This is a pairing of evil. Plus, it's payday for me this year. I am in so much danger.

I always think, well this book is a cute little middle grade. I am a big strong adult. It will be breezy and fun to read.
Cut to me bawling because the cute little MG book broke my heart. I fall for this every time.

Number of National Guards needed to oversee my commute: 7.

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I am not sure how I feel about 2010 being 16 years ago. But wow. Thanks for the time capsule!

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Available for small, paid tasks—fast turnaround. I can help with transcription, research (including genealogy), data entry, typing, or proofreading. Flexible rates. If you’ve got something tedious you’ve been putting off, message me.

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As a former StoryCorps facilitator, this is fucking disgusting.

End the project already, Dave.

You created a good model: you encouraged people to sit and do oral history for 20 yrs.

Turning StoryCorps into a surveillance capitalism nightmare is not worth the money to keep the project going.

There ya go!

I think he gets hot sauce for his birthday and all other present related holidays now. Apparently he can't find it without you.

It continues to be shocking how few of the top leadership positions at FEMA are filled right now.

According to their website (which says it was last updated yesterday, despite the bizarre shutdown situation) FEMA does not have an administrator, deputy administrator or a deputy chief of staff.

I am getting political texts for an Emily. And now insurance texts for a Nicole. I miss when Jose was shopping for a minivan and giving car sales peeps my number.

Have you looked at the Kobo Originals? I confess I read them in ebook format, but they have real people narrators.There's a Jackie Lau and an Alexis Hall.

Currently trying to explain to my cat that I get to stay up late on Friday nights.

This is an important update.

Yes indeed.

I wish you and your BFF many happy visits.

In other news, heard two casual readers gushing about Sangu Mandanna's A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping and did not tackle them and force them to listen to other reading suggestions.

It's DC Emancipation Day, and yet we are under military occupation.

Number of National Guards needed to oversee my commute/errands this evening: 11.

Ooh, adventure kitty potential here! Good job, Violet!

My calendar spied on my email and made me a calendar alert for a trip I am not taking. Technology is fun.

🐣🐤🐥🏒

D2D is my only distribution access to several sources, including Hoopla and Apple. I also really like their print service, even though the prices are a lot these days.

Draft2Digital will now charge authors a $12 USD annual fee if they make less than $100 USD a year. People who make $100 or more will be exempt from this.

New accounts will also be charged a $20 USD activation fee.

The radio is sooo many minutes behind the game tonight. They are still playing intermission updates. They are close to five minutes behind.

Blue potholder with various fruits surrounding the text: Easy as pie is such a lie.

Made a BlueQ order and they tossed in some extras including this amazing potholder:

*Redacted sports related cursing*

Red graphic with a white note taped to the center that says “We Stand in Opposition to H.R. 7661”. Beneath the title is a subtitle that says, “A joint statement plus action items”.

Statement in opposition to H.R. 7661: “The freedom to speak and to read is a fundamental principle of the United States of America. That is why we have joined together — parents, students, educators, library workers, authors, free expression advocates, booksellers, and publishers — to stand in support of our nation’s school-aged children and teens and in opposition to H.R. 7661. H.R. 7661, if passed, will compel nationwide book censorship. It confuses obscenity with identity and stigmatizes vulnerable young people, particularly trans children and teens, based on who they are. It will continue to drain funding from our already underfunded schools and libraries. And it will threaten the creativity and critical thinking that are vital to education in the U.S.”

Statement in opposition to H.R. 7661: “A core principle of democracy, freedom, and liberty is that the government does not choose what people get to read and who they get to be. This country has a long history of protecting our freedoms. H.R. 7661 goes against this. Together, we say that this bill goes against the U.S. Constitution, local self-determination, access to books, and a society that is welcoming for everyone, no matter who they are. Our schools deserve better than this. Our children and teens — all of them, without exception — deserve better than this. We urge the U.S. House of Representatives to vote NO on H.R. 7661 or, better yet, to not take it up for a vote at all.”

WNDB stands alongside over 100 grassroots and national advocacy organizations, publishers, booksellers, parent groups, and professional associations in opposition to H.R. 7661.

Use the EveryLibrary action center to contact your representative(s):

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Right back atcha!

As someone who did podcast transcription, the auto captioning briefly got better, to where names and speaker swaps were its biggest issues. And then it got worse again. It's so frustrating.