Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@mmsword Oh, we named Bentley an honorary cat ages ago, for distinguished achievements in lounging. So go nuts. ^___^

Also she read this over my shoulder and then hooked her talons up my nose and pulled until I yelped in pain and grinned unrepentantly at her.

Dream girl. 😻​

Peg was kind enough to come to the cafe and drop off a house key I needed. While she was there, she asked what the restroom code was, and I told her: "2019." Like, the year. The year that it is now.

Fifteen seconds later, she asks me, in all sincerity: "What was that number again? 2038?" And I just have to look at her for a moment and repeat, you know, THE CURRENT YEAR, because that wasn't enough of a mnemonic for her.

So then I look up 2038, because it sounds really familiar, and it has to have SOME significance to her, if it's the first thing that came to mind. And Googled 2038.

That's Peg in a nutshell. Forgets the year, remembers esoteric computing problems without even realizing it. And I think that's part of why I love her: "the hard things are easy and the easy things are hard" sounds REAL familiar to me...

@Leucrotta I'M THE CLOROX COWBOY. ON THE CRYSTAL MICROPHONE, WITH NO BASS! WE'RE ALL TREBLE HERE, AT THE NUMBER 180 AND THE LETTER G!

#WRUWflashbacks

@Leucrotta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYA162Sd-bU

awoo* is stupid
(*the practice, not the instance)

dogs are stupid

humans are stupid

money is stupid

cats are good

pet cats right now

@Leucrotta Go to the goddamn beach already. :D Peg and I blew off most of a day to go to the Santa Monica beach when were in the Bay and it was a totally irreplaceable experience.

Above a certain level of power, there were never really any "good guys" in American politics-- just talented careerists who were good at doing their jobs and letting enough trickle down to the underclass to prevent a revolution.

Even in the wake of the Trump farce, where we're all desperate for a grown-up in charge, don't ever mistake mere administrative competence and diplomatic skills for moral principle. They're important... but they're not good enough, and we're never going to build _our_ future with _their_ elite ideals.

@anthracite *bops dragon gently on head with Laputan wakey-stick*

@imetagon@dragon.style *writes an entire book on the subject so they can cite it*

THIS is why I love STS. This was casually brought up as a joke on Reddit just a day or two ago. There's an update like this almost every day.

I have never seen a game dev fuss this much over the tiny details of his game, just to please his audience.

(And come to think of it, I have this horrible feeling that I was probably our Pierce...)

@anthracite YOU CAN'T BAN A CHANGELING FOOLISH DRAGON -- WE ARE ALREADY HALF YOUR INSTANCE *bzzzzz*

god damn it anthracite all i wanted to do was anthropomorphize your poop *pout*​

Postfurry was my Greendale Community College.

@kobi_lacroix One of the finest days in my life was the one where I discovered my real name anagrams to "Licks an ion zebra." *nod*

meow 🐯​

thats all i got left really :)

we're ok though, peg's at cafe in cap hill working on art, i'm in the hotel catching up on day job and pondering another round of jacuzzi

don't cry for me mastodon

*bats at jet bubbles and mrrrowrs* do kinda wish there were some fish in this thing though, maybe if i called the front desk

@Aradia Yeah, we were originally gonna do this jacuzzi suite to get away from B*nd*z*, but decided to be responsible and cancel.

So it's all effectively free! ^___^ (Have I ever explained the Alice Trillin Law of Compensatory Cash Flow to you? It's so handy...)

@Austin_Dern This has special "um, sentimental" value for me, because Peg and I just gave one of the supporting characters in Parallax what we have perhaps less-than-charitably called a "meth tiara."

We're terrible people. O:)

@Leucrotta I was kinda confused why you thought our books were in the tub, come to think of it... :>