Nascar champion Kyle Busch died of pneumonia and sepsis, family says
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Starting: Touchstone
May. 23rd, 2026 04:04 pmwrittenwordsaloud posting in bitesizedcleaningI read the welcome letter, which spoke to me as I have a very limited amount of energy at any given point for cleaning. I keep wanting to do more, but my brain also wants to do everything at once when I finally can do things, which wipes me out again.
So I thought I would start by going through some of the tips on here slowly. Such as starting with my touchstone. I fear to say I don't have one, so I'm going to try forming one.
It will be my bed. Because of my health, I can spend entire days sitting up in bed, because that is all the energy I have. Today I will do laundry for the bed and then start cleaning up around the area until it is in a state where I can say "I can at least clean it up to this standard", even when everything else falls apart.
So I thought I would start by going through some of the tips on here slowly. Such as starting with my touchstone. I fear to say I don't have one, so I'm going to try forming one.
It will be my bed. Because of my health, I can spend entire days sitting up in bed, because that is all the energy I have. Today I will do laundry for the bed and then start cleaning up around the area until it is in a state where I can say "I can at least clean it up to this standard", even when everything else falls apart.
Mask bloc gig
May. 23rd, 2026 11:52 pmcosmolinguistI've been so excited for the last few days since we found out about this Mask Bloc folk-punk gig that we could go to.
A gig where D and I weren't the only two wearing masks!
I had a great time, particularly liked two of the acts, Albatross and Octavia Holyoke. When D's girlfriend asked us if Cheap Dirty Horse were playing, this was my introduction to that particular musical group, but then after Albatross's set when we were all outside drinking and/or smoking, they made an offhand reference to playing the washboard for Cheap Dirty Horse so we saw I guess one-seventh of them after all!
Albatross played a sweet song called something like "Song I Will Never Sing for My Mother" about being trans, they (don't know their pronouns, so this is the Unspecified they) introduced it by saying it includes their deadname but they don't think of it as a deadname, so it was nice to get some representation for my own experience there. The song also referred to their testosterone gel as smelling like gin, which made me a little sad because I think it smells like hand sanitizer (which is why mine is known as planned manitizer); I'm used to a better class of gin I guess!
The pub's gammons were clearly a little unimpressed with those of us in the side room for the gig. When D and I went to the bar to get a last pint, still wearing our masks of course, an older white guy next to D challenged him about why he wore a mask. D mildly offered that it was because of the ongoing covid pandemic, and the guy got weird, saying stuff like "they won't work" and trying to tell D he'd developed one of the vaccines but also people's immune systems were good enough. We just ignored him and went outside, but very sweetly the lady who'd been serving us at the bar (who was wearing a mask when she did! all the bar staff did when I saw them) actually came out to apologize for this and assure us that that guy doesn't normally come there, she'd never seen him before. It was really above and beyond, I wouldn't have expected any response from her at all, we also had never been there before, so I was touched by the support.
It was a great nice, after a great day of helping plant trees and fruit plants for a "forest garden" near us, having a cider in the sunshine, taking a nap, we even got to cycle to this gig.
Long weekend...
May. 23rd, 2026 03:42 pmhalfshellvenusI only work Monday-Thursday, so this would normally be a 4-day weekend for me. I'd thought we might go somewhere for our anniversary, but that was when I thought Memorial Day was NEXT weekend. So, maybe in June?
I feel like I missed most of yesterday, due to filling out Disability Accommodation forms and routing the needed ones to my doctor. What's happening is that my company is demanding people go into the office to work a minimum of twice a week. But after the pandemic, my division (and probably most) shrank the office space and radically changed the environment. Instead of having individual cubicles (which kept getting smaller over the years), the office now consists of rows of long tables with people packed in side-by-side. Most of the employees are software or hardware engineers, so this is the worst possible environment for getting that kind of work done! And with my ADHD, particularly the problem I have with visual distraction, I will not be able to get any work done there. You can use headphones to combat noise distraction, but without high cubicle walls, there's no way to hide the movement of all the people next to, in front of, and behind you. Plus, I don't think you should have to fight an unreasonable office environment just to try to do your job. :( So, I'm requesting to be exempted from the in-office policy and allowed to just continue working from home. Fingers crossed, because otherwise I'll probably have to retire earlier than I want to. :(
For intentional viewing, I recently finished a couple of TV series on Amazon Prime. The first was the one-season New Blood, where the bromance and humor really made the show. The second was In My Skin, a drama set in Wales that involves a teenager trying to cope with high school, a bipolar mother, and a vicious alcoholic father. It was very good, and it was interesting to see the wiry Rhodri Meilir playing another villain (he's also in the first season of Hidden). Now I'm onto A Taste For Murder (scenic fluff set in Capri) and may be continuing with 35 Diwrnod? That last is a Welsh mystery series where the language is entirely Welsh, but you miss part of the dialogue because notifications like "Beti speaking" obscure parts of it. Some idiot missed the fact that if you can't hear WHO is speaking, it's still more important to know what they're saying. \o?
Now I need to do some work on the photo albums before we go out tonight (dinner and In The Grey).
I feel like I missed most of yesterday, due to filling out Disability Accommodation forms and routing the needed ones to my doctor. What's happening is that my company is demanding people go into the office to work a minimum of twice a week. But after the pandemic, my division (and probably most) shrank the office space and radically changed the environment. Instead of having individual cubicles (which kept getting smaller over the years), the office now consists of rows of long tables with people packed in side-by-side. Most of the employees are software or hardware engineers, so this is the worst possible environment for getting that kind of work done! And with my ADHD, particularly the problem I have with visual distraction, I will not be able to get any work done there. You can use headphones to combat noise distraction, but without high cubicle walls, there's no way to hide the movement of all the people next to, in front of, and behind you. Plus, I don't think you should have to fight an unreasonable office environment just to try to do your job. :( So, I'm requesting to be exempted from the in-office policy and allowed to just continue working from home. Fingers crossed, because otherwise I'll probably have to retire earlier than I want to. :(
For intentional viewing, I recently finished a couple of TV series on Amazon Prime. The first was the one-season New Blood, where the bromance and humor really made the show. The second was In My Skin, a drama set in Wales that involves a teenager trying to cope with high school, a bipolar mother, and a vicious alcoholic father. It was very good, and it was interesting to see the wiry Rhodri Meilir playing another villain (he's also in the first season of Hidden). Now I'm onto A Taste For Murder (scenic fluff set in Capri) and may be continuing with 35 Diwrnod? That last is a Welsh mystery series where the language is entirely Welsh, but you miss part of the dialogue because notifications like "Beti speaking" obscure parts of it. Some idiot missed the fact that if you can't hear WHO is speaking, it's still more important to know what they're saying. \o?
Now I need to do some work on the photo albums before we go out tonight (dinner and In The Grey).
like an eagle
May. 23rd, 2026 02:11 pmserafaeryHad a really fun night at the club Thursday night, sparkling was wonderful Thurs/Friday, today is my only day off of the holiday, I am working Sunday and Monday - service work of my kind means working when everyone else is off.
I wanted to hang art and pull weeds and plant a sprig of rooted rosemary and do silks and ride my bike but after a really lovely birthday brunch with Josh's parents, I am in a foul, foul mood for no reason whatsoever. None I can pinpoint. I feel weirdly hungry even though I ate more than enough, I feel undercaffeinated even though the coffee was powerfully strong. I ate my "elevate" gummy, I took my fish oil and supplements, I don't know what happened, my mood just collapsed, and my motivation is nonexistent. I am in a great deal of pain and my hands are swollen, my feet hurt just walking around the block to fetch Avalanche (and then back again to properly close their gate, as I couldn't do so with an angry cat in my arms when I took her out).
The weather is perfect. We came home from brunch and I took Josh out to the back yard to show him where the pumpkins are popping up and Avalanche was on the other side of the fence again. Fortunately she came over to us when she heard us in the yard, but she would not come back through the hole she re-opened. She scratched me on the way home, after I went into the neighbors yard (with their permission - they are out of town but answered the phone immediately, I am grateful) not out of malice, she just gets scared when she is carried. She was totally relaxed in the middle of the neighbor's yard eating grass like she owned the place, when I went over to retrieve her. She was perfectly safe, but only because the neighbors took their dogs with them.
Josh properly screwed in a piece of wood to block the hole (I had just wedged it in there, Avi pulled it down) so she's secure again. She is sleeping in the grass, all blissed out.
Who knew this little rectangle of outdoor space would become my new home. I am out there constantly and Avalanche even moreso. I drink my coffee out there and Merlin the birds and poke my phone and look at the sky and read and just chill. It's small and really boxed in with tall houses all around and a 20' tall wall of trees on the back side, but it's private, and sheltered, and enough.
I have tried crackers and chocolate to perk myself up to no avail. I am contemplating either a nap, or another cup of coffee. I think sometimes when my joints are inflamed and I am in a lot of pain, it leaks into my brain somehow.
( also just to mark something slightly personal/explicit )
Being 51 is difficult, and I know it is only going to get harder. But I am grateful for all the good stuff. Things are pretty good overall, I just need to find a way to convince my body and my mood that this is so.
...
The eagles are doing awesome. I'm so impressed. They have matured way faster than their sisters did last year. They started self-feeding way earlier, they are doing wingers and jumping way earlier, I think something about their aggressive nature that caused all that early bonking behavior is actually benefitting them now that they are older, and may serve them well in the wild. I feel more confident that they'll make it than I felt with the girls last year, who fledged after only self-feeding tentatively for a couple of weeks. I couldn't imagine how on earth they would ever be able to fend for themselves, as eagles need to scavenge and steal their first year of life while they learn how to hunt. But these two might have a shot.
I wanted to hang art and pull weeds and plant a sprig of rooted rosemary and do silks and ride my bike but after a really lovely birthday brunch with Josh's parents, I am in a foul, foul mood for no reason whatsoever. None I can pinpoint. I feel weirdly hungry even though I ate more than enough, I feel undercaffeinated even though the coffee was powerfully strong. I ate my "elevate" gummy, I took my fish oil and supplements, I don't know what happened, my mood just collapsed, and my motivation is nonexistent. I am in a great deal of pain and my hands are swollen, my feet hurt just walking around the block to fetch Avalanche (and then back again to properly close their gate, as I couldn't do so with an angry cat in my arms when I took her out).
The weather is perfect. We came home from brunch and I took Josh out to the back yard to show him where the pumpkins are popping up and Avalanche was on the other side of the fence again. Fortunately she came over to us when she heard us in the yard, but she would not come back through the hole she re-opened. She scratched me on the way home, after I went into the neighbors yard (with their permission - they are out of town but answered the phone immediately, I am grateful) not out of malice, she just gets scared when she is carried. She was totally relaxed in the middle of the neighbor's yard eating grass like she owned the place, when I went over to retrieve her. She was perfectly safe, but only because the neighbors took their dogs with them.
Josh properly screwed in a piece of wood to block the hole (I had just wedged it in there, Avi pulled it down) so she's secure again. She is sleeping in the grass, all blissed out.
Who knew this little rectangle of outdoor space would become my new home. I am out there constantly and Avalanche even moreso. I drink my coffee out there and Merlin the birds and poke my phone and look at the sky and read and just chill. It's small and really boxed in with tall houses all around and a 20' tall wall of trees on the back side, but it's private, and sheltered, and enough.
I have tried crackers and chocolate to perk myself up to no avail. I am contemplating either a nap, or another cup of coffee. I think sometimes when my joints are inflamed and I am in a lot of pain, it leaks into my brain somehow.
( also just to mark something slightly personal/explicit )
Being 51 is difficult, and I know it is only going to get harder. But I am grateful for all the good stuff. Things are pretty good overall, I just need to find a way to convince my body and my mood that this is so.
...
The eagles are doing awesome. I'm so impressed. They have matured way faster than their sisters did last year. They started self-feeding way earlier, they are doing wingers and jumping way earlier, I think something about their aggressive nature that caused all that early bonking behavior is actually benefitting them now that they are older, and may serve them well in the wild. I feel more confident that they'll make it than I felt with the girls last year, who fledged after only self-feeding tentatively for a couple of weeks. I couldn't imagine how on earth they would ever be able to fend for themselves, as eagles need to scavenge and steal their first year of life while they learn how to hunt. But these two might have a shot.
saturday
May. 23rd, 2026 04:39 pmsummersgate
I added a skylark to the Memorial Day In Flanders Fields poem picture. That sky did look empty when I first painted it.
Alison just now sent me this pic. I feel bad for Rowan. His unhappiness in that moment. But I love the look of calmness on Johnny's face and the two together just seem amusing to me. Alison sent another pic afterwards of a sleeping, happy Rowan. Babies are so unapologetically voiceful and demanding.
We didn't invite anyone for Sunday dinner this week but I thought it would be good if I cleaned house anyway. Just for Dave and me. I got that done. I'm also working on painting a walking stick that I got at Rural King yesterday. It has a carved morel mushroom at the top. The carving of the mushroom could be more realistic I suppose but at least it's recognizable as a morel - at least that's what I think it is.
Not done yet. I asked Dave to pick me up another one of the sticks from Rural King today. Dave thinks I should make one in browns and earthy colors and I can see the point in that too.
Crossovers50 (prompt table)
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May. 23rd, 2026 01:06 pmgreghousesgfI just had lunch, I had a roast beef, turkey, bacon, jack and cheddar cheese and tomato sandwich and a shortbread cookie.
The Pitt Fic: Self-Care (Abbot/Robby, NC-17)
May. 23rd, 2026 12:53 pmalethiaSelf-Care (2781 words) by Alethia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Parker Ellis
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 02, Episode Related, Established Relationship, Complicated Relationships, Porn, parker ellis is ahead of everyone, listening to your body
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Abbot/Michael "Robby" Robinavitch
Characters: Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, Jack Abbot (The Pitt), Parker Ellis
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 02, Episode Related, Established Relationship, Complicated Relationships, Porn, parker ellis is ahead of everyone, listening to your body
Summary:
Ellis made an amused noise, drawing Robby's attention. "You know, Dana's enlisted everyone in finding a kinship foster."
"Don't look at me," Robby said instantly, just like he'd said to Dana, an actual jolt of horror pitching his gut at the idea.
Ellis went entirely innocent. "What I'm seeing is you looking mighty comfortable over there. And you got nothing but time."
Pa vez o pellaat da vag, ha ma c'hoantaez c'hoazh?
May. 23rd, 2026 03:10 pmsovayFor MerMay, leecetheartist did me the great honor of using me as a model for a glittering mermaid.
After the hectic bloom of mid-week summer, the weather has crashed back into overcast, rain, and intermittently raw chill. The Bradford pear directly in front of my office window has been hedged around with sawhorses declaring it a threat to public safety and scheduled for removal next week. I was photographing its delicately clustering blossoms just a few weeks ago. It's full of green leaves. It hasn't been antisocial to me.asakiyume sent me Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's "Temple" (2020).
leecetheartist did me the great honor of using me as a model for a glittering mermaid.After the hectic bloom of mid-week summer, the weather has crashed back into overcast, rain, and intermittently raw chill. The Bradford pear directly in front of my office window has been hedged around with sawhorses declaring it a threat to public safety and scheduled for removal next week. I was photographing its delicately clustering blossoms just a few weeks ago. It's full of green leaves. It hasn't been antisocial to me.
asakiyume sent me Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's "Temple" (2020).Trump says Iran deal 'largely negotiated' including reopening Strait of Hormuz
May. 23rd, 2026 10:10 pmbbcnewsworld_feedTehran also signals progress on talks but says the key issue of nuclear weapons is not part of an initial framework it is working on.
Nascar champion Kyle Busch died of pneumonia and sepsis, family says
May. 23rd, 2026 05:33 pmbbcnewsworld_feedThe driver died aged 41 on Thursday after "overwhelming complications" from the illnesses.
SpaceX launches massive Starship V3 rocket on test flight
May. 23rd, 2026 03:53 ambbcnewsworld_feedThe largest and most powerful rocket in history blasted off after its first attempted launch was postponed.
Race for French presidency sees ex-PM Philippe as early favourite to beat populists
May. 22nd, 2026 11:07 pmbbcnewsworld_feedLatest polls suggest the centre-right figure is the only candidate who can defeat Marine Le Pen or Jean-Luc Mélenchon.