Here we go – wheeeeee!

• Chat noir.
• A Capella THX logo theme. A must-watch! My cats snapped awake and looked haunted.
• Double-chocolate fudge-stuffed loaf cake.
• “How art has saved my writing”.
• You’ve probably all read about the wacko interview Anderson Cooper did with the mayor of Las Vegas, but just in case…
• The Uptown Theatre has the best marquee messages.
• The economic effects of pandemics (2013).
• The bottled tap water scam.
• “The reason there are so many conservative boomers is that the poor ones die sooner”.
• Cats and dominoes.
• Linkity from Smart Bitches.
• My cats hate being picked up, so NONE.
• This is the best article I’ve read about using masks. Highly recommended – it was very reassuring.
• Remember the second wave of the 1918 pandemic, people.
• “Herd immunity won’t save us”.
• tRUMP abruptly stopped pushing that drug he had a stake in.
• Abigail Disney had some things to say to the Walt Disney Company.
• More covid tweets.
• “May we be patient with our exhausted brains.”
• So true.
• Stephen King and New England.
• “Oh no, not messing with you.”
• Live action Simpsons intro.
• The evolution of acting for television and film.
• Istanbul’s rainbow colored buildings.
• It’s apocalypse bingo time! Don’t forget about the plague of locusts in Africa for “F*cking bugs everywhere”!
• BOOM.
• And BOOM.
• Basically.
• “Two pet cats have tested positive for coronavirus”.
• Yeah, this is that “cult of ignorance” Isaac Asimov mentioned.

Reading Update
Terra Incognita: Three Novellas by Connie Willis. I’d read these before in different collections, but I didn’t remember/realize that until partway through each story and I enjoyed reading them again, so!
Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic: A Comedian’s Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary. DNF – humor is one of those subjective things and this grated. My autistic experience is so different from his, I can’t even…
Field Guide to Now: Notes On Mindfulness And Life In The Present Tense by Christina Rosalie. DNF – I love the title, but this was another one I absolutely could not relate to.

“What are you doing, Mom!? Why did you wake me up????” -Mayhem

(I didn’t MEAN to wake her up…)