On 9/11/2001, the United States was attacked from without by Al-Qaeda terrorists.

Yesterday, January 6th, 2021, we were attacked from within by extremists born on our own soil.

I'm still almost too stunned to write. Radical supporters of Donald Trump invaded the Capitol. They erected a gallows. They had weapons, and flex cuffs (zip tie restraints). I ( Read more... )

The only thing I dislike about Dreamwidth is that it lacks an Android app. This is a surprisingly big hindrance to posting regular journal updates, because it means I have to be sitting in front of my home PC to do so. My time at home is pretty limited, so this is a significant hurdle.

However, I think it's important to make time for myself in this ( Read more... )

I brought my keyboard in to work on Friday specifically so I could compose a post during my lunch break and copy and paste it to Dreamwidth when I got home later. I was going to write all about what I've been doing the past few months: getting a WordPress blog installed for atlepicurean, getting a phpBB board up and running for my book club, as ( Read more... )

My husband didn't mean to wake me up at 5 am with his trip to the bathroom, but he did. Then, the cats decided it was time to play, and started scratching at the door to the bonus room off the master bedroom. I got up to put them out, and after that activity, I couldn't go back to sleep.

This meant I had about 4.5 hours of sleep when the alarm ( Read more... )

FX has a frustratingly tight streaming window, so I've been pushing to finish The Americans before they pull it today. I made it, and I really enjoyed this season. I was a little surprised by the resolution (or lack thereof) of Henry's story line. I thought they'd likely give that a definite "Yes," but I was wrong, and that's okay -- the ( Read more... )

Stuff on which I'm current, since that's the shortest list:

• American Gods
• Legion
• RuPaul's Drag Race
• Twin Peaks (the return)

Shows on which I'm behind, but trying to catch up:

• The Americans (10 episodes behind, but actively working on this one)

It has been a very stressful day (two hours on the phone with zero results from Dell -- their customer service now beats AT&T and Netflix for being the worst I have ever encountered). However, I did want to say that one of my favorite shows in the whole world (see default user icon) has returned.

( Spoilers for the first episode of Twin Peaks 2017 )

Gay men are being held for weeks; at least three have died. Some who have been returned to their families are "barely alive" after being severely beaten.

It is important to note that this is being done with the official support of the government: Ramzan A. Kadyrov is the head of the Chechen republic. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia's entry about ( Read more... )

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I am not sure why, even two days later, the death of David Bowie makes me so damned sad.

When I first heard the news, I tweeted:

David Bowie is gone? Impossible. Surely it's another theatric, another reinvention, a new incarnation? My heart is full of wishful disbelief.

And I went and hugged my Labyrinth worm plushie for a bit while a hot tear or ( Read more... )