Fifteen Minutes of Scrawl

If you don't know (like I didn't not too long ago), Miss USA includes a (non-scored) state costume contest. Often, these costumes are loud, bold, and even wacky. A quick note that the image I used for this post is from a different pageant, but I thought it gave similar vibes. Finally, I have to link out to images of the costumes because those ain't free! With all of that out of the way, here are my 15 favorite state costumes from Miss USA 2026 in state alphabetical order. Miss Alabama, Samantha Havenstrite (clearly a white floral inspiration) Miss Alaska, Holly Huber (a fisherman/crabber inspiration) Miss Connecticut, Jaeden Hamelly (a navy inspiration) Miss Delaware, Julia Hatoum (a chemical engineer--her career--inspiration) Miss Florida, Aileen Cerchiara (a clear flamingo inspiration) Miss Idaho, Katie Tetreault (a salmon in the stream inspiration) Miss Illinois, Vivica Lewandowski (I believe this is a state mineral--which is fluorite--inspiration...

So last night our new Miss USA was crowned. Her name is Justus Kelley and she hails from Virginia. I watched the pageant with friends and was really rooting for her and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" popped into my head even though, yes, it is about West Virginia. But parodies are parodies for a reason! Also, no, the photo is not of Justus Kelley (those aren't free to use!), but I thought the photo captured the hope of a little girl who may one day be crowned. Anyways, I present "Take Me Home, Country Roads" Justus Kelley, Miss Virginia Foster mama, fighting for the kiddos to be cared for, rejoin their fam'lies, Using trash bag luggage, no formalities Pageant crowns, take 'em home Cause you're the gal who will win Miss Virginia, Justus Kelley Take 'em home, pageant crowns Stunning in her space age evening gown Poignant poise, wise with gleaming smile Married sweetheart, thirty one years old Wearing only sponsored, thrifted fashion bold Pageant cr...

For an upcoming baby shower, I have been tasked with crafting Mad Libs (a task I relish). Here are 15 ideas of nursery rhymes/children's songs that could be fun to Mad-Lib-ify.  "Baa Baa Black Sheep" "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" "Five Little Monkeys" "Hey Diddle Diddle" "Humpty Dumpty" "Hush Little Baby" "Itsy Bitsy Spider" "This Little Piggy" "London Bridge Is Falling Down" "Mary Had A Little Lamb" "This Old Man" "Open Shut Them" "Rock-a-Bye Baby" "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" "The Wheels On The Bus" (Prompt by me) "Fairy Garden, Cheltenham, Victoria - 1950s" posted by Kaye . Public domain .

A dear friend texted me a prompt idea: "Put together a course syllabus from your collection of books, and what’s the theme and why read them together"--I thought it was a great idea, so here it goes (also, note that formatting on this blog is a tad limited, but I did my best)! VAMPIRIC LITERATURE (HOLL 101) Instructor Name and Preferred Title : Holly Smith (just call her Holly or she'll feel super old) Affiliated Department/Program/Organization : Independent scholar Degrees held : BA'14 History, minor in Statistics, Swarthmore College, MA'19 Writing, National University of Ireland, Galway (now Galway University) Course Description HOLL 101 invites students to delve into potential origins of European-based vampire lore and then, in turn, how vampiric characters have been portrayed throughout five different fictional works (mentioned and then listed below). Finally, what does this old lore and these texts throughout time tell us about our views of death, monsters, a...

Movers come on Saturday so I gotta be prepared! Throw out the last of the trash Dump the items I plan to curb dump Pack my bathroom rug Disassemble the bathroom storage Move my plants myself Send the movers an update on what is getting moved Unplug my TV Post my two fans and window unit on Buy Nothing Either finish assembling the furniture I have or move them somewhere more out of the way Patch the nail holes Uninstall the building's gate app Return the keys Call the storage unit and figure out how to close out of it Find my storage locker in my new building Clear off the folding table I'm currently using as my all purpose surface (Prompt by me) Photo by Dina Badamshina on Unsplash

Time for a sex dungeon! Do people rent places like this for orgies? The thrusting apparatus looked like it had a Kong on the end of it Jenny, to be fair, the sex dungeon is not a part of the castle so it's wouldn't be in a castle brochure Also, maybe I'm wrong, but I thought a lot of people who are dominant outside of the bedroom like to be submissive in the bedroom Uh like I know we're on TV, but I don't think therapists are supposed to tell their clients that they look like a kinky Gaston I feel like going to pup play first a lot This is so uncomfortable Ahhh Rebecca wanted to have a child with Zied via surrogacy but his religion is against that Shekinah, real question, where did the hair for your wigs come from? Can't some come from the deceased? Shekinah, you okay, girl? Like I know you're terrible, but you do seem off in a way that maybe means a doctor should be contacted I think Sarper could rock some long hair Omg Sumit is still in a cage I wonder if ...