. How in thee fuck can we teach people AI literacy when you can't even do your own damned research?
It's that time to raise money for AFSP. My dearest Brendan killed himself in Jan 2025. I have a 6'2" ginger shaped hole in my heart. If you would be so inclined to donate a few bucks, I would appreciate it; in the words of Bartles & Jaymes, thank you for your support. Donation links incoming. 1/3
Living (trying) an ethical life, supporting Democratic Socialists of America, and Spain wins the world cup! 🇪🇸 ⚽ amostunreliablenarrator.substack.com/p/amun-issue...
In addition to Charlize Theron, Alexander Skarsgård is an automatic pass. (And, Mr. Lisa and I would probably fight for Mr. Skarsgård.) 😍
I'm up in N. MI and a quick storm came through. Didn't think much until I took Thursday for her walk and saw this! I'm standing at the foot of my driveway. Thankfully, I'm not affected and I can still get out of the neighborhood. Road commission crew will come out to chop up.
The V of Humans is the V of Pentacles in the Good Omens Tarot. There is A LOT going on in my world and the current priority I have laid out: is it the right hierarchy or do I need to re-think? The short answer: Life is rough. I deserve happiness, safety, and comfort. Keep going.
Today’s drink is an amaretto sour. (Mr Lisa just came up and said, “Big surprise, you’re at the bar.” One of life’s greatest pleasure is reading with a tasty drink at the bar.)
Thursday the pug looking pleased with herself with Mr Lisa enraptured with Naked and Afraid on the telly.
#Snowmegeddon part 1 lasted from this morning starting around midnight and ending about noon. We got about 6-8". Snowmeggedon part 2 project is below. We have all the trappings to be safe and warm but honestly? I'm over winter.
In #GoodOmensTarot, Demons represent Swords. II of Swords upright indicates that I have a difficult decision to make and this is not wrong! I'm doing an experiment right now and the results are inconclusive until the end of the experiment in a few days, then I can make a logical decision. #TarotSky
Today's card is Ace of Humans (Pentacles) signifying abundance, opportunities, and manifestation. What's interesting abt this card is that I pulled it AFTER I worked and released an NGI ad campaign and promoting NGI on a business podcast. Let's see if any of this actually manifests. #TarotSky
in Good Omens Tarot, Vessels is Cups, so this is the V of Cups. It means I am stuck or have disappointment. At first read, this seems like a negative card but I disagree. Clearly something isn't working right in what I'm doing now for that thing so there is a way through. #TarotSky
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✈️ In Issue #33 of Nerd Girl Presents 🛳️ : NGI Presents is on hiatus until April 17 and in The Blog of NGI, the first in a series on starting a business has dropped. Read more at sh1.sendinblue.com/afqhqchh8lpf... and subscribe at forms.gle/mR7iWDD4XDxB...
A Most Unreliable Narrator is going on hiatus until April 19! Read more about what I'll be doing at 👉🏻https://open.substack.com/pub/amostunreliablenarrator/p/amun-issue-230-5-lisa-is-on-vacation
This is "Judith Slaying Holofernes" (1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi. Whenever I get my ire up against the male species, this image gets plastered all over my digital world. Wallpaper, social media, etc. But, even over 500 years later, her work gets confused with Caravaggio and is misattributed.
Mulling at Bluesky how much I hate how Bluesky handles backups, which launched me into writing on women in technology. 👉 nerdgirl.net/general/wome.... Next week, I'll pick up on this thread by discussing how we're doing a huge disservice to the youth by not discussing the internet's history.
It's been snowing all day and I just checked the forecast: another 12" from now until Monday evening. Good thing Mr. Lisa and I do not have to be anywhere until Monday morning. (We've gotten 65" this season as of this past Thursday (not the pug).)
Today marks 366 days since Brendan killed himself so I wrote a dissertation on the last year without him. 👉https://open.substack.com/pub/amostunreliablenarrator/p/amun-issue-229-366-days-later #SuicidePrevention #YouMatter #SuicideAwareness #StopSuicide