blog 2, old joke about electric something

The spider rides the dead toad across the water. Much to think about.

Sometimes I just look at this photo of when people had to enjoy the local canal (not optional).

this will be my go-to excuse from now on

Fun fact! one of Strelka's puppies was named Pushinka and given to JFK as a gift to help ease Cold War tensions. Pushinka later had puppies of her own and her descendants are still living as of 2024.

The [skunk] is a low animal, about the size of a little dog or cat. I mention it here, not on account of its excellence, but to make of it a symbol of sin. I have seen three or four of them. It has black fur, quite beautiful and shining; and has upon its back two perfectly white stripes, which join near the neck and tail, making an oval that adds greatly to their grace. The tail is bushy and well furnished with hair, like the tail of a Fox; it carries it curled back like that of a Squirrel. It is more white than black; and, at the first glance, you would say, especially when it walks, that it ought to be called Jupiter's little dog. But it is so stinking and casts so foul an odor, that it is unworthy of being called the dog of Pluto. No sewer ever smelled so bad. I would not have believed it if I had not smelled it myself. Your heart almost fails you when you approach the animal; two have been killed in our court, and several days afterward there was such a dreadful odor throughout our house that we could not endure it. I believe the sin smelled by Saint Catherine de Sienne must have had the same vile odor.

I laughed out loud. Alone. 10/10.

I gotta start turning this post into an archive, lol

And maybe no one will ever know. But maybe also some day more than a century down the line, maybe some idiot will be crying into her coffee because of what you died trying.

lol

It was only possible to keep some people at home because others had to keep working in person. You could get groceries delivered because someone else shopped for you. You could do video calls because someone else was still working at the electric plant. Etc. Like, i get what the tweet is saying and don't completely disagree, but, uh, it's not completely right either and dismisses a major and unpleasant part of that reality.

So the fact that OP's post forgot about the existence of people like me is not the least bit surprising. Disappointing, yes, but not surprising.