Avrila, dodging COVID round 2
@ebrillblaiddes
Part adjunct, part self-employed, entirely neurodivergent. She/her in STEM, i.e., had pronouns before people got offended by them. Can't believe it's controversial to not want SARS. Also plays with string 🧶
What $687.29 will get you: (But the bookstore's package deal would've been $810.)
If you hate someone and want them to be twitchy forever, teach them the basics of typography.
New lizard in one of his favorite hiding nooks. He hides a lot -- I think it's instinctive bc he's dropped his tail. Thought he was albino at first...now I think he's a bit short of that, but still a good bit lighter than most of his cousins around here. Still figuring out a name, any suggestions?
If you're a Mediterranean House Gecko and you fall off a door inside and get chased by cats, this is an unexpectedly good outcome. (He's hanging out in the plastic pseudococonut hut.)
New lizard, who dis? * albino Mediterranean house gecko * got into the house and chased by two of my cats, during which dropped his tail * between being albino and the tail, is super vulnerable to predators, so I think it's in his best interest to be a pet instead of put back out
Can anyone identify these? * left behind by a snail * there are a couple more clusters like this elsewhere on the window * so is the actual snail, it's either been here for days or keeps coming back * I'm thinking either poop or some kind of egg sac but I'm no snailologist
TFW someone cool (in this case @autismsupsoc.bsky.social) finally follows you back, on this site where that's not just the etiquette 😻😻😻
Trying to make a dental floss holder but the floss keeps loosening up when I try to use it. Anyone have ideas for how to get it to stay tight?
Repair progress pic Not bad for one round of not knowing what I'm doing, I think. (Procedure as I understand/applied it: scuff around the scratches with superfine [1500] sandpaper, then rub in mink oil/beeswax/lanolin mixture.)
TFW your cat gets left unsupervised in your office so you get to spend your card's rewards points on fine sandpaper and leather conditioner.
Miles Edwards O'Brien, who is very much alive and intends to stay that way, with alt text.
It's sort of a sculpture rather than a drawing, and it is probably not good but maybe fun, so here is a sheep made of cotton balls, crochet hooks, and hair pins:
Been a bit since my last #ProofOfCat and Thunder is good and melted right now.
Kitten is home and is not going to be a teen mom, and seems to be arranging herself to optimize the combination of snuggling and belly comfort.
Data safety tip: if you need to send details back to a place that sent envelopes without security print, put a sticky note or bookmark sticker over anything sensitive. Thank you Security Cat!
(cn: pet death) Pic from a while back, of my usual #ProofOfCat pal Thunder (on our left), with his brother Lightning (on our right) who died overnight whilst sleeping on his usual box.
OMG I am SCREAMING but I have to do it on the INSIDE bc I'm in a LIBRARY
Local weather: ambient temperature still below freezing, but radiant energy is partially melting the icicles that are hanging off every ende and stick, so they re-freeze together into for example this gnarly thing.
Remember folks, when you're a grownup you're allowed to grab this thing instead of cook dinner.
There should be far more loops on the needles, such as in this example: i.pinimg.com/originals/2d...
Made it through transcript ordering and a bit of resume editing today, and I feel like that's pretty good with the help of this assistant.