Lover of cats, pretzels, birds, trivia, reading, playing the xylophone, and, of course, cryptids.https://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lmzxeq66t225Hiked the Miller’s Head Trail in Shenandoah National Park today. Made the family come, too. We stopped about .05 miles from the end because it sounded like there were a lot of bees around the bend, but it was beautiful out. The ravens were noisy!17 Apr 2025 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzxeq66t225https://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lkjcwi76n22rWatching INTERSTELLAR yet again! Because it is the best.16 Mar 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkjcwi76n22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lh5bgdltbs2aI think I might try and get into hiking this year.01 Feb 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh5bgdltbs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lh2yzfzmic2tI wanted to find a cool new jacket. So I did! But there was a waiting list. But today I got a text that it was back in stock! But they won’t ship it until the end of March. But! I will have a cool new jacket at the end of March!31 Jan 2025 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2yzfzmic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lgg3rm3kb22cTwo Oscar nominations. ❤️23 Jan 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgg3rm3kb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lcsldp2sfw2uOnce again, Trader Joe’s pumpkin pancake mix has done my kid and me a solid.08 Dec 2024 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcsldp2sfw2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lbxzh5nhzo2kWatching episode 1 of Lost Monster Files on Netflix, and they are visiting a guy in the Blue Ridge Mountains whose pig allegedly got attacked by a Chupacabra or something, and I tell you that guy has the strongest Pittsburgh accent I have ever heard outside of a Myron Cope broadcast.28 Nov 2024 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbxzh5nhzo2khttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3lajmlnnhv723Judges all getting salty on Friday afternoon. Something in the water?09 Nov 2024 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lajmlnnhv723https://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3laceq25icd23At least the fundraising texts have stopped.06 Nov 2024 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3laceq25icd23https://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3kcousoefgd2aNext (arguably?) cryptid pin from Comic Con - a poltergeist.26 Oct 2023 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcousoefgd2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3kc7jzyybi52bThe spouse got us all tickets for the Godzilla 2000 showing in the theater on Godzilla Day (Nov. 1)!20 Oct 2023 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3kc7jzyybi52bhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3kbsryv4q3i22Spouse and kid went to NY Comic-con and brought me back some cryptid pins! First up, Mothman!15 Oct 2023 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbsryv4q3i22https://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3kbnoxsmnsg2pThe Harvard Extension School has a course about sea monsters! Very sad I am not enrolled. https://harvard.simplesyllabus.com/en-US/doc/d1itfx8nm13 Oct 2023 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbnoxsmnsg2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3ka6sy2pui42wCryptid alert! This drawing of the Jersey Devil from the Philadelphia Bulletin from 1909 is in the public domain, so I had it put on a Yeti.25 Sep 2023 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ka6sy2pui42whttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3ka6pi63hi22eCan’t believe autocorrect changed “Gul Dukat” to “Gul adulation”. What the heck?25 Sep 2023 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ka6pi63hi22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3ka34xl53f72fHappy Bruce Springsteen Day, everyone!23 Sep 2023 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ka34xl53f72fhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3k7vw227l4s2bWhat could be more comforting to a pathologically anxious parent than the fact that seemingly every single article on the subject talks about how anxious parents pass anxiety on to their children?21 Sep 2023 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7vw227l4s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/carnivalofcryptids.bsky.social/post/3k7riovxar22zMe, a lawyer, preparing to raise the issue of the use of Oxford commas with the rest of my team.19 Sep 2023 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:yelsrkbrnorifctu7z4ubugg/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7riovxar22z