"How do we practice deceit?

We rip the truth apart and weave it into the lie."

Quell
Alt'd C, ep 108

"You do understand Im a journalist? We're a dying breed, but we generally have an unerring sense of smell where bullshit concerned."

Electric Dreams - The Commuter 

I am on Chapter 26 of Fledgling, and it is just now occurring to me that one of the main themes of the novel is the ability to stay woke.

Literally.

The Dead Negro Male perspective

You can tell how enamored Americans are of their " second amendment rights ",

by how many white Men, Women and Children keep being killed by people who should not have access to as assault weapons

and nothing really changes about their access  to them.

Using terror to drive sales doesn't work if the terrorized can't get the product.


The anti-gun lobby will never work because it doesn't have a business plan.

It's Valentine's Day

and I'm currently reading Fledgling and listening to ambient music and craving intimacy...

Not intimacy as in sexual or even romantic contact...

Just quietness, nearness and frankness of discussion. Trust.

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I am currently finding it difficult to believe I have ever wanted to be in a crowd of people..but I know there is this part of me that responds to being in front of a crowd of people. I seek out small groups...maybe not that anymore. I seek out seclusion with individuals.


I wonder if that is the case with men, too? It has been for a while with femalepersons.

Hm. Boys operate in packs, no? Maybe I am still that way.


But there is something about the intimate conversion - not having to compete for attention.


Hm.



I also have a headache. I got caught in the cold and a bit wet last night. I was ok this morning, but I hope that I've not exposed myself to the superflu that is currently yesterday's news.


Another child went into a building full of other children and killed several of them today.




(sigh)

The Difficult Math of Being Native American

When you're watching Netflix BRITISH/(american) Sci-FI and you find a way to get a Latissaw/Gill joke in,

You know you're probably at the top of your game for the day.