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Chicken Grrl
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Awaiting work visa for Uranus

100% Croutonian
Light #AnimalCaucus use
World’s oldest teenager
she/her/y’all
📍Anhedonia

Indicting ham sandwiches since 1985

“GIFT” IS NOT A VERB. The word you’re looking for is GIVE.
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Things That Live in my Head Rent-free, #738 in a series:

Logan calling Ceretta “Big Daddy” in seasons 2 and 3 of original Law & Order.
Still from “Law & Order” episode “Star Struck” (season 2, episode 11; Jan. 7, 1992) of Paul Sorvino and Chris Noth as Phil Ceretta and Mike Logan standing at an apartment door and grinning at each other.
October 3, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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Awww. I thought for sure we’d joked about it before.
Scene from Bull Durham, with most of the Durham Bulls at the pitchers mound having a conversation about I forget what
August 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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I think today was the first time we’ve broken 100°F (38°C). But making it to July 22 without a 100°F+ day is almost a miracle. I’m counting my blessings that I have an inside to go to.
Text from WTForecast: “The fucking heat index is currently somewhere between OMG and WTF.” Current conditions at Austin, Texas, on July 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM. The current temperature is 96°F, the low is forecast to be 81°F, and the “feels like” temperature is 107°F. Current conditions in Austin, Texas, on July 22, 2026. It is currently 96°F with a “feels like“ temperature of 107°F. Read that again. The humidity is 50%, and the dewpoint is 74°. The wind is a hair-whipping 1 mph ENE. Daily forecast for Austin, Texas, for Wednesday, July 27 through Friday, July 31. All the forecast high temperatures are in the high 90°F range, and many of the lows are above 80°F. That high low is dangerous and what kills people. I hope someone is helping the unhoused stay cool.
July 23, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Happy Independence Day, all y’all!

I just found out that a relative signed the Declaration of Independence: Arthur Middleton, rep. from South Carolina in the Second Continental Congress. Who knew I was descended from a Founding Father!

Be safe out there, y’all—and keep your pets indoors!
Signatures from the Declaration of Independence, with the signature of Arthur Middleton highlighted
July 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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“Here you come again”🎶

Don’t forget to hydrate, y’all!
Screen grab from the app WTForecast showing that it is currently 97°F in Austin, Texas, with a heat index of 104°F Screen grab from the app WT forecast, showing the current weather conditions in Austin, Texas: 97°F with a heat index of 104°F Daily forecast for Austin, Texas, showing our forecast high temperatures for the next 10 days are all above 96°F
July 2, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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It’s officially that time of year when all I do is complain about the weather.
Screen grab from the app WTForecast with the current weather for Austin Texas, on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at approximately 3:30 PM. It is mostly sunny and 94°F with a heat index (also known as “feels like“ temperature) of 102°F. Not seen on this screen is the humidity, which is 49% with a dewpoint of 72°F.
June 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Meme of Ice-T saying, “what the fuck,” and Elmo replying, “I know right”
June 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Happy Annabelle’s Gotcha Day to all who celebrate! This little punk showed up on my doorstep nine years ago today. I neither wanted nor needed a cat at that messy time in my life, but she wormed her way into my heart and become the love of my life. Now I can’t imagine my life without her. 🧡
Four portraits of my orange and white kitty, Annabelle My orange and white kitty, Annabelle, looking extremely grumpy and wearing a crown
June 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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I may or may not be back. I didn’t mean to stay away so long; I just haven’t had anything much to say. I’ve missed y’all a lot, though, so here I am!

Here’s a portrait from Annabelle’s last professional photo session to say sorry.
my orange and white fluffy kitty, Annabelle, snoozing in a blue grocery bag on a colorful bedspread
June 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Grammar nerd alert!
“Old-timey” painting of three men sitting at a table and writing. These are the speech bubbles over their heads: Man #1: Quick question. Is it “for fucks sake” or “for fuck sake”? It’s for a work email, so it has to sound professional. Man #2: Neither: It's "for fuck's sake"; the sake is on behalf of the fuck, so you need a possessive. Man #3: It should have an apostrophe to show possessive. The REAL question is whether it should be "for fuck's sake" or "for fucks' sake.” Is it for the sake of ALL the fucks or just this fuck in particular?
March 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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I’m back. What’d I miss?
Gary Larson’s comic “The Far Side,” a single panel showing a woman sitting on the floor in an empty room reading a book, while all her furniture comes in the door, saying, “Well, we’re back!”
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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Just for fun, here she is (via AI) trying to steal your soul.
AI-generated image of an orange and white fluffy kitty. She is staring straight at you with a lethal look on her face as if she would like to steal your soul, or kill you.
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Here’s a little AI portrait I did of Annabelle and Charlotte a while back, and one of Annabelle and Roo (AI was less sophisticated back then, but all these ladies are still adorable.)
AI-generated picture of an orange and white fluffy kitty snuggling with a pink pig with furry ears AI-generated picture of an orange and white kitty snuggled up to a red and pink pig
December 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Outtakes from Annabelle’s layout for Maxim magazine

#Caturday
My orange and white fluffy kitty, Annabelle, stretched out like a tart on some silky blue sheets My fluffy, orange and white kitty, Annabelle, lying on a silvery green sheet, peeking at the camera
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Double-slit experiment

#SUPERNERD

#Caturday
Room with expanse of tan carpet (with random items on the right side that are not relevant to this painful attempt at a joke). There are two strips—or slits—of sunlight coming through windows outside of the frame. The slits are approximately 6 inches wide and a yard long, and are side-by-side lengthwise from the camera. The sun only shines through these windows in the fall when the sun is lower. My fluffy orange and white kitty basks in the sunlight of the top slit. (Her image is blown out because she’s so much brighter than the rest of the scene but I don’t have the photo software to fix it). “Double-slit experiment” is a physics thing.😹 It proves that things are changed merely from being looked at.
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Dear summer,

FUCK OFF.
Current weather in Austin, Texas. The current temperature is 85°F, down from a high of 94°F, with a “feels like” temperature of 87°F. Allegedly, it’s supposed to get down to 66°F tonight, but I don’t believe it. Forecast for Austin, Texas. All but one of the highs is above 80°F. There is almost no rain in the forecast. Thankfully most of the lows are forecast to be under 70°F. Small comfort. It’s fucking OCTOBER.
October 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Me communing with Pesto. I’m imagining ALL of us doing the same, loving on her and being mugged for cookies☺️ and just feeling her powerful presence. I hope our big gorl can feel all our good vibes & healing thoughts & especially our love (and orders to the EPM meds to kick that protozoan’s ass). 🧡🧡🧡
A huge gorgeous Belgian draft horse, Pesto, in the barn she rules over. She’s a reddish lightish brown with a long blonde mane. A white lady is petting her, but Pesto is more interested in cookies. The lady is 5’5” but her head doesn’t even reach Pesto’s back.
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Perfect prompt for #Caturday!
Annabelle would like to get in on the action, but of course she has to be extra extra.

cc: @lindaforfar2.bsky.social
My fluffy, orange and white kitty, Annabelle, with her legs stretched out in front of her, her eyes closed sleepily. She’s sitting on an elderly pillow, which was headed for the bin when she took it over. My fluffy orange and white kitty, Annabelle, on my bed. The bed has a kind of minimalist look with a woodheadboard and footboard (the only thing remotely minimalist in my house). She’s lying on the fitted sheet that stretched across the mattress. The sheet is is a lovely “Carolina” blue (Pantone 297-C, more or less), gazing pensively out the window. The light coming in is so bright that the irises of her golden eyes are slits. Her little paws, which are orange with white toes, are crossed daintily in front of her, draped across the end of the bed. She is lying on the fitted sheet because she was helping me make the bed. I guess she decided that the rest of the covers could fuck off. My fluffy orange and white kitty, Annabelle, lying on the back of a pale blue couch. Her right front leg is dangling down the (stage-)right of the cushion, while the other hangs off the other side. She looks slightly crazed, which she probably was, perhaps chasing an invisible foe. My fluffy orange and white kitty, Annabelle, lying on her back on a cardboard box that has seen better days. The box is in front of a French door, and there is random stuff around the scene that she is 100% responsible for. Her pose is inexplicable: her tummy is horizontal, and one back foot is curled like a little fist, the other sort of lolling to the side. Her head is sideways, twisting to the right, and her front paws are stretched out in a couple of directions that seem unrelated to the rest of her body. She does not look like a cat, but rather some misassembled creature whose species is a mystery. Perhaps she is a Flerken.
September 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Reminds me of this little tart
Orange and white fluffy cat, Annabelle, draped elegantly across the back cushions of a pale blue couch. One front leg dangles languidly down the back of the couch. Annabelle looks either pensive or in need of treats. I guess both things can be true.
September 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Here’s the paper towel I used with alcohol to wipe it off. Besides being kinda gross, does it count?
Watered up paper towels stained with ink
September 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Shrimp is here to remind you there are other ways to donate. The picture on the left is Shrimp as he would have you believe he really is—calm and demure. Don’t let him fool you. The photo on the right is Shrimpy’s real, honest and true spicy self.

Online: squirrelwood.org/donate
Venmo: Crouton-SES
Shrimp, a dark brown horse, with his head poking out of his stall gate to look at you. Something about him seems off. Ah, there we go. The real and true Shrimpy, his head turned sideways as he grins like the kook he is. I love him.
September 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Gorgeous, endlessly entertaining Pesto is more than happy to put her famous Needs aside momentarily to save the sanctuary she calls home, @mcrouton.bsky.social. ANY size donation will earn Pesto’s everlasting gratitude.🧡

Dat ass, tho

gofund.me/1e96a8748
squirrelwood.org/donate
Venmo Crouton-SES
September 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Happy Caturday to all who celebrate!

Here’s Annabelle enjoying the afghan my grandmother made for teenage Chicken during my green-and-yellow phase. Annabelle’s little paws kill me; it’s hard to tell here how adorably they’re curled around the fold of the afghan.

*please note her little chicken toy
Floofy orange-and-white kitty, Annabelle. She is a pretty pretty princess. She is lying across a folded green-and-yellow crocheted afghan, a gift from my grandmother (who also taught baby Chicken to crochet), her little white paws peeking out from under her white chest hair. She’s looking up at god-knows-what (“cats can see things we can’t”) with her clear golden eye. The afghan is atop a bedspread with a boho-type print in muted blues, greens, turquoises, and a little yellow. The afghan doesn’t “match” as it’s much brighter yellow and green, but it still goes. And it makes me really happy. Even happier to see how much Annabelle loves it. Her great-grandmother would love that.
September 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Sleepy cat with eyes closed, gazing into space heater with its feet on the heater’s base. The text over the cat reads, “Me trying to deal with challenges in life.” The heater text says, “Cheese.” I whiffed this alt text. Apologies. I clearly haven’t met my cheese quota for the day.
September 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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I blame lack of sleep for my failure to include photos.
Photo of the blob fish in its natural habitat, on the ocean floor. It is quite handsome, looking more like a cross between a tadpole and a toad, nothing like the blobby shape we see when pictures are taken of it at sea level. Photo of a barreleye fish, who lives in the deep ocean. It’s shaped a bit like a submarine, and most of its head is transparent, with tubular eyes that angle upward to better see upward into the sea above
September 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM