My understanding is that the checks were either $200 or $400 depending on one’s tax situation - & they were mailed out on an inscrutable, rolling basis over the past month or two.
It is real.

This is beautiful. & also Fuck Cancer. I knew some wonderful humans lost b\c of it,

Something like that happened to me once. kind of scary … & I was cleaning up butter Forever!

Yes! & if you ever have a chance to see him live - Do It! I‘ve seen him a few times. The best was a late night at Minton‘s - he looked like he rolled out of bed for it & the music was so top level! Phew! I get the sweats just thinking about it.

Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted

On a plaque at West Point:

"The United States boldly broke with the ancient military custom of swearing loyalty to a leader... should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."

Mark Kelly is a patriot and the best of America.
Trump is a traitor and the worst of America.

m.youtube.com/shorts/9i4VP...

Strongly agree! ILL tasks were one of my favorite parts of working in a public library! I especially loved when I knew I was sending interesting books to prisons. I *may* have slipped hopeful notes into a few of them.

When I was an indie bookstore buyer / manager, I insisted on a zero Christmas Music policy, up until the last few hours of business on 12/24. Many customers thanked us. To me, the Christmas tunes only worked (sometimes beautifully) at the last minute.

I once tried sticking a coaxial cable into a potato b/c someone told me it would work as an ad hoc alternative to a ‘rabbit ears’ TV antennae. This was bad advice, as it turned out. Late 20th century folk medicine?

My last cat’s original name was ‘Little Fuck’ b/c that’s what we used to exclaim after he sliced us open. He was a feral rescue from NJ, but later chilled out into an acceptable level of violence. Even until his oldest days, he liked to mix it up sometimes. Keeping it real, I suppose.