![\"Matilda,](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F116%2F754%2F814%2F296%2F217%2F917%2Foriginal%2Fabfd7bd6f8993946.jpeg\")
I have a hard time forgetting *some things I learn. Once upon a time, I had the opportunity to drive a restored lightweight and just sorta can't forget what the owner told me about them.
Can I remember what I learned about balancing a checkbook (not to date myself or anything)? Or how to calculate a tip? Or how to fix a sticking door (I did actually train as a carpenter at one point)?
No. No. And, uh, no.
I remember the history of the Land Rover Lightweight.
🫠
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116780343406833406","date_published":"2026-06-20T03:37:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 03:37","date_timestamp":1781926626,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92526313","content_html":"I'm pretty sure that's a Type 1 lightweight. So it likely dates from the late 50s-mid 60s and was built for military use, it can be broken into 3 pieces to be parachuted into...places.
Don't ask why I know any of this.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116780216753155400","date_published":"2026-06-20T03:04:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 03:04","date_timestamp":1781924694,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92224878","content_html":"In other \"doggos enjoying this bullshit heat\" news, I give you my mom's...critter. Affectionately (well, most of the time) known as Gremlin, this is Matilda.
Look at this dweeb. At least someone's enjoying this heat.
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116754655297144658","date_published":"2026-06-15T14:44:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-15 14:44","date_timestamp":1781534657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92138677","content_html":"😂
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116746078225687778","date_published":"2026-06-14T02:23:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-14 02:23","date_timestamp":1781403781,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92138268","content_html":"In today's entry on the \"shit dog people say\" list:
\"The teefies pull the look together.\"
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116746045374761964","date_published":"2026-06-14T02:14:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-14 02:14","date_timestamp":1781403280,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92054966","content_html":"As usual, Barker (with an assist from William James) hits it on the first swing (I suck at sportsball references, I know. It's because I don't watch sportsball).
#AmWriting #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity
https://bakadesuyo.com/2026/06/william-james/
![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F116%2F738%2F337%2F808%2F102%2F608%2Foriginal%2F6501769fe6a7f282.png\")
Why do you think I became a writer?
😜
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116717768149880305","date_published":"2026-06-09T02:23:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-09 02:23","date_timestamp":1780971804,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91726736","content_html":"Oh, I give myself away with my word use all the time. As an aside, I'm not a Brit, but I watch a lot of them on TV...
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116711440786183601","date_published":"2026-06-07T23:34:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 23:34","date_timestamp":1780875256,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91671889","content_html":"Yikes. Just. Yikes.
Also, palaver is a fantastic word that I literally never see used. I think the only time I've even heard it out loud was someone on Would I Lie To You (British panel show).
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116705593414457741","date_published":"2026-06-06T22:47:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 22:47","date_timestamp":1780786032,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91613186","content_html":"YIKES!
Honestly, it's a toss up which is more painful. Though, if my local Apple Store wasn't in a super hoity-toity outdoor mall, it might be slightly less obnoxious.
But only slightly.
Did they at least finally solve...it?
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116699934136990045","date_published":"2026-06-05T22:47:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 22:47","date_timestamp":1780699678,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91612970","content_html":"\"May you encounter no salt or citrus for the next 48 hours\" made me splutter-laugh, thanks!
(I mean, not for dousing my keyboard with coffeespittle...but that's on me. Well, it's on the keyboard...anyway...)
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116699926072984094","date_published":"2026-06-05T22:45:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 22:45","date_timestamp":1780699555,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91597595","content_html":"So, I just cut myself.
On a water bottle.
And how is your Friday going?
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116698940675935120","date_published":"2026-06-05T18:35:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-05 18:35","date_timestamp":1780684519,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91505276","content_html":"✋
I have a notebook I carry most places that's for everything from collecting quotes, thoughts on said quotes, ideas for my WIP, etc...etc...etc.
So I guess technically that qualifies as a Commonplace, yeah?
One thing I highly recommend is only using the right side pages, then you have the left for when you read back through it and have more thoughts to add, or to note where you used a quote, or...or...or...
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116689725041159187","date_published":"2026-06-04T03:31:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 03:31","date_timestamp":1780543900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91411290","content_html":"From time to time I forget how insanely great these guys were. Aside from spawning Pearl Jam in the form of Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, Andrew Wood's vocals were, and remain, revolutionary and laid some solid groundwork for the grunge that followed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cK8dZ0EZI8
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116681925488444250","date_published":"2026-06-02T18:28:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 18:28","date_timestamp":1780424888,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91367277","content_html":"🫂
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116678126604443609","date_published":"2026-06-02T02:22:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-02 02:22","date_timestamp":1780366922,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91290675","content_html":"More thoughts on liminality. Yeah, I know. It's like this is a thing with me.
https://ilikehowyouthink.com/posts/liminality-place-work-life
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116671612316977096","date_published":"2026-05-31T22:45:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 22:45","date_timestamp":1780267521,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91245342","content_html":"Oh boy, I never read those much, I know my Morse from having achieved my Ham Radio Technician's License...N7SVF, thank you very much!
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116667034036371188","date_published":"2026-05-31T03:21:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 03:21","date_timestamp":1780197662,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91230707","content_html":"I wish more places would just, you know, hire actual copywriters.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116665399241225811","date_published":"2026-05-30T20:25:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 20:25","date_timestamp":1780172717,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91119001","content_html":"Much better, ear worm, thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK4KEDBdftk
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116655449712274933","date_published":"2026-05-29T02:15:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-29 02:15","date_timestamp":1780020900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91101602","content_html":"So Dingus and The Gremlin are actually playing. Together. Out back. Right now. It's fucking adorable and I know if I open the door to try and get a shot/video they'll stop and look at me accusatorily.
So for reference, here are the creatures to which I'm referring. I'll leave it to you to work out which is Gremlin.
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116654448992595317","date_published":"2026-05-28T22:00:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 22:00","date_timestamp":1780005630,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91101287","content_html":"Nice.
I'm on a 2020 M1 MacBook Pro, but only because it's what the company gave me when they laid us all off so I sold my Air (which I loved dearly) and kept this one with it's ridiculous overabundance of RAM and SSD space. Oh, and it's also on Sequoia.
My phone is an iPhone SE from...? Also on iOS 18.
Everything works, and Apple isn't trying to stuff AI down my throat.
Yet.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116654408553786189","date_published":"2026-05-28T21:50:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 21:50","date_timestamp":1780005013,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91086711","content_html":"And this morning's ear worm is this particular version of Hand on the Pump...🤦♂️
https://youtu.be/tUApO77uUUk?si=bwF-fD88z4S0ae4z&t=276
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116653088602500332","date_published":"2026-05-28T16:14:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 16:14","date_timestamp":1779984872,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91021528","content_html":"Today's weird-ass earworm is Before I forget by Slipknot.
And no, I'm not really a fan of Slipknot.
In fact...how the hell do I even know this song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2LU1yS7aw
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/116647850343970673","date_published":"2026-05-27T18:02:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-27 18:02","date_timestamp":1779904942,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91020079","content_html":"Oh good. Rufus has found a way to whine that bypasses my ear canals and goes straight to my brain stem.
🥴
🫠
Don't know your musical tastes, but if you haven't heard the Disturbed cover, it's worth a listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116638777436807854","date_published":"2026-05-26T03:35:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-26 03:35","date_timestamp":1779766501,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90856860","content_html":"100%.
Just don't be a moron like me and go near Greenlake...sheesh.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116632934676752093","date_published":"2026-05-25T02:49:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 02:49","date_timestamp":1779677347,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90856249","content_html":"Well, at least there's no question how you really feel. 😂
(For what it's worth, I'm with you 100%)
I used to work in Interbay with a view of the Pier 91 cruise terminal and we would entertain ourselves guess how many people disembarking brought something unwelcome home with them...
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116632862236170868","date_published":"2026-05-25T02:30:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 02:30","date_timestamp":1779676242,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90834329","content_html":"😀 Yep!
Unfortunately, it was what turned out to be the final tour w/ Jerry. In fact, it was like 2 months before he passed. 😢
Here's the first show of their Seattle run that year:
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1995/05/24?source=3892354
I also went on night 3, but frankly this show was better (my opinion, of course).
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/116630718241162577","date_published":"2026-05-24T17:25:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 17:25","date_timestamp":1779643527,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70941512","content_html":"OK, time for another drop from the Massive List of \"That Would Make An Awesome Band Name):
* The Omnishambles
* The Audacious Alliterations
* Is that a euphemism?
* The Sarcastic Interludes
* Gremlin and the Incessant Squeak
And a handful from the List of Epic Names for My Concept Double Album (that will never be recorded as I have the musical ability of a chair):
* The squirrells, the pidgens, and the other birds
* As a child, I had a pet brick
* Somehow, this all started with a pickle
is it weird that I kinda miss it?
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114934405634601575","date_published":"2025-07-29T03:30:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-29 03:30","date_timestamp":1753759851,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69928872","content_html":"He heard that.
And he says, \"Thanks!\"
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114926576080367507","date_published":"2025-07-27T18:19:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-27 18:19","date_timestamp":1753640382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69928845","content_html":"💯
He's an absolute snugglebutt. Which can be awkward given how poky and angular he is, but we make it work!
Speaking of Shira and the resemblance Rufus shows, here they are, side by side. She was ~70 lbs, He's 50.
![\"Shira,](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F926%2F554%2F356%2F958%2F233%2Foriginal%2F980abf15de66de19.jpeg\")
![\"Rufus,](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F926%2F556%2F574%2F840%2F135%2Foriginal%2F4d3e18d60a6ceeb6.jpeg\")
\nWell, that was unexpected.
I adopted Rufus from a cattle dog rescue, so knew that was at least one piece of the puzzle. I worked out the Pibble (Pittie) piece later.
I did NOT see Husky coming. Though, he does remind me a lot of my last dog, Shira, who was an \"Alaskan Husky\" which is a fancy way of saying \"sled-pulling mutt.\"
So...who knows.
Anyway, here he is:
#DogsOfMastodon #ACD #AustralianCattleDog #Husky
![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F926%2F515%2F191%2F868%2F174%2Foriginal%2F049e393931f6e892.png\")
Back to the initial question (though, I'm with you both on all of the above), I've been using Storygraph (https://app.thestorygraph.com/) for several years and love it. I know folks have been saying good things about bookwyrm (https://bookwyrm.social/) as well, and it's federated.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114921279507479542","date_published":"2025-07-26T19:52:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 19:52","date_timestamp":1753559562,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69870126","content_html":"progress on Shrek (gotta think of a better name...), my new-to-me Surly Ogre. Got the way-too-beefy Extraterrestrials swapped out for some Big Apples and got the basket mounted to the 24-pack rack that came with the bike. Also got some WD-40 on the squeaky-ass seatpost, so now the tires don't rub and the seatpost doesn't squeal, so riding is blissfully silent.
Anyone in #Seattle looking for some lightly-used 29x2.5's, let me know, I'll give you a great deal!
![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F114%2F921%2F031%2F313%2F426%2F422%2Foriginal%2F5328cea7c4290d10.jpeg\")
But more importantly, for the moment, is that my laptop is back up and successfully running...Ventura. Sigh. Again.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114921001177706203","date_published":"2025-07-26T18:41:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 18:41","date_timestamp":1753555315,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69869604","content_html":"Allergies, or rather the allergic-type reaction I was having, was related to my sinuses/eyes...so in my head that meant it was attacking my head.
See, now it doesn't even make sense to me, and I wrote it. And experienced it. Sigh.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/114920996797370187","date_published":"2025-07-26T18:40:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 18:40","date_timestamp":1753555248,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69818790","content_html":"Okay, so, Friday started with me pre-knackered from a long week of too much peopling and allergies to...something attacking my head and ended with me spending the last 3+ hours reformatting and restoring my 5+ year old MacBook from a backup.
And how was everybody else's Friday?
(I sincerely hope better than mine)
\"velociraptor and shoe fetishist\" is a wonderful phrase that brings up all sorts of mildly uncomfortable imagery...
I need to go back to crating Rufus, aka Sir Dingus McSplootyPants, but not because he destroys things (knock on wood...), because he snuggles so hard I'm having a hard time sleeping.
A trainer I'm talking to about his leash reactivity brought this up as a potential issue as it undermines the pecking order that *should have me as, forgive me, top dog.
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/113539401895421962","date_published":"2024-11-24T18:43:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-24 18:43","date_timestamp":1732473783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50303540","content_html":"I'm hoping that by adopting Rufus at a year I missed that particular stage of development.
A guy can dream, right?
","url":"https://writing.exchange/users/jessekelber/statuses/113536291044531746","date_published":"2024-11-24T05:31:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-24 05:31","date_timestamp":1732426315,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"50236045","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780062645241/cover.jpg\")
Currently reading: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780062645241
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113529750352942296","date_published":"2024-11-23T01:48:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-23 01:48","date_timestamp":1732326512,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50151684","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780374716431/cover.jpg\")
Finished reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan 📚
I loved this book. Sloan has such a way with words…I’m going to have more thoughts on this one. I just need time to organize them. https://micro.blog/books/9780374716431
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113523172086039628","date_published":"2024-11-21T21:55:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-21 21:55","date_timestamp":1732226136,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50141368","content_html":"#writerscoffeeclub 11/21 - Do you have a day job? What is it? Do you wish you could write full-time?
Erm...it's complicated?
Currently unemployed/freelancing as an editorial content writer (business blogs, whitepapers, ghostwriting for execs, etc).
When I have a job, I DO write full-time.
Currently spending a lot of my time polishing novel #1 and starting on #2 in the series...so nearly full-time.
So, yeah, it's complicated.
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113522553015480178","date_published":"2024-11-21T19:18:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-21 19:18","date_timestamp":1732216690,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50071704","content_html":"2,074 words for today. Split between the new draft and some additions I realized I need to add to the first book before it’s ready to query. If you’re going to call your series something about case notes, it would behoove you to have something like, I don’t know, case notes in the story, right?
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113517460088650694","date_published":"2024-11-20T21:42:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-20 21:42","date_timestamp":1732138978,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50052373","content_html":"Currently reading: Sourdough by Robin Sloan 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780374716431
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113516336416834314","date_published":"2024-11-20T16:57:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-20 16:57","date_timestamp":1732121832,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50052359","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593652886/cover.jpg\")
Currently reading: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780593652886
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113516335600965576","date_published":"2024-11-20T16:57:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-20 16:57","date_timestamp":1732121820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"50008643","content_html":"After far, far too long off as a result of…well…stuff, I’m back at the keyboard with a whopping 2,055 words on the new novel. My Writing Month is off and rolling once again! https://writingmonth.org/
","summary":"","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber/113512118990005581","date_published":"2024-11-19T23:04:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Jesse","url":"https://writing.exchange/@jessekelber","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F111%2F803%2F421%2F046%2F119%2F128%2Foriginal%2Fad34c0e2fbf5ff48.jpeg","_microblog":{"username":"jessekelber@writing.exchange"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-19 23:04","date_timestamp":1732057479,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"49760647","content_html":"Anyone know what the hell's going on here?
![\"A](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.masto.host%2Fwriting%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F113%2F490%2F487%2F597%2F855%2F492%2Foriginal%2Fde61631732469f69.jpeg\")