Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 22hCool, thanks for the heads up @signal.org. I'll just magically conjure up the money to replace both my laptop and desktop computers in the next two months, no problem 😑 021
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 22hIt's like we're back in the days of medicine shows, where trust in doctors was low enough that anyone could roll into town with a plausible smile and a convincing bottle and make sales. Except now there's a hundred of them right in your pocket, and they're just as confused as the punters. 010
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 27/09/2026When was someone going to tell me that PFT's long unreleased comedy special Crying and Driving was finally released in (checks notes) 20-fucking-21? How did I miss this?? 000
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 26/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: I went back to Fred Meyer and was forced to briefly interact with this guy...and he lisped "Have a nice day" to me in the most mincing little twink voice you've ever heard. Strange but true! 130
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 25/09/2026The thing about variations in style guides rules on how to handle title case is that you can change the meaning of a phrase by capitalizing or not capitalizing a word. "I Came Upon Someone in the Woods": a story about meeting a stranger on a stroll "I Came upon Someone in the Woods": y'all nasty 041
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 23/09/2026Watching some old @dirtylaundry.dropout.tv episodes I skipped the first time, and came across a reference to the guidance they're given for how to dress! Apparently it's "like you're going on Graham Norton"; I prefer my theory, "like you're going to a party full of hot people you want to impress." 140
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 23/09/2026Horned Lark Press are the real ones! I did some proofreading for them and when I saw my name credited in the ARC I got a little misty, like the first time I was thanked in the liner notes. If you hadn't noticed, editors NEVER get credited; it was totally unexpected 🥰 040
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 22/09/2026I'm playing a show, sort of! I'll be on hand providing some percussion and backing vocals to @mollylewis.wtf at this masks-required, wheelchair-accessible, PWYC show on Nov 7 at Left Bank Books! Also: I can't remember the last time I was involved in a show with such a cool, custom-drawn poster 😍 050
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 20/09/2026I do house and petsitting from time to time, and I am here to tell you that the 'smarter' a house is, the more miserable it is for a sitter. Anything that makes sudden random noises is a big no from me, dawg. Plus I've never given a voice assistant a command yet, and I don't intend to start now. 170
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 20/09/2026Can I get a wellness check on the person who makes the thumbnails for @complexly.org? Or at least Ask Hank Anything. Even when someone I like is a guest I consider not watching every time, because generally the more shocked/disgusted/confused someone looks in YT thumbnail, the worst the show is. 002
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 18/09/2026If anyone out there is trying to date me, you're gonna want to watch this video a bunch of times first. Absolutely essential research.youtube.comRoscoe's Oriental Rug EmporiumYouTube video by GeorgeBuford 230
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 17/09/2026I know, intellectually, that if I could buy Vimto anywhere I'd certainly 1. drink too much of it, and 2. get tired of it. But the heart wants what the heart wants, and every 10 years or so I come across some and think of what could be 😭 020
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 17/09/2026They're contaminating literal fucking soap now. We are beyond fucked. 020
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 16/09/2026Oh thank god, I was afraid that Macklemore had actually done something cancelable. As much of a dope as he is, he's still a local boy; I'm glad he's on the right side of this one. 170
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 15/09/2026I don't know if y'all have ever taken a photo that absolutely deserved to be a meme, but I just came across this sign I saw in a Salvation Army thrift store in Michigan in 2003, and "guilty of a larceny by trickery" is absolutely perfect. 250
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 14/09/2026Man, I just cannot keep track of all the gen Z slang these days 030
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 14/09/2026The most threatening thing I saw yesterday was a security guard at Fred Meyer in his little faux-SWAT getup, with a patch on the front of his vest that read "I ♥️ goth girls." 210
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 12/09/2026Any restaurant that uses Ai images of food immediately makes me assume their food looks like (and probably is) shit. And if they cut corners on photos/menus/logos, where else are they cutting corners? Just instant distrust. 010
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 12/09/2026Ordering pizza for Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner (look it's round, that basically makes it a holiday food), and it turns out Dominos discontinued their baked apple dessert, which is antisemitic of them tbh. 080
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 12/09/2026Realized today that I absolutely hate the word "blurb," and went hunting for the origin. Amazingly, it has been plaguing us since 1906, when it was invented by humorist Gelett Burgess, who described it thusly: "A blurb is a check drawn on Fame, and it is seldom honored." 🎯 030
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 11/09/2026[whispering to my date when Kapi, the capybara mascot for ESC 2027, appears onscreen] that's Kapi 141
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 10/09/2026I am currently doing Norsk in Duolingo so I am DELIGHTED to learn this expression, and that it is the same in Norway. 020
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 10/09/2026Quote this with a gif of your first anime ever. (I wasn't sure if Clémentine counted, being a French-Japanese co-production.)static.klipy.comadventures of the little koala roobear surfingAlt: Gif of the intro sequence from The Adventures of the Little Koala, showing two anthropomorphic koala children surfing 050
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 09/09/2026Someone recognized the @lackadaisy.bsky.social pin on my hat for the first time in ages! It's been on the hat I wear most days since I got it, which would have been...uh...lemme quickly look up when those pins first came out... Oh no.static.klipy.comRose Dawson: It's Been 84 Years (Titanic)Alt: Gif from the film Titanic, with an elderly Rose Dawson saying "It's been 84 years..." 060
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 08/09/2026Menopause seems to be the new autoimmune disease, in the sense that it takes a million years to get a diagnosis and doctors think it's everything else under the sun before they get to the point. 0528
Reposted by Sarah Shaycaroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️ 70149113710
Reposted by Sarah ShayKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 05/09/2026Hi @greenburgerlit.bsky.social ! Could you explain, for the audience, what the maths are behind you putting in for 25% of Anthropic compensation on books you agented? Why is it 25% of the full sum, and not, say, 15% of the author share? Why should you get anything? 020540
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 05/09/2026We watched The Worst Witch, and y'all wtf. They must've spent the entire budget getting Tim Curry and Diana Rigg, then asked the screenwriter to whip up a script in half an hour using a bag of Bananagrams. Curry and Rigg were both FULLY COMMITTED, and that is really the only good thing I can say. 280
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 04/09/2026I put something off long enough that now it's a big deal that it's going wrong at every turn, and I'm very stressed. Please give me compliments, fun facts, and/or good news. 110
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 03/09/2026Man, what the FUCK. We're losing icon after icon, and we can't even get one It Happening, as a treat??npr.orgGloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom. 000
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 03/09/2026I feel like the popularity of the expression "shoot your shot" has led to a lot of people just making a nuisance of themselves. 0110
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 03/09/2026Before this moment, I had never seen a second of anything from Quibi. I always assumed it failed because it turned out people didn't actually want teeny little shows, but no -- apparently it's because the shows they were making were absolute fever dreams of trash. 220
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 03/09/2026static.klipy.comIron Giant Character: IT'S ART!Alt: The beatnik guy from the movie Iron Giant raises his hands dramatically and shouts "IT'S ART!" 160
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 01/09/2026On one hand, I am still hardcore about hand-writing zines and cutting and pasting with actual paste. On the other hand: this site is SICK 🤩 160
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 01/09/2026I tried to make a reference to Pants Baby in a thread here today, and that's when I learned that Pants Baby is NOT in fact an internationally beloved meme, but an un-googlable inside joke amongst the denizens of Lansing, MI, where I lived briefly. Attn @lansingmifacts.com, you're needed! 🚨 0170
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 01/09/2026IDK why I thought the days of people trying to steal the publishing rights from musicians were past, but I shouldn't be surprised. Folks, Elvis' manager tried to demand half the publishing on "I Will Always Love You" in order for him to record it, and Dolly said no. Nothing is worth it. 020
Reposted by Sarah ShayJoe-vercoat @saiyamew.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Bluesky 🤝 Knitting Blocking is Very Important 073
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 29/08/2026Last night I dreamed that Mariah Carey died, and when I woke up I immediately grabbed my phone just to make sure I'm not clairvoyant. Don't worry everyone, she will live to profit from another Christmas season. 110
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 28/08/2026Apparently the King of Norway died today. I would like to apologize to everyone for thinking too hard about wanting "it" to happen while I was doing my Norsk lessons in Duolingo last night; I should have been more specific. Unnskyld and also beklager. 030
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 28/08/2026I regret to say that I have been informed of the "dirty soda" trend, which is absolutely just reinvented Italian sodas. Which themselves reinvented what soda shops were making from the beginning, before bottled sodas. To everything, turn, turn, turn... 020
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 27/08/2026The other day as I was walking to the store, a teen leaned out of a car as it passed by and shouted, "Hey, you look like a potato!" And you know what? That's actually kind of charming. He could have said I had skibidi ohio rizz or something, but no. Just a good old-fashioned potato! 🥔 140
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 27/08/2026WIN: This food recall is just for one specific packaged product, rather than dozens of different brands and outlets! 010
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 27/08/2026Every time I housesit or petsit for a friend I leave their TV logged into my @dropout.tv account, like a Johnny Appleseed of comedy. Just got this message from one of those folks, in case you didn't think password-sharing works! 0122
Sarah Shay @sarahshay.com · 26/08/2026In case you needed this today (you do):youtube.comTim Curry laughingYouTube video by Tara Millington 0118