They soak up the dark, damp ground
Today is mostly work, but at least it is not mostly doctor's appointments. I failed to fight off the respiratory thing, but I have antibiotics and cats. Dr. Autolycus is in fact reading over my shoulder as we speak. Have some links.
1. I would not previously have said there was any point in an instrumental cover of Tom Lehrer, but Sam Edelston's "Masochism Tango" has done much to change my mind. On the 3-string piano. A friend says it reminds them of Anton Karas' theme for The Third Man (1949) and I say I would watch the heck out of that film noir.
2. In other musical (P.D.Q. Bach-esque question mark goes here) discoveries, please enjoy Pachelbel's Canon according to Czech train horns.
3. So I think that thing with civet cat coffee has been topped.
4. Bone marrow transplants do weird things to DNA.
5. Last but not at all least, the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast will be open to short fiction submissions in January! Lesbians before 1900, professional rates, fantastic elements accepted. Knock this one out of the park, people.
I have started to feel lately as though I need to mention every movie I see even if I don't actually review it. I do not want to start logging movies. I have avoided that mindset with books for decades. It is not a way I wish to relate to my media and I'm really not hurting for accountability in the rest of my life. This complaint separate from all the movies I want to review and, as with so many other things I enjoy, need the time for. (ETA: Although I bet it is related to the conversation I was having last night with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spatch about movies with one scene or gesture or character I really love and the rest of the movie, eh.)
1. I would not previously have said there was any point in an instrumental cover of Tom Lehrer, but Sam Edelston's "Masochism Tango" has done much to change my mind. On the 3-string piano. A friend says it reminds them of Anton Karas' theme for The Third Man (1949) and I say I would watch the heck out of that film noir.
2. In other musical (P.D.Q. Bach-esque question mark goes here) discoveries, please enjoy Pachelbel's Canon according to Czech train horns.
3. So I think that thing with civet cat coffee has been topped.
4. Bone marrow transplants do weird things to DNA.
5. Last but not at all least, the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast will be open to short fiction submissions in January! Lesbians before 1900, professional rates, fantastic elements accepted. Knock this one out of the park, people.
I have started to feel lately as though I need to mention every movie I see even if I don't actually review it. I do not want to start logging movies. I have avoided that mindset with books for decades. It is not a way I wish to relate to my media and I'm really not hurting for accountability in the rest of my life. This complaint separate from all the movies I want to review and, as with so many other things I enjoy, need the time for. (ETA: Although I bet it is related to the conversation I was having last night with
spatch about movies with one scene or gesture or character I really love and the rest of the movie, eh.)
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My cat just bugged me to get out of my seat because he knows sitting too long at the desk is bad. Cats: they are good for our health. (And much power to your antibiotics--here is to your quick healing)
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You're welcome! The entire thing delights me, including the guest appearance by Thomas the Tank Engine.
My cat just bugged me to get out of my seat because he knows sitting too long at the desk is bad. Cats: they are good for our health.
I have been trapped for hours on a couch by mine, but I still think it's true.
(And much power to your antibiotics--here is to your quick healing)
Thank you!
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I read that bone marrow/DNA story -- so bizarre!
And that gin... I'll stick to rhubarb and ginger, I think :D
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Thank you! The doctor has been most attentive so far, by which I mean he's spent most of the day on my lap.
I read that bone marrow/DNA story -- so bizarre!
I hadn't realized it was possible to become a chimera. And of course there's a crime-story angle.
And that gin... I'll stick to rhubarb and ginger, I think
I've never had rhubarb and ginger gin, but even without the alternative of elephant, it sounds great to me.
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Pregnant women absorb some fetal cells, meaning that I as the mother of a son now may contain, somewhere, cells with my husband's Y chromosome. I thought that was quite freaky enough. (Oh, and when checking my vague memory of this phenomenon, I found that the fetus also absorbs cells from the mother.) https://aeon.co/essays/microchimerism-how-pregnancy-changes-the-mothers-very-dna
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He is applying plenty of medicinal purr.
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I'd like that island and a recyclable pocket of space-time, thank you.
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I try to use only truthful hyperbole!
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You have heard Martin Carthy play that, I hope?
The Czech trains are adorable.
So glad that Dr. Autolycus makes house calls.
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Because you sent it to me!
The Czech trains are adorable.
I am listening to them literally in order to feel better about my day.
So glad that Dr. Autolycus makes house calls.
He's excellent at persuading the patient to stay in bed.
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Thought I had, but I've been known to have lapses.
Lapses? Dr. Autolycus knows just what to do with them.
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