I was once called the terror that quacks in the night and I'm damn proud of it. Mortal enemies: commas, typos, bigotry, fascism, asymmetry, ultra-processed foods. Call me: He/Him/Michael/Arrogant Jackass. No particular order. Follow me for clever tricks, miserable advice, and pedantic tomfoolery. If I post about politics, I assiduously tag with USPol. Header Image: Black box. Avatar: Adobe Firefly generated golden duck on a pond with a castle in the background.
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Last Notes npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq These are facts. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq And she's really quite sweet most of the time, if irreparably spoiled rotten. If she weren't such a tripping hazard, you'd have no choice but to love her. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq Lately her thing has been trying to pull "The Yale Companion to Jewish Writing and Thought" and my sketchbooks. So, take that for what it's worth? HA! npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq Aww. She's just trying to study. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Literal literary terrorist. All day. The Damn Cat has been at the bookshelves all damn day. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck If I weren't profoundly mentally unwell, I'd make an okay hotelier. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…2hrv @nprofile…kjwq OooO. I'll bet it's dog years X plastic surgery. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…kjwq In people years or dog years? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…qfwu TIght as ticks, him and Tom-Ed though. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck You gotta hit it like it owes you money. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…qfwu Darker than the inside of a dog. There's milk at the house but the fridge ain't runnin'. Lord and butter. Lord and Taylor (I think this is a clothing brand, but I say it.) Duhfilduh bubs (daffodils). ...It's because you asked that this is all I've got. This should go on for days. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck 'Tis the way, Kevin. 'Tis the only way. https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/523/373/698/342/181/original/a2c6e915f2dd7577.png npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…2ylj @nprofile…e0ma I love that mid-century look. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…2ylj No irony at all to moving across the globe to snag that American Dream, baybee! UGH npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Once again I am headed to the capital today. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…2ylj Nice chairs in the last pic. What are you going to do with yourself after this is all done? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Eew. Bob Vila shills for Home Depot now? Gross. Should have stuck to slinging grass seed after Martha Stewart ate Sears or whatever. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Yesterday it was bears. Albeit, bears that need rehab. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Big day for wolf pairs. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…ynep *chases you off stage with shepherd's crook* npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Goddammit satan's retailer... What am I going to do with a pound of brie? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…pq9u Oh, have I got some rose bushes for it then. I didn't think to look at my medicinals book. Nice. Thanks. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…pq9u Yeah, this is Greek variety. Sturdy stuff, like the people. Any idea what to do with a giant harvest other than dry it? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…pq9u You know, I don't think I've ever seen it flower. Stupid thing doesn't need to self-sow with the way it mats. I think I'm going to try to train it into a border. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…84u2 Okay, so it's the same plan for fast zombies: be faster than the slowest person in the room/break a few knees. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck That oregano plant is far too big for it's britches. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…84u2 Are mummies like zombies in that there are fast/slow models? And which are we talkin' about here? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…84u2 Next semester I'm taking sign language. That's as good as you're going to get, I'm afraid. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…84u2 Christ on drugs, you're a mummy now? Does that mean we all have to learn Latin? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…c85w Well thank you. It works out well for everyone. This joint needed a little goodwill, and the cat really hated that fountain. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…c85w Or a chump. I guess we'll see. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Out here doin' nice things for people I don't even like. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…6zrx Looks delicious. How does it sound? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Solid/Cat/Liquid/Gas/Plasma. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I'm not above bribery. Wouldn't be the first time. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…pm0w I just hope I'm cool enough. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…pm0w I guess that counts as sponsorship? Am I doing this? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck My aunt Cathy: "I think I'm getting too old to keep doing Habitat for Humanity builds." Ghost of Jimmy Carter: "Ma'am, a word please." npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Are there rules about who can join Beige? Am I cool enough? Do I need a sponsor? Passport? Proof of income? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck *shoveling olives into my gob* Maybe I'll migrate instances. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…r5de I shall ask! Thanks. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…r5de No, she described this as "a little round disc in a bowl. They pour cream (or something) directly on it and it dissolves." But damn do I want a fruit salad now. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I really hope it's one of those recipes because none of them are complicated and I can just tell her "make your own damn strawberry soup, Mother." npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…fqeh Awesome! Thanks. I've forwarded this on to mom (who is also named Deb) to see if any of it rings a bell. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…a79f Oh gramma. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Has anyone been on a Carnival (?) Cruise and had a fruit "soup" dish that they bring to the table and pour cream over? Mother wants me to see if I can make something similar, but it was over a year ago and she's not great at describing food things. Any chance anyone has any idea what I'm talking about? #Recipes #Food npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Final grades are in. Ya boy got straight A's again. *snaps suspenders* npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I picked up some stuff from a local shop that roasts their own beans and it is really really good, but I think I'm enjoying the ritual more than the coffee itself. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Cursed image. #Windows https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/509/139/677/829/001/original/425b88f26bd4a88b.png npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Don't explain it for me. It's more fun if I don't know. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Cocaine Bear! That's a name I haven't heard in a while and still don't understand. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck It's not a filet that flies to you? Or even away from you? Goddammit. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…472q What is with these names? The other day I learned that an ovenbird isn't a roaster chicken and now you've ruined my understanding of a cowbird as a little steak with wings. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Eastern North Carolina BBQ related violence is just as real as the dairy aisle-roaming housewives with switchblades. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I am returned home at last. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…awh4 Indeed. Assuming I can sleep tonight, I'm going to do this more often. I've been crazy productive this morning. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Convinced mother to get a French Press for her cold-brew coffee because versatility. She's a fan. I brewed myself a single cup to demonstrate that versatility this morning, then I drank it. Excepting chocolate, it's the first time I've had caffeine since 2017. I'm fuckin' amped. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I will miss this morning's class. Only a little, though. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…fcnk Also, I love him. https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/467/286/692/937/845/original/e69997ba42c038f7.png npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…fcnk Well, we'll just forget about what I thought catbird meant. :blobcatblep: npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Good morning, I'm glad to be high. Yesterday was a disaster. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…fcnk Ovenbird = Chicken? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I forgot this was on the soundtrack to Stigmata. The whole album is really good. Unrelated H/T @nprofile…84u2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MOxsvx-HVU npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…wjfe A treasure trove of trolls. I'll bet you could charge for it! npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…wjfe Have you ever considered publishing your block list? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…84u2 Nothing, specifically. Just felt right. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck *gay shrieking* npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…qqp4 What about Obsidian.md? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…9fyy I believe it's pronounced "headache." npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…9fyy You should switch to Linux. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Okay so it wasn't a polar bear, but worse. Either way, that's not the real monster. It's people. It's always people. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq It's at a bougie local place I used to work at. I've not been there since I worked there, so we'll see. Should be pretty good. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I suck at therapy cranes. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…h3fe LMFAO's music was also like that. Deliberately simple so it's painfully catchy. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck It's nice to know I can still terrify people in absentia. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…args Dreamhost. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq LONG SIGH One more week. But the department is going out to a big lunch party tomorrow, so that should be fun. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…args I've asked my boyfriend, but he doesn't wake up for a little while. I can't remember what he uses for hosting and all that, and I don't remember any jokes about us selling our souls or ritual sacrifice. Let me get back to you. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck This semester has been a nightmare. It's denouement is nigh. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…fwzy You think his followers are bad now? Wait until they've got a martyr! npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Of course she knows the Lord of the Flies. She's the Queen of the Ants. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Squirrelly lil' fella. Always wearing inappropriate shorts. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq Right??!! npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Scheduling a trip out of the country during exam week is definitely a flex for a student that must pass this course because it's a prereq for every damn thing under the sun. Who does that? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…pu23 Sounds like a country song. Disgusting. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I thought peaches were Georgia's thing. What could they possibly know about peach cobbler in Texas? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…tmxf Terry must die. We ride at dawn. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…y7rq Yo. Some varieties of Marigold grow to the size of a Buick. By the fall, your bed is going to be screaming MARIGOLD at you! How pretty. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck What the hell is Shein? npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck My stage name for tonight is Rowena Rochambeau. It's French. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Well hello, Impostor Syndrome, my old friend. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…z3y6 I can't reply to you. Your email is hellbent on keeping us apart. 😂 npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…az4c There's a rodent to blame for this. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck Humanity is wasted on humans. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…p0zq Thank you! npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…472q You ought to get a Wyze cam or something so you can get wide-angle shots. Syndicate this som'bitch right here. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck I wish I knew what that dragon was saying, but I don't speak Italian. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…y63h OneNote is like the rented step-mule of the 365 stable. I'm so sorry. npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck @nprofile…z3y6 Oh, I earned it. I just didn't expect to be called out for doing what I was supposed to be doing. There was blood, sweat, tears, gnashing of teeth, a near arrest, and did I mention tears? Especially last semester. Thanks! 😊 npub17antjudtaemvg4uvvtqftptg7vl08wwa32t3pecs4lp8pryqgxzq4up37h helplessduck What day is this you ask? Why, it's the day Michael won an award for outstanding scholastic achievement! Kinda weird. I never get picked for anything and I've always rather preferred, in real life, to lurk in the liminal spaces. Watching from the shadows. Always there, always watching, speaking only when it's profound, offensive, or profoundly offensive.