Gail

It's what would have been Mom's 94th birthday today. I love her still, and I miss her still. I'm glad I had so many years with her in my life--she was THE BEST MOM, kind, accepting, caring, so very loving. She was a wonderful MIL and grandmother, and the world was the better for her being in it.

“Isn’t there a reason to be happy, isn’t there a reason to be happy”

The song is What a Shame by Jim Infantino, Strawman CD, available on Bandcamp, not on iTunes, maybe on You Tube. The whole album is superb.

I ordered some more project bags from Stitched by @jessalu.bsky.social because they’re the BEST.

I started knitting a shawl for an awesome friend today.

Yes! Go you, Commissioner! Thanks for being always awesome.

I grew up singing Tom Lehrer songs. A good thing my father did. Although having me blithely sing SMUT to my horrified religious relatives when I had no idea what the words meant (3 years old!) was not good of him.

Don’t know if what I love will work for anyone else, but I find that Steely Dan songs lift me up.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

There is no inherent virtue in home cooking from scratch, home cooking from semi-scratch, frozen meals, take-out delivery, take-out pickup, dine in fast, dine in slow. Each comes with trade offs.

But don’t do the expensive thing and say it’s actually cheaper and more ethical. That’s all.

I’m excited for this! MOAR CYCLING YAY!

Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

11) it is completely reasonable to write fiction with no interest in publication (and posting things to the internet is publication.) this is exactly parallel to how it's reasonable to play in a local sports league with no intention of going pro.

writing is good for you and it's worth doing.

after a very frustrating call with Visa (US+CAN), I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to

askvisa@visa.com

they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.

Knitting and reading and walking are keeping me going.

Keep going, please. We need your support and love and strength and knowledge. We need YOU.

YES!!!

Bob Roll looks like Yoda and is wise as well. Love the #TourDeFrance!

I enthusiastically recommend getting, reading, & absorbing the lessons offered in @charliejane.bsky.social's 2021 book 'Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get through Hard Times by Making Up Stories.' It's a book about writing & creating that's also about living a more fulfilling life. 📚

Catching up on the #TourDeFrance on the TdF YouTube page. This is what I need this July. Thank you for the reminder on the Shutdown Fullcast, @surber.bsky.social . I used to get up early to watch the stages when it was on Versus, before too, back in the 80s when there was a weekly show on Sunday.

Thank you!

I’d like to learn to crochet. Any recs for a good beginner’s crochet book?

Y'all, nearly everything is goddamn terrible everywhere, but there is a single shining beacon in the dark, and it's this fight breakdown.

This is 100% worth the $10/month subscription cost it takes to read, and if you need proof of that, here's the tiniest taste.

The trans healthcare ban is BACK in the bill (after the parlimentarian removed it, they put it back). Dems need to do a call and vote to remove it again.
PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO VOTE AND KILL IT.

This is pretty cool, actually!

Mental Health is SO important, loves!
Let this be a reminder to take care of yours. ♥️

I know this can sound kind of silly at a time like this, but doing a war without congressional authorization is ample grounds for impeachment

"i asked chatgpt" yeah well i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains, i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less I seek my source for some definitive closer I am to fine

#Murderbot