🎵 Now Playing: Lovesong (2010 Remaster) by The Cure from the album Disintegration on Music
This morning I was running late, but I decided I needed to stop and smell the roses anyway. 🌹📸
Hey. Remember that time I kept outbidding my director for tickets to Tina! The Musical at the charity auction where I’m pretty sure she thought she was going to win and my boss was egging me on to outbid so I did? Well guess what we’re going to see on Saturday: Big wheel keep on turnin’, y’all!
I tried to get a snap of Maggie using her paw to hold my hand this morning. The light was too dim, but I caught her yawning and had to share it here. Cat yawn! 😸
“Rafah residents flee strikes after Israeli evacuation order - Reuters”
The war began after Hamas stunned Israel with a cross-border raid on Oct. 7 in which 1,200 people were killed and 252 hostages taken, according to Israeli tallies.
More than 34,700 Palestinians have been killed and more than 78,000 have been wounded in Israel’s assault, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
It’s just hard not to see what’s happening here. Also, where do the “All Lives Matter” and “Sanctity of Life” jerks stand on this issue, we must ask ourselves.
🗨️ Why are PowerPoint presentations always rated “R”?
…because of all the graphic content.
📚🧛♀️ 🗓️📧📰 Dracula Daily has started. I meant to follow along last year, but let it pass by. We’ll see how long I stick with it this year. It’s such a clever way to remix the novel.
A Long Surrender
Saturday, May 4, 2024
The King Knows How by Over the Rhine from The Long Surrender Surrender and surrendering have been fairly consistent themes since I started seeing a new therapist a couple years ago. I had decided to stop seeing my first therapist who was very helpful at times, but our time together ran its course. It was, frankly, incredibly exhausting to confront alcoholic and addiction tendencies every two weeks. I had made it clear I wasn’t interested in 12-step programs or groups and finally I said I didn’t think we were moving forward.
A Man is Not His Song
Saturday, May 4, 2024
A Man is Not His Song from Pleasure by Feist So, I had a bit of a spring affair. Well, a winter-through-summer affair. It was cold when we met and hot outside the last time we saw each other. His name was Luke. I liked him a lot. He was charming. A little dull but his grin more than made up for it. He had that kind of impossible, Disney prince animated handsomeness all over him.
Hello
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Hello! from The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Hello, David. In early 2023, I put 170 words on the screen for you explaining a writing project and my intentions for it, and how I’d use this writing project to share some updates about my life with you in essays and songs. I’m typing over those words right now. I never got around to doing what I intended to do, which probably means I should instead intend to do something I’ll actually do.
I’m planning on posting (and in some cases re-posting) a series of essays for my friend David who asked me, “How are things going?” About two years ago and to whom I’m finally replying in a series of essays. You’ll get to read (most of) them too, even if you aren’t David. Which you probably aren’t.
Tinkering today. Trying this Quotebacks bookmarklet I stumbled on to here at quotebacks.net.
For a long time I’ve wanted to add quoting tools to Micro.blog, so that it’s even easier to embed text from other blog posts and add your own thoughts. Markdown block quotes are fairly easy, but do require a little more copy/paste work and some editing.
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😟 I coordinated a statewide series of webinars for Older Americans Month with our EAP. Fridays at 10 in May. My agency even did a press release with info about it (which I guess means you’re all invited?). Today’s topic was about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s. The info is important to know, but it is also depressing to hear.
I just 🤬🤬🤬 worked through my therapist appointment because I forgot I had one. This is despite having filled out therapist paperwork this morning and directly emailing to my therapist a “see you soon” email this morning. Didn’t even realize I missed it for 45 whole minutes. Arg! 🧠💨
Keys and Pennies Covered with Tobacco
Monday, April 29, 2024
Neil, many years ago, played an album by Megan Mullally (Karen from Will & Grace) for me. It’s surprisingly good, and when I saw it on Apple Music this morning I got excited and played one of its songs for Michael. It happens to be one of the saddest songs I know. I remain struck by a few things: her nuanced delivery and lovely voice. At the time, I didn’t even know she sang much less had an album.
“According to news reports, the [bomb] threat was in response to a planned Rainbow Story Hour, featuring a book by an LGBTQ author.”
What to say to your child when Christian nationalists threaten to bomb his library
👆Example of why I’m more of an anti-theist than atheist. #RecoveringChristian
“DEI bans: Conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum”
Speaking of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which I do, it’s under attack by (guess who) members of the GOP. The mere mutterment of the phrase DEI is just too much for some delicate, racist snowflakes to take. Say DEI around GOP politicians and they’ll act like you just forced them to view an entire Robert Maplethorpe exhibit all Clockwork Orange style (neither being cultural references they would understand or appreciate).
The idea of cancel culturing actual cultures is ludicrous. The un-American anti-diversity movement just makes me want to promote DEI virtues and benefits even more.
And also to shout-sing about DEI every chance I get.
DECK THE HALLS WITH DEI, Fa la la la la…
Everyone needs to understand what Project 2025 is. This newsletter covers it. Here’s my referral link.
(This post contains fucks.)
Today I Learned:
Gov. Noem is seen as a leading contender for the GOP vice presidential nomination alongside Trump. She also brags about shooting a puppy (not kidding this fucking sociopath fucking shot a puppy dead and boasts about it) and later, a goat.
Mortifying.
