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The FATTEST raccoon was on the porch earlier this week when I got home. She was kinda my idol.

And there have been short-term guests.

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Losing Meanie got me thinking of all the porch pals we’ve had over the years. 😢

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

One of our porch pals has crossed the rainbow bridge. Meanie was actually a sweet girl for a feral street cat. You couldn’t pet her, but she still liked when people were around. She lived on our block ever since we moved here 10+ years ago. I’ll miss her goofy face.

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Working for a university forces you to act like a mob boss because what do you mean I’m keeping two sets of books, one for what is being charged and one for what is going to be charged once they get around to publishing the fringe rates for FY26. It’s Q3, you wangs!

Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I would die for her so there’s no chance I would wake her from her snuggle nap. 😂

Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I should get up and do stuff but also, why?

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

There’s something so titillating about when the Cane’s cashier yells, “Hot, fresh chicken for Colin!”

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Cause why would Xi Jinping want to flood my basement and rust my Bowflex? To what end? 🎶TO WHAT END?!🎶

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Got these for my desk, and it’s really the little things that make me not want to claw my eyes out. 😂

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Nothing like when you wake up with a good vibe only for it to be crushed by SEPTA. 😭

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Finished Pluribus and started Task. What other series do I need to catch up on?

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

You gotta join me over here in Club FOBI, sis.

Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Left the house for the first time since Thursday. It was not worth it.

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

We saw you from across the couch and we like your vibe.

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Ben (he/him) @classicsftw.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I love Philly so much

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Back home with my cats, wearing my comfy, and loafing for a day or two to recover.

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

The face of someone ready to make the 11 hour drive home tomorrow. The exhaustion of being around family has hit.

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

“How will you enter 2026?” Me:

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Surviving family Christmas. Barely.

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Colin @brocolini.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Oh wow! I want to see an authentic one. Mine is from the old country, aka Macy’s. 😂

They’re anise flavored which is not always a hit, but I love them. The provenance is wild because we are decidedly not Italian. Apparently my great grandmother had an Italian neighbor who taught her. 😂

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It wasn’t working! Who can live like that?!? Pretty sure I fixed it. But I don’t offer a warranty so they better not call if it breaks again.

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The holidays involve baking two nostalgic desserts from my grandmothers: one is a recipe for pizzelles, passed down through 5 generations, requiring a special press and several hours. The other is Pillsbury boxed brownies. My lineage contains multitudes.

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Got bored. Decided to fix the garbage disposal.

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It’s terrible. My mom sits there scrolling and then just asks questions out loud as if we can all see the things she’s looking at. Like, what are you even talking about?!

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You won’t catch me posting a voice reveal. I don’t need y’all knowing I’m a full-on muppet.

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I’d much rather be at my own house with my cats and my besties. 😭

Spending Christmas on my Mom’s couch scrolling for distractions while her third husband sits awkwardly across the room. This is what it’s all about people.

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Merry Christmas, beautiful phone people. 🎄

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Gonna sell them in my booth at the Christmas market next year. 😂

She’s savage for that one. 😂

Not my mom putting a picture of me goofing her Ring camera on the Christmas tree.

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I already wrapped my whole stack up for you!