I just tried to watch a David Bowie music video and realized I cannot watch the man. I love his music, I recognize his brilliance, but I had an abusive ex who bears an odd resemblance to him. And the worst part is that it isn’t that obvious, just the occasional angle or mannerism that is identical. It’s jarring and…

Talking about ear wax here. Inspired by this Gizmodo post, but I’m not terribly keen on commenting on Gizmodo:

Google is bringing me nothing so I am turning to the great minds at GT. We recently replaced the CFL bulb in an overhead lamp with a Philips LED bulb. Today I noticed the the lamp is gently vibrating when it’s on. It’s not overly hot and the light isn’t flickering or anything like that, the fixture is just vibrating a…

I just opened a jar of pickles and noticed a big note on the label that proudly read: NO PRESERVATIVES!

This is apparently pretty well-known, but it was the first I’d heard of it and thought I’d share. A man named Jordon Anderson (I’m using the spelling in the letter signature; multiple spellings of his first name are used in various places) was freed by the Union Army in 1864 and eventually made his way to Ohio, where…

I think I’m going a little crazy because I keep seeing this story passed around as evidence of how messed up laws allowing trans people to use the facilities of the gender they identify as, but it seems to me like it actually worked perfectly?

I was reading this Cracked article and it reminded me of one of the silliest yet biggest disappointments of my adult life. See, for a long time I lived in a small town where we only had a McDonald’s and then a few local restaurants. But I’d go visit my family in the city, and I’d see the sign for Twin Peaks from the…

Does anyone else’s browser cut the GT tagline off at “RUGS FOR” and then your brain automatically fills in “THE RUG GOD”? Just me?

...and still do not understand the vagaries of Kinja. I’ve been locked out of the account for a few months now and had given up hope, but on a lark I decide to try it again today since I reset all my browser info and had to log in anyway. Lo and behold, Kinja has decided it likes me again.

I know there's a crafting blog but I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it and I am sure I do not have posting privileges anyway.

Please don't judge me. ;) I really don't support wearing fur and inherited them. They're beautiful coats though, and very old but perfectly maintained. My great-aunt passed away recently and left them to me because she knows I often dress in vintage styles. I really can't wear fur, though. It's not my style and even…

So I'm a pretty outdoorsy person. I've always enjoyed Eddie Bauer's styles and I really like some of their ripstop capris and shorts. It tends to be a little pricier than I'm willing to pay for anything except dedicated hiking gear (and it is not quite up to par for that) but I've ordered things from there on sale or…

So I've always kind of chuckled at the GT squalor stuff because I'm a disorganized person by nature and at times in my life I've dealt with serious depression to the point I couldn't even motivate myself to shower so yeah, I get that.

I find myself doing that all the time in the Kinjaverse. I think maybe I'm just a bit anal about these things...if someone is factually wrong or is using an extremely biased source, I want to call them out even if I kind of agree with them. Am I crazy? Do you guys do this? Am I just one of those obnoxious people who…

So I bought an Asus Chromebook and I adore it in all respects except one...I like Skype and that's not supported on Chromebooks right now I guess (also how the hell did I miss this in my research). I guess there's a workaround involving a Microsoft account and web-based Skype thing?

I hope this is okay; if not, please let me know and I will delete. I have no personal stake in this but have been familiar with her story and her blog (although she no longer runs it because of health problems) for years.

Okay, so maybe not the most brilliant. But that moment when Ginger first sees Eric and it's this huge erotic revelation with music playing and him sauntering out all sexily and her mouth open and...and...he's just so goddamn '80s. It's so campy and hilarious and I feel like it's kind of winking at the audience. In 30…

...that as of this moment, 77 people have recommended a post I made explaining how horse penises work. That fact is cracking me up. Normally I get like 10 recs if I'm lucky, but apparently horse penises are a hit.

I was cleaning out my garage and I found these tiny planters that I remember from childhood. They are shaped like little animals and have holes in the top that are roughly an inch long and half an inch wide. There is no hole in the bottom to drain excess water, if that matters.

I mean really small. I'm really happy for those of you who have had major accomplishments/good things/etc. lately, but let's talk about those dumb little things that get us through the day. I'll yell at you if you post big accomplishments here (j/k I'll actually be really happy for you).