Hot girl summer! Temps were broiling between 102-103° for a week straight in my heat dome, and it turned out to be pneumonia! And why go to the ER once when you can go twice for more antibiotics? It still feels like a mosh-pit kick to my back when I breathe, but people say I should be on my feet in several agonizing weeks. Also it’s nice to have photos of the actual rock bottom that got me to start saying “aaaye, fuck no” to anything I don’t have to do. Pneumonia: don’t mess around! I’ll be okay. (If you have pneumonia recovery advice, I’ll take it.)
Well hello, I am back from a nice long break, and my lungs and brain have appreciated the rest. Also, #GUSTOLOGY: a new episode of @ologies all about taste buds, sweet teeth, salt cravings, sketchy explorers, cat farts and more with the lovely Dr. Gary Beauchamp of @monellcenter. If you listened and wondered about the giant nose statue or my failure to win Wingspan, here ya go. Ah, nice to be back.
Well hello, I am back from a nice long break, and my lungs and brain have appreciated the rest. Also, #GUSTOLOGY: a new episode of @ologies all about taste buds, sweet teeth, salt cravings, sketchy explorers, cat farts and more with the lovely Dr. Gary Beauchamp of @monellcenter. If you listened and wondered about the giant nose statue or my failure to win Wingspan, here ya go. Ah, nice to be back.
Well hello, I am back from a nice long break, and my lungs and brain have appreciated the rest. Also, #GUSTOLOGY: a new episode of @ologies all about taste buds, sweet teeth, salt cravings, sketchy explorers, cat farts and more with the lovely Dr. Gary Beauchamp of @monellcenter. If you listened and wondered about the giant nose statue or my failure to win Wingspan, here ya go. Ah, nice to be back.
A little throwback to my favorite shirt/bug because this week’s @ologies episode is all about praying mantises and I convinced THE @mantodeology to talk to me about whether they really eat hummingbirds and if they are aliens and how to make one your friend. Find #Mantodeology wherever you get podcasts and thank you @ninayankovic for this, the finest shirt to exist.
A little throwback to my favorite shirt/bug because this week’s @ologies episode is all about praying mantises and I convinced THE @mantodeology to talk to me about whether they really eat hummingbirds and if they are aliens and how to make one your friend. Find #Mantodeology wherever you get podcasts and thank you @ninayankovic for this, the finest shirt to exist.
Today is the birthday of @jarrett_sleeper and a friend just texted me “I picture you like doing normal life stuff in the house and casually glancing outside and seeing Jarrett like throwing axes or dressed like a vampire playing a keyboard etc” and the answer to that is yes. Yes, often. And it’s why we are all so glad he exists. He has just pledged to play The Monster Mash daily this month, and for his birthday I got him various crocs jibits. The older we grow, the younger we get. I love him.
Today is the birthday of @jarrett_sleeper and a friend just texted me “I picture you like doing normal life stuff in the house and casually glancing outside and seeing Jarrett like throwing axes or dressed like a vampire playing a keyboard etc” and the answer to that is yes. Yes, often. And it’s why we are all so glad he exists. He has just pledged to play The Monster Mash daily this month, and for his birthday I got him various crocs jibits. The older we grow, the younger we get. I love him.
Today is the birthday of @jarrett_sleeper and a friend just texted me “I picture you like doing normal life stuff in the house and casually glancing outside and seeing Jarrett like throwing axes or dressed like a vampire playing a keyboard etc” and the answer to that is yes. Yes, often. And it’s why we are all so glad he exists. He has just pledged to play The Monster Mash daily this month, and for his birthday I got him various crocs jibits. The older we grow, the younger we get. I love him.
Today is the birthday of @jarrett_sleeper and a friend just texted me “I picture you like doing normal life stuff in the house and casually glancing outside and seeing Jarrett like throwing axes or dressed like a vampire playing a keyboard etc” and the answer to that is yes. Yes, often. And it’s why we are all so glad he exists. He has just pledged to play The Monster Mash daily this month, and for his birthday I got him various crocs jibits. The older we grow, the younger we get. I love him.
Today is the birthday of @jarrett_sleeper and a friend just texted me “I picture you like doing normal life stuff in the house and casually glancing outside and seeing Jarrett like throwing axes or dressed like a vampire playing a keyboard etc” and the answer to that is yes. Yes, often. And it’s why we are all so glad he exists. He has just pledged to play The Monster Mash daily this month, and for his birthday I got him various crocs jibits. The older we grow, the younger we get. I love him.
Today is the birthday of @jarrett_sleeper and a friend just texted me “I picture you like doing normal life stuff in the house and casually glancing outside and seeing Jarrett like throwing axes or dressed like a vampire playing a keyboard etc” and the answer to that is yes. Yes, often. And it’s why we are all so glad he exists. He has just pledged to play The Monster Mash daily this month, and for his birthday I got him various crocs jibits. The older we grow, the younger we get. I love him.
Today is the birthday of @jarrett_sleeper and a friend just texted me “I picture you like doing normal life stuff in the house and casually glancing outside and seeing Jarrett like throwing axes or dressed like a vampire playing a keyboard etc” and the answer to that is yes. Yes, often. And it’s why we are all so glad he exists. He has just pledged to play The Monster Mash daily this month, and for his birthday I got him various crocs jibits. The older we grow, the younger we get. I love him.
Not JUST a lady blinking, a weird little critter & a handsome. Today was a big one in the Sleeper-Ward house, as @jarrett_sleeper — after two decades of practicing Brazilian jiu jitsu — got his black belt. Jiu jitsu to Mr. Sleeper is like a dog park for an Australian shepherd that lives in a condo. It calms him, and he’s really really fucking good at it. This guy went through quarantine without being able to roll, tore his ACL 3 years ago, spent so much time away from the mat to keep my dad safe from covid and care for him, and get strong again after not be able to practice. So today is a big one and I’m just so proud of him I can’t even handle it. Congrats to my dear @jarrett_sleeper and thank you for the daily inspiration to kick ass through gentle arts. I got him that Crocs charm months ago and hid it like an engagement ring for today.
Not JUST a lady blinking, a weird little critter & a handsome. Today was a big one in the Sleeper-Ward house, as @jarrett_sleeper — after two decades of practicing Brazilian jiu jitsu — got his black belt. Jiu jitsu to Mr. Sleeper is like a dog park for an Australian shepherd that lives in a condo. It calms him, and he’s really really fucking good at it. This guy went through quarantine without being able to roll, tore his ACL 3 years ago, spent so much time away from the mat to keep my dad safe from covid and care for him, and get strong again after not be able to practice. So today is a big one and I’m just so proud of him I can’t even handle it. Congrats to my dear @jarrett_sleeper and thank you for the daily inspiration to kick ass through gentle arts. I got him that Crocs charm months ago and hid it like an engagement ring for today.
Not JUST a lady blinking, a weird little critter & a handsome. Today was a big one in the Sleeper-Ward house, as @jarrett_sleeper — after two decades of practicing Brazilian jiu jitsu — got his black belt. Jiu jitsu to Mr. Sleeper is like a dog park for an Australian shepherd that lives in a condo. It calms him, and he’s really really fucking good at it. This guy went through quarantine without being able to roll, tore his ACL 3 years ago, spent so much time away from the mat to keep my dad safe from covid and care for him, and get strong again after not be able to practice. So today is a big one and I’m just so proud of him I can’t even handle it. Congrats to my dear @jarrett_sleeper and thank you for the daily inspiration to kick ass through gentle arts. I got him that Crocs charm months ago and hid it like an engagement ring for today.
Not JUST a lady blinking, a weird little critter & a handsome. Today was a big one in the Sleeper-Ward house, as @jarrett_sleeper — after two decades of practicing Brazilian jiu jitsu — got his black belt. Jiu jitsu to Mr. Sleeper is like a dog park for an Australian shepherd that lives in a condo. It calms him, and he’s really really fucking good at it. This guy went through quarantine without being able to roll, tore his ACL 3 years ago, spent so much time away from the mat to keep my dad safe from covid and care for him, and get strong again after not be able to practice. So today is a big one and I’m just so proud of him I can’t even handle it. Congrats to my dear @jarrett_sleeper and thank you for the daily inspiration to kick ass through gentle arts. I got him that Crocs charm months ago and hid it like an engagement ring for today.
Not JUST a lady blinking, a weird little critter & a handsome. Today was a big one in the Sleeper-Ward house, as @jarrett_sleeper — after two decades of practicing Brazilian jiu jitsu — got his black belt. Jiu jitsu to Mr. Sleeper is like a dog park for an Australian shepherd that lives in a condo. It calms him, and he’s really really fucking good at it. This guy went through quarantine without being able to roll, tore his ACL 3 years ago, spent so much time away from the mat to keep my dad safe from covid and care for him, and get strong again after not be able to practice. So today is a big one and I’m just so proud of him I can’t even handle it. Congrats to my dear @jarrett_sleeper and thank you for the daily inspiration to kick ass through gentle arts. I got him that Crocs charm months ago and hid it like an engagement ring for today.
UPDATE ON THE LODGE OBJECTS
I’ve seen some partial eclipses but never totality, so this week I made friends with chaos and tried my best to see it, recording snippets of the journey along the way. Will I find good weather? Sleep in a parked car? Miss it entirely? Talk to strangers? Cry! JOIN ME. It’s out now as a Field Trip: I Chase the Solar Eclipse with Umbraphiles episode for @ologies, available at the link in bio or wherever you find podcasts. (Featuring Dr. @teagwall fam, @simonegiertz & on the fly editor/podmom @jarrett_sleeper)
At my family reunion in Montana and we need to know what this item is. There are two of them, and zero parrots in the vicinity. Please help us. We are perplexified. #whatisthisthing
These are all real holidays. Bummers are everywhere, but there’s always something to celebrate via #HolidaysObserved. Mister @jarrett_sleeper & I would like to make your days special. (💄: @edwinmonzon, 🎶 @jayscards)
In case you missed it: #SMOLOGIES is its own show! Kid-safe, shorter cuts of @ologies classics come out every Thursday on its own show feed, wherever you get podcasts. Look for this new show art, designed by Portland artist @bonidutch (who also does amazing custom work if you need pet portraits or illustration.) Anyone have a favorite Smologies episode so far? Please spread the word so parents & youngins can find the show. It’s a great way to get kids’ interested in science and strangers to stop yelling at me for being vulgar on the regular show.
(OOPS — the whole video is in the next post.) Ooooh there’s always something to velebrate so here’s your #HolidaysObserved forecast for July 8-14 with me and my colleague @jarrett_sleeper! (Also I should have posted this on Monday, but I’ve been really busy celebrating BEANS MONTH.)
