Your (1) reminds me that, as a Clippers fan (yeah, I know, shut up) I really do enjoy Ralph Lawler’s “Oh me, oh my!”

What is it with people who have no idea what goes on in actual, physical stores managing these kinds of decisions? My years with Barnes & Noble were the same way. All the major decisions came down from corporate in NYC, and not a single one ever made a lick of sense. It was usually more along the lines of, “If we…

My favorite joke I ever made to a customer wasn’t really a joke at all, and we both knew it. I was working at Barnes & Noble at the time (don’t get me wrong; I love books and the book business, and have been in it for 10+ years — that said, B&N is a hellhole, and they’ll all be gone soon anyway)... I was always…

Haha, you’re welcome! (There are a couple other great teen comedies from this era I love too — Drop Dead Gorgeous is definitely one of them -- but I happen to be from San Diego, so Bring It On has a particularly special place in my heart. The high school being called “Rancho Carne” is still one of my favorite local…

I just want you to know that I love your handle.

I had to re-read that line at least twice to be sure I wasn’t misreading. Michelle as Catwoman forever.

As a bookseller/publisher who’s been in the business for 10 years now -- and currently works in a secondhand shop, making coming home accidentally with duplicate works all the damn time much easier than it should be -- this sounds like a god-send.

This song is stunning. Man, do I miss George.

I acted in Arthur Miller’s play Playing for Time (about a woman’s orchestra in one of the death camps) way back in high school. I played an older Jewish woman who comes in on one of the trains, strips down (to a slip, this being high school) for the Nazi guards, then is left in one of the barracks to die. That was…

I’m on my phone right now, so I can’t copy/paste the link, but Univision was planning to layoff a massive amount of the staff; their union intervened and negotiated for a buyout option for departing writers instead. There are now rumors of Univision may sell the whole thing, though, so who knows what’s coming next?…

Keep what you LOVE for yourself, sell/do something you LIKE.

I was already sad about these departures, even as I understand why they’re happening (and I truly am glad that y’all had a good union to cushion the blow as much as possible), but... Dammit, I am saddest about Joanna. :(

Every day seriously feels a little bit more like we’re living in the immediate prequel to Children of Men.

Ugh, same. As soon as these posts started rolling in, I thought, “But please, not Joanna,” and yet here we are. DAMMIT.

Haha, I hope it works out! They can be funny little creatures. Buster is perfectly happy to be petted, have his belly rubbed, be picked up, etc., but depending on mood, the duration of any of these things is definitely up for debate, haha.

That’s what I was thinking! Like, is anyone still really around to post much, the later it gets? This one looks like it’s time stamped at nearly 10pm!

It really is! Just a little earlier, I was feeling low energy and a bit restless, and he was following me all around the apartment, as he often does, so I just picked him up and cuddled him to my face while he purred and purred. Kitties make everyone feel better.

Yes! I wanted to earlier, but was posting from my desktop, and it’s my cell phone that is currently already loaded with way too many kitty photos. Here he is, after using aforementioned nose boop to let me know he wanted to see what was going on outside and could I please open the blinds?

The first time he did it, my mouth literally dropped open with sheer delight. SO CUTE.

The past couple of SNS posts, at least, and including this one, have gone up too late for me to feel like I can still really participate, which is a bit of a bummer, ngl.