Miranda Horner

Be the person who helps bats think they're flying.

After spending two weeks basically either working or doing minimum life things or hiding from pain, it's nice to have two days where I can start digging myself out of the chore hole I have fallen into.

If I can get my work to-do list where I want, maybe I take Friday off to just goof around.

I'm still mad that people think em dashes are a sure sign of AI usage.

Maybe I should just lean into my Faulknerian parentheticals again.

Encountering a new creature in Requiem. My first thought: If this were a Star Wars game, I'd want a way to ride that.

Heh, gotta love different genres, though.

My cat, who is still opting for the cat tube on the sofa with heating pad under it because I'm still jumping around a bit now and again, had her back little feetsies sticking out of the hole for a bit. It was adorable.

Nothing like shooting zombies in the face with easy access to cat pets.

Yes, doing all three has been super helpful for me overall. I've also pretty much nuked my night sweats as part of this.

I have this urge to take all the Requiem maps and use them to design houses over in House Flipper 2, where I can also spiff up all these nasty environments. LOL.

I will definitely use the cat wallpaper option for the worst spots.

While outside briefly a few minutes ago, I heard geese complaining off in the distance.

Reminds me of Seattle, that does. Heh.

The fog here is nice. I do prefer sunny days, but if the weather's going to be gloomy, I prefer it commit all the way to fog.

I wish there were a lot more whistleblowers.

Also, wow, I'd forgotten what it was like to have no migraine and no migraine pain meds in my system. May the weather not toss me into the sea of pain again any time soon. This year was the worst ever for that.

Taking a break everything to play more Requiem today, and a jump-scare caused me to lose my lap cat.

She's observing safely from her cat tube now. Within reach of pets, but no lap drama for her now.

Maryland's 12 seasons Winter Fool's Spring with arrow saying WE ARE HERE Second Winter Spring of Deception Third Winter The Pollening Actual Spring Summer Hell's Front Porch False Fall Second Summer Actual Fall

The weather the past two weeks has been trying to kill me via pain. Thank goodness for pain management meds, but I think I need to ask for a preventative for the next Feb/Mar spring transition.

Once again, TBIs are no joke. I'm glad to be alive, but sometimes it is a literal pain.

Can we just impeach the impeachable and fire the rest, then prosecute them ALL into oblivion yet? I’m hearing that Russia and China are now involving themselves in this regional conflict.

ALSO: Those files must be fully released.

Same! Boo.

I had this nifty heated eye massager that did help me a lot with head pain. But the stupid charging port decided to break. Ah well. Next one is coming this weekend. May the construction last longer than three years.

A basic white tank top. In case you don’t wanna follow the link.

Ummm…yeah, this exists for over $1k US.

www.dior.com/en_us/fashio...

I somehow skipped a meal, which is likely why I could not fall asleep. Wooft. What a day.

If you’re seeing this, make sure you’ve eaten and hydrated enough today!

Same, birb, same.

A side view of a junco perched on a twig in a birch tree. The tree has no leaves because it's winter and blue sky can be seen in the background 📷 Canon 6D mk II, Canon 300mm F/4L

Junco in the birch tree in my front yard 🪶

#birds #junco #wildlife #nature

Me: Feels like things are about to change in a big way. Social media tonality feels a lot more feral at the moment.

Also me: Oh, there’s a time change coming up. Maybe that’s it.

I was working pretty late tonight, and my cat, ever the keeper of my schedule, came in to check on me repeatedly. I’d missed my bedtime. She gave up eventually and fell asleep in the Christmas tree cat bed I have near my office chair.

Now I can’t fall asleep. But at least she’s in her spot, happy.

a screenshot of e3 live shows a cat in a mask Alt: Khamira the Khajiit hisses at a Dragon

How I arrived at Bluesky:

Don’t apologize! It’s nice to see people grooving on their happy place.

I’m so glad I live in Maryland at the moment. Seeing the voting posts from Texas is making me do more than stick my tongue out at people doing asinine things that make it harder to vote.

Also, if you feel you have to cheat to win, you’d best become acquainted with the full consequences of cheating.

It struts like an R. Crumb cartoon.

#keepontruckin

Indefinite Book Club Hiatus Today in “Things that ‘AI’ has ruined”: No, I won’t be able to show up to your book club’s online/offline gathering, and the reason for this is simple: I, and li…

I get asked to show up to book clubs, online and offline. Here is why from now on the answer is always "no." If you think this might have something to do with "AI" ruining yet another thing for everyone, you're absolutely 100% correct.

whatever.scalzi.com/2026/03/03/i...

A Green Heron standing in shallow water with its head lowered, beak touching the surface and creating small ripples

Caught this gorgeous, elusive Green Heron while out filming over the weekend. Didn't realize I had this nugget in the mix! 🪶

#photography
#birds