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Posts I learned a new word today: enucleation. Spot, my ten-year-old cat, will be going through it sometime in the next couple days. Right now she is heavily medicated and talking to herself. I’m so glad she has no idea what’s coming.

Nov 18, 2013

Posts I literally just misused the word “literally.”

Mar 13, 2018

Posts I look forward to every birthday. Not because of the completely undeserved yet entirely appreciated kindness from people, but because of the bonus XP and +wisdom.

Mar 21, 2016

Aphorisms I look forward to the day when thanking someone for their service to their country refers to something other than war.

Sep 23, 2013

Posts I love it when I ask for help in a tech support group, and someone responds with something like, “I haven’t had any problems at all.” Thanks for that, buddy. Very helpful.

Apr 3, 2021

Posts I love it when someone contacts me while I’m thinking about them.

Apr 13, 2013

Posts I love it when someone contacts me while I’m thinking about them.

Apr 13, 2013

Posts I love Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert because they remind me that Americans aren’t completely insane.

May 13, 2013

Posts I love that I can type “aw” and my phone predicts “awesomesauce.”

May 20, 2017

Posts I love that so many people have been amused by my silly video. https://t.co/Mpp1gmzkhq

Oct 7, 2019

Aphorisms I love that the Internet will provide such a detailed record to our descendants of who we truly were as individuals.

Oct 1, 2013

Articles I love that we live in an era where information is available to so many, but I hate the fact that skepticism and critical thinking are taught to so few.

Jul 13, 2016

Aphorisms I love the Internet. Even though bad ideas are constantly propagated, good ideas are also propagated. And I have faith that humans as a whole will rise above the bullshit.

Nov 18, 2013

Images I love the pin @It_Evaporated gave me. It was all I needed to create a minimalist Halloween costume.

I love the pin @It_Evaporated gave me. #It was all I needed to create a minimalist Halloween costume.

Oct 31, 2018

Posts I love waking up to find out that my bad dream was just that.

Jul 2, 2013

Blog I Love WordPress

Just upgraded all of my sites to the latest version of WordPress before I realized there was another, slightly newer version available. Normally this would drive me crazy because it…

Feb 18, 2009

Blog I love you, Rosie.

Here’s a decent example of a Moluccan cockatoo speaking. https://youtu.be/clKLct2FSjM

May 1, 2007

Posts I made a thing that people like. https://t.co/0GweNEFEmC

Oct 4, 2019

Posts I miss Spot. I hope she’s somewhere safe.

Feb 23, 2016

Posts I missed the State of the Union because I was busy working. You know what else I missed? All the pointless bitching.

Jan 20, 2015

Geektography I move the stars for no one.

May 1, 2019

Posts I need caffeine. I’m too asleep to be awake.

Nov 29, 2014

Twitter I officially nominate this piece for song of the year.

I officially nominate this piece for song of the year.

Dec 5, 2016

Posts I realize I’m kind of a nerd. But in my defense, I am kind of a nerd.

Apr 7, 2016