Punxsutawney Phyllis

Artist, coder, Jewish nerd, and proud of it.

[punxsutawneyphyllis]

Hand soap with no grit in it: fine, normal

Hand soap with lots of grit in it: also fine, although less usual

Hand soap with one single piece of grit in it: no. Wrong. Why is this here. Do I need to wash my hands again.

[swanjolras-blog-archive-deactiv]

when i find myself in times of trouble

terry pratchett comes to me

whispering sam vimes once arrested a motherfucking dragon

you are capable of literally anything

[worfsgoldspeedo]

Sam Vimes once arrested two opposing armies to end a war.

[pasiphile]

x

[mage-pie]

Sam Vimes fought an ancient mind-controlling spirit and won. Sam Vimes killed a werewolf with his bare hands. Sam Vimes happily wears the awful lumpy itchy socks his wife knits him. Sam Vimes causes traffic jams in order to be home in time to read his baby a bedtime story. Sam Vimes fought at the barricades— twice. Sam Vimes waited until his interviewee had left and then put his coat over his head so no one could hear him laughing hysterically at her silly name. Sam Vimes is my hero.

[witchylana]

Sam Vimes overcame a crippling alcohol dependency. Sam Vimes examines and confronts his internal prejudices. Sam Vimes lived in poverty because he was giving his salary to the widows and orphans of fellow officers. Sam Vimes cleaned up a corrupt police force and made it inclusive of the different ethnicities in his city.

Sam Vimes is my hero too.

[cosmictuesdays]

He turned to leave, then seemed to have a thought. “Sergeant Dorfl!” he said, turning back. “D’you think you’ll believe in gods now?”

Every eye in the Watch House turned to the golem sergeant. “Not Gods, Yet.” said Sergeant Dorfl. “But Always Sam Vimes.”

- Mister Vimes’d Go Spare

[kiss-my-aspergers]

do it for the vimes

[discworld-heritage-posts]

Discworld Heritage Post

[jewish-vents]

More of a vent from a Jew than a Jewish vent, but whatever.

I’m a Jewish artist. In particular, I’ve always wanted to get into storytelling. I used to be so creative. I’m still dedicated to my craft and passionate about Jewish representation, but after October 7th. . . it’s like my light went out.

What’s the point in creating anything? There’s no audience for the work I want to make. Forget fame, acclaim, or adoration. It’s getting harder and harder to even feel like my voice matters. I know I need to stand up; I know that Jewish stories matter now more than ever. But for every story I think I want to tell, I know for a fact that there’s millions of goyim who’d tear it to pieces with a smile on their face.

I just feel so stuck. Everyday is a repeat of the last: feel like shit, get treated like shit, shut down and spiral over how shitty it all is. I feel defeated. I feel like a failure. How the hell am I supposed to believe in myself when no one’s ever believed in me? How the hell am I supposed to convince the world I matter if I can’t even convince myself?

I just want to feel that spark again. I’ve only ever wanted to make art that matters. I just want to feel like I matter.

.

[number1mongrel]

"You hear that? They're saying The Odyssey doesn't even have nobody!"

"They've got nobody in the Odyssey?"

"No I'm saying they don't got nobody."

"Nobody's there?"

"Nobody's not there!"

"So everyone's there?"

"Everybody but nobody!"

[knitterkiste]

reblogging this for my friend, who is understandably very upset about this and has told me this fact multiple times already, because it bothers her so much

[foxes-in-love]

[foone]

the upside of ADHD is that it makes you a fucking genius

the downside is that you don't get to decide when and for how long you're a genius.

[foone]

Or what you are going to be a genius about.

You have a big work project?

Nah. You're now a genius at making boardgames. For 7 hours.

[unrivalling]

[millenniallust4death]

I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD

[millenniallust4death]

Thank-you to all of my new Internet stranger friends for being so gracious about having my post shoved onto your dashboards. I loved reading all of your kind tags and comments! Both Martin and Bosco have been gone for several years now but for 24 hours, they felt very present in my life. I greatly appreciate this gift. ❤️

[psycorax]

Reblog to have your dashboard be visited by the spirit of joy that death can end but not erase.

[leavescrown]

Love that this is well beyond 7000 people now and still going

[millenniallust4death]

@leavescrown Exactly! It’s a beautiful gift. Martin and Bosco out there travelling around the Tumblr community, continually making new friends.

[millenniallust4death]

@sseanettles

#hello again martin and bosco!! sending you boys round for another go :)

Reading your tag made me laugh out loud. It’s like two old friends unexpectedly stopped by your porch for a quick visit. XD

[petermorwood]

I’ll always reblog Martin and Bosco when they splash across my dash, because of Reasons.

What’s loved, lives.

[vaspider]

There is something truly beautiful in seeing a comment like that from someone so very loved and recently lost.

Yes, Peter, you’re absolutely right. What’s loved, lives. You three boys all come back around again to see me again soon, okay?

[mephistopheles]

hi so yeah im trying to find the hotel california and i know i have to take the highway to hell but i accidentally turned left onto the boulevard of broken dreams. i took the first hard right onto the rocky road to dublin cuz i thought it would loop back around but it didnt lol and i know im waaaaaay off course bc i just drove by the house of the rising sun haha. so how many miles until i get to the hotel

[mephistopheles]

500 MILES?!?!?!

[queer-scots-geordie-dyke]

You will also have to walk those, and 500 more after that.

[bi-swamp-thing]

I love being Jewish bc I can say things like "God isn't a man he's a non-binary cosmic entity that uses He/Him pronouns" and that's true

[agam-shel-barvadim]

well, TECHNICALLY. he uses he/they.

[yanzinator]

What is the technicality????

[agam-shel-barvadim]

in Hebrew god is referred to in plural form in a few points. to my understanding it was mostly a symbol of respect, but still. even the Hebrew word אלוקים (i am using the censored version out of respect to any observing Jews who may be reading this), is technically plural.

[jewishtransdyke]

Are you supposed to use plural pronouns with אלוקים, though? I feel like I must've known at some point but now I can't remember.

[david-goldrock]

Yes

Also god is sometimes refered to as השכינה and given female pronouns, so god is a non binary many-named he/they/she

[you-are-not-real]

Re using plural pronouns for אלוקים: the most obvious case I can think of is dear god - אלוקים אדירים

[snissel613]

unfortunately no to the plural pronouns I think, I don't thing plural pronouns are ever used for אלוקים, and the only time it triggers plural agreement is that one time in Bereishis and in one passage in Shmuel I (that's where אלוקים אדירים is), where it's said by Pelishtim

Feminine pronouns for שכינה is totally legit because שכינה is actually a feminine word. But I'll avoid commenting on the exact relationship between the Shechina and God so that the Rambam doesn't hunt me for sport

[punxsutawneyphyllis]

God is too big/too much to be described by a single name or pronoun set. So the pronouns we use vary based on the situation. Which kind of makes God as we perceive/relate to Him genderfluid, but God's entirety is both multigender and agender at the same time.

[madebykyra]

My sister took more photos of my dress. I am very happy with how this turned out :)))))

Only one more weekend until the Renaissance Faire!!!!

[notbecauseofvictories]

One of the ignominious bits of media that has unfortunately stuck with me is How I Met Your Mother. Specifically, the episode which makes numerous jokes about "revertigo"---a combination of "revert" and "vertigo", the idea you might be a mature and capable adult in your day-to-day life, but go home for Christmas and suddenly you're 16 again, leaving dishes in the sink and picking fights with your little brother. The idea that specific people or places can (unwittingly) shove you into a headspace you'd otherwise left behind is a valuable one, even if it did get handed to me by a decade-old solidly mid sitcom.

I was thinking about this because I grabbed drinks with a colleague and acquitted myself quite well---asked fun questions, make jokes, talked about books and our educations and mutual colleagues. (Maybe she had a terrible time, but I tried to be my best self so I'm grading for effort...) Only then I went and got dinner with my best friend and college roommate, and suddenly I was not that person. Suddenly I was snarky and a little condescending, I picked fights (cordial fights! but still disagreements) that I didn't need to fight. And heading home afterwards, I realized the shape I'd slipped into: the pricklier, more unsure and therefore more defensive persona that was my armor in college.

It's been over a decade---yet I somehow twisted myself into that shape like no time had gone by at all. Perfect muscle memory of a person I no longer am.

Revertigo, like I said.

And I don't want to be that person! I don't particularly like that person, and my friend doesn't deserve to deal with her so many years later. I don't think there's a solution to this other than my being more mindful when we get together, deliberately rejecting the old shape, but---well, how disappointing to find it still waiting for me.

[pistol-kitten]

ohhhhhh okay I see

[scarfanon]

he's so big it takes 5 years for him to get all the way into the domain

[cartoonverisimilitude]

TikTokers are now using the term “blue and white people” to refer to Jews so they can be more openly antisemitic.

What a load of bullshit

[koshercosplay]

"diogenes holding a chicken voice" BEHOLD A JEW

[maimonideznuts]

Regional variation in kippot style is a beautiful thing

[captainlordauditor]

I looked it up and in some places during the 13th century sumptuary laws did actually require Jews to wear phrygian caps which is the style of cap Smurfs wear

so yes, smurfs are Jews now

[maimonideznuts]

I for one welcome our lost blue and white brethren and sistren 🤝

[bilgisticallykosher]

Yeah, Jewish and goyische antizionists, you're right, Israel has nothing to do with Judaism, hahaha hey what do we face towards when we pray?

[bilgisticallykosher]

Hey what do we say at the end of the seder?

[bilgisticallykosher]

Hey what's the reason for the blessing for dew/rain in the weekday amidah?

[alandrosul]

women in stem. women in root. women in leaf.

[dduane]

My absolute favorite of the many fabulous pieces of Discworld opera poster art appearing on the corridor walls at the International Discworld Convention this past weekend.

[wherelibertydwells]

[knitmeapony]

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