Stu @shoeberto@straylight.expectnomore.net

Out, out, brief candle.

Don't meat your gyros.

I see her doing this from the inside all the time, but it's even cuter from the outside.

@robert Applicant must provide references and furnish their own fursuit.

What if I just casually dropped it into conversation online that the "wife" I have been referring to for years was actually a real doll.

@Gargron imagine finding screenshots ca 2006 from a "post your desktop" message board thread, it's like 7 layers of shock

The Old Man and the Sea

George R.R. Martin, at his word processor, before sending a draft to his editor:
> YA KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE WINTER BEFORE YA KNOW IT!!!
"perfect"

God damn I just got reminded that Halt and Catch Fire was a thing and I am SO sad it is over.

I'm not sure why I slept on Thom Yorke's Anima back in 2019 - probably because I was in a medication-induced fog most of that year - but damn, that's some Real Good Music.

@mike I wish I could box up some of this extra heat up here and ship it off for you. It's been relentless.

Successfully migrated to a bigger VM! Had a few hiccups but it went better than I anticipated.

Me, pretending to be an optometrist: Which is better, number 1 or number 2?

FULL DISCLOSURE: We were gifted a giant bag of leftover Halloween candy from last year that I've been stress eating through during the power outage + crunch time at work.

Calling it now: Top linked articles starting October 1 - "Is it safe to trick or treat this year?"

Arguments in favor: Kids already wearing masks. Keep your distance while outside and it should be alright.

Key questions: Should we sanitize the candy? How can candy delivery be no-contact?

Wildcards: Stories about quirky community efforts to keep trick-or-treat with creative alternatives, a la drive-by birthday parties.

[send toot]

Reading this story makes me think of an alternate reality where slice-of-life stories about living in the time of covid would be the predominant thing we hear about in our news. It's pleasant.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/19/902268088/looking-for-a-comfort-drink-for-the-pandemic-kenyans-love-their-fruity-gingery-d?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Talking specifically about the music, movies, tech, games and such. I'm sure politically etc. there was a lot of stuff that can get fucked.