Month: May 2020

Athenae, Catblogging1 Comment

Sunday Catblogging

Allison Hantschel

Ada disapproves. She disapproves of us being home. She disapproves when we leave. She disapproves of us cleaning, but will also chase us around the house yowling when her litterbox is not pristine and her water bowl not refreshed. She viscerally loathes dust bunnies and will try to bite them when they appear. She screams for food, only to back away and let bro-lo el gordito eat it all. She wants to lay on top of me when I’m reading, but then paws me in the face. This look of vague contempt follows us from one room to the next … Continue reading Sunday Catblogging

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How To Read the Numbers

Allison Hantschel

#BREAKING: Georgia verifies 1K new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours https://t.co/vtY9T7nrKb — Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) May 1, 2020 I read this splashed all over everything and watched people scream about how THIS PROVES GEORGIA CAN’T GO BACK TO NORMAL and of course it can’t, but this doesn’t prove dick other than that 1,000 people who weren’t tested before got tested. It’s why testing is the key to this whole thing. You have no idea how many people have this and can spread it until you test everyone. Your county has no cases? Unless you have tested everyone there, you don’t … Continue reading How To Read the Numbers

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Can’t Let Go

Peter Adrastos Athas
Masks by Jackson Pollock

We had some first world problems at Adrastos World HQ this week: a cable box containing 60 episodes of Law & Order died. I battled the provider to a draw but losing the season-5 episodes with the perfect L&O cast of Orbach, Noth, Merkerson, Waterson, Hennessy, and Hill hurt:

Law & Order is my pandemic jam and it’s not currently on a streaming service. I can’t let go of the craving.Told ya this was a first world problem.

I hope that those of you who have read my previously unpublished law school mystery, Tongue In The Mail, enjoyed it. If you haven’t read it, give it a shot by clicking on this link. The serialization is dead, long live the serialization.

This week we have a trio of theme songs with the same title. Our first Can’t Let Go was written by Bryan Ferry for his 1978 solo album The Bride Stripped Bare. Here’s a double dose with the studio original and Roxy Music live:

Our second Can’t Let Go was written by Lucinda Williams for her classic 1998 album, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road:

Our final Can’t Let Go was written by Bill Meyers, Maurice White, and Allee Willis for Earth Wind & Fire’s 1979 album I Am.

I don’t know about you but I’m having a hard time letting go. Perhaps a jump to the break is in order.

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