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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 29/09/2026

Tom Cat is too old for this nonsense. But he feels younger in this cooler weather. (Less hot, anyway.) #cats

Tree in a back yard. What's that in the tree?

Black and white cat in a tree looking at you

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 29/09/2026

This is where we are with spam texts? C'mon, spammers, have some dignity.

Spam text message that reads, "Will you please please please please pretty please pitch in $10 to Troy Jackson's campaign today?"

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 27/09/2026

When Barry asks me what I plan to do with the gemstones I'm collecting.

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 27/09/2026

I'm making bread with the sourdough starter I brought back to life

Bread dough getting ready to proof in the oven

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 25/09/2026

I got a perfect score on the Texas Tribune's News Quiz. First time. #Texas

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 24/09/2026

Repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only).

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

Behold, my dog Toby in his new bed, a gift from his aunties. #dogs

Dog chewing a toy in a purple dog bed with an antique dresser in the background

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 22/09/2026

I just came across this screenshot from 2022. 😂 It's about my dog and his vet visit.

From the vet visit, the chart indicates the dog is obese and somebody wrote on it "rude"

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 20/09/2026

Watching "Shoulder Dance" with the partner. Odd that he would be the one wanted to watch this kind of movie. Writer/director Jay Arnold

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 19/09/2026

Pictures from the back yard this morning. Sitting with Toby the dog, enjoying the cool.

Several aloe vera plants, one poor knocked over

Close up of an aloe vera fallen from the pot and growing in the ground

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 19/09/2026

I don't remember this. It turned up in my Photos memories. I don't know if I did it or if I saved it from somewhere, but it's funny.

Snow White at a well with doves looking on. The words: It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 17/09/2026

ICE officer charged in non-fatal shooting arrested by Minnesota authorities apnews.com/article/ice-...

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 17/09/2026

There is a guy on Facebook who goes by Man Who Explains Everything. He makes videos and explains stuff and acts like a grumpy professor. This is how he signed off on the last email. We all love the abuse.

There it is. Thank you, you generous bunch of damp biscuits. Now get out.

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 14/09/2026

@statesman.com how can I read your articles when the ads won't move?

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 13/09/2026

This is my sister and me last year, about to go see a live podcast. I was still using a cane. My hip replacement was the following month. Now I don't use the cane and I'm down 25 pounds and counting.

Me with my sister. I'm leaning on a cane

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 12/09/2026

Seriously Saks Fifth Avenue? This is your ad? Is this the "Trump Diaper Shorts" line of clothing?

Saks Fifth Avenue ad with shorts that look like baggy underwear

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 09/09/2026

Today is National Teddy Bear Day

Hippo hugging a teddy bear with the words "A teddy bear is the answer to pretty much everything."

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 08/09/2026

Before there was the Chia Pet, there was the Pet Rock.

Pet Rock box with the rock on a bed of packaging material

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 07/09/2026

I have opened a booth at the Curious Blackbird shop in Gonzales, Texas, complete with a haunted typewriter. The whole place is a lot of fun, and Gonzales is beautiful. #vintage

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 07/09/2026

This typewriter is happy to be in a vintage store - at Curious Blackbird.

Old typewriter on an antique tabernacle. It looks like the typewriter is smiling

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 05/09/2026

They said I'm from Texas. Thank God. I was afraid I was going to let my people down. I have to say that their reasoning seemed a little stereotypical and didn't mention my pronunciations. #mydialect mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

My personalized My Dialect map showing I sound like I'm from Texas

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 05/09/2026

Post a picture of you from another era

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 04/09/2026

This guy was on our roof the other morning. Now he's playing chase with the neighbor's dog. #ducks

Duck sitting in a bird bath with a brick wall behind

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 03/09/2026

That time I took the day off and directed a friend to shake a squeaky chicken at my friend Vicky, who proceeded to alert the entire floor that she was startled. I came back to the office the next day to find this on my desk.

Yellow squeaky chicken frozen in a block of ice, saying FML

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 02/09/2026

Does anybody still use the World Health Organization's hand washing guide that we learned during the pandemic? I do.

World Health Organization's guide to washing hands most efficiently

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 02/09/2026

Raku is getting old. But she still sits politely. #cats

Brown and white cat on a table where she should not be sitting

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Earnest Painter @ratherearnest.com · 29/08/2026

My friend Vicky and her daughters

Then a few minutes later, Julianne came to my room to sing the song from SpongeBob where he ripped his pants.
Because she had apparently also ripped pants. When she tried to twerk. At 5:30am whilst singing opera.
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Y'all. I'm so tired.

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