J's telling me about all dept. heads at the grad schools he's applying to (for trombone performance; it's traditional to take a private lesson with each to see how you vibe) and, yeah, he's a senior next year so no surprise he's talking grad school but then again how is this possible? #indenial

This is hitting all the spots and scratching all the itches in my brain so perfectly. I have other songs that do the same with their chorus or bridge or sometimes just in a 4 second span but there's only a very few where the whole song is giving my brain a deep massage. youtu.be/iWsyCjlH-V8?...

I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading. It was worth it.

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When I turned 21, I worried about being able to have a stable life in the US esp. after all my parents had gone thru to get me here. My kid turned 21 today & he's worried about being able to have a stable life in the US esp. after all I'd gone thru to be here. #sameasiteverwas #generationaltrauma

Look at me buying tickets for a concert 6 months away, my mind so overtaken by stress and worry that it's shut down all logical thinking and is instead embracing delusional optimism.

I think he'll like it. #bookcasemakeover #books #bookcollector #personalibrary 5 of the ten cases; 7 done so far.

Part of my bday gift to J is putting his books in order on the 10 bookcases he has in his bedroom. (Yes. 10.). Which means pulling off books at least off the first row of each shelf on each case to see what's on each shelf (most shelves are double stacked. This took 3 solid hours. 2 down, 8 to go.😮‍💨

Trivial good thing of the day: I bought a pair of "high rise utility supersoft jeans" (cut is like a wider legged barrel jean) in "vanilla pudding" (a lovely pastel-y yellow) on clearance ($19.50) from Gap Outlet on a whim; I may never wear a differenf pair of pants ever again. #gap #gapjeans

Protecting myself from mental & emotional collapse by indulging in my fave comfort measures: watching my GOAT series #Leverage all over again; fixating on finding the best cover art editions of a book (currenrty The Beautiful & Damned); & playing a new song on repeat: youtu.be/1mOGviDFRQU?...

Just saw Data at the Lucille Lortelle. It was very good and very targeted towards current events. The lead,Karan Brae, played the Indian friend in the original Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movie and, well, I'm old. Also he was fantastic.

People I present to you, the Persian Side-eye (tm) at the red carpet. #oscars #persian #jafarpanahi @sciolista.bsky.social you'd appreciate this. youtube.com/shorts/reNrV...

Demi Moore's arms are the perfect anti-Ozempic ad. They're literally skin and bones. 😶 #oscars #ozempicepidemic

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The bookseller most impressed w/ our haul from their store (they all were, but this one was the most vocal) was the co-owner of Bodies In The Bookstore in Cambridge. Which yes, is an all "Crimes" (i.e. Mystery for US folk) bookstore w/ both new & secondhand books. J was, of course, in his element.

Baggage handler at EWR who helped pull our suticases from behind the others lumped in front lf them:" What do you have in here, bricks?!!" J and me together:" No, just books." (I won't tell you how many we bought [new &secondhand] cos it's a ridiculous amount even for us. #bookcollector #booklover

Re last post: If you know me for 5 mins in real life you know I will never be frivolous about war. But enough people in my life have seen this weird coincidence that when I turned my phone on, after landing in LHR, last Sat that I had 9 msgs to the tune of"you need to stop going to London".

We are back on US soil. The last couple of times when we left and war/attacks broke out the daywe left, things settled about 48 hours after we were finally home. If we are in fact some weird butterfly effect for the world, let's home in 48 hours we see the same settling this time.

But let's bomb that country too, in the name of "freedom" [to pillage their bountiful natural resources].

You cannot imagine how fucked up you get mentally knowing taxes you paid are being used to kill your family and friends back home.

Please check in on your trans friends today. What is happening in Kansas is magnifying every valid fear of theirs even more so today. Understand unless you are a white "Christian" male, this *is* eventually your future, too, so if nothing else fuels your support for them let that do so. #transrights

Re last few reposts: also this means inability to vote, which aligns with the push fornthe SAVE act and the recent ruling of SCOTUS that the USPS can tamper with your mail and you habe zero recourse (but it remains a federal crime for everyone else. )

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

And any trans person arrested under this will be placed in units of their sex assigned at birth. For trans women, this means v coding, rape, and sexual assault. They'll also be denied access to hormones and forced to detransition. I can't begin to tell you just how cruel all this is.

I have a horrible sinking feeling that this means the police will purposefully looking for and running license plates aligned with these drivers' licenses to arrest them. Which I'm sure the people affected are thinking same. On top of potentially losing jobs or unable to make [medical] appointments.

Happy Twin Peaks day @davscomur.bsky.social !!

We've had no power since 4AM b/c of the snow storm. ETA to restore is 4PM Thurs. We've well water so no power also means no water...'cept I'm married to the handiest person who figured how to hook a backup battery to the well pump & customized two separate generators himself so we're warm & ok.

I have to stop.watching the videos from #puertovallarta because it's adding more sadness to my already sad state over #iran and here. @bethinsac.bsky.social the cartel burnt down Faramacia Guadalajara in south Centro, as well as several Oxxos, and there's burning vehicles all over ZR. 🥺

Popping up across Brooklyn... All of the people featured in the windows are Black people.

I didn't need more reasons to love NYC's Port Authority-clean, safe station; friendly employees; clean bathrooms so well kept]; great location) but their newest addition to their various stores is Le Cafe Coffee which makes a great London Fog (my fave). #portauthority #nyc #nycportauthority

Won't be watching the pregame and halftime show until later when the play is over, but am enjoying the comments during the play's inteemissio I

Show #2. Mostly here for #RachelDratch . Up mezzanine but first row with great view and amazing leg room.

First of doubleheader in NYC today done. Just brilliant. The whole cast was great. Emma D'Arcy and Tobias Menzies were perfect counterpoints with her character's raw fragility and his checkin intensity. Third row center was definitely the way to go. #emmadarcy #theotherplace #nycplays #theshed

This is the song that @wxpnfm.bsky.social played 18 years ago(!) from the Perkasie album that made me hunt down a copy of the album at the time (thankfully at the local Tunes shop which carried a lot of independent and local area artist CDs at the time!) youtu.be/2YHpiYBqgQQ?...

I think I'm only person who owns this CD .I bought it after hearing a different song from from it on @wxpnfm.bsky.social years ago. They disbanded soon after I believe; the album remains one of my all time favorites. This is a song I love to sing along to in the car youtu.be/F2wGi4iTlMg?...

I took my niece to #hadestown as a last minute-ish decision made last week w/ both of us having a really hard time dealing w/ the events in #iran in addition to here. Also this weekend unfortunately was the anniversary of two completely separate traumatic events for us both #trauma #ptsd

Took my niece to see Hadestown on Broadway. Everything being said about the current cast is true. The give leads are phenomenal. Jack Wolfe has spoiled me for Orpheus forever. He brings perfect new gestures & facial reactions to the role. His voice is insane. #hadestown @bethinsac.bsky.social

I took a break today from everything b/c I know the (bona fide, had it happen before) signs of when I'm heading for a really bad breakdown that'll requires meds far more potent than my maintenance ones.So I spent the day moving my dystopian collection to its new case. #dystopia #books #bookcollector

At this rate I'm going to become a raging alcoholic before March. I have consumed more alcohol since Jan 1st 2026 than I did in the last 5 years& that's definitely saying something given all that happened during that time including my dad dying at the height of Covid. #iran #usa #worldisburning

I'm so fucking tired of yoyoing between horrible news from back home and then home here. My brain feels like the computer from War Games playong Tic Tac Toe. No one wins.

I have already purchased more tix for plays, musicals, concerts (classical, rock, etc.) , operas & ballets in this month than I did in the first six months of all.l of last year...& I bought a LOT those first six months. That should tell you where my stress & anxiety levels are already in 2026.

Message from one of two friends who was able to connect. The "it was for nothing" is because the Western government's sat by and did nothing while people were slaughtered, as they have time and again when it's primarily NOT white people. Translation in comment. #iran #iranmassacre

The numbers coming out thru the trickle of internet connections are so bad they don't even make sense anymore. 43,000 killed, 350,000 injured, unknown number arrested * several of the arrested PUBLICLY hanged. I've only heard from 2 friends, no family yet & they said it's "so dark and heavy". #iran

Had the most intense, vivid, and "action packed " dream last night that was a combo of Hunger Games, Blake Crouch's novel "Run" * The Last of Us. I have vivid, intense dreams EVERY night since I was little, often scary or dangerous ones, & this was probably a top 5 in my life. #dreams #dystopia

Also fuck those 7 who voted yes.

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Fucking shameful.

I had a great day at work today b/c I managed to save four people's jobs who weren't even on my team but who I knew more about than their so called managers of several years did and went to bat for them when their own managers wouldn't cos they're suck ups who don't want to jeapordize their own job.

Everytime I see the panic people get into over a snowstorm and the run on the grocery stores I am reminded of how Baba would say if civil war broke out in this country it'd go Lord of The Flies on itself in less than two weeks. Also, why do people act like this is their first snowstorm each time?!

I loved Julia, Sandra Newman's retelling of 1984 from the character's viewpoint, but felt a bit let down w/ where & how the book ended vs. where I thought it should've. Except in light of events this past year esp., including this latest speech at #Davos , I now appreciate the ending iso much more.