2 - ... Sheri into an epic Anti-Ellison RANT (she was easy to manipulate!). Via eye-contact, Ellison quickly figured out what we were doing. As we approached the lobby where we all were heading, I then addressed Ellison, "Nice to see you Mr. Ellison!" and he just smiled. (Sheri was mortified!)

1 - Gotta share my fave Harlon Ellison true story. (long story -- several posts): Attended WorldCon in Chicago 1982 with a ditzy friend (Sheri) who HATED Ellison. Found ourselves in an elevator with him and Sheri didn't recognize him. I brought up Ellison (somewhat loudly), and triggered...

I'm so sorry, Ced, that it has come to this. It is SO horrible. I want out of this insane hellhole.

I would love to see every Dem that attends the speech stand up, en masse, as soon as Trump begins speaking and silently leave the chamber. The constitution holds no provisions for a POTUS who envisions himself a monarch other than vague references to "enemies domestic".

Nah, the Gulf of America is that void in our national Psyche where our heart, soul, and consciousness used to reside.

If it weren't for The Watchman on HBO, I might still not know about the Tulsa Massacre. It was not taught or mentioned in any way when I was in school either.

I used to run Electric Pencil on a TRS-80.

Of the Covenant books, its close but I still have to go with the original trilogy. Second trilogy is better written and plotted, but the first is what caused me to fall in love with the land and its characters. Third set is garbage, IMO.

However, favorite SRD is his Gap Cycle, by far.

I've never understood how the rape that starts out the Covenant series puts so many people off, yet Game of Thrones which is a rape-fest is so damn popular.

I would hope those that slammed the door on Covenant also avoided GoT for the same reason.

James, Tiberius, Kirk.

I cancelled my LATimes and WaPo subscriptions last month due to ownership's cowardly interference with the editorial process. NYTimes is now my sole paper of record.

Having two less avenues for doomscrolling is a bit of a silver lining.