Also no one is sleeping.

Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit…

Rare image of a stork delivering a baby!

Viewpoint diversity means both kinds of viewpoints, Republican and Republican.

Has anyone written a Captain Proton and Sanctuary Moon crossover?

Common fallacies in action.

Cribbed from my friend, @aahabershaw.bsky.social:

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Books I read in March (2/2):
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• Seanan McGuire, Pocket Apocalypse
• Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Renegat

Books I read in March (1/2):
• Elizabeth Peters, The Murders of Richard III
• Carlo Collodi, The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) (tr. Nicolas J. Perella)
• Adrian Tchaikovsky, Pretenders to the Throne of God
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Matzo Lasagna Recipe • 4★ • 1 1/2 hrs In this browned baked dish, matzo crackers replace the usual pasta for a rich, ricotta-filled lasagna that’s Passover-friendly and relatively easy In this version, the ricotta is flecked with basil, a...

The recipe I used, for the record, was cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020... (except I cut it in half to fit in a square pan).

A square glass pan with suspiciously precise square lasagna in it, covered with red sauce and melted cheese.

Why is this lasagna different from all other lasagna?

Before you get involved in an argument on here, ask yourself: is this person really worth my time and energy? Most of the time, they will not be. Maybe other people observing are worth it, maybe not. But remember, you do not need to fix everyone. You are not the jackass whisperer.

You Haven't Lived Until You've Tried This 20 Minute Cacio e Pepe! This authentic cacio e pepe is adapted from Anthony Bourdain's favorite Roman restaurant. 3 ingredients (no butter!) and ready in 20 minutes!

The first time I made bucatini cacio e pepe, I used the version that includes butter and Parmesan. Turns out that the purist version, just pecorino, pepper, and pasta water, isn't so hard either.

urbanfarmie.com/authentic-ca...

Photo of a black pillow in a black chair. Two slightly angry looking cat eyes stare out from the pillow’s lower half

the vengeful pillow

by Edward Gorey

Makes me wonder how many of them are false flags.

b/w image of a horse, saddled and with rein and stirrups, and a cat on its back. It is captioned “CAT RIDES A HORSE. Attracts much attention on the streets of Philadelphia”. Below the image, it says: “WAFFLES HAS A GOOD TIME”

128th anniversary today of this rather important story appearing in the Lawrence Daily Journal, Kansas

Roman ruins, including brickwork and broken columns, with green grass between them. There's an orange and white cat prowling on a slab of ancient concrete. This is Largo di Torre Argentina, which includes the ruins of Pompey's Theater, where Caesar was killed.

Happy Ides of March to all who celebrate.

I think colorful men's clothing went out of fashion in Anglo-American culture in about 1800, and for some reason never came back.

Possibly some more knowledgeable person could give the exact decade.

'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years ago Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

Global antiquity! 🌎 “Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages [= Old Tamil] have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.” The graffiti discussed here is so cool and indicate Indian travellers to Roman Egypt in the 1st-3rd centuries CE www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

I recently learned that The Turn of the Screw wasn't the only Benjamin Britten opera based on a Henry James ghost story!

The other one is Owen Wingrave. It was written for the BBC, and first performed in 1970. The head of BBC2, who commissioned it, was David Attenborough.

Another big reason obsessive poll-sniffing is silly: “Public opinion” on most issues quite literally does not exist. It is an ephemeral artifact of the process of polling itself. Ask again a day later with slightly different wording & the numbers change radically.

Earlier this week I had a meeting at work where four of the other attendees were named Matt. Yesterday I learned that my employer has an internal mailing list for Matts.

Are there any pest control companies named "Daleks"? If not, why?

Happy Twin Peaks Day to all who celebrate. Have some donuts and coffee.

She is indeed all of those things! Her sister is a pretty shorthair non-dilute tortie.

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

This is Quinn, sitting on my lap on a rainy day

(The recipe includes shiitake mushrooms, and fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants.)

Vegan Mapo Tofu: Easy Recipe! - The Woks of Life Spicy, delicious mapo tofu is usually made with ground pork, but for this vegan recipe, we use chopped shiitake mushrooms and haven't sacrificed any umami!

Dinner tonight was vegan mapo tofu. (From thewoksoflife.com/vegan-mapo-t.... Recommended.) It reminded me of the funny fact that not all vegetables are plants.

NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo] YouTube video by NENA

I wonder how many people in El Paso are thinking about this song today.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5...

Hugo Award nominations now open.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.