Language and other cultural obscenities...

1. Just finished reading Powers of X #3 by Jonathan Hickman and RB Silva -- and my theory was correct, the flash-forward is in reality a flash-backward to one of Moira's previous lives. The series should be called the Many Lives of Moira McTaggert, which makes me think of the Disney flick about the cat that I saw as a wee tot, The Many Lives of Thomasina. Also it falls within the time travel explanation that the quatuum physicists attempted to explain to the MCU writers -- which is that you can't change the past, all you do is create another time line or reality.( Read more... )

2. Walter Mercado - couldn't have predicted this -- Miami exhibit honoring the Puerto Rican astrologer who opened a window into self-care and spiritual wellness for millions of viewers
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3. How Language Shapes Our Perception of Reality

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4. How to Learn a Foreign Language as an Adult

I don't know. Learning a language is tough unless you immerse yourself. Although, I could try Spanish or Russian and easily find people to try it out on with no problems. I'm not in Kansas any more.

5. Making progress with Time Served by Juliana Keyes which is better than expected. ( Read more... )

6. Difficult morning commute. ( Read more... )

7. In other news, I'm contemplating attempting online dating again. ( Read more... )

Oh and, today is my parents' 54th wedding anniversary. They got married two years before I was born.

8. Veronica Mars. ( Read more... )

Buffy, Fanfic, Television Writing, Puppets, and Politics

1. Oh this too good not to share -- I snagged it from yourlibrarian.

Fanfic in Television Writing

( the punch line is at the end... )

2. Creepy Puppet Dance Routine That Has a lot of interesting stuff going on.

3. Apparently Trump Actually Did Try to Buy Greenland from Denmark

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Greenland was not amused. So now, we've pissed off Greenland and Denmark? Really?

I was however amused. Because honestly, at this point...what can one do? The world has gone mad and I'm just living in it.