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a depiction, in cathode-ray-tube-green, of the early computer curricular game Oregon Trail, reading as follows: You have died of trickle-down economics

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Jul 4

on a road trip and my nightstand reading has been one-upped

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Jun 29

a picture of a bluesky post from Nathan Kalman-Lamb which says "I'm crying" about a Van Jones twitter post in which Jones implies that only centrists are reasonable

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· May 24

attackkedd

a post attacking me personally which reads:

"Remember when people wore a long sleeve t shirt under a short sleeve t shirt and it meant you liked music?"

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· May 7

first ever, cherry red, cherry! #garden #fruitsofmylabor

a small potted cherry tree among several other pots on an outdoor rusting metal table, bearing its lone, first-ever, cherry red, cherry! it will go in the ground this fall.

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Apr 30

i adore pitcher plants #pitcherplant #garden #springsprung

a ground level photo of a pitcher plant with its eponymous specialized leaf, ready to lure insects past the leaf horizon whence they can no longer escape

a second, juvenile pitcher plant foregrounded against some ivy, putting out its first pitcher ever

twin, bright emerald green pitchers bursting from the drab brown leaf litter

a second pair of pitchers, more mature, the leftmost draped with a spent pink azalea flower

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Apr 29

you guys you guys! i finally found my old Garbage Pail Kids!!! #garbagepail #garbagepailkids

a small white cardboard box on the hood of a silver car, with two stacks of the 1986 Topps cards & stickers the Garbage Pail Kids

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Apr 14

grape hyacinth comes and goes before first mow #nomow #hyacinth

a close, ground l-level shot of a grape hyacinth plant in bloom, where royal purple flowerlets hangs as grape bunches against the verdant green meadow lawn, including clover and wild strawberry leaves in the foreground among the blades of grass

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Apr 2

a black and white panel from the 1990s comic strip Calvin and Hobbes in which they are building a snow man as Hobbes asks "So the secret to good self esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they're already met?" and calvin says "right"

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Apr 1

a black & white printed page of shel silverstein's poem "smart" from the children's poetry collection Where the Sidewalk Ends

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Mar 24

#rhubarb #spring #sprung #garden

a dark brown, wet compost mulch background with a few red and green leaf sprays emerging and unfurling from a transplanted rhubarb crown, showing it rooted in, has overwintered, and will take off, likely perennially for two decades or so

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Mar 15

my leg in a black compression sock, from above, shot from the knee down, showing a run in the sock from knee to ankle

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Feb 23

no lift, only plow

the ottawa snow plow, a simple machine leveraging mechanical advantage to move and compress snow rather than lift it and toss, which is to say, the only way to plow a drive

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Feb 21

getting our carb load on with parmesan snow ahead of the driveway version

two bowls of spaghetti with red sauce and white parmesan snow

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Feb 11

Post a tree(s) you photographed

black power lines running diagonally from bottom left to upper right, passing in front of large, distant trees in the background. in the middleground stands a thick, foot-long section of tree branch which, having grown around several of the power lines while part of a tree, has been cut from the removed tree and left hanging there, still grown around the power line as though it were an electro-burl of some kind

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Feb 6

post a character that starts with D

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Jan 25

show your lock screen

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Jan 25

#birds and #snow

red wing black birds, chickadees, and juncos, braving the snowfall for fresh seed

a red bellied woodpecker arrived mid post

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Jan 22

so it appears that the *school police officer* does not have a duty to protect in the event of an armed assailant, but the federal police can take a five year old child to draw still more children out of private property (and its legal protections if those still matter)

a photo of a blue sky post commenting on the injustice of the school police officer at the Uvalde school shooting in Texas being acquited of a fail of duty charge to protect the school children

a photo of a blue sky post commenting on federal ICE agents abducting four children by using a five year old child as a lure to draw them from their private property

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Jan 15

i was stunned by this one

a geologic map of south america in which the spine of the Andes is shown in dramatic, scale relief above the amazonian plane and eastern highlands of the continent

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Jan 7

on furry things i could take it or leave it in *that* way but a graphic novel i enjoyed tremendously was Juan Diaz Canales's Blacksad, a detective-noir story doing characterization w animals of all sorts (a la watership down, animal farm, Maus) and the femme fatales etc were obv hot af as genre does

an overhead close up of two graphic novels on a padded desk. they are volumes 1 and 2 of Juan Diaz Canales's Blacksad

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Dec 18

an omen for that eventual day has revealed itself unto us

28 turkey vultures assemble to begin a strangely atypical migration south, pursuing the most feotid carrion, as foretold by their own legends

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Dec 14

snow snow snow snow

a brilliant white, snow-covered back yard with pine, dogwood, and oak branches laden with six inches of freshly fallen snow.

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Dec 14

think i' ve only ever had it in PA, and it is actually amazing

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Nov 25

it is happening...again

a close-up view of cloves, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick shards, grains of paradise, allspice berries, peppercorns, and, lurking below hidden from view, the sliced ginger knobs, all steeping warmly in a scalded then set aside two-cup mixture of equal parts whole cow's milk and heavy whipping cream

six teaspoons of baking powder - the exact amount remaining in the baking powder thing and just what i needed for a double batch of cornbread - dashed across the kitchen floor. alas, go i, to the store.

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Nov 23

the baked eggs florentine type thing after 40 minutes at 325 F, and 20 mins resting in the shut-off oven

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Nov 23

1 cup each of half and half, sour cream, grated cheese (swiss in this case)

sauteed vegetable mixture and grated cheese into a baking dish, pouring egg and dairy mixture through a sieve into the dish

lightly stirred to distribute vegetable-cheese mixture throughout egg, dotted with goat cheese atop

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Nov 23

sunday eggs that eat all week

diced onion and garlic sweating in olive oli in a 12 inch stainless saute pan

defrosted spinach (yes from the brick, fresh leaves unnecessary for the baked egg destination)

nutmeg in a nutmeg rasp - if you are missing that certain je nais se qua in your bechamels or spinach preparations, it is aggressive nutmeg grindings

slowly driving off moisture from the combined onion, garlic, spinach mixture without coloring the onions, essential for not waterlogging the final dish so it sets properly

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Nov 23

Alright stop what youre doin cause im about to ruin the image and the style that youre used to i look funny but yo im makin money, see so yall, world, i hope youre ready for me now gather round cause im the new fool in town and my sound's laid down by the underground

Pope Leo, aka Dope Le, on the mic with his hype crew behind

ad bibliothecam@adbibliothecam· Nov 4