Pettifoggers

I lamented during the pandemic that my high-functioning anxiety was an asset. Here most people were, sort of locked up and too-scared-to-do-anything and not sure what to try next because they were worried that the second they walked out the door they might touch something or get sneezed-on and then come home and accidentally infect…

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Another one bites the dust: Social Media Edition.

As of today, Facebook and anything else Meta (Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads) is a place giving me “the ick.” They have pretty much shut down all DEI and basically “Unprotected” anything having to do with LGBTQIA: The ability to quickly report queer attacks, misinformation, or slurs. If I see something horribly wrong about trans or gay…

New Oven and Homeworld 3

We finally ordered a new oven/cooking-range because the old oven (bought around 2006 when we got the house) decided it no longer was able to consistently ‘oven’: It would preheat, then suddenly not be able to heat anymore once whatever was in the oven. Thus, cookies and cakes and roasts and such would… sorta cook,…