I’m so disappointed that Max has canceled Our Flag Means Death! What a brilliant show it was.

https://apple.news/AH0XjP24YQFCcBOYF3LoZrA

#CoSoTV #LGBTQ

So apparently there’s a virus going around that’s just a common cold virus. Four out of the five of us in our household have had it all week. It’s not terrible, but it’s not fun either.

Being sick is annoying. It’s good to know it will be over soon.

The dogs’ new llama friend is mesmerized by the shiny gold decorations

I’m not sick enough to get out of doing anything. I’m just sick enough to feel crappy while doing the things.

Hopefully a good night’s rest will help.

Hope your 2024 is off to a healthier start!

We wanted to buy our son an original piece of art for Christmas this year, but everything was far too expensive for us or just wasn’t the style he likes.

So we made it ourselves.

We took a photo from a family trip, printed it on canvas, then used modge podge to give it a realistic painted effect.

We put it in this antique frame, and voilà!

He loves it.

Bought two pizzas from the grocery store. They were marked down from $13 to $9, but they both rang up as $13.

The cashier changed the price of one to $9 and the other to $0!

I got both pizzas for $9 instead of $26!

It’s the little things in life.

Hey @kel this is well done. It popped up in my Artifact notifications.

I’m sitting in the car outside the gym trying to warm up before I go inside. I’m not a fan of the cold weather.

When I was a teenager, this guy I knew (2 years older and much bigger than me!) picked on me and kinda bullied me. I didn’t like him at all.

After college I married his sister.

He almost died in a horrible motorcycle accident a year and a half ago. He walks with a cane now and has serious physical issues still, but he’s recovering surprisingly well.

Yesterday, I got to hang out with him, and we had a great time. It’s a shame it took all these years and events to change us both.

I’m trying to find a good #Halloween costume. I’d love to do a good pirate outfit, but the inexpensive ones are crap and the good ones are…well…expensive!

I had a series of deeply connected #dreams last night in which my brain created a complex mystery (involving at least a dozen characters with different names) that my own brain didn’t even solve until the end of the series of dreams.

Our brains are so cool!!!!

This is our sweet girl, Primrose, and her puppy, Ivy. Never thought we’d be a two-dog family, but here we are, and they both bring us so much joy!

(Puppies are a lot of work! But they repay the effort with cuteness and love overload!)

#DogsofCoSo #Dogs

We’re on a trip to visit family, so we are currently in a hotel. Which means I didn’t sleep well at all last night and am up much earlier than I want to be.

But in a couple hours the sun will be up and it will be a beautiful day, so I’m hanging on to that hope!

A little over a week ago, I mentioned that I wasn’t feeling at home here. I’ve since figured out what was going on.

I was depressed and didn’t know it.

I know many of you deal with #depression and other #mentalhealth issues regularly. I’m not used to that. I’m not familiar with what depression feels like. So that was new for me.

All that to say, I’m still here. I’m doing better. And I have a lot more respect for those of you who have to face depression regularly.

💛

I think it might be time for me to end my journey on CoSo. That makes me sad. I love what CoSo aspires to be, but I often feel like a fish out of water for a variety reasons.

I know it’s only $5/mo., and I’m happy to support a platform that isn’t dehumanizing me for profit. But that doesn’t mean I feel at home here.

I’m not sure yet. But this is what I’m thinking about.

I own my own business. My wife and I are the only employees. A few weeks ago I got a notice in the mail that my wife was filing for unemployment benefits.

Spoiler alert: she’s not.

We reported it to the employment commission as fraud, but I’ve never heard back, and we’ve gotten more paperwork in the mail. When I call the employment commission, all I get is a recording that they’re busy and to call again.

Is this potential identity theft? How worried should we be?