Trump says he will deal with Cuba when the Iran war is over. Good news for Cuba: that could be years!
Rachel and I are watching the X-Files for the first time. (We were around in the 90s but were busy being crazy fundamentalists.) We just watched “Beyond the Sea” and, wow, that was great. When weird stuff started happening to the guy who played Major Briggs in Twin Peaks it caused some flashbacks!
I’ve had General’s Cedar Pointe pencils on hand at home for years now, but today I’ve started using them at work, mostly so I can use them more regularly. No idea where I first heard about them. I like the texture, the black eraser, and–above all–the scent.
Garage cleaned and arranged! A pickup filled with trash! Some good, free stuff on the front lawn (come and get it!)! Whew, so happy to get that done. It’s been bugging me every time I pulled into the garage this past winter.
We watched The Mask of Zorro tonight for the first time in many years. What a stone cold classic. I don’t care if it makes me sound old: they don’t make movies like that anymore.
Who else imagines Peter Thiel corrupting the normally ethically-bound Claude AI into a Pentagon murder machine, like Morgoth torturing elves into orcs?
Last night at the shelter
It was a good night at the Men’s Warming Shelter. Papa John’s donated a lot of pizza and everyone loves pizza night. Plus, choice of chicken or beef nachos. And pop, which we don’t always have. We were also celebrating two birthdays, which meant ice cream and cupcakes. One of the birthdays was for the shelter’s top volunteer. He’s invested untold hours in the men, both at the shelter and driving them to job interviews and doctor’s appointments.
New, old word: hearth-fasted
Chris Smaje, Finding Lights in a Dark Age: The free play of patriarchy within the household is arguably conditioned by the free play of patriarchy outside it. At the extreme, this involves a kind of untrammelled and predatory male collective violence - essentially the Viking problem of a heroic-styled warrior culture or of what’s sometimes termed ‘masterless men’. Many societies have recognized the dangers of this and sought ways to counter it.
These ginger bran muffins from the Old Farmer’s Almanac are good. You could even crank up the ginger a bit if you love it like I do. It’s gotten me thinking about making my own crystallized ginger.
This is as far as I got with a handsaw. My father-in-law is going to come over with his chainsaw to cut it closer to the ground and chunk it up for firewood. While I was doing that, Rachel pulled all the limbs around front, plus a bunch of other clean-up. Then I took a nap in the sun!
