She’s absolutely right!

NANA, you dopes!

Roll for speed

This is a really good starting assortment!

Wyrd Sisters is a take on MacBeth and an introduction to the Discworld Witches, whose approach to magic is distinct from that of the Wizards.

Small Gods stands on its own, set in the past compared to the others, but is also foundational in laying out the way belief feeds deities, and the difference between the power of religious institutions and true faith. Both Om and the teachings of Brutha resurface in later books, as do other Small Gods.

Reaper Man delves into the character of Death, everyone’s favorite anthropomorphic personification. I won’t quote the line that always brings tears to my eyes, but you’ll know. Good thing it’s in all caps so it’s readable through the blur.

And Moving Pictures which is full of early-Hollywood cameos and literal movie magic, introduces Gaspode, and includes the Night Watch, that motley crew of not-completely-bad and mostly nonmagical cops struggling to preserve some measure of safety and sanity in Ankh-Morpork. This time there are eldritch forces at work (again) along with of course the venality and ignorance of people. The Patrician insists on restoring the usual balance of organized crime.

Read them all, because they’re very different from each other.

One nice thing about “Going to Disneyland” is that it’s a perfect excuse for a person to spend a long weekend in California and come back tired. It’s open all year long, and is so crowded it wouldn’t be odd if another person was there at the same time and never saw you. It’s easy to know what kinds of rides, food, and experiences one might have enjoyed, and appropriate souvenirs are available at LAX, you can stock up before you even leave the terminal. Whether you actually spend your time visiting Planned Parenthood and recuperating in your hotel room (or an Auntie’s spare room) is entirely your business. Although spending some time in the noonday sunshine acquiring a toasted nose will add verisimilitude.

Editing to add: You could even get mifeprestone and souvenirs (for nosy coworkers) all delivered to your home in plain brown boxes and “Go to Disneyland” in the comfort and privacy of your own bedroom, if you’re little enough along.

One thing that won’t get shut down is ICE, which means some marginalized people will be afraid to get to and from food banks. So along with helping them stay stocked, you might see if there’s anyone organizing deliveries and join that.

Oh I don’t fold it right away but I have to bring it up while it’s warm, for the cat! And I have to move it from the washers (whites and colors) to the dryer (combined) because I know my neighbors also have laundry.

That’s putzing, you putz

Unless it’s something like, “with as much fun as you had, how the fuck are you still alive?” Or better yet, the same but with “we” from an old pal.

It’s changed to “aged” as in you old fart pedophile. Vain as he is he’s probably more comfortable with being called a pedophile than old.

https://www.nepm.org/national-world-news/2025-09-22/fearing-deportation-families-with-mixed-immigration-status-make-emergency-plans

Velcro please, people!

If the worst happens, all flags to half mast for the One True Kirk.

In my building it’s exactly 2 minutes less than on the display, probably because it saves the laundry contractor money without being enough to spark complaints. It’s condominiums, so complaints can cause the Board to change companies.

I think some home machines use sensors which would make the timing less accurate.

This is what your phone timer is for

The washing machines I use are controlled with an app, but that’s because they’re in the basement of my building and that’s how we all pay to use them. I have to say, it’s much better than scrounging for quarters, although those still work if the app is down. Our previous company’s app would tell how many washers were available, so you’d know if it was worth lugging your laundry downstairs. The one we have now doesn’t even have reliable “all finished” notifications. But it’s simple to set an ordinary timer on my phone.

In my case it’s usually “can you help me undo what my cat did?” Treading the keyboard with 4 paws enables her to work wonders it would usually take 2 NCIS agents typing on the same keyboard to accomplish.

Exquisitely disgusting! Serve each slice between two pieces of store-brand white bread spread with Miracle Whip.

Oh, but it’s spelled Bundt.

That’s actually a misspelling of “Bundt” because it’s been molded in a Bundt cake pan.

If that means walnut, I do have walnuts I put out for the birds and the squirrel. Pecans and almonds and hazelnuts and sunflower seeds too. I was surprised by how much the little birds enjoy pecking at a nut! (with the shells off)

🌰 Here you go, Robin!

And why? Because none of them can read the fucking manual! And you’ll say they don’t try, but many of them have tried. Once. And all they learned was that it wouldn’t do them any good.

Unrelated, but while they’re obviously referring to raptors, most birds are birds of prey, at least partly. Condors not so much, they’re birds of carrion. But hummingbirds prey on small flying bugs, tits eat critters in bushes, chickens prey on lizards, snakes, rodents and each other. Penguins are fearsome birds of prey!