I done earned myself some serious Spouse Points this weekend, as I volunteered to go with Samwise to watch a romantic movie based on a classic French novel. (Sorry; romantic film.) Despite the fact that nothing blows up, at least not physically, in this movie, I enjoyed it immensely. It’s certainly pretty, and the acting [...]
Since it’s Pride weekend – When did you know you were queer? Or when, looking back, should you have figured it out? Some people say they always knew; others figured it out later in life, very suddenly; some of us took a little while to get it all sorted. I should have known one night [...]
Tagged gender, pride, queerMy mother called me tonight – I already knew, I think, because there’s no other reason she would be calling me at well-past-bedtime Eastern. Her mother, my grandmother, my last living grandparent, died in the hospital this morning. It wasn’t terribly unexpected; she was 95, she’s been in pretty ill health for a while and [...]
The Queen, who a) believes her father to be a cruel tyrant with the sole motivation of making her life miserable, and b) hates cooking (up to and including microwaving a TV dinner), spontaneously made breakfast in bed for her dad on Father’s Day. Okay, it was toast and Grape Nuts, but there was no [...]
Tagged fathers, holiday, kidsPros: Cool architecture. The bench is only slightly raised, instead of being higher than God as is not uncommon in many courts. Apparently the Justices do not have something to prove. Their cafeteria food is actually pretty decent. Marble, and plenty of it. Just admitted Mythago to the Supreme Court bar. Cons: Supreme Court gift [...]
Tagged Law, SCOTUS, TravelI love Portland, but it does have that pretentious thing going on, which is also why I love Cat and Girl.
Tagged cat and girl, portlandUrsula LeGuin has a funny essay cautioning against actually meeting the writer behind the breathtaking works of genuis that you love to read, because you might find out that the creative genius is kind of a weirdo who mumbles and has bizarre theories about tungsten poisoning. Well, Jonathan Tweet just managed to prove LeGuin right. [...]
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