Happy early birthday!

I thought of your many pics outside the store as I took mine

I'm fine with this being an echo chamber, if that echo is that the Holocaust actually happened and was that bad. I logged on to X this morning to read a Holocaust denial post and read over 100 comments in a row either denying or denial curious. If that's debate, I don't want it.

I prefer to not let a metric become a mandate. I had a reading goal I will completely miss this year, but I'm ok with that because other things came up this year: a month long road trip, work, caring for aging family members, etc. You can't let the metric rule you, nor use it as a cudgel on others.

GoodReads books read this year count is being treated as a yardstick of one's intellectual growth, over which folks are competing as more books read = more capacities gained = better person morally. Too many books (audiobooks) is cheating b/c no time for adequate reflection. This is the thinking.

Because they're trying to make him feel guilty and stupidly return home so they can arrest and charge him for wasting state resources. They don't genuinely want him home for the holidays.

No longer living.

Or expressed in Twitter lore

But the SUV still drives. I have footage of the accident, and he admitted fault. Most importantly we should at least some more time with Mya, as she's responding well to the furosemide and oxygen chamber and likely can be released in the morning. I'm grateful things aren't worse.