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Sep. 7th, 2023 06:36 pm1. Well, Georgia's Attorney General smacked Ohio Congressional Representative Jim Jordan upside the head with her response to his dimwitted attempt to claim political bias in regards to the felony charges leveled against the Doofus. Willis Blasts Congressman for attempting to interfere in a State Criminal Prosecution
She basically told him that his attempt to interfere was unconstitutional and he clearly didn't understand the law at all. Or to politely frak off.
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2. The heat wave - minor that it was - honestly, it was only three days (it has to be at least three days to qualify as a heat wave) - is breaking up tonight and tomorrow. It's going to rain. Already becoming overcast as we speak. Expect showers sometime tomorrow and into the weekend.
And I'm thankful for A/C.
Tomorrow - I've a lot to do work wise. My occupation is hard to explain to folks. The title doesn't help, because there's similar titles across the industry, but none do the same things. Nor are they paid the same nor do they have the same responsibilities.
I've been getting a lot of emails from firms specializing in AI - and AI frankly scares me. Let me explain? They are costing people jobs. Millions of high paying jobs. I can't do anything about it. The good news? I'm in my late fifties and nearing retirement. I don't have any children. My niece is going into fields that aren't AI oriented. It won't be any skin off my nose at least.
I am insanely proud that I have never worked in an organization that hurt others nor done a job that deliberately, actively or inadvertently harmed others, animals, or living thing (well for the most part - I'm sure trains have run into things occasionally, but it really wasn't the train's fault). How many people can truly say this, I wonder? My father struggled with it towards the end of his life - whether he had truly helped others and wasn't certain if he had in his career, he wanted to. If not, I hope the Universe forgave him for being merely human. ( Read more... )
BYT apparently worked on her vacation. She had too many fires to put out. I told her that this wasn't healthy. ( Read more... )
3. I'm currently making my way through T Kingfisher's The Hollow Places which while not nearly as good as The Twisted Ones, reminds me a great deal of it. Also I'm picking up a pattern in her writing - she likes quirky characters, particularly flamboyant gay characters who dress inappropriately for horrific adventures. It does admittedly lend a sense of humor to the proceedings, also a sense of disbelief. I'm not sure I can see anyone dressing up in a top hat, fish net stockings, bright red shorts, to go look for monsters. But that's just me.
Her protagonists are a lot like her - except divorced or going through a breakup. I've friended her on Twitter - this is how I know. She has a similar narrative voice regarding herself. That's the difficulty with writing in first person, which Kingfisher does, you can sound a bit too much like well yourself? I don't mind. I like her narrative voice and her protagonists - who are all in their 30s, either graphic artists or editors (my father's complaint about writer's characters realized), spend lots of time on social media with fanfic, and are bit too curious for their own good. It's a horror novel, that last bit goes with the territory - and she does make fun of it.
There's a snarky dry wit in there, and an absurdist sense of humor. Which works for me, but may annoy some. The narrator is self-deprecating.
The other similarity - is the portal to another world - one that is kind of unnerving. Kingfisher seems to be in to that? This one doesn't work quite as well as the Twisted Ones, and drags more. But still more entertaining than the romance novels - which I finally burned out on. If I read one more book where the hero is yearning for the heroine but can't bring himself to tell her - I'm going to boink myself in the head.
I'm apparently on a horror kick at the moment - or craving it. May be a result of reading one too many romance novels? At least Kingfisher's horror novels don't have any romance in them - friendship yes, creature comforts, yes, romance no.
She basically told him that his attempt to interfere was unconstitutional and he clearly didn't understand the law at all. Or to politely frak off.
( Read more... )
2. The heat wave - minor that it was - honestly, it was only three days (it has to be at least three days to qualify as a heat wave) - is breaking up tonight and tomorrow. It's going to rain. Already becoming overcast as we speak. Expect showers sometime tomorrow and into the weekend.
And I'm thankful for A/C.
Tomorrow - I've a lot to do work wise. My occupation is hard to explain to folks. The title doesn't help, because there's similar titles across the industry, but none do the same things. Nor are they paid the same nor do they have the same responsibilities.
I've been getting a lot of emails from firms specializing in AI - and AI frankly scares me. Let me explain? They are costing people jobs. Millions of high paying jobs. I can't do anything about it. The good news? I'm in my late fifties and nearing retirement. I don't have any children. My niece is going into fields that aren't AI oriented. It won't be any skin off my nose at least.
I am insanely proud that I have never worked in an organization that hurt others nor done a job that deliberately, actively or inadvertently harmed others, animals, or living thing (well for the most part - I'm sure trains have run into things occasionally, but it really wasn't the train's fault). How many people can truly say this, I wonder? My father struggled with it towards the end of his life - whether he had truly helped others and wasn't certain if he had in his career, he wanted to. If not, I hope the Universe forgave him for being merely human. ( Read more... )
BYT apparently worked on her vacation. She had too many fires to put out. I told her that this wasn't healthy. ( Read more... )
3. I'm currently making my way through T Kingfisher's The Hollow Places which while not nearly as good as The Twisted Ones, reminds me a great deal of it. Also I'm picking up a pattern in her writing - she likes quirky characters, particularly flamboyant gay characters who dress inappropriately for horrific adventures. It does admittedly lend a sense of humor to the proceedings, also a sense of disbelief. I'm not sure I can see anyone dressing up in a top hat, fish net stockings, bright red shorts, to go look for monsters. But that's just me.
Her protagonists are a lot like her - except divorced or going through a breakup. I've friended her on Twitter - this is how I know. She has a similar narrative voice regarding herself. That's the difficulty with writing in first person, which Kingfisher does, you can sound a bit too much like well yourself? I don't mind. I like her narrative voice and her protagonists - who are all in their 30s, either graphic artists or editors (my father's complaint about writer's characters realized), spend lots of time on social media with fanfic, and are bit too curious for their own good. It's a horror novel, that last bit goes with the territory - and she does make fun of it.
There's a snarky dry wit in there, and an absurdist sense of humor. Which works for me, but may annoy some. The narrator is self-deprecating.
The other similarity - is the portal to another world - one that is kind of unnerving. Kingfisher seems to be in to that? This one doesn't work quite as well as the Twisted Ones, and drags more. But still more entertaining than the romance novels - which I finally burned out on. If I read one more book where the hero is yearning for the heroine but can't bring himself to tell her - I'm going to boink myself in the head.
I'm apparently on a horror kick at the moment - or craving it. May be a result of reading one too many romance novels? At least Kingfisher's horror novels don't have any romance in them - friendship yes, creature comforts, yes, romance no.