Sunny and hot here. Currently, it's 89˚F, with the heat index at 99˚F ( Read more... )

There was sun when I woke a little before 9 a.m., but now clouds are moving in. There's rain on the way. Currently, it's 44˚F, with the windchill at 36˚F.

Yesterday was a loss. We went to Providence Place Mall. We saw Steven Speilberg's Ready Player One. I walked around appalled at the frightful spectacle of humanity ( Read more... )

Sunny blue out there and 51˚F. Today will be more lamentably seasonable than was yesterday. And then many days of misery, in the form of rain.

Yesterday, my second day off, we saw Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok. What a strange sideshow of a film, possibly, and possibly by far, the most bizarre superhero film of all time. It was enjoyable, in an ( Read more... )

There really is no explaining how vile this sorry excuse for a June day is, I don't think, unless you've suffered New England's more sour moods. Pissing rain, falling sideways like tiny ice needles. Currently, it's 49˚F, with the windchill at 43˚F. We were out running errands, and we saw a girl in a heavy down jacket. In June. We are promised that ( Read more... )

So, yesterday I ventured out into the bitter cold. And it was bitter. Warmer, I am told, that the preceding days. Which is terrifying. I was outside for a total of one hour and six minutes, which means that I've spent 0.51% of the past 13 days outside. Go me. We went to the mall downtown, and I got a copy of Jacob's Ladder used and Guardians of the ( Read more... )

Spooky woke me at 11:30 this morning to tell me her laptop wouldn't start. So. This is how the day begins, after I have another night of insomnia. I fell asleep sometime after five. I couldn't write yesterday. I hope I can write today. Frankly, more than anything, I'm just stuck in terms of "what happens next," which is, in my opinion, the most ( Read more... )

Decently warmish here in Providence. Currently 79˚F. My window is open, but I'm glad I don't have to venture out into the world today, because there's not a cloud in the sky, not a hint of haze. Just hunger.

Yesterday, we traveled to parts south. To malls. Yeah, shudder. But, to my amazement, I found the clothes I was looking for (thank you to all ( Read more... )

Hurricane Earl has come and gone. We braced ourselves for a Category 3 or 4 hurricane. We got a low-grade tropical storm, and only a tiny bit of rain, and virtually no wind at all. So, we have candles and jugs of water and cans of nonperishable meat stuff, which we'll consume, by and by. I am assuming this odd feeling I have is relief, and not ( Read more... )

I think everyone should begin each and every goddamn day with something that scares the absolute bejeezus out of them. It's better than coffee, really. To wit, please note that President Asshole has now removed from the US Army Field Manual any reference to Article 3 of the Geneva Convention, which prohibits torture and "outrages on personal ( Read more... )