ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 21hI like the circles a lot, and the breeziness of the trees, too! 120
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Happy Birthday! Sounds like a good day to start a great year! 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Pillow forts may not be, like Permanent Structures, but your pillow forts should be lasting you two nights of sleep. Hugs to you and Fred for quick sleep solution tonight! 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I tell myself that it shows a mature ability to listen to nature to turn the heat on before November 1. (also, if I'd like my spouse to be naked ever, I've learned that turning on the heat helps). 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yeah, our family sailboat that sleeps four is only 19' long but weighs, I dunno, a ton? So I had a hard time wrapping my around your boat being so much longer. 110
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Glad to know I wasn't alone in breaking a pretty long streak, but! 100
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wow, it's been a minute* since I've listened to this entire album. Though I swear the version I borrowed off my brother had the cover from your poster. (*minute=at least 30 years) 011
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I figured that if you could throw it in the back of the truck and strap it down we'd have already seen a picture of that, but good to see why! Much, much longer boat! 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh, but see, inflation! That would be a whopping $136 today, so of course that's similar to... Nope! I can't even say that with a straight face. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aw, I'm so sorry, and I hope the copious scritches and spoiling are good and sweet all around <3 <3 <3. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I emerge from helping with post-mortem house-clearing wondering how I'd never heard that story about his dad being imprisoned by the Shah's secret police (along with not having heard about their work defending Black Panthers until his wife's wake). The Marxists you meet at the gym! (in Cambridge) 110
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026(stumbled off to pee again because you have TWO bladders!) <3 <3 <3! 020
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I yell "bless you!", as if he sneezed. Always good for a giggle. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Freedom! (And empathy, I still say someone could make millions if they made an actually-simple phone, laptop, or remote. I spent way too much time on the phone saying things like, "what do you see now?" about phones, laptops, etc.) 140
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oooh, we've been talking about doing a St Lawrence Seaway roadtrip, may have to ask you for recommendations before we do it (this time of year seems perfect for it). 111
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I was surprised to see cans of beer out on Beacon St in Somerville with a free sign during Allston Christmas gone quickly. So I feel like there's a surreptitious spot somewhere where you could leave them and make folks happy. But we've also dumped crap booze down the sink, and it was Excellent! 000
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Yikes! I hope you escaped unscathed (physically, at least, not sure anyone escapes such a surprise psychologically unscathed). 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Happy Birthday, Jessamyn! May the day and year both be good ones. My favorite book of recent years was The Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o (fiction, a bit of ~magical realism). 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The way news unfolds on social media so ratchets up the tension. There was some good Paul Gross news, but what? How much scrolling would it take to get an actual answer instead of references? Why did bsky reload Again? So happy Canada's sexiest sexagenarian will be bring us all pleasure again <3. 020
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Happy Birthday! These are all great, I love the palette of the bottom left one especially. Thank you for sharing, and I hope the day works out to be a good one all around! 120
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Yesterday I was surprised to find "lampist" not in their dictionary, G was surprised they didn't include "eucharist". Interesting! 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I have never heard of a single one of these people, so I am, apparently, older than a Rolling Stone. And I'm very ok with that! Although I guess it does make me a teeny bit sad that we have so few common cultural touchstones these days. 000
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Agreed! Thank you for sharing, I just shared it with the even-more-of-a-word-nerd in our house. I got 2 no one else words today and was pleased (and was surprised "diatom" wasn't as rare as I expected). 100
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026And you were helping right up to the end. May her memory be a blessing. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I've always thought this was awesome (as a Great Lakes grrl). But today I learned that it has seals! I did not know there are freshwater seals! Now we need to bring a few Lake Baikal seals to the Great Lakes... that would be cool and not cause any disruptions to the ecosystem, surely. But cute! :D 030
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 25/08/2026You should get a medal. Or some good swag? The mbta was giving out a lot of swag at Pride, maybe they should make more of it available to the commuters who survive this summer's shutdowns. 020
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Yeah, the activities can vary widely, from totally cringey to jaw-droppingly good musicians popping in to play (at the ones I've been to). Go you for helping out, the settling in is a little rough, but mom came to appreciate hers. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Wow! I had a similar thing happen once years ago, I guess maybe it's a buying a bunch at the same time with the same wear? But such an odd thing to cluster events maybe once in a lifetime! With bonus pokey bit near the heart for extra danger! 110
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I found myself at the movies last year in my slippers, was very surprised (but slippers are cozy! Mine look a lot like yours.). 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Ooof, I'm so sorry! It's Terrible to hear your beloved struggling. We paid out of pocket and drove ~6 hours each way for G's last machine, because insurance were being Asses (it was around the time of a big recall, but it had been more than a month, he was a zombie). Breathing is Essential? (!!!) 110
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026*reports I get More sleep. Ooof on your still getting so little even with a CPAP! 000
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I've also learned that menopause causes lots of women to have sleep apnea, because estrogen helps keep our airways open till then. I got the home sleep test in an attempt to get GLP-1s covered by insurance (apnea often counts) and discovered that my fitbit reports my sleep since I got a cpap. Oy. 230
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Oooh, progress! We've enjoyed the Edward Gorey house there, but I'm guessing it's not really a great spot for anyone under the age of 15 (unless they're a precocious goth). Lots of good other destinations, and the weather should improve Some, at least! 000
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026He's in Canada, iirc it's still blue. Regardless, ribbons and accolades of all kinds for L's of orange and other colors :D. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026My favorite 3 year old is raising a pumkin to enter in the kids' pumpkin competition at his county fair and has named it after me. Has there ever been a more adorable honor bestowed upon anyone? May it grow, gallumptious and glorious! 160
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Oooh, water view! If you want to stop in Wellfleet, we're here all week (I'm guessing y'all have Plans). So glad you made it despite the traffic! 110
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 13/08/2026So glad she loves you so much that she insisted, and hoping that it helps. Those intrusive thoughts are terrifying assholes, and doing what you can to fight them is Awesome, you rock. Sending you Lots of love and kudos for doing so much of the hard stuff for those you love and yourself 💜. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Ooof, yes! So fortunate that we half-own two summer places (one Cape, one Ontario) between us. But especially on Cape the summer folk are Something. Even worse, I find myself whining about something like getting plumbers for the broken septic pump or our silly stuck robot lawn mower and Cringe. 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Happy Birthday, @ryanspharmacy.bsky.social! Here's hoping the day is a happy one with lots of good family hugs and other celebrations! And may the year ahead be Awesome! 100
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Usually they do things better, but Canada Post is another counter-example. Also just wrestled with RBC, they say I have to go in to the branch to find out why there's a hold on my May deposit. The branch I just drove 12+ hours home to MA from and didn't plan to return to till Spring. Oh, Canada! 010
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Bad feeling for a good person! Who has managed to do a lot of things right in this life! 000
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Good news! Shawn, new guy at financial institution, said that Linda is no longer with them and he'd get the account closing paperwork to us within the week. Then he sent it today. [And I'm going to let it gooo, not ask why it took my email and a year to do a thing that took him a day.] 000
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Faxzero.com is still a thing, not that you'd know that from the enshittified world of search engines. Fax sent, yay!faxzero.comFree Fax: Send Faxes Online FreeSend a fax to anywhere in the U.S. or Canada for free. 020
ldthomps @ldthomps.bsky.social · 28/07/2026(This skeet brought to you by the "what do you mean all of the free internet fax services now charge???" frustration break.) 130
