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anyway i know we talk a lot of shit abt this site but i just wanna say that tumblr taught me to romanticize life a little. like where else am i gonna find an essay abt how hands were made to hold other hands or posts with thousands of notes abt how peeling an orange for a loved one can be the purest act of care & love? all the softest, sweetest and kindest ppl on the internet are here and i'm so grateful to be here along with y'all. i love you and please keep romanticizing the smallest things... god knows we need that now more than ever.

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My five year plan is to listen to music

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Maybe the Midwest isn't as good a place as I thought...

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Maybe the Midwest isn't as good a place as I thought...

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My work boots are the most expensive shoes I’ve ever owned.

Also the most comfortable. I chose them after trying on several different brands and comparing lifespan vs usage vs comfort - I needed them for a physically demanding job, not the weekend hiking trails. I could have easily chosen cheaper boots that would have lasted long enough to be worth their low price, but I know the Sam Vimes Boot Theory and knew weaker, less comfortable boots would make my life harder in the long run.

So when the outside edge of the heel started wearing down after three years of heavy use I went to the shop I got them from and said “hey this is a common problem for me with how I walk but now it’s affecting my ankles and knees and I don’t wanna have to buy a new pair, is there a way to fix this?”

The salesman at this very fancy upscale boot store said “oh yeah, there’s a shoe repair place that can give you some heel guards - it’ll keep the rubber from wearing out.”

So at 8am this morning right after my 9hr shift ends I went to the shoe repair shop and it is the most hole-in-the-wall, is-this-a-real-business-or-a-mafia-front, am-I-gonna-get-shot tiny cinder block cube I’ve ever seen in my life. I grew up plenty poor and love me a good hole-in-the-wall business, but going from upscale store to this cash-only repair shop gave me whiplash. Wasn’t expecting this when a guy who wears three piece suits to sell boots said it’s the best place to go.

The skinny kid behind the counter looks somehow 16 and 25 at the same time, but when I tell him this place was recommended he smiles and says to hand over my boots. I hand him the vaguely warm foot-smelling boots, and stand in my socks in the 3’ square entryway surrounded by every color leather polish you could buy and watch as he turns my boots around in his hands, sizes up a crescent moon bits of plastic, and unceremoniously hammers tiny nails through them before handing them back.

The heels are perfectly level again. I can walk without almost rolling my ankles. They don’t clack loudly on the pavement or feel different. This is gonna fix my knee pain. It cost $10.

This kid had every tool he needed within arms reach, worked fast and smoothly, I was in and out the door in less than 8 minutes, and it only cost $10.

I didn’t think anything could cost only $10 anymore. I’m so used to hyperinflation prices I was spiritually thrown back to the 1400’s visiting the cobbler in town square. This kid might have been that cobbler and just decided to never die.

I’m still reeling from the whiplash, and gobsmacked at the price, and thrilled I didn’t have to go buy new, worse work boots (cuz I don’t have that kind of money for a second pair, I’m expecting these ones to last a decade) and it feels like I just experienced one of the rare little chunks of magic that floats around our world.

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Y'aaaaaall my coworker self-publishes books through Amazon and he just discovered that the text of his latest book is not the manuscript he sent them and he showed me -- weird formatting of course but also huge chunks of text repeated, random words repeated, random paragraph breaks, random words and phrases inserted where they don't belong, added adjectives and adverbs, all totaling to over two hundred additional pages that he did not write and are not in his manuscript.

I read like half a page and then I looked him in the eye and I said, "I'm gonna be honest, this has AI stank all over it," and he said, "I need a different publisher so bad."

Anyway uhhhhhhhh probably don't send any manuscripts to Amazon right now? incredible

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public service announcement

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Bruce: Joker, I’m afraid you’ve gone mad with power.

Joker: Well, of course I have! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It’s boring! No one ever listens to you!

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[when the family is beefing again]

Tim: We agreed we'd meet without backup. Are you alone?

Jason: Yes. Are you alone?

Stephanie: *steps out of the shadows*

Tim: No, I lied.

Damian: *also steps out the shadows*

Jason: So did I.

Tim: I see. But here’s the thing...

Cassandra: *drops from a rooftop*

Tim: I lied twice.

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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 (2025)

written by Ryan North art by Mike Norton & Ian Herring

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how to tell mutual hey i think ur really cool we should talk more but like also im bad at talking and am always exhausted

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Today's Seal Is: Making Contact With An Unknown Beast

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Lawlight week 2025

Day 6 - Betrayal/alliance

reference for the pose lmao 😭🙏

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i should wake up and automatically be restored to full health, that's how sleeping should work, what is this horseshit

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One thing about me is I don’t like veggie tales very much