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APBBlue

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Just here to make silly jokes and friends. South Dakota native in D.C. I don't shoot dogs. #pottery #tea #chocolate #puns #49ers #cocktails #Crohns #POTS (not the ceramic kind). Terrible jokes autodelete after a week.

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mattmay, to photography
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Fun fact: It's totally normal to find a bald eagle and have a rainbow pop up while you're photographing it. Everyday stuff.
#Photography #BirdPhotography

APBBlue,
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@mattmay I think this is God's way of saying the United States should be more gay.

RickiTarr, to random
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During the Pandemic my brother would mail me ridiculous wigs as a joke. BEHOLD AND DREAD!

And if you have a fun hair/wig picture to share, YOU KNOW I WANT TO SEE IT!

Me know a Sia wig half blonde half black with a giant black bow
Me in a swoopy pink and purple anime type wig
This is a full 80's let's get physical wig, it's big blonde curly and comes with a pink headband

APBBlue,
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@RickiTarr My hair has always been a bit out of control.

APBBlue, to random
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"Former president Donald Trump promised to crush pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, telling a roomful of donors ... that he would expel student demonstrators from the United States, according to participants in the roundtable event with him in New York."

https://wapo.st/4bywzh1

APBBlue, to Dogs
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OK, this story is extremely sweet. 100-year-old San Jose man wanted to pet #dogs for his birthday, and 200 showed up. https://wapo.st/43WqhUy #GiftLink #MastoDogs #Dogstodon

APBBlue, to voyager
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#Voyager has been chugging along now for 47 years and yet I have to buy a new phone every four years.

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, I'm thinking about gift giving today. A little backstory about why:

Every year my Father-in-law attempts to get my Mother-in-law a gift. She is a bit of a shopper, and is notoriously difficult to shop for. Every year he gets her something he guesses a woman would like (perfume, sweater, jewelry), and every year she doesn't really like it, and ends up begrudgingly using it or returns it. They have been married over 30 years, and seem to have a pretty good marriage otherwise. It's like she wants him to magically understand what she wants, and he is sort of equally bad at the whole thing too. I will never understand why they don't just have a conversation about this. Just for extra fun, she is the most bizarre gift giver, also, to the point that it has become an annual tradition that I show my friends what she got us. A small list of things we have gotten:

A couch cover with grapes on it
A sexy nightgown
A painting of the house they live in
A gourd painted to look like a cat eating a bird
A package of tea that I would have absolutely loved, stuffed with cheap tea bags
Children's Lego sets
Toy trains
Underwear that didn't fit either of us
A wooden board covered in seashells that is supposed to hold a curling iron
A waterproof bed cover

I could go on and on. Just to clarify this doesn't bother me or my husband at all, we actually get a kick out of the weirdness. I don't personally care about presents much, I'm more of an experiences person.

SO, if you've managed to get this far, how do you feel about gift giving/getting? Feel free to elaborate and give examples!

APBBlue,
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@RickiTarr A few years ago, I wanted gold hoop earrings, which Mr. Blue did not feel qualified to pick out. So instead, he gave me a gift certificate for a GOLD HOOP EXPERIENCE including shopping, one pair of gold hoop earrings of my choosing, plus dinner and drinks. This is what your father-in-law needs to do.

APBBlue, to random
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TIL that #MIT students who complete physical education credits in Archery, Fencing, Pistol (Air Pistol or Rifle) and Sailing can apply for a #Pirate Certificate: https://physicaleducationandwellness.mit.edu/about/pirate-certificate/

APBBlue, to prochoice
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Anyone else disturbed that said he thinks states should be able to track pregnancies to ensure they're carried to term? Anyone?

APBBlue, to random
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It's empty. #pottery #ceramics

APBBlue, to random
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Completed yellow wall looks nice and cheerful!

APBBlue, to random
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I got some more pots back from the kiln! Here's a medium-sized bowl. I really like how this glaze turned out. #Pottery #ClayArt

The outside of the bowl is a combo of blue and green glaze. The foot of the bowl is unglazed.

APBBlue, to HashtagGames
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Get Thee Behind Me, Santa

#SantaASongProverbOrQuote
#HashtagGames

APBBlue, to random
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"No, not that hole!" -- Me, embroidering

APBBlue, to random
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I'm so mad. The job I interviewed for today was reposted on LinkedIn four hours ago. So of course I'm reading all sorts of things into that that probably aren't accurate.

Can't I enjoy feeling like my interviews went well for even ONE DAY?!!

#JobSearch #fuck

APBBlue, to cycling
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When I was biking home from pottery, some asshole honked at me, rolled down his window, and yelled: "GET IN THE BIKE LANE!"

I would happily get in the bike lane. There is no bike lane through that intersection. So how about you fuck off?

#BikeTooter #BikeDC #Asshole

APBBlue, to HashtagGames
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Enter Santaman

#SantaASongProverbOrQuote
#HashtagGames

APBBlue, to HashtagGames
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Not today, Santa.

#SantaASongProverbOrQuote
#HashtagGames

APBBlue, to random
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Here's an entry for the annals of #InternetOfShit: Our building laundry room's machines are operated with an app. (It's worthless -- it doesn't even tell you how many machines are available, which is the only point of a laundry app in the first place.) One of the washing machines won't connect to the internet today. I can't report it on the app, because it won't connect to the internet. This leaves the machine unusable. Love our connected future.

APBBlue, to random
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This is incredibly sad and lovely: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/02/motherhood-fertility-loss-identity/677380/?gift=xzqBC9pLZij-3-Uq2bNaFhwehG_9UG_9eYrW6Gy-N5w&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share #GiftLink

APBBlue, to random
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Wanna see some pots? #pottery #ceramics #KilnChristmas

APBBlue,
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Another jar. Can you tell I like making lidded jars? #pottery #ceramics #ClayArt

APBBlue, to random
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I heard back from a (federal) job that I'm very interested in that my qualifications are being assessed (I am very qualified.) I have a feeling I'm going to have to make a decision about the other job before I get an interview for this one. 😐

APBBlue,
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I have worked for jerks. I will not do it again. #JobSearch

APBBlue, to NFL
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I LOST JEEVE. He must have fallen out of his pack in the Metro station right after I took this photo. I'm heartbroken. #Niners #RIPJeeve #NFL

APBBlue,
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If anyone is willing to share this link, I'd appreciate it. https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/laf/d/washington-lost-49ers-gnome/7702869555.html

APBBlue, to lotr
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So today we're watching the entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy -- director's cuts. (Mr. Blue has wanted to do this for years.)

APBBlue,
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One thing I have really noticed is how these movies are literally the opposite of toxic masculinity -- they're all about men sharing their feelings, sharing their feelings about each other, openly crying, hugging each other -- it's weirdly refreshing! #LOTR

APBBlue, to random
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No earthquake felt in D.C. At least not by me.

APBBlue,
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I am unironically glad I can get breaking #earthquake news here!

APBBlue, to tea
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This morning's agenda: Hang out and drink for a bit. Then go buy the most durable tires I can find. (My route to pottery class goes by a bunch of cut-rate auto shops, so the road is undoubtedly full of glass and metal.)

APBBlue,
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Any of you folks have recommendations for extremely durable for a 2007 Bianchi Torino? Currently using the originals. Three flats in five months.

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