Archive
Everything else. Twenty-plus years of posts, thoughts, tweets, and internet ephemera. Explore at your own risk.
Posts
I created an image and shared it on multiple social media platforms, and they performed in drastically different ways.
On Reddit, I had one negative comment and downvotes so I’m at 0. On Imgur, I was downvoted into oblivion so no one saw it except the people downvoting it.…
Life Event
I just learned that our Moluccan cockatoo, Rosie, died suddenly…
…during a routine beak and talon trimming. We adopted her in 2006, and this month she turned 20. These birds are supposed to live up to 70 years, so this…
Images
Okay, this is weird as hell. I just realized that I conceptualized and posted this image exactly one year (to the day) before the wildfires in Maui destroyed Lahaina.
https://www.deviantart.com/metzae/art/Maui-on-Fire-925294805
Life Event
This is the second time our family has lost a longtime pet in as many months…
…and it’s taken me two days to make this post because I kept getting too emotional. Jennifer’s sweet Anouk came down with a sudden and severe breathing problem last week,…