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Bad morning emotionally/mentally.

The term "asp" actually doesn't refer to a specific snake; it's a group of venomous snakes from Egypt. Scholars actually think that the asp that Cleopatra supposedly used to kill herself--and other references to asps in antiquity--were Egyptian cobras. So Sallah wasn't wrong; Mike was.

Yeah, I don't know how to fight any of it. It's just there, implacable and painful.

And only a couple of decades?! Sign me up!

Trying to focus on massive gratitude for all the massively good things this morning. There is a thread of shared trauma in many people that reason and cognition cannot touch, producing very physically painful, gut-wrenching effects one does not want. Kind and well-meaning people will tell you to le...

Can’t sleep. Bad thoughts swarming.

I probably don't give this album the love it deserves it. I'm listening to it now for the first time in a while, and this is a terrific song.

If you like philosophy, Existential Comics is superb.

Holy crap . In a only vaguely related note, my sister used to work in the food industry, and used to talk about going to the NRA convention every year. I was horrified until I found it was the National Restaurant Association. Culinary Institute of America has a similar problem. As does Nerd Pride R...

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One of the greatest movies ever made.

For those of you familiar with the card game, it's getting a D&D makeover: https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-great-dalmuti-is-being-resurrected-with-a-dungeons-1844560178 Interesting. I hate this game, and "Asshole" on which it's based. I hate games where part of the rules of the game make ...

I am disgustingly repetitive.

A little bit of bourbon. Feeling pretty good but I can see some bad stuff at the peripheries (including a person I wish I never met).

My posts here are nowhere as much fun as Phoebe’s.

. Possibly contracted it at Trump's Oklahoma rally--he tested positive a little while after the rally.

Having a good day. Trying to enjoy because it doesn’t last.

My favorite candidate for the Washington's new name: The Washington [redacted]