I never noticed; you always seemed to be just as much of a guy as I was.

I hear you. I only put up two Halloween decorations this year, for similar reasons of flatness, and I still haven't taken them down.

Maybe I should put a Santa's sleigh decal on the graveyard backdrop banner...

Oh, I wouldn't worry. I'm sure AI will invent a way to fix the environment before too many of us die...

But it's an indispensable accessory for anyone looking to get ahead in business or government!

Nice!

Happy pre-birthday.

I got the epub after seeing you mention it the other day.

Sometime Lofty Towers is quite good.

*hugs*, if you want 'em.

They're afraid women, queers, and brown & black folks will do to white men what white men have done to them.

We are led to believe there are two teams: Ds and Rs, but in reality the two teams are those beholden to corporate special interests (which is like 90+% of both parties) and the ones that aren't. Following politics is like watching a Super Bowl where 90% of both teams owe a ton of money to a bookie.

Two German sociologists just wrote a book on that joy of destruction: "Zerstörungslust". Their publisher writes:

"The authors conclude that Trump, Musk, Weidel and their followers are all about the destruction of the world as a last, desperate attempt to save themselves from being crushed by it."

DC, where the demons dwell
DC, and they dwell very well

Can confirm. Being a cool old lady is nice.

Also, it gives one a leg up on one's Bog Witch era.

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism