Duke Ellington -- Night Creature (Second Movement): Stalking Monster

#CoSoMusic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmLLjDVyhGk

I watched the Scare Up The Vote video on YouTube. It was delightful and, at times, incredibly moving. Give it a watch if you care about, well, anything. It will give your TBR pile a massive growth spurt.

I did not know Alma Katsu had a 35yr career in Intelligence. She said her former colleagues in Intelligence and National Security are terrified of a second Trump term. Now that is blood-curdling.

#politics
#books

Gorgeous walk today.

#walking

OMG, there was a Scare Up The Vote event for Harris & Walz. This lineup of horror writers in insane. How did I miss this?

https://www.youtube.com/live/-CgHmnXRKdg

#politics

For reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6ShOFe6xo

I asked my Mets fan husband how he was feeling this morning, and he started singing "I'm not sad, you're sad" from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 🤣

#sports

There once was a wee baby troll
Who stumbled out of its bolt-hole.
Thought it came to play,
So it started to bray,
But in these parts we stop, block, and roll.

#Poetry

@corlin
Happy birthday! 🎂

My hopes for a Subway Series are fading. 😖

#sports
#MLB

Alexander Litvinovsky -- Tales of the Magic Tree: IV. Spider Knows His Craft
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#CoSoMusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKUbYGWkz5A

My nephew went to orchestral show last night. The first half was various space-themed classical music (lots of Holst's The Planets), and the second half was all music from Star Wars. I'm so jealous. ❤️

My dad thought he saw the comet, so he called to ask if I could see it too.

There was too much light pollution, but my phone camera was picking up stars, so I took a picture.

I got the comet by accident! 🤣

Then I grabbed my binoculars and had a nice long look at Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. So freaking awesome!

And sometimes the mummies were then ground up and used in "medicines" that were thought to make people live longer.

Went to a rally today for the local Dems and Paula Collins, who is running to unseat Stefanik. It was fantastic. Then I went to a Halloween event at a house museum, where they discussed burial/mourning rituals from different cultures.

I learned that, when wrapping mummies, the Egyptians would include gems and such. Then I learned that wealthy Europeans would buy Egyptian mummies and have unwrapping parties to see what falls out. 😱

The bad: Friday night takeout ended with me finding a piece of steak at the bottom of my vegan rice and beans bowl. 🤢

The good: We went to my dad's and watched the Mets and Yankees win. 👍 👍

#Sports

Duran Duran -- Evil Woman

#CoSoMusic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDodrzJk5_k

Happy Saturday, CoSo! Today is the Freedom to Read Day of Action. Here is a write-up of actions taking place across the country, as well as links to find an event near you.

https://pen.org/press-release/saturday-october-19-freedom-to-read-day-of-action-draws-attention-to-book-bans-and-how-the-public-can-engage-to-stop-them/

#CoSoBooks
#OpenCarryBooks

This week suuuuuuuuuucked. Sucked. Bring on the weekend!