There once was a person named Santos

Who lied with more aplomb than can most

His ground was so shaky
(The lies weren’t mistakies)

He even upstaged the ol’ Cheeto

I like how my “I don’t know, I’ve had this thing forever” is someone else’s “omg, vintage!”

A writer interviewed on NPR had just written (published) a book about her mother’s life after her mother died. The suggestion was that her mother wouldn’t have appreciated this while alive. (Not because she was abusive, but because she was private.)

It makes me wonder: should we honor who someone was when they lived, or safely assume that, in their new realm, if there is one, they wouldn’t mind being … exposed?

Thoughts?

A real day off should always include a decadent dessert.

I almost didn’t watch White Lotus S2. 😱

Even if you don’t normally read superhero fiction as a genre (as I didn’t, before reading Healy), give this series, this world, a try. Great stories, fun characters, and action you want to follow.
https://counter.social/@ianthealy/109649772174895186

How is Matt Gaetz still in office?

Acquaintance’s mother was, for a long time, prescribed blood pressure and cholesterol meds.

She refused to take them.

She recently had a stroke (that could have been prevented), & while her long term memory from pre-stroke is intact, her short term memory resets every ten minutes.

Now her family has to scramble for proper care.

Note to self: when prescribed meds, take them.

Are people not curious enough to ask about you / have a two-way conversation, or has there been an etiquette shift that deems questions invasive, so no one asks anything and instead talks about themselves? I think this is a genuine question.

You know you’ve been with somebody for a long time when you make a face (all alone, just thinking something), and you feel the face you’re making, and you recognize it as one of their faces. And now it’s one of your own.

I'm sure everyone else feels this way, so it's probably more of a rhetorical question than anything else, but why do Taylor Swift's songs just stick like that in your head?

I wonder how many 24-hour news hosts are talking to their literary agent right now about the DEFINITIVE BOOK on George Santos.

OBSERVABLE SELF: Stops at two cookies and is shruggy about “everything in moderation.”

AUTHENTIC SELF: Will make up for uneaten cookie with more on dinner plate.

And today in #writer gossip - I hadn’t heard about this writer before or what she (her family…? if she has one…?) did, but what a story. https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaAColeAuthor/posts/im-not-sure-where-to-start-last-night-i-got-a-message-from-rhonda-butterbaugh-as/175681348427960/

63° tomorrow? Some January. I did not come to the Northeast for this nonsense.

West Wing marathon. Is there a single actor who didn’t have a role on WW some point?

Happy new year! May you continue doing in 2023 what you loved doing in 2022.

RIP, Barbara Walters. She was somehow one of those people I expected to live forever.

"The former diamond mining town, located in the Namib desert in the south of Namibia, was home to over 1,000 people." https://www.sciencealert.com/this-abandoned-town-has-been-filling-with-sand-for-50-years