Guess who has to have eye surgery in February. According to my ophthalmologist, only 10% of people who have cataract surgery develop a film over said eye. I’m in the 10%. ( Heavy sigh)

2/2. Newsflash for those who didn’t live through those years. That’s Cynthia Powell Lennon, wife of John, mother of Julian. Fans from those years loved her &remember her. No offense to John and his second wife, but Cyn was an important part of the story. Let’s not write her out of the narrative.

Been watching Beatles Anthology. Gee, who was that blonde lady following John when they were in America. It was almost as though John was married before he met Yoko, something producer Sean Ono Lennon wants you to forget. 1/2

Beatles Anthology 4 is here! My happiness is too great for words.

It’s so bloody cold here. Also, it’s snowing. Which is early in the season for this place.

Mom worked so hard to try to improve the environment. All those years of fighting Big Anti-union Coal. She’d be so angry at how things are going now.

So women, people of color, etc., need not apply? I used to be proud of the progress we’d made since my childhood, but it looks like we’re back in the 1950s.

The only excuse Lois Lane has for why her interviewing Superman isn't unethical, despite their romantic entanglement, is that it would be even more unethical for the paper's other top reporter, who is Superman, to interview himself, yet she cannot say this. This dilemma should be taught in J-school.

Still one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen on TV. Also? 40 years? Lord, I’m old.

Happy birthday, @mrsspinster.bsky.social ! Love you, Peaches!

I celebrated my birthday by watching Beatles’64 on Disney. It was like watching my teenage years flash before my eyes.

Love you, Peaches, the daughter I never had!

Happy birthday, @winemaxf.bsky.social !

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I’m definitely watching my all-time favorite movie tonight. And, yes, I am sobbing.

The power cord to my iPad died, forcing me offline for three days. So glad to be back to the 21st century!

This one may actually get me back inside a movie theater for the first time since Covid.

OMG! So excited for Nov. 21 & the restored Beatles Anthology. 13 new tracks! Documentary streaming on Disney! I’m getting out my copy of the book & starting a reread today. It’s going to be a Beatles holiday season.

El is in the hospital for the second time this week. First was a burst appendix; now it’s fever. Such a lot for a five-year-old to go through!

Spent the day reading “Careless People” (it’s on Kindle Unlimited) & having my hatred of Facebook reaffirmed.

Oh, I’m sure they didn’t. Took one look at the subject header & relegated it to their “ ignore” pile.

West Virginia, bringing you the best politicians money can buy.

Not the first time I’ve gotten such a reply, but I’m tired of hitting my head against that particular brick wall.

You know what sucks? Writing to your Senator and getting a reply which totally ignores your objections to policy, doesn’t even thank you for expressing your opinions, and recites Trump’s party line word for word. Screw you, Sen. Capito. Never voted for any of your crime family, never will.

I’m doomed. Seriously, Paducah is ridiculously close to me.

I am basically living at ground zero.

There’s nothing like waking up, checking the date, realizing that one of your teen idols has turned 85 to make you feel old.

Somebody tells me if the world ends in the next week. I’m taking a break from the news and burying my head in fanfic for the next week for mental health reasons.

It’s May, the temperature is setting a new low, and my furnace has decided to die. Also, my landlords have decided to go on vacation, so there’s no way to get the darn thing fixed this week.

Also, why does Max not carry the Donner Version of Superman II for streaming? Oh sure, I have it on DVD somewhere, but I’m too busy re-organizing my comic collection to look for it.

Didn’t bother when it was originally broadcast, I meant, decided to binge it since I’ve been going over some old diss notes & am thinking of getting back to doing some academic writing.