Kate Evert

youtu.be/8cF0tf35Mbo I’m just a smol account here, but for anyone who sees this, I think we all can use a little Aretha right now.

I just made some shrimp creole but altered the recipe and put in maybe juuuust a touch too much cayenne and hot sauce. Delicious but my mouth is on fire!

Ok, just finished episode 11 of The Human Division.” @scalzi.com , dammit, it’s embarrassing to weep in a public bar drinking a tasty adult beverage!

I was walking on Lake Street in Chicago the day after Rahm Emmanuel was elected mayor. He was walking toward me with this entourage and I refused to make eye contact.

Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously, and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly... Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks... One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQd4...

I love Bluesky. I commented on someone’s post last week and mentioned I powerlift. A reporter from The Guardian US asked if I’d be willing to be interviewed. Here’s the result!. What an interesting life I lead! www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

I was not careful enough this year: robins have built a nest in the pergola above my patio. Once again, fledgling carnage as the babies try to fly while my golden doodle, who is unfortunately a stone-cold bird killer, decimates them. And of course it is I who needs to deal with the corpses. Ugh.

—hat check girl (first job) —day care helper for migrant kids —guide-lecturer at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago —admin asst/even coordinator at The Wings Club/The Charles A Lindbergh Fund —free-lance computer/software trainer —law firm IT departments (various user-facing positions)