iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Can’t wait to see who your very bad bad-guy turns out to be. I’m finishing edits for my Christmas comic thriller. This is the hard part, cutting all those lovely words. ✂️✂️ 😂

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Got mine yesterday. I love the advent calendar vibe.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My heart hurts for her. I hope, sincerely, that she brings down Cornell’s “leadership,” knowing even as I wish for it that, like so many before and since, she has been forever changed by entitled men. Perhaps it’s not all men. But it’s always a man.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WTAF. Your great grandfather wrote this, didn’t he?

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Eh. If I’m disqualified from a job opening because I hydrate, it’s not the right environment for me anyway.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love the flying through (office) space. So funny. 👏

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s 2AM and my mini doxy is snoring so loudly I can’t sleep. I wouldn’t change a thing.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

National Dog Day? Isn’t that every day?

Freya, the long-haired, chocolate, mini doxy, and her litter-mate, Mina, the short-haired, back and tan, mini doxy, are watching the backyard world carefully from their perch on the cushions of the deck sofa. Mina’s head is up. She may have spotted something. Freya can’t be bothered.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hmm. I have an overly active blog (URL in my profile). I’ll add an rss feed to it. But will you find the natterings interesting? That will be for you to decide. 😂

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

People are having very mediocre sex in the room above mine in this hotel. Had. It’s already over. Yuck. Except for the vomiting.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Good morning! There’s something interesting in the breeze. Let’s go explore.

The black and tan short-haired doxy is on my bed, which is against the white wall of my bedroom. She’s standing, back legs on the bed, front legs on the window sill stretching her nose up, up, up to smell all of the smells coming in on the morning breeze through the open window. Outside, green-leafed trees in early summer light are visible.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My dog is snoring so loudly that I can’t sleep. I love her so much.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

And in today’s headline news from Pittsburgh Patch, we learn that Suri Holmes Cruise is the daughter, not of Tom Cruise, but of Katie Holmes’ playful night with Tom Hanks and a CMU student. In other news, I’ve cancelled my Pittsburgh Patch subscription.

A snip from the Pittsburgh Patch digital news feed. The headline reads “Suri Cruise No More: CMU Student Drops Famous Father Tom Cruise’s Surname.” The subhead, however, says, “Suri Cruise, the daughter of Tom Hanks and Katie Holmes and a Carnegie Mellon University student, legally has changed her name.” The phrase starting with “the daughter” and ending with ”student” has been highlighted.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It’s good that my dog is pretty. Just saying.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Definitely Beaker, Pepe the King Prawn, and Oscar

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Ugh. Got myself a treat and HATED it. Wasn’t worth the calories. What a let down.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Right?! My 2005 MINI was a manual. My 2019 Subaru is a manual. When I last got tires changed at Costco, I had to pull the car in and back it out again because the mechanics couldn't drive a manual!! Low theft risk, though.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Nothing to worry about, right?

A screenshot of a weather app page for Erie, Pennsylvania (about 30 miles across Lake Erie to the Canadian border). The air quality warning is purple, 212, very unhealthy.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It’s lovely. The design is very modern in a functional way. Love the colors.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I agree but beige? Remember how visibly dirty it got?! Maybe it was just me…. Yipes.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Check out this stag beetle hanging out on my deck this evening. She’s very annoyed that I didn’t ask before I took her pic.

A large female stag beetle on a cream-colored cushion. The picture is lit from above and her shadow, beneath her, shows her open pincers.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Lemon Meringue Pie for the party.

A close-up of homemade lemon meringue pie, the meringue tips toasted to a deep brown.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Not that I want to encourage theft but I'm definitely rooting for the perpetrators. If they're smart, they've already dumped the clothes and hopped a PRT bus.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The dududemon just got robbed...again. I'm pretty sure the grab 'n dashers were profiled because they ran out the door as the cops arrived, IYKYK. The cops did not give chase on foot but their cars are everywhere right now. Is any place to hide with armfuls of clothing?

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This is Presque Isle. The water is about 70F.

White-capped waves against the shore of Presque Isle in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Tomorrow starts the 20th annual Anthrocon in Pittsburgh! The parade is always fur-tastic, though the temp is supposed to be 🔥.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It’s so hot in my bedroom the dog and I are fighting for fan dominance. I am currently losing.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One day, I hope to write a sentence that hits like Noah Kahan’s lyrics in “Orbiter.” One day.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Yesterday you made a good choice. The sound made me laugh.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Those shreds deserve their own fanfic.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

They have Miss Piggy posters!!

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

You are volunteering to try a game that might trigger one of your migraines? Damn. You’re a good person for this.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A little late to the discussion but thought I’d add my bit since I’m a writer. The most important thing is consistency, not strict adherence to grammar or sentence structure. I like how you’ve explained game play—to the point, easy to understand.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

They gave a standout performance in “Doughnut.” Oscar-worthy!

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’ll be there in 15 minutes to…guard them.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Is it Caturday yet? And will I care enough to do more than stretch further into this patch of sun?

The tortie cat is curled on her side, white paw tips gathered, one side of her white snoot in a patch of morning sun.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

There are two quilts on the bed: one for me, one for the pup. The pup, in an effective display of dominance, has pulled the quilts into a blanket throne. She’s staring me down. I shall sleep blanket-less.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Right?! I’m currently replaying Moria for the Nth time. It’s an unforgiving, complex game but visually simple, with none of that modern gaming baggage. Damn. I think I just said the gaming version of “you kids get off my lawn” AGAIN.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I’m old enough to confirm the Win 3.1 feel. Love it. I don’t know why it is but my favorite games are from the real old days of gaming. This gives that feel. Not that I don’t love a Mina the Hollower, which actually is prob not a good example since it’s hardly futuristic in appearance.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The new neighbor is screaming at the contractor working in her yard. I do not like it. The end.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I used to tell my kids if they misbehaved I would send them to Cleveland.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The graybeard across from me just asked this interview question of his young candidate: When are you going to die? Yeah, sure, it's a new spin on "where do you see yourself in 5 years," but come on. That's a terrible question. Don't do this to your candidates.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Fourteen years ago, my kids and I visited Hoover Dam in heat that us northeasterners don't really understand. We stopped to buy groceries shortly after and still talk about how incredible the grapes tasted. I know it was dehydration talking but damn. They just hit.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Absolutely delighted to report that the chocolate doxy is snoring.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Finally home, in my own bed, but entirely pet-less. Have I been replaced by a better snuggler?!

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

At a hotel in the Poconos. It smells like moth balls and wet cat. The night is clear. Where is the cat and how did it get wet?

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Cops arrived at my hotel at the same time I did. Is that a bad sign?

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I received a threat email from ShinyHunters. They say they’re going to release my photos to all of my contacts. This is obviously very embarrassing. I take full responsibility for the 10,000 pet pictures on my devices.

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DebWrites @deborahz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Fair enough. I apologize for the snark directed at you.

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