Christie BOO! Mwahahaha!

PSA for MSP: my Cub has carving pumpkins for $5 each (signage says the sale ended Saturday, but there are a LOT left).

They are playing the Time Warp over the PA in the fancy grocery store and I am glitching What the heck

For #thingthursday, I have made five little pumpkins. They are concerned about the time and (though they will deny it) witches, and they have the zoomies for Halloween. 🎃

Augh, I finished my book and now I don’t have anything to read before bed what shall I dooooo (KIN by Tayari Jones. I enjoyed it VERY much - multifaceted and complex like people are complex. www.tayarijones.com/books2/kin/ )

This is adorable and awesome. I am NOT an #accountant and I am so happy to support someone who IS for State Auditor!!

I really, really appreciate this informed thread about the Hennepin County Attorney race.

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it?"

"Libraries should be open late as an alternative to the bar" is going around some groups I'm in again and I just Y'all can't convince enough people to fund libraries to be open during the day with reasonable pay and expectations Where do you think you're finding night shift premium pay money

Find your team. We need a multi-tendency movement of movements. Find your front. And trust, it won't be the last. Then dig in and hold the fucking line.

Apropos of not much: shout out to the parents and caregivers of kids in school, esp if your kid is in K, 6th grade, 9th grade, or 13th grade. We’ve been doing school for about 6 weeks & transitions are so hard! Here’s to finding the rhythm of the school year and loving up the babies as they grow. 🥰

DAMB IT - dashare.zone ADMIN

It's f*ck Columbus Day again, so here are some Indigiqueer reads to keep you going all year. (1/2)

You want these sweet mittens? Register people to vote or give to down ballot candidates and I will send them to one of you so you can wear them on Election Day. Send me nothing except a screenshot of your voter registration event or of your donation. More threaded.

A really wise thread about middle-grade readers. I’d argue there’s a similar problem for younger teens, too!

Food Face Guy x Yip Yips

About Me: I am a grownup who only really likes one flavor of coffee, and I do have to keep track of my kitchen because my house is 75 years old. I actually feel like I am doing an okay job of confounding Amazon!

I am at the Fitz for Labyrinth and it’s a good time but it is effing FREEZING in here

Nearly hit a deer on my way to Spanish class this evening. Spanish class is community ed at WASHBURN and the deer was crossing LYNDALE AVENUE. I will grant you the habitat of the creek right there, but it was quite a surprise and truly a near miss.

Oh yeah yeah yeah! Creepshow! There was an episode with a kajillion bugs!

This might be my fifth TMBG show? IDK, husband saw them for the 11th time Friday. ❤️ Our first proper date was a show on the John Henry tour.

Awesome things in my day: 1) frolicking little kids in the library 2) delicious, creamy Bulgarian feta 3) last-minute TMBG tix for tomorrow so I can take 16 to their FIRST SHOW 4) 16 is ✨ Very Excited ✨

Surprising approximately no one. (This is great news to read!)

Not as many opportunities for Amy to do this kind of thing as governor, unfortunately.

Second dose of Shingrix this morning. Am hydrated and Tylenol’d up; have taken a walk and set two Gatorades to chill. Going to work later! Hoping this will be easier than the first time! (do not tell me otherwise, I can be a sweet summer child for a few more hours)

I cried at my son’s first trombone lesson (he was 11 and not quite big enough to throw the slide out to the furthest pitch), in which he played Hot Cross Buns for his new teacher. I am also a proponent of giving a kid a (decent-quality) harmonica for Christmas :)

I’m not paying terribly close attention, but this does match the pattern I’ve seen for the entirety of my marriage. Eldest has adopted a fatalistic attitude about it, which I think makes her a true MN football fan.

We have not turned on the furnace yet (inexplicably yesterday it got WARMER inside my house), but I did bust out the first handknit wool socks of the season today! (Yarn is Malabrigo Sock, pattern is Yarn Harlot’s Plain Vanilla Sock with some added ribbing across the instep)

Highlights. Games. Omni. I didn’t have a Cricket subscription myself, but one of my siblings did and we had a crap ton of back issues in the house. Sassy! Writer’s Digest in HS. My parents had BH&G, Woman’s Day, PopMech, Reader’s Digest, and two daily papers. I read them all.

Who here has experience with the Riverview from a limited-mobility/accessibility perspective? I want to take my FIL (a larger, creaky-at-best 73yo) to Coyote Vs Acme, but I’m wondering if I should pick a theater with the fancier seating to ensure he’s comfortable.

In case you have cilantro or parsley still hanging out in your fridge (or your garden), I present you a chimichurri recipe. This one is all cilantro; most are half parsley and I imagine you could do all parsley if you don’t care for cilantro. I love it. braziliankitchenabroad.com/cilantro-chi...

I am down here on the floor with the big books that no one ever touches. They are hard to use (though great in some ways for a Storytime setting), and they are going to continue to stay here in the workroom, but there are some GREAT stories here.

Today’s letter of the day for Storytime was E (for egg, eyes, elephant, emu, and exit). Last night I dreamed about trying to explain “Exhausted” to preschoolers and now my Energy is Eliminated. Time to Eat, probably.