joely.eth

My Aunt Zona felt the need to admonish me when I was 6 because I wanted lemon rolls instead of the celery and peanut butter she was trying to force me to choke down. 🤮 Every time I see a celery stick, I remember, laugh and purposefully avoid eating it. 😏

Co-worker: There you go with the 5 syllable words again, you're not smarter than the rest of us you know. Me: Why you gotta be so acrimonious??? 🫠

black hole = blocked aperture

Hiraeth can eventually transform into a kind of sweet nostalgia, with enough time and a bit of consistent gratitude along the way. 🙏

Realizing I missed an incredible opportunity to use today's word-a-day for the incessant chatter in my head, grumbling about these little hockey pucks NOT being muffins... 🙄

Dabbling in crypto has taught me more about cybersecurity than I ever would have been exposed to otherwise. I'm grateful to have learned the basics, many haven't and likely aren't prepared for all the things that could go wrong more quickly than we can imagine.

Being unpredictable in a competitive environment is an underrated skill, but not always a winning one.

One party's rapture is another party's catastrophe.

It was the laundry that suffered most from her chemophobia. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't shout it out.

"Be careful not to choke on your conformity, Director. I find your lack of reason disturbing."