The Internet has been overrun with people giving us their takes on why Trump won and how horrible it is that anybody voted for Trump ( Read more... )

2023 is my Year of the Bear,

I'm all --> this is going to be much worse than anybody expected, LOL

"No," he said, while slicing his chicken and forking it into the squash and farro, but before tasting it, "don't try to find an audience, just write want you want to write."

"Sure,"

Sipping some red wine, a bit potent for this entree, but living life boldly, two five mg pills ( Read more... )

The changes in human culture and technology over the past few centuries have been unique to both human history and world history.  Previously humans used tools and lived in small groups with shared language for tens of thousands of years -- but so have other species.  We then developed agriculture and domesticated lands, plants, and animals about ( Read more... )

I've hired somebody to mow the lawn for me :-)I walked the entire back and front lawn, picking up fallen sticks and limbs, noting how wet the grass was -- my shoes were soaked when I came back indoors. Did a search on "mowing dewy grass" -- was advised not to do it for reasonable-sounding reasons -- pondered mowing the lawn this afternoon instead ( Read more... )

A preliminary measure of Q1 2022 production showed US GDP falling a bit, which surprised a lot of folks, and gave Republicans a couple new talking points for bashing Democrats ( Read more... )

because we're all here

we're all here

Crucially, Hamilton is not a parody.

This is the only way Hamilton succeeds so well. It allows POC representation, while not belittling White people.

In this, it bears a strong resemblance to the Presidency of Obama. He found a way to run AS A BLACK MAN, while not threatening White people ( Read more... )

One of the weird things about a hardcore poly lifestyle is when one of your partners says something like this ( Read more... )

I have installed some Chrome extensions. When LJ stayed broken for a few days on Chrome, but not Firefox, I decided to test them. When I turn off Privacy Badger, suddenly LJ looks normal again! Yay!

So, I guess LJ doesn't want to be private, LOL.