--The Sparrow by @mdoriarussell.bsky.social
--A Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
--The Just City by @bluejo.bsky.social
--Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
--A Visit from the Goon Squad by @egangoonsquad.bsky.social

Just, classic under-achiever stuff

Because I didn't have enough ambition as a child and young adult. Because I wasn't willing to work or interested in working hard to get/do more.

This aged well....

Not the best song on the album-- that'd be Keep the Dog Quiet-- but the one I'm feeling right now.

Q2: The meme to which you are responding does not assert that Trump used military force to kill US citizens.

Q1: One example: the secret service had to pay close to $2 million dollars to stay at Trump properties during his first term (source: www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...). Do you want more?

Also: the dawning realization that you are probably still being an asshole in ways that won't be apparent (to you) until years later

Put more directly, after about a month of skipping parties, canceling some social engagements, and being overly reserved at the ones I don't cancel, suddenly I Am Lonely. Imagine that! Hosted on my own emotional petard.

I haven't played it, but a lot of people liked Dread?

I can imagine him talking in a posh British accent