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Movie night?

I love how Calypso calls out the gods for their gender bias. Baller move. 😎 Gods forbid a goddess have a good time. #theodyssey

I kinda wanna switch to an iPhone. Would I miss having a Pixel Phone?

The worst thing that can come from a book club pick, is for everyone to like it. My favorite is when someone storms into the meeting, slams the book on the table and screams, "I hate this book!" Cause, now we're talking! 😃😃😃

It's time to make some coffee...

Alright! New episode dropped today. 😃 #lpotl

The United States really has me thinking about Telemachus in The Odyssey. Surrounded by self seeking suitors, uncertain of our own character qualities and looking for guidance and leadership. #theodyssey

Very much looking forward to the next episode of Last Podcast on the Left tomorrow. Their coverage of Anton Lavey and The Church of Satan really reminds me of how the sitting US President is motivated. #lastpodcastontheleft

It's probably been 20 years. I wonder if it's worth a reread. 🤔 #bookclub #ontheroad

Also Lulu's lime green pantsuit is pretty amazing.

Watched the Scott Pelly interview, boy Barry Weiss comes off as a bit of a hack. 🤔

Has anyone read this? Thinking of upping my literary tool kit. #bookclub

I'm tired of Threads and all of the rage bait. I think I'll give Blue Sky a good run for a few weeks.

Anyone else reading the Odyssey? Our book club is discussing the first nine chapters on Monday. I'm stoked. #theodyssey

Should I be posting here?

I didn't much care for this adaptation of The Great Gatsby. 😐 It was very meh.

Daft Punk 2007 album, Alive 🫠🫠🫠

I had that desperate situation we all find ourselves in, where we need a set of highlighters. Such a common dilemma. These were the only ones they had at Barnes and Noble. I was a little reluctant, but it turns out they work just as well on apocryphal texts as they do canonical books. Huzzah!

I've listened to the audiobook of The Great Gatsby a dozen times already, but reading through the novel while knowing very well how it ends - I get an anxiety that as the pages turn, the noose is closing around the characters tighter and tighter with the thinning pages.

Spring weather in Oregon in February 😳

Reading The Great Gatsby in your 40s can kinda fuck you up a bit....😐

Daisy Buchanan is to Jay Gatsby as is Donald Trump to the Republican Party.

Getting ready for our discussion of Antigone next week. 😎 donytop5.blog/2026/01/15/w...

In the realm of fantasy there is an intense value in the thing that came before. Game of Thrones has the Old Gods, the Narnia Chronicles has the Deep Magic, Lord of the Rings has its The Silmarillion.... donytop5.blog/2026/01/14/f...

Been thinking of this short story by Albert Camus ever since we had our discussion of A Doll's House. I'm gonna write a short piece about it this weekend...

My current podcast obsession. Really enjoying this journey through Social Thought. open.spotify.com/show/65hJ5g7...

Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."

Read half of the book I picked up yesterday, washed the backyard windows and pruned some overgrowth back. Then cleaned the alley. Not a bad day so far.

Reading East of Eden, as a life long west coast resident I'm curious if someone from the east coast would have a different perspective on the novel. 🤔

Donald Trump announces his a "trade deal" with Vietnam, which increases taxes on American consumers while decreasing taxes on Vietnamese consumers. The zero-rate tariff offer in Vietnam was proposed on April 4. He's essentially done nothing in 3 months. A true genius at work. The art of the deal.

It's funny how small social media is when you pull away from it. It's almost nothing.

I don't mind the sky tonight. 😌

I think about the Bed of Procrustes alot... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrus...

China expands its financial and trade footprint in Africa, introducing yuan-based payment systems, boosting infrastructure financing, and advancing digital commerce and resource extraction as part of its broader push to reshape global economic systems.

Night time in the garden...

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Yep. Gone on threads again 🤷🏼‍♂️

We're reading East of Eden and William James came up in a way I felt was very coy but relevan. This has been my goto for understanding a reference in a book that goes over my head. BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, William James's 'The Varieties of Religious Experience' www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Considering adding Don Quixote to our book club lineup....

Gonna watch Amadeus...

Ah Mr. Burton 😌

How is the Blue Sky photo app?

This is badass.

Post a picture of you that is not actually you

I will be dancing in the kitchen....

Excited for our next four book club picks, should take us well into 2026.

Sayed Naser worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, fled after the Taliban killed his brother, and was awaiting asylum. ICE agents still took him in handcuffs—and the government won’t explain why.