"You're the queen of the superficial..."

[greygirlbeast]

Sunny here, mostly, and cold and very windy. The photo below will say all that needs saying, almost. The temperature is 38, but the windchill is 27˚F. We have much colder weather coming. There's a slight chance of snow showers this morning. In Birmingham, it's currently 64˚F

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[pastywhiteboy]

People....damn, they're the worst.....

It's a bit of a farce that we are little different from the 17-19th centuries in that only the rich can afford to be poor, i.e. write. I had always hoped that was still not the case but i see i was wrong. Talent and admiration do not pay the rent, i know. That is a sad thing.

On another note, here in central western Mass., we have the Quabbin Reservoir with a similar history of drowning small towns. I wonder if towns or villages can be ghosts as well. Whole histories and aborted futures lie under there now. I agree with you. It is hard to look at those waters and not be moved by the spirits of the places beneath

[pastywhiteboy]

In the late 90s, i lived in austin, texas...a highly recommended life experience. There and then, The Red Room was an underground acid trance dance place where whole selves (or a portion thereof in my case) were regularly reborn.

May your Red Room have the same energy, enlightenment, transformative potential, and joyous debauchery that lived in mine.

[martianmooncrab]

Howard the Duck omnibus.

I still have my original comix, and I have the movie too, which really wasnt that bad. Not that good either.

[corucia]

Glad to hear that the package arrived safely. I hope you enjoy the re-read. For me it was quite nostalgic, but also somewhat unnerving to see how little some things Gerber was writing about have changed over the intervening decades.