My kid’s best friend (and a friend of mine, just because he’s a Good Kid) is seven foot four. (Yes, really. He’s also biracial and gay, so he calls himself The Trifecta.)

I’m sorry you’re going through all that you are. My recommendation for reading material is John Connollys Charlie Parker series. They are fantastic. 

It’s been a minute since I’ve done SNS, hope everyone has been well!

Yes! I went home in the middle of the day yesterday due to food poisoning, which tanked my plans, which previously included a wander to practice my photography, and...eating. So fetch me some barbecue, someone! But not until Monday, when my tummy is more agreeable, kthanxbai.

Probably shuffling some furniture around to make it easier when the restoration people come to replace the living room floor.

Had a bad fall last night so all plans are off. Honestly, a couple of days in bed reading sounds really nice. Now I just have to convince someone to bring me some BBQ.

Taking part in the European Election count tomorrow, because I’m one of the sad weirdos who really enjoys that stuff. I once caused a minor issue at a count where simply as a member of the public I asked if I could come in and watch, causing the returning officer to spend 20 minutes trying to find out whether someone…

I’ve tried James Joyce so many times. I’ve only ever made it 10 pages. As a certified Smart Person, I find it quite annoying.

LONG WEEKEND PLANS!

That is such a nice (and appreciated) affirmation for an otherwise gloomy Saturday (Spring has not yet arrived in Northern California). This said, it is pretty hellish in there; I wouldn’t advise it. I am trying to declutter the environs, though!

Right? Meaning that those of us in the West truly have no idea as to the original meaning of ‘our own’ adopted Holy Scriptures whether Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, or Latin: all of it totally rendered asunder by the institutions which underwrote the translations and the power they wished to solidify.

I’d like to climb inside your brain for a bit. I like the way you think.

And fact-checkers.

This was cringeworthy. I got secondhand embarrassment just listening to this. Wouldn’t she have a research or editorial assistant to help her fact check the book before it was published? I don’t know anything about the publishing process but shouldn’t the editor have caught this before it was published? Naomi is a…

Aren’t mistakes like that the whole point of having an editor?

God, that movie. I’m fan of both Cronenberg & DeLillo, so I went in with hopes. Don’t know that I’ve ever felt so keenly the dead-fish sting of bad creation. Certain sequences are fantastic - Samantha Morton’s too-brief appearance as someone who is almost certainly not Laurie Anderson, the protagonist’s unforgettable…

If nothing else, Cosmopolis proves he could certainly play Bruce Wayne.

Yes! I really liked this. 

“I can’t tell a damn difference and it all tastes the same to me.”

They say their tomatoes are indeed grown in that special volcanic soil at the base of Mt. Vesuvius and that the reason they don’t have a DOP symbol is because after their crops were approved in 2010, a new government body came in to approve labels. Months later Cento was told “our label no longer conformed to their…