Watching the 1970s Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries on Peacock. Funny to see two horror movie legends guest star in a Nancy Drew episode (before they became horror movie legends). Robert “Freddy Krueger” Englund (L) and Jamie Lee Curtis (R).

Every time I discover some new hiccup (literal or figurative) with my new stomachless digestive tract, this guy pulls me back from the brink of despair and reminds me that I’m alive and lucky and cancer free.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social, cuts to IMLS will be devastating and will hurt so many who rely on libraries for key services, not to mention the impact on museums of all sizes that reflect and represent their communities. This whole anti-DEI bulls**t needs to be stopped. What can we do?

In a grim waiting room at Hartford Hospital waiting for yet another scan. #fuckcancer

Oh, how I wish I could see you there, back in my home state! What a great venue for you.

Things I am grateful for today: ice chips and walking.

My last solid meal before my stomach is removed. Thank you, Bricco Trattoria, for making it count! Black maple Manhattan; apple, arugula, fennel, and goat cheese salad; roasted chicken with potato puree and roasted broccoli.

Lee Greenwood has been appointed to the board. I’m anticipating his allegorical fantasia “Proud to Be an American (Not an Ameri-can’t).”

Atticus seemed perplexed by the new snow. “Didn’t this all melt away yesterday?”

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

That’s fun news!!

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

Next week, I am having surgery to remove a gastric tumor. I may not have a stomach anymore afterwards. So I’ve been eating delicious foods I crave, like this pizza from Frank Pepe’s: a spinach, mushroom and Gorgonzola white pie.

Atticus and Jasper have found different perches tonight.

I’m obsessed with the winter sun casting shadows through my Blenko glass.

I think Atticus captures how we all feel about Mondays.

My Australian cattle dog Atticus isn’t often cuddly if I don’t bribe him to be. Therefore it surprised me when he jumped up on my lap this morning and insisted that we hang together for a while.

As a combination Marvel and musical theater nerd in the 80s, how did I not know about this?