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by Pretend Mulling

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November 13, 2024

//chuckles// We're in danger

Republicans now control the House, Senate, and presidency. Stock up now, babes, the tariffs are coming. And before anyone says “Oh calm down, it’s only going to be on imported foods–” Yeah...


November 07, 2024

NoJoMo 6 and 7: Off-prompt

I think we need a playlist. See if you can spot the theme! ETA: Matt Baume’s video on Cabaret.


You know, I want to blame this election outcome on MAGAs, men, and the women who voted against their own best interests. But I can’t. Why? Because they told me who they were in 2016, and I belie...


November 06, 2024

I'm done.

Fuck this country. Fuck everyone who voted for TFG. Fuck everyone who didn’t vote “because PAAAAAAAAAAALESTIIIIIIIIIIIINE-uh!” Fuck everyone who didn’t vote because “both candidates are the s...


November 05, 2024

NoJoMo 5/Election Day

What’s your favourite little-known fact? No one hanged themselves on the set of The Wizard of Oz. That’s it, that’s the tweet. I turned in my ballot yesterday. I requested an absentee ballo...


There’s currently a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda. Marburg Virus Disease in humans typically has a mortality rate over 80%. It has symptoms similar to Ebola, and no approved vaccines. And ...


November 04, 2024

NoJoMo 4

Is mah birfday. Yay. I got a duck breast to celebrate. Not only do I feel like Yzma, I’m pretty sure I’m starting to look like her. Are there any perfectly “normal” smells you can’t abide? ...


November 03, 2024

NoJoMo 3

If you could have played any role in any movie, what would you pick? Little known fact about me: I wanted to be an actor from the time I was a little kid, to about college. I still get an urge ...


November 02, 2024

NoJoMo 1 and 2

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of “sweet Jeebus, why is he on the ballot again?!”, I shall fear no… Well, not “evil”. Republicans, maybe? …Cut me some slack, I’m not even fi...


Tomorrow at 12:15, I’m turning them over to the Chittenden County Humane Society. It wasn’t an easy choice to make, but ultimately, I feel good about it. Nyx needs a lot of attention that I’m no...


Cute lil’ boogers.


October 12, 2024

OctoPhoMo 6-12

06 Footwear OR Flatware I got new utensils! And they’re rainbow colored! …What can I say, I like a little whimsy. The meal: Tempeh simmered in mushroom sauce, with steamed green beans, served ...


By Stephanie Mencimer On Friday, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author Barbara Kingsolver is headlining a fundraiser for the Harris Victory Fund. She’ll join actress Ashley Judd and former Kentucky...


For anyone who’s sick to death of my “politickal anal-eesis” (my sibling in Christ, I’m right there with you), here’s a real throwback: (I always related to Phoebe. …Yeah, the girl with ADH...


October 05, 2024

OctoPhoMo 1 thru 5

A little late to the party, but, why not? 1. Purple OR Orange My orange boi, Smudge. Modeling my first, then-in-progress, needle-knitted scarf. 2. Toys OR Teddy Bear I currently have five,...


I love when I get an email from my bank, saying “A large expense was incurred” at the beginning of the month. Yeah, babes, I’m aware. It’s called “my mortgage payment.” I don’t need to be remind...


“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” -Elie Wiesel And to anyone abo...


September 27, 2024

I look like hell...

But this picture is too cute not to share. This kitten has really attached itself¹ to me, and I’m going to be crying on November 13th, when I have to surrender all of them to the shelter. ...


Good morning Prosebox! I’m in a bit of a pickle. You see, my parents visited over Labor Day week, and while they were here, they took me to Costco (my mom has a membership), and we got, among o...


September 16, 2024

The One With the Kittens

So… Nyx had her kittens on September 1st. Six originally, but one died on Sept. 5th. The other five are doing well: Eyes are open, they’re learning to walk, and they’ll mew at me when I talk ...


August 25, 2024

I give up.

There’s no point in fighting for a better world. No one wants things to get any better; they want to bitch and moan and virtue signal. If things actually did improve, no one would have anything t...


You know who you are. Forgive me, but I thought we were both past high school? Or have I got you more fucked up than you’ve got me? Let me address your “criticisms” of me, point by point. I...


And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a pla...


TERFs, to put it bluntly: Y’all are weird. Now that all the people butthurt by being called spades are running to the comments section, I didn’t watch the Olympics this year, but I heard all abo...


August 14, 2024, 12:19 PM ET By Rachel Treisman After a doctor suffered a fatal allergic reaction at a Disney World restaurant, Disney is trying to get her widower’s wrongful death lawsuit tossed...


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