How the fuck did that asshole win?

At night, I play a little game with time. When I wake up for whatever reason, before I open my eyes, I try to guess what time it is. Like this morning, I woke up needing to pee, but I thought "It feels like 3am." It was 2:55am. Or if I wake up before my alarm, I think "I think it's about 4:15." Or "I believe it's only midnight." Oddly, I'm usually ( Read more... )

Year 2023 reading stats: 287 books, 58980 pages.

Top 12 favorites (plus 2 alternates) in no order

Sorry, LJ cut doesn't seem to be working accurately? - ( Read more... )

I will now be identified as a taco.

Because I'm delicious, perfect for every occasion.

When my parts are filled with really good stuff,

You'll crave me all week long, not just on Tuesdays.

But most importantly...

Because I enjoy eating them as much as they enjoy being eaten.

I think we all have had a mild crush on Christopher Plummer at some point.


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This past month, Rowling, who once was championed as enlightened gay ally, has doubled down on her bigoted opinions that transpeople aren't people. If you haven't been paying attention, last year she was accused of being a TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) because she equated sex as gender in a tweet that supports a fired researcher who ( Read more... )

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Someone threw dog shit at Martin Shkreli? Why, were they mad at the dog shit?

After seeing Rogue One with friends in Chicago last night, then hearing Carrie Fisher died this morning, it has left me in a melancholy and reflective mood.

I think Anne Thériault (@anne_theriault) said it best on Twitter. I've recaptured it below.

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What I find fascinating about hearing Cummings read his poetry is how smoothly it flows off his tongue. Close your eyes and listen to him reading this and just... listen.

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[Text of the poem]anyone lived in a pretty how town ( Read more... )