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  • the geese have made actual plans

    the geese have made actual plans

    crafts, icebox pie, and two actual dates on the calendar. meet silly goose girls night, with upcoming gatherings at hilltop public house… Tune in & read →

    the geese have made actual plans. there is a calendar and everything.

    silly goose girls night is a project built around crafts, food, friendship, and making room for a little more play. their feed moves between projects you can try at home and real-life gatherings in montgomery, alabama. the name sets a fairly manageable dress code for your personality.

    their mission statement puts the emphasis on creativity, laughter, and an inclusive community, with women giving themselves permission to play. not every hobby needs to become a small business. sometimes scissors can just be scissors.

    first, the dates that have not already happened

    if you’re around montgomery, there are two things on their published calendar:

    • saturday, october 31, 2026, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.: find their table at the hilltop halloween market at hilltop public house, 3 north goldthwaite street. their latest announcement says they’re making things for the market and will have candy for the kids. stop by and meet the geese.
    • saturday, november 14, 2026, 10 a.m.–noon: make & mingle at hilltop public house. the calendar announcement describes a laid-back social: everyone is welcome, and you can bring a craft or project you’re working on and meet some new people. your unfinished project has been invited out.
    Silly Goose Girls Night calendar: October 8 pop-up at Lorraine's, October 31 Hilltop Halloween Market, and November 14 Make & Mingle at Hilltop Public House.
    the organizers’ calendar, which also includes the now-past october 8 pop-up. graphic: silly goose girls night.

    those details are from their public announcements, checked october 22. follow the account for updates before heading out; the november listing doesn’t specify a ticket price or registration requirement.

    they have already put the scissors on the table

    their first official event was the october 8 modgepodge collage night at lorraine’s bake shop. the event listing supplied the practical part: collage supplies, a canvas, and time to make something together. their next-day recap shows people working around the craft tables and thanks lorraine and bill for hosting.

    this is the useful thing about the photos: you can see the activity rather than being asked to imagine an abstract concept called community. paper, scissors, glue, other people. an unusually literal way to make connections.

    photos and original recap: silly goose girls night. the october 8 event has already happened; this is a look at what they’ve been making, not a current ticket offer.

    the stickers can finally stop waiting for the perfect surface

    one of their at-home projects takes a familiar problem—stickers too good to commit to anything—and turns it into a miniature gallery wall. their july 19 carousel walks through framing favorite stickers, including travel souvenirs, in little frames.

    a small project, an excuse to sit together, and something to put on the wall afterward. the sticker collection has received a promotion.

    and yes, there is pie

    the food side is similarly approachable. their cream cheese icebox pie reel uses a graham-cracker crust and a blended filling, then lets the refrigerator do its part. the full method is in their original post below. leave time for chilling; the pie does have one scheduling requirement.

    between the craft projects, recipes, and local gatherings, there are several ways into this particular flock. try something from the feed, send a project to the friend you’d make it with, or put one of the montgomery dates on the calendar.

    start with @silly_goose_girls_night on instagram. their official link page also connects to facebook and tiktok. at the time of writing, its eventbrite button still points to the october 8 event, so the instagram announcements above are the useful place for the next dates.

    featured image: the sticker-framing project, silly goose girls night. all embedded posts are credited to and linked to their original account.

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    summer weather can suck my dick

    i’ve been at my desk for half an hour and i’m Still sweaty from the half a mile i had to walk… Tune in & read →

    i’ve been at my desk for half an hour and i’m Still sweaty from the half a mile i had to walk from my car to the office

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  • 7

    breaking: ai slop infects additional ai slop

    Remember that WKNA site that DuckDuckGo was citing to claim that Trump had died from rabies? It appears to be a pink… Tune in & read →

    Remember that WKNA site that DuckDuckGo was citing to claim that Trump had died from rabies? It appears to be a pink slime publication masquerading as a real local outlet, filled with fake news content that itself strongly appears to be generated by AI — and it very much seems to be cribbing from the r/poisonai subreddit, weaving the false claims into a fantastical alternate reality that seems to be fooling mainstream AI chatbots, and perhaps even some particularly gullible humans.

    “Rabies awareness and prevention highlighted following death of JD Vance,” reads another headline from WKNA.

    Source: DuckDuckGo’s AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This Month

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  • 7

    1 week to #bb28

    I’m very excited for this thing I’m regularly mad about to come back. 🙂 Tune in & read →

    I’m very excited for this thing I’m regularly mad about to come back. 🙂

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    i’m so excited for x-men ’97

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    An open physical media case featuring a release schedule insert for "Marvel Animation X-Men '97 Season Two" on Disney+.
The left side of the case shows a printed tracking list designed to look like a retro insert, containing titles and dates for nine episodes:
• Header: Features the "X-Men '97 Season Two" logo with a "3-Episode Premiere" burst badge.
• Episode 1: "Days of Past Future" – 7/1
• Episode 2: "A Force to be Reckoned With" – 7/1
• Episode 3: "Rise of Apocalypse - Part I" – 7/1
• Episode 4: "Rise of Apocalypse - Part II" – 7/8
• Episode 5: "Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs" – 7/15
• Episode 6: "Danger.exe" – 7/22
• Episode 7: "Strange Land, Savage Heart" – 7/29
• Episode 8: "The Dead Man's Hand" – 8/5
• Episode 9: "Survival of the Fittest" – 8/12
The bottom edge of the insert features three small character stills, including prominent shots of Apocalypse and Cable. The right side of the frame shows a partial view of a colorful picture disc DVD/Blu-ray featuring various X-Men characters. A Rotten Tomatoes "100%" fresh logo sits in the bottom right corner with the text "*As of 06/24/26".
    • Episode 1: “Days of Past Future” – 7/1
    • Episode 2: “A Force to be Reckoned With” – 7/1
    • Episode 3: “Rise of Apocalypse – Part I” – 7/1
    • Episode 4: “Rise of Apocalypse – Part II” – 7/8
    • Episode 5: “Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs” – 7/15
    • Episode 6: “Danger.exe” – 7/22
    • Episode 7: “Strange Land, Savage Heart” – 7/29
    • Episode 8: “The Dead Man’s Hand” – 8/5
    • Episode 9: “Survival of the Fittest” – 8/12
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    more bullshit

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  • Slouching Into Summer: Let’s Get Physical

    Slouching Into Summer: Let’s Get Physical

    I’ve been 37 for all of one month, though this month alone has aged me a decade. A cluster of recurrent issues… Tune in & read →

    I’ve been 37 for all of one month, though this month alone has aged me a decade. A cluster of recurrent issues at work—ghosts of bad decisions past—have returned to haunt the codebase, and since I’m the last soul standing from that era, the blame has naturally settled on my shoulders like a heavy, unfair shroud. Even the promotion I finally secured felt less like a triumph and more like a long-overdue debt settled with interest. But, enough about the corporate grind. To keep from spiraling, I’ve been retreating into a media diet focused on permanence: building a physical library that doesn’t vanish when a subscription lapses or a server goes down.

    Still subscribed to too many things, but hopefully, over time that will be less of a factor when I can just grab a movie, series, book, or album I love off the shelf. I’m enjoying the ritual of listening to vinyl as well, though, I’ll admit I’m less likely to give up my Apple Music subscription for discovery and listening on the go. Gaming is a bit of a sore subject, though.

    Joining the Vinyl Club

    The new record player has been a total joy to use, offering a warm and unique sound that digital formats just can’t replicate. I chose Sufjan Stevens’ “Illinois” and of Montreal’s “Skeletal Lamping” as my first acquisitions because they are both complex, layered albums that really benefit from the tactile listening experience and rich acoustics of vinyl.

    Sufjan Stevens,
    Illinois (2005)
    ★★★★☆

    This album makes my cry like a little baby while questioning what we might all have in common with a killer clown.

    of Montreal,
    Skeletal Lamping (2008)
    ★★★★☆

    Mr. Barnes is always a delight, and two albums deep into his deep lean into experimental funk he may be at his peak for me.

    Blu-ray Buys

    There is a deep sense of satisfaction in building a physical movie library. Selecting “Rope” for its masterful suspense and “Speed Racer” for its vibrant, overwhelming visuals felt like the perfect way to start this collection. Beyond the aesthetic, it’s increasingly important to me to have high-quality media available that doesn’t rely on the whims of internet connectivity or streaming licensing deals.

    Rope (1948)
    ★★★★★

    The way this film gets suspense to build to the point that you’re staring at a door in the background in fearful anticipation is magical.

    Speed Racer (2008)
    ★★★☆☆

    Worth owning for the visuals alone. Felt a bit like Austin Powers and/or Spice World meets Spy Kids. John Goodman and Susan Sarandon are, of course, great.

    Previously, I had invested in a digital library of movies that I’d add to whenever a sale was on, but some de-listing issues around some recently-dead stores have scared me away from leaning too far in on that—besides, most UHD releases include a digital copy anyway, so you get the best of both worlds.

    Next, I’m wanting to grab some series on blu-ray. Starting with some of my comfort shows if I can find them.

    Game Time?

    I really would prefer the ability to pop a disc into my Xbox or cartridge in my Switch 2 and just play, but modern games tend to treat physical media as more of a license tracker than anything else. This is why the game key cards don’t upset me, because of drive speeds almost all physical blu-ray games have to be installed and updated when you pop them in.

    So, for that I’m stuck building libraries across the walled gardens of Xbox, Nintendo, and Steam.

    What About Books?

    Books, on the other hand… I do want to start buying more physical copies. Frankly, my Kindle is nice, but a physical reminder helps me remember to finish a book and not just leave it on 45% complete sitting on an e-reader.

    Plus, I really want to pick up some of my favorite comic arcs in trade paperbacks so I can enjoy them whenever I want.

    Are you turning to a move physical media collection? Why or why not? And, if so, any advice on the video games of it all?

  • About That Package

    About That Package

    I woke up late today because I accidentally gave myself food poisoning somehow last night. So that was fun. I saw a… Tune in & read →

    I woke up late today because I accidentally gave myself food poisoning somehow last night. So that was fun.

    FedEx tracker estimates my drop of for before 12:40 in this screenshot.

    I saw a notification that my order from Best Buy was out for delivery. I’m gonna start studying for certifications at work so I can get paid more so I ordered an iPad because that was always by best study setup in college.

    Nothing fancy. Truly just the base model without any hopes of some new semi-sentient Siri or whatever they’re about to announce from the Google partnership.

    It is blue, though. 😀

    So I’m writing about waiting on a package to distract me from waiting on a package. This anxiety is killing me. I’m not sure why. If I don’t get it today I’ll get it tomorrow. Probably.

    I have had bad experiences with deliveries that never arrive before. Or get delivered to the wrong address. So maybe it isn’t all paranoia. But the anxiety is killing me.

    Optional anxiety, surely.

    I’m listening to Who? Weekly and half paying attention to them answering calls about pop culture.

    They’re currently ranking the ingredients for Trader Joe’s everything but the bagel seasoning from ‘who’ to ‘them’.

    I got some of those tabs that make the toilet water blue. The color doesn’t make it cleaner it just lets you know when to replace the bleach tablet. But in my Mind, it makes it cleaner.

    I just peeked out the window because I heard a noise and thought it might be the FedEx truck. No. The grade school kids are home from school.

    As a kid I would sometimes stay up all night on Christmas Eve watching the marathon of A Christmas Story dry heaving from anxiety in anticipation about what I might and might not be unwrapping the next morning.

    There are so many bees around the windows.

    Almost 4:00PM and still no package.

    I could have gone in for a half day at work after I was feeling better at this point. The package wasn’t even Supposed to be here until tomorrow anyway. They updated it to today. Sorry for getting the blue one that wasn’t in the store.

    My neighbor is moving in August. He won’t even be here this summer at all, really. He’s a law student and goes home to North Carolina on breaks.

    Fair enough. He’s met enough people in his first year to go somewhere and split expenses in a location that sucks a lot less than here with a lot better accommodations. But now I’ll have anxiety about rolling the neighbor dice again.

    I wonder why they always put the white guys next door to each other.

    I know personal blogs are boring and I’ll write about media and culture here soon. It’s why I made this silly little website after all. A place to put stuff no one will read.

    I’m permanently banned from Google ads because after paying me a hundred bucks they said my interviews with porn stars constituted porn. So I’m fine with just not making money off of it. But that means it gets to just morph into what I need it to be whenever I want.

    And. Where the fuck is that FedEx driver?

    I was lying before when I said it was nearly four. It was 3:45. But now it is actually four and I’m starting to think of all the things my FedEx driver Marcus might be doing.

    I go to Google how late FedEx delivers packages and see that it’s in my search history.

    Maybe I should take a nap. Then when I get up it might be on my doorstep. Or maybe someone will have stolen it. Or maybe it will get too hot. I simply cannot have that.

    I think my neighbor is doing laundry.

    It only matters because every time I hate him on the stairs I think it’s Marcus.

    Marcus is probably just overloaded with packages today.

    Or maybe he had a family emergency. His little cousin that he and his wife had to take in after her mother Stacey went to jail for check fraud has the flu. My head would be all over the place. That’s probably what’s happening. God, I hope little Lilly’s gonna be okay.

    It’s also possible that he’s an old nemesis from grade school that I can’t remember. I did know a Marcus in middle school. He got married to a girl I had a bit of a crush on once upon a time. Maybe he saw my name and still holds a grudge for me liking his girl all those years ago. He’s gonna let my packages slip under the seat for a few days then make sure it gets good and banged up before I finally get a shredded remnant of blue aluminum in May.

    By the way, don’t eat French fries that you accidentally let thaw out overnight. You might have to live next to your toilet for a few hours.

    Listen. It’s a Long month so there’s almost an extra week than normal between my paychecks.

    I’m gonna go refresh the tracking page.

    My package is out for delivery. No longer an estimated time. My anxiety spiked.

    Nothing. Maybe the war in Iran has made gas so expensive that Marcus is stranded on I-85 as the world slowly slips into chaos.

    I wouldn’t know, I haven’t voluntarily watched the news in six months.

    The world is on fire but I can’t stop binging some weird British tv show or another that I can never convince any of my friends to watch with me.

    Shout out to my sister who is giving me a bunch of cat food so my cats won’t starve until payday. Google Photos auto generated this montage of us:

    Holy shit it’s only been seven minutes?

    Where fuck is Marcus?

    They upped my anxiety meds. They’re clearly working gangbusters.

    Is it too late to redirect him to the FedEx store? Walgreens?

    I hear a hydraulic brake!

    It’s fucking UPS 🙁

    A UPS truck in my apartment complex.

    Do y’all strain ramen before adding in the some of seasoning sachet or do you let the noodles cook in it?

    I do a little of each usually, I do strain them before eating, though. Ramen isn’t a soup in this household.

    More deceiving brakes in the neighborhood. This time just a minivan that badly needs to be serviced.

    I believe in you Marcus.

    We can get through this together.

    I peer out my window after going pee just in case. Nothing.

    Talking about Mortal Kombat movies in the group chat with Jacob and Tate. I love the first one because of watching it as a kid.

    My cousin Elizabeth had the soundtrack and I thought those electronic songs were so cool. We would ride to the pool for the apartment complex my family lived in while listening to it.

    Jacob and I are now scheming an elaborate plan to track Marcus down and procure my package ourselves.

    How come only some packages get GPS tracking the day of delivery some of the time and others never have it?

    I guess to stop people from going to them and asking for the package early.

    IDK. I just need Marcus to get his ass over her already. What’s taking you so much longer than usual.

    I’ve had to rush home in my lunch break so no one would steal my new phone twice now.

    Now I miss those days we had, Marcus.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVrZIenjJsO/?igsh=MTltY3VmOXg0N2Q3Yw==

    I’m giving up and just assuming I’m gonna have to deal with some FedEx bullshit.

    Time for a beer and some video games.

    🙁

    Update 3/28 @ 9:26 AM:

    Come on Anthony
    I believe in you!

    Marcus meant NOTHING to me. It’s all about me and you, baby. Us against the world! 🙂

    Update 3/28 @ 4:28 PM:

    It has now been re-rescheduled to Monday. Apparently they left the apartment number off of my shipping address and this is why it’s been back and froth so many times. Hate it here.


    Header Photo by Deane Bayas

  • Thursday Flow

    Thursday Flow

    Today was a relatively good day. I might have to partially bullshit my standup update tomorrow morning, but i might be able… Tune in & read →

    Today was a relatively good day.

    I might have to partially bullshit my standup update tomorrow morning, but i might be able to scrape enough stuff out of my notes. That’s a problem for tomorrow me.

    I’m unwinding for the night. Watched a couple episodes of Sex and the City for the first time as i slowly work my way through the first season. And now i’m settled in to an episode of The Gentlemen because I want to catch up before the new season drops.

    Although, I’m liable to put this weeks WWE Raw back on since Jacob and I only got about half way through it earlier.

    Jacob holding a football. Shot from above.

    He also added me to his Steam family while he was over and I’m pretty excited to play some of the games he can loan me now. ☺️

    Although, to be honest, I’m probably gonna be glued to Pokopia and 2K26 in my spare time for some time to come.

    As Jacob was leaving, I noticed my neighbor Isaac on the porch so I stepped out to say hi. We’ve been caring for some of the neighborhood cats and HP, an orange gentleman that Isaac’s girlfriend named Handsome Pumpkin, bound up the stairs as Jacob was heading to the car.

    my neighbor and I may have adopted the street cats in the neighborhood

    — schweg, (@schwegler.lol) 2026-03-27T03:24:48.968Z

    So I decided to pop a squat and had some lovely neighborly bonding time while playing with an orange cat who was an absolute fucking Slut for skritches behind the ears.

    And now I’m yawning on my couch like an old man as I get ready to move into the bedroom for the evening.

    I didn’t switch back over to Raw. It’s WrestleMania season after all. The time of the year where they should ostensibly be pulling out all the stops.

    IDK, it’s alright I guess.

    like sure, the 90s was cool but can we not go back to having the liberal party led by anti-queer charismatic assholes? please? pretty please? 🥺

    — schweg, (@schwegler.lol) 2026-03-26T12:37:24.841Z

    Meanwhile, they increased my SNRI to 60 Mg from 30. Been about a week. Lots of dry mouth the first few days but that’s all good now. I have noticed lower anxiety so that’s definitely a boon.

    I’ve been more able to enjoy things without overthinking them—at least when I’m sober, lmfao. But I have definitely had a really good week. So I’ll take what I can get.

    I feel like less of an observer and more of a participant in life. 🙂 💜

  • Marching Forth

    Marching Forth

    My March has been an interesting one. At work i’ve been fighting a fire that keeps reigniting from its embers every few… Tune in & read →

    My March has been an interesting one.

    At work i’ve been fighting a fire that keeps reigniting from its embers every few days. The stress has a lot. And i’m two men down on a four man team.

    That’s an overstatement of course. But out contractor that’s been on a year has been underwhelming and the newest hire still isn’t fully onboarded. So it definitely feels that way.

    I’ll be honest tho. It’s been oddly reassuring of my own skills. Which is weird but at least my imposter syndrome is on hiatus.

    While writing this i’m getting caught up on The Pitt. I love how this show can suck you in each and every hour.

    Jacob just left. He had to head home after his girlfriend got jealous that he got McDonald’s without her.

    And, honestly? Fair.

    He was over because I point blank told him i needed him to be. First call in on that one in our friendship. But I had a really good excuse: I had been in the middle of an FBI man hunt for most of the day.

    My nephew, Sammy, decided to make a run for it through a child safe lock on the front door of my sister’s house while his dad was making him breakfast.

    Ok, so it wasn’t quite a man hunt man hunt as it was a non-verbal autistic 6 year old hint. But, honestly this was probably more stressful.

    I texted every single person I knew in the area asking them to keep an eye out. We had at least 7 DL dudes from Grindr on the case along with the young adult congregation from the local Six Flags Over Jesus.

    Thank the sweet lord above, they found him relatively near by and mostly unscathed. He got into it with an ant nest from the looks of it and will be slathered in cream for quite a while. But I’m a million times happier than the alternatives we were all forced to be thinking about in the few hours he was gone.

    And don’t get me fucking started on how hot the FBI agent was. 🥺

    Jacob’s birthday was Monday.

    We spent a good chunk of the evening together and saw some great local comics. I don’t talk about blessings often but i’m truly blessed to have that man in my life. He always knows how to handle me at my worst and how to amplify my best.

    Here’s to his 25th year around the sun.

    When I was 24, I was filled with so much hope. He’s truly poised for greatness. He preaches to me the things i preach to him and we would both be better off if we followed our own advice.

    On the media front, I’ve fallen way behind on British soaps. I do love a good binge when it comes to those, so i’m fine with it. I just feel like i’m wasting my BritBox subscription.

    American Dad is back on Fox. I’m caught up now and it’s still hitting in all four quadrants for me. I’m not sure why but it’s the one Seth McFarlane show I could watch Anytime. The Fox part is just good because it means i can watch it via Hulu now.

    Pokopia has been my main game this month. That and WWE 2K26. A very cute life sim where you can do anything you want and a cash grab wrestling game that I still really enjoy playing for some reason.

    I stopped watching Drag Race. 5th year in a row that I dipped out before the end. Nothing specific happened. But, the March Game episode didn’t help—it’s honestly that i hate having to use my Spectrum Cable app to watch it.

    The Pitt ended on a crazy cliffhanger. A shocker to no one. But, also… a fucking head lock? In a hospital bed?!

    The first new episode of The Comeback auto played. This show is so fucking good. Definitely my plan for the rest of tonight before I go to bed at 10:30 like an old man.

    The gallery at the top is a smattering of pictures from the month. It’s been a good one so far, even if it’s the month with a the longest stretch between paychecks for me. 😞

    Goodnight, internet. I hope tomorrow treats you well. 💜