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      <link>https://kirabug.micro.blog/2026/10/13/mei-merrp-me-dog-it.html</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:10:03 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Mei: Merrp!
Me: Dog, it is one in the morning. No one is playing ball with you. Come to bed!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Mei: Merrp!
Me: Dog, it is one in the morning. No one is playing ball with you. Come to bed!

#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 
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      <link>https://kirabug.micro.blog/2026/10/11/as-a-certified-halloween-chaos.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:40:49 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;as a Certified Halloween Chaos Gremlin, I approve this message. &lt;a href=&#34;https://www.reddit.com/r/foundsatan/comments/1x2vz8q/116_aztec_death_whistles_printed_out_and_ready_to/&#34;&gt;www.reddit.com/r/foundsa&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>as a Certified Halloween Chaos Gremlin, I approve this message. [www.reddit.com/r/foundsa...](https://www.reddit.com/r/foundsatan/comments/1x2vz8q/116_aztec_death_whistles_printed_out_and_ready_to/)
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      <link>https://kirabug.micro.blog/2026/10/11/the-interconnected-for-the-week.html</link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:19:56 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Interconnected for the week of October 4: &lt;a href=&#34;https://theinterconnected.net/kirabug/does-my-chicken-caesar-salad-come-with-chicken/&#34;&gt;theinterconnected.net/kirabug/d&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;English is hard. #ux #designProblems&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>The Interconnected for the week of October 4: [theinterconnected.net/kirabug/d...](https://theinterconnected.net/kirabug/does-my-chicken-caesar-salad-come-with-chicken/) 

English is hard. #ux #designProblems
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      <link>https://kirabug.micro.blog/2026/10/05/you-dont-join-hobbies-you.html</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:45:10 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;“You don’t join hobbies, you join people” is my 🤯 of the year&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeH7A7QvoOU/?stkn=MWkzbjIzNnB0cHBv&#34;&gt;www.instagram.com/reel/DeH7&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>“You don’t join hobbies, you join people” is my 🤯 of the year 

[www.instagram.com/reel/DeH7...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeH7A7QvoOU/?stkn=MWkzbjIzNnB0cHBv)
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      <link>https://kirabug.micro.blog/2026/10/02/an-intro-warning-to-the.html</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:52:54 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;An intro / warning to the things I&amp;rsquo;ll be writing about design in the coming weeks.  &lt;a href=&#34;https://theinterconnected.net/kirabug/bad-design-and-design-decisions/&#34;&gt;theinterconnected.net/kirabug/b&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>An intro / warning to the things I&#39;ll be writing about design in the coming weeks.  [theinterconnected.net/kirabug/b...](https://theinterconnected.net/kirabug/bad-design-and-design-decisions/)
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      <link>https://kirabug.micro.blog/2026/09/23/me-mykabear-are-you-eating.html</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:14:28 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Me: Myka-bear are you eating that toy?
Myka: [chew, chew, swallow] No mom I would never eat a toy.
Me: Myka, stop eating that toy.
Myka: (best innocent face) I can&amp;rsquo;t stop eating the toy I&amp;rsquo;m not eating
Me: Give me that
Myka: MY HEART IS BROKen ooh a puppy treat
#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Me: Myka-bear are you eating that toy?
Myka: [chew, chew, swallow] No mom I would never eat a toy.
Me: Myka, stop eating that toy.
Myka: (best innocent face) I can&#39;t stop eating the toy I&#39;m not eating
Me: Give me that
Myka: MY HEART IS BROKen ooh a puppy treat
#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:43:10 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Why are you in my compost bin?
ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Why are you in my compost bin? 
ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:20:56 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Today’s goal: less negativity, more clean towels.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Today’s goal: less negativity, more clean towels. 
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:46:14 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;If you had told me 30 years ago that most kids had a gps in their pockets (after you told me what gps was) I would have assumed kids could roam four or five miles from home on a summer day while their parents worked. I was only allowed 2 miles and my folks couldn’t find me on a bet.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>If you had told me 30 years ago that most kids had a gps in their pockets (after you told me what gps was) I would have assumed kids could roam four or five miles from home on a summer day while their parents worked. I was only allowed 2 miles and my folks couldn’t find me on a bet. 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:44:01 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Do you think you can remove yourself from the dirt pile so I can finish sweeping?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Do you think you can remove yourself from the dirt pile so I can finish sweeping? 

ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:08:56 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Why are you standing there getting smacked in the face with her tail?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Why are you standing there getting smacked in the face with her tail? 

ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:31:19 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Designers: Please be aware that if you are printing anything involving furniture and you use a sans serif font so I can’t tell an I from an L I am going to hunt you down and beat you with a stick. #ux&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Designers: Please be aware that if you are printing anything involving furniture and you use a sans serif font so I can’t tell an I from an L I am going to hunt you down and beat you with a stick. #ux
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:10:46 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;When my dad was a kid he had an erector set. When I was a kid we had k’nex.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This was all to prep us for building flat pack furniture, it turns out.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>When my dad was a kid he had an erector set. When I was a kid we had k’nex. 

This was all to prep us for building flat pack furniture, it turns out. 

&lt;img src=&#34;https://kirabug.micro.blog/uploads/2026/a161ac5f-065a-441c-bd61-8064c03fe465.jpg&#34; width=&#34;600&#34; height=&#34;449&#34; alt=&#34;A 22 inch by 10 inch sheet of cardboard with 17 sections of parts to screw together  for a piece of furniture. &#34;&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:56:34 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;[No actual violence will occur because I love my dogs]
Me: Mei, you let your daddy sleep or I am going to kill you dead.
Mei: EAR SPLITTING BARK
Me, going to collect the dog: I am going to kill you so dead you swing all the way back around and I kill you again.
#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>[No actual violence will occur because I love my dogs]
Me: Mei, you let your daddy sleep or I am going to kill you dead. 
Mei: EAR SPLITTING BARK
Me, going to collect the dog: I am going to kill you so dead you swing all the way back around and I kill you again.
#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:07:14 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;[at least 8 times a day]
Myka: Woof!
Me: Whaddaya mean, ‘woof?’
ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>[at least 8 times a day] 
Myka: Woof!
Me: Whaddaya mean, ‘woof?’
ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:51:01 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The problem as I see it is that we took all the sadists in grocery store parking lot design and we taught them how to code&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>The problem as I see it is that we took all the sadists in grocery store parking lot design and we taught them how to code 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:54:47 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Me:  my favorite black sweatshirt is clean!
The tan and white dog: oh look a new bed!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Me:  my favorite black sweatshirt is clean!
The tan and white dog: oh look a new bed!

#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:43:17 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;If your standards are high and the bar is low, and you connect with the people who champion [accessibility] they will advocate for this shit.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ndash; Lucy Bellwood&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>&#34;If your standards are high and the bar is low, and you connect with the people who champion [accessibility] they will advocate for this shit.&#34;

-- Lucy Bellwood
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:47 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Don&amp;rsquo;t walk into someone else&amp;rsquo;s space and tell them what to do, and you will be much, much better off.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ndash; Mike Montiero&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>&#34;Don&#39;t walk into someone else&#39;s space and tell them what to do, and you will be much, much better off.&#34; 

-- Mike Montiero
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:47:38 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Mei: EARSPLITTING BARK
Me: Mei, settle. That is not how we behave. How do we ask to get out of our crate?
Mei: EARSPLITTING BARK
Me: Ok that&amp;rsquo;s on me, wrong question. How &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; we ask to get out of our crate?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Mei: EARSPLITTING BARK
Me: Mei, settle. That is not how we behave. How do we ask to get out of our crate?
Mei: EARSPLITTING BARK
Me: Ok that&#39;s on me, wrong question. How *should* we ask to get out of our crate?

#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:04:22 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Mei is attempting to see how far under the recliner she can stuff her ball under the recliner so she can make one of us pry it out. #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Mei is attempting to see how far under the recliner she can stuff her ball under the recliner so she can make one of us pry it out. #ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:20:15 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Oh gee. I refilled the feeder. And now the squirrels are back. Who would have ever guessed that would happen.
[dogs go crazy at the door at my feet]
OK out you go.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
#TerrierExerciseProgram&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>Oh gee. I refilled the feeder. And now the squirrels are back. Who would have ever guessed that would happen. 
[dogs go crazy at the door at my feet]
OK out you go. 

#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
#TerrierExerciseProgram
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:25:53 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;How far across the house are you going to walk that spoon?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Look I don&amp;rsquo;t mind if you lick my face but you&amp;rsquo;re not allowed to stand on my throat.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>How far across the house are you going to walk that spoon?

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Look I don&#39;t mind if you lick my face but you&#39;re not allowed to stand on my throat. 

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#ThingsISaidToTheDogsToday
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:07:48 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;This poem, Training, really hit me today. By Diannely Antigua&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/156776/training&#34;&gt;www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymag&amp;hellip;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>This poem, Training, really hit me today. By Diannely Antigua

[www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymag...](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/156776/training)
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:11:35 -0400</pubDate>
      
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The PT’s office billboard: Trivia time! What type of star is the Sun?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Me, a geek, approaching it as a trap: … how much detail do you want in the answer?&lt;/p&gt;
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      <source:markdown>The PT’s office billboard: Trivia time! What type of star is the Sun? 

Me, a geek, approaching it as a trap: … how much detail do you want in the answer? 
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