No Kings, Philadelphia

My kids got me a live sloth for my birthday. Do you suppose they're trying to send some kind of message?

A lot of Wordle streaks are going to be broken today.

I'm not interested in reading any article whose headline begins, "I asked ChatGPT..."

I'm a bagel but sometimes I roll play.

Red flag in an adult: interest or belief in astrology

Tried to read two classic novels today. Couldn't get into either. For the the record, Mrs. Dalloway and Angle of Repose

I sadly conclude, after many efforts, that Virginia Woolf is not for me.

I'm considering options for the family for the 4th of July. We're not staying local and going into Philadelphia. We're willing to travel. Any suggestions?

The power's out. My phone battery is low. Might not make it. Send brownies.

I'm heading into Manhattan on Wednesday - time to see some theatre.

Top 1%, baby!

Turns out it's OK to step in a puddle but not in a puggle 🤷🏻‍♂️ #liveandlearn

I've been on Snapchat for more than 12 years, and in that time I think I've had two conversations on the platform - and I'm fine with that.

Student 1: My dad draws. Student 2: My dad farts. Great way to to start a day of substitute teaching!

Just having a chat with a deer friend in the backyard.

43 years ago today I saw The Ramones in concert.

In West Virginia. The air smells wonderful.

So Sarah Snook and Sadie Sink are two different people?

Wife: Who was Lincoln's vice president? Me: First or second term? Wife: First. Me: Hannibal Hamlin Wife: Second? Me: Andrew Johnson Wife: You're annoying.

I was never comfortable as an extrovert but I could fake it. Now I don't have the patience to do that.

Bookish Checkpoint! Last: ✨ Bread Givers — Anzia Yezierska Current: ✨ Sanctum of the Soul — Ken Kade Next: ✨ Freelancers of Neptune — Jacob Holo Last Book I Added to My TBR: ✨ Murder by Memory — Olivia Waite

OK, editors of Bluesky, what's wrong with this sentence? Hint: it isn't the passive voice: A few spies had been sent to gather more information, but none had returned alive.

I'm not in any group chat. I've never been in a group chat. 😔

Am I ambivalent? Mmm, yes and no.

Apparently the QWERTY keyboard layout wasn't designed to slow down typists who kept getting keys stuck. Here's the real story. repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitst...

I'm usually a Brandon Sanderson fan but the slow pace of the Stormlight Archive books is trying my patience.

This would be a good time for an old friend to surprise me with a phone call

My wife is exhibiting a watercolor botanical painting at the Philadelphia Flower Show. I'm going to in Friday to bask in her reflected glory.

HP is where questionable technology goes to die.

Me: If we had a day to spend in Center City Philadelphia what would we do? Wife: Go to New York.

I'll be glad when the expression "not gonna lie" goes out of fashion. It makes the person saying it sound insincere and generally untruthful.

I've replicated my Goodreads records to Storygraph. Any of my mutuals out there too?

If you went to college 1. What was your career goal when you started? 2. Your initial major? 3. If you changed majors, what did you change to? 4. What do you do now, professionally? 1. Writing, maybe 2. Theatre Arts 3. No change for BA, but got MA in journalism 4. Writing and editing

Bookish Checkpoint! Last: ✨ Everyone Brave is Forgiven - Chris Cleave Current: ✨ The Jasmine Throne - Tasha Suri Next: ✨ The Oleander Sword - Tasha Suri Last Book I Added to My TBR: ✨ Gentleman's Agreement - Laura Z. Hobson

My dog just told me she's trans. Correction, _they're_ trans. My bad, Daisy. And now she wants to spell it Dazy. _They_ do. Sorry sorry.

If only Alan Rickman could play Neil Gaimen in the inevitable biopic.

A new friend is like a present you get to unwrap bit by bit, conversation by conversation.

I've read 100 novels and novellas this year. That's a higher number than usual, thanks to my being underemployed for part of the year, and to my having dropped my subscriptions to the SF magazines I read for more than 40 years.

If an event happens once a year, in the first month of the year, it can be said to occur Janually. #insomniathoughts

TIL that gen alpha kids don't listen to their voicemail - or at least mine doesn't. "I have 11 voicemail messages" dating back months. This would be awkward if real people left voicemail nowadays.

Questions to consider: Is the ending of My Fair Lady better than the ending of Pygmalion? Is the ending of the musical Wicked better than the ending of the book?

I do like sweet, happy stories www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

I read a lesson from a school publication with a class of fourth-graders on "Is AI Good for Society." Can you guess what their first question was? No, not "what's AI" — it was "what's society?"

Who doesn't love the Ig Nobel Prize? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My favorite feed is What's Hot Classic. I'd love to hear about other feeds I might like.

I've used Macs since the late '80s,but I never bought one - until now. I'm looking forward to adding this new Mac mini M4 to my desktop.

Someone outside has been operating a tool with a whining motor for _hours_. It's affecting my sanity

My daughter just shared with me all of the chocolate peanut candies she gathered trick-or-treating. I love my daughter.

I find this funny