Today, I took in:
James Fallows’ “Have They No Sense of Decency?” in The Atlantic
Mark Oppenheimer’s “How to Turn a Red State Purple (Democrats Not Required)” in Politico
an embarrassing number of Castle episodes while I worked on some admin tasks
I made:
a short blog post for tomorrow
a little more work on Spanish with Duolingo
Today, I took in:
my favorite comedy night in London, Quantum Leopard
I made:
very slow progress on learning Spanish with Duolingo
Today, I took in:
The first three essays in Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America, edited by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding
I made:
One tweet that Mallory Ortberg liked, which is something I’ll dine out on for years
Today, I took in:
2 episodes of Castle
William Faulkner’s “That Will Be Fine” in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
“I Started the Media Men List” by Moira Donegan
I made:
a return to studying Spanish on Duolingo
Today, I took in:
Dave Chappelle’s special Equanimity (over an hour of hilarity, and a truly terrible section on his defense of his bad jokes about transgender folks)
a couple episodes of Person of Interest
I made:
a Where in the World Wednesday post for today
Half Moon Pub, London, England; November 25, 2017
Today, I took in:
Matthew Gertz’s article in Politico about how closely Trump’s tweets mirror Fox & Friends on TV
Vashti Bunyan’s album Just Another Diamond Day
Today, I took in:
the rest of the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Cracked Looking-Glass” in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
I made:
perhaps a bit of a stretch, but I bought and assembled some file drawers, and organized a large corner of my room into a usable office space — this was most of my day, really
music with my community choir
Today, I took in:
“Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
new episodes of my current favorite TV shows: The Good Place and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
oh geez, four episodes of Person of Interest (they’ve really got me with their surface-level engagement with issues of privacy, security, and civil liberties)
I made:
small progress with 15 minutes of Spanish practice on Duolingo
Today, I took in:
the end of The Dark is Rising
three episodes of Castle
I made:
a couple lovely hours of music with my friend — he on guitar and me on vocals; we did a pretty kickass “Zombie” and “Wish You Were Here” and a not-bad “Spooky,” among others
small progress with five minutes of Spanish practice on Duolingo
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