So naturally I just picked up standing room ticket for Bree Larson in Electra.

Okay, but when would you have that opportunity again? Definitely a good choice!

Exactly. What am I, going to go sit in my hotel room?

Good news from the Cincinnati Nazi demonstration! Although the cops blocked to overpass so those assheads could wave their Nazi flags, a group of young people busted through the police line as the Nazis fled in their box truck. The kids stole the Nazis flag and set it on fire.

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I believe that children are the future.

The kids stole the Nazis flag and set it on fire.

That is so awesome.

I believe that children are the future.

Teach a child to punch a Nazi when they're young, and they'll fuck up Fascists for a lifetime.

Matilda with a new friend, in Kyoto, in the snow: [link]

After much window rattling storm and rain we have a glorious blue sky today.

I'm going to try and mediate my Saturday between Needful Tasks and Faffing Off. This is the wisdom of age - you don't have to settle for binary choices. I can do a few Needful Things and then Faff Off.

Or as I have come to think of it relative to my home: "just pick up one pile."

One of the tasks on my list today was to read a book I just bought. I mean, sit down, concentrate, and read without any interruptions. It was way harder than it seemed.

The events in the world right now have just been making everything feel like an onerous task. The depression fog in my brain is no fun at all.

I had a church retreat today that was about making space and building community, and it was just what I needed. Would recommend! We ended by walking a labyrinth, which I didn't think I would get into, but did.

And tomorrow I have a snow day, which I'm really looking forward to -- church is on zoom and my band session was cancelled. It's more of a snow day than I probably would have gotten on a weekday at this point.

Nice on both counts, Jesse! I love a labyrinth. Though I never know how to spell it.

I miss the community of church. I tried a UU congregation near me, but it wasn't quite the thing.

I’ve started trying local Methodists churches since I moved. They voted to accept LGBTQ+ marriages and let any church that wanted to do so perform them, which had been a stumbling block for me before that was thrashed out. They lost some people over it (good riddance), so I’m trying to do my best mannerly meet-and-greet while letting them know, as appropriate, that the change is what brought me back. Could be some community there. They’re doing a lot of work with people in poorer areas, especially over in Pontiac, so that’s also a plus.

I enjoyed Hec and Brenda’s travel stories. Brenda, I would have bought that tea box, too, and I don’t even like tea. I’m sure I could have found something to store in it.