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"I like to really lean into a shitty day by singing a bad song," said my rideshare driver, after drummimg out part of the instrumental break from "Iris," by the Goo Goo Dolls on his dashboard. Wisdom. Respect.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That thing should have to pay rent.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The point at which "brief" and "courtesy copy" both become misnomers. That's one beefy brief. We've been busy.

Giant beefy legal brief in two large binders on table.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That is a joke! My mother is a sweet, wonderful woman. The texts aren't her fault. Even if the texts are her fault: the texts aren't her fault.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why do I keep getting political texts intended for my mom (calling me "Linda") and how do I hold Linda accountable for what she's done.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Amazing. We are all basically psychotic when we sleep/dream. Life is a lot better when your body locks that all down at night haha.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been looking at the finest foam padding Home Depot has to offer. Pool noodles aren't a bad idea!

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh, I didn't know there was a show too! I will check it out, for sure.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes!! I just found his movie about it recently. A lot of it was all too familiar (giving a countdown in my sleep and jumping out of bed). He jumped through a second-story window of a La Quinta . . . I have been much luckier in that regard.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oof. I am so sorry that happened. I'm glad to hear it is under control, but that is a hell of a thing to have to deal with. Mine is def stress-induced, so it isn't always bad. But it does make me feel like a crazy person when it happens.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

REM sleep without muscle atonia is a young woman's game. I am an old lady made of glass. I do not tuck. I do not roll. (It is actually a condition that predominantly affects men over 50, but I just refuse to stay in my lane, I guess).

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have done this in waking life, and tried to once in my sleep as well! (I dreamed up an intruder coming through the window). Who knows what to believe anymore.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd like to say I destroyed the nightstand by force. But it was just a close call that made me realize sharp corners nearby are a luxury I can't currently afford.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I said goodbye to my nightstand for good this morning after dreaming I needed to bail from a moving vehicle (my bed) and deciding to tuck and roll.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Having REM Sleep Behavior Disorder is like turning into the drunk girl at the party that everyone needs to keep an eye on every night but without having had any fun.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watching "Furious" and damn, Quincy Tyler Bernstine (who plays Nora) is so GD good in this. The faces she pulls during an employee outreach meeting reaching out to folks with PTSD. Fantastic.

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Kathryn @katkyns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I hope the outrage about this and coverage includes the fact that many other men were in that group chat and none of them called the police.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fun fact: We are all technically psychotic when we sleep. Have a good one folks.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Haha! I'd like to see that window try to contain me. Pity the window.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Me: I didn't know I had it in me. That's almost flattering. Doctor: Like I said, any human could go through a window. ...Depending on the window.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Doctor: Uh, yeah. Like anyone going through a window.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Unexpected convo re physics with my doctor today: Doctor: You could even go through a window in your sleep. Me: Oh, we close and lock our windows. Doctor: Yeah. Well. Not to be alarmist, but I mean *through* a window. The glass. Me: Oh. . . . Like Chuck Norris.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sept. 2025: :deep breath: "Ah, crisp Fall air." Sept. 2026: :deep breath: :8,000 consecutive sneezes: I've developed a new allergy in the three intervening seasons, somehow.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I told the office cat to call it for the night and go home to his family, but he is so damn commited.

Clay the charcoal and white tuxedo-ish cat sitting in an upside-down Hammermill box top on our kitchen counter

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did not see, unfortunately. Heard from the street with my back to window.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Overheard: Mom (to her kid): Do you have a license to drive? Kid: No. Mom: Then you don't have a license to cross the street on your own. Kid: . . . Mom: Did you hear me? Kid: What, do I need a license to be annoyed, too?

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Having somehow been conned into seeing most of the Resident Evil movies over the past 25 years while knowing nothing about the video game . . . this one absolutely owns.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I also fixed a shelf/hanging bar in our coat closet today, which I just heard collapse in the other room. Hanging up my toolbelt for the day.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Haha yes! It made for a funny story, at least.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'd say "how embarassing," but I'm accident prone and this is par for the course. I once had to have silver nitrate put in my nose (to cauterize, for frequent nosebleeds). I sneezed right after they did it, as they were telling me not to. I'll let you use your imagination.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In its last act of defiance, while lugging the ancient inkjet printer that has ruined my life for weeks out of our home, an ink cartridge exploded all over my hands. I look like my bank robbery just got foiled by a clever teller. My fingernails are going to be cyan for a week.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I recently told Josh (in my sleep) that someone was coming into our bedroom through the window, gave a 3-2-1 countdown, for courage, then charged at said window (still in my sleep). We live on the 5th floor of a building. Equal levels of crazy and uncool.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Learning these terms for the first time, what a world of sleep stuff there is out there!

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

RLS = Restless Legs Syndrome I think that covers all the TLAs. TLA = Three Letter Acronym

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