Rebecca M-O

Hope you're allowed more time with the living than the dead.

The God of Bad Art gets offerings from all over the world, but in Their temple, They sometimes appear. "Why bad art?" I ask. "It is brave", the God replies. "To try and fail?" "No," the God chuckles. "Any creative work is a defiance of entropy, of Death itself. If you create, you do not fail."

I miss the days when packages weren't delivered on Sundays and holidays.

"I was told," said the princess, "that the point of fairy tales is not to tell children dragons exist, but that they can be killed." "Oh, absolutely!" said the dragon. "You agree?" "These rich, selfish, powerful, cruel beings that need killing, did you think they're literally dragons, princess?"

Protestant workout ethic: the idea that to lose weight and gain strength it takes unceasing self discipline, denial of pleasure, and moral purity.

It was almost a pleasure.

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like (I didn't even know photos in my camera roll were searchable by text. Learned my new thing for today.)

We have to tax billionaires not just because thats what tax is fucking for, but because they’re almost by definition sociopaths, so will do the absolute dumbest, cruelest, weirdest shit. You don’t allow world-changing power to only be given to people who don’t actually share your world with you.

This one should have done better;

Do go & vote if you have a chance.

Does anyone else sometimes pronounce Bluesky as rhyming with (slang for beer) brewski?

I hope you're all alive.

A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated. An alien emerged with a chair, which they sat down on, backwards. "Look," they said, "we're not here, okay? You know why nobody contacts you? Because the write-up would be such a pain." They sighed. "Get your shit together, okay? We know you can."

And all this other stuff! Paid family leave! The trans refuge law! Marijuana legalization! Carbon-free electricity by 2040! Like I don't expect Klobuchar to be a progressive champion. But I don't think she'll veto great legislation the DFL sends to her desk, either.

I'm not excited by Amy Klobuchar, but I'm excited to vote for her. Not just because her opponent is awful, but because I think we can regain the trifecta, and I remember the good and crucial work the DFL did last time they had it. Like free meals at school, in the news today.

A man (50s?) is standing by his car, demolishing a big slice of pizza with gusto only for some cheese to drip onto his shirt. (Oh no!) With a laugh and a sigh, he says to a passerby: "I can't take myself anywhere, can I?" Before good naturedly finishing his lunch. (5)

Podcasts should go back to being audio only.

Confirming: Phil will be at Can Can! I'll donate all of the proceeds from the sale ($50) to Unidos/Monarca. I'm also going to give the buyer my complete digital discography for free! secure.givelively.org/donate/unido...

This is great. I hope more vendors participate next year. Curious if Sweet Martha's donated ingredients (flour, sugar, eggs, etc), or cookie dough, or both. I'm not opposed to any of the options. Bread and roses and all that.