A business traveler’s lament: I should get extra points when I check out of one Marriott just to fly to another city and check into a different Marriott property. Next week: two Courtyards and a Marriott with a chance of a third Courtyard.
"Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised."
I had my 🌈 mask on at the casino tonight & started talking a guy at the tables about the local pride festival & how he & his wife go with their kids, all pretty normal so far, then he mentioned how he knows bunch of straight drag queens from back when he & his wife were really into 🍍.
I enjoy for the casino for a great many reasons, not the least of which are the characters I meet, particularly at locals casinos like the one near me. And boy howdy I met a character tonight.
My movie club discussed Cinema Paradiso this week & during our discussion I could not find an internet resource that lists all the movies they show throughout Cinema Paradiso. 1) we used to be a society full of niche blogs like this 2) someone needs to do this for me before I go down a rabbit hole.
I do not think Stereophonic is perfect but it was very good and I have been thinking about it since I saw it yesterday afternoon and that’s certainly something.
Now about the number: on Friday @inastraightline.bsky.social and I were walking out of Central Park and it was muggy and a halal cart was playing Empire State of Mind and I told her it was a perfect New York moment. And so yes, going to the first commercial with that was perfect.
That opening performance was great and all and more on that later but HOLD UP: LENA WAITHE AND CYNTHIA ERIVO!!!???!!! GO GAYS, HAPPY PRIDE! And thank you Tony’s for giving them a front row seat.
In Columbia for the day & stopped at Rush’s, like you do, have heard the terrible cover of 32 Flavors, the weird 90s pop version of Kyrie Eleison, and now Amy Grant singing Baby Baby. Pretty sure I entered a time warp.
I'll be reposting this all month.
You should know the Boskovitch fan, and so should all your friends. it's incredible art history as well as Queer history.
In a one on one meeting today with one of the youths on my team (approx age 25), I told him I found a cool article he would like in one of my google alerts this morning. I then spent the rest of the meeting answering his questions about google alerts and what the internet used to be.
My God, this is the best poem I've read in months. "When My Daughter Tells Me I was Never Punk," by Jessica Walsh. (Sorry the alt text doesn't go all the way to the end, but you can find the poem online.)
I understand that a proper baked potato is baked in the oven and those are the fluffiest. However, sometimes I’m just hungry and it’s far easier to microwave a russet potato (poke holes in it first) for like 7 minutes, add cheese and etc, and dinner.