In DC today (the irony that this is the year I chose to go down to the mall given my political sensibilities) to see the parade and fireworks. The parade was underwhelming but participants put their hearts into it. Congrats to Hoke County NCHigh School band for securing the parade’s closing act. Saw scant few demonstators, and one military vehicle— no one in your face yelling political shibboleths of one sort or another. Folks just out enjoying the day. I did get a chuckle out of the “Pinochet did nothing wrong” t-shirt Worn by a young woman who had to be in her 30s. She must’ve been very politically aware as a toddler.
“And as California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this hotel will be standing
Until I pay my bill...”
— Warren Zevon
Send thoughts/prayers/vibes out to my sister-in-law. She is having some kind of liver issue that is causing the doctors to induce her labor today, a couple of weeks early.
Excited to be an uncle, but nervous from the circumstances!
Vibes to your sister in law and your niece/nephew to be from South Central Texas.
Chatbot has an Orwellian fixation on me, so that quote makes sense.
I re-read Animal Farm about six months ago, I enjoyed it much more as fun reading than as required reading in high school. Maybe because it was voluntary, maybe because the analogies are much more natural to me at this age than they were when I was sixteen. Either way, I recommend picking it up if anyone wants a fun little read.
I have never before heard Animal Farm described that way. Other fun little summer reads might include Heart of Darkness or Ethan Frome. Oh, Lolita, different style but another fun little read. That said, I do think one problem with many American productions of Chekov is that they miss the humor. Chekov's plays are funny, (except for Three Sisters).
All the good vibes coming from just around the corner.
When my sister went into labor and they did an emergency C-Section, I stressed so hard I sent myself into the first migraine I had experienced in almost twenty years. It is hard to be so emotionally attached to something you have no control over.
I used to think that I was getting too old to wake up early and smoke a brisket.
Now, I’m at the age where I wake up at three or four anyway, so might as well go smoke some meat.