"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Back on Track at Green Man Review

Yes, GMR is back up and there's even a new edition:
Our Elizabeth Bear edition, plus some de Lint on film and in comics, contemporary raga, lots of traditional fiddle music and a Bert Jansch tribute, and of course dragons and chocolate . . .
So skip right over and get ready for some good reading.

Friday, September 16, 2022

Today in Disgusting People

This one just floored me, although I supposse I shoulnd't have been surprised -- Fox has been getting even worse, if you can imagine such a thing. From Media Matters, via Joe.My.God.:
GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): I do have a solution and it’s a progressive solution. Give the homeless what they want because there is no way you can have a conversation with them.

You can’t reason with the unreasonable. Give them what they want but not in the city. The city allows this to happen. Move them out onto government property and let them run it.

Camp away. Give them the autonomy to truly run their lives into the ground. Harm each other. Don’t harm us anymore.

That’s the only thing you can do because it can’t get any worse than it is now. You got to move them to a place where they can live their lives.

JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): So federally funded opium dens where the homeless can kill each other.

GUTFELD: And I volunteer as mayor. I will be mayor of opium town.

The only thing that comes to mind is "morallly bankrupt". That, and "overt Naziism", but the two really go hand-in-hand.

There's video at the link, if yoou can stand it.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Green Man Review is Back

Looks like our host ha resolved their issues but the latest edition is August 21st:
Summer Queen SJ ‘Sooj’ Tucker including her performing ‘Ravens in the Library’, Swedish folk music, Matt Wagner’s Grendel and a wee bit more.
Click on over and catch up.