I'd rather rest on a true love's breast than any other where

[sovay]

This afternoon we learned that Hestia has seasonal environmental allergies. They look as though they can be readily treated and we even have a long-term plan to do so, but I feel again as though I have inflicted my health on my cats. Have some links.

1. I had missed that the Turing £50 note would be released into the wild on his birthday at the same time that an art installation commissioned in his honor was unveiled by GCHQ. It is better to honor people while they are alive to appreciate it; it is better not to have killed them. I am still glad to see them not lost to history.

2. Please enjoy the wholesome content of Columbo on gender.

3. Kohinoorgasm's "Azaadi Is Freedom Is Fate" reminds me of Born in Flames (1983) in how it is filled with queer women of color who look amazing simply by looking like themselves. Shallowly, there is also the shot of the singer wound in her braids.

4. Kai Mata's "So Hard" is one of the bounciest, catchiest, and ultimately sweetest fuck-off songs I have ever encountered. I think it pairs nicely with Lush's "Ladykillers."

5. I got to the last of these I, Claudius + Onion headlines and laughed so hard I startled spatch.

I was reading my way through the imperial adventures of H.C. McNeile's Bull-Dog Drummond (1920) when a description of a secondary character leapt out at me: "With a thoughtful smile on his face Drummond sauntered along Pall Mall. He had told Longworth more or less on the spur of the moment, knowing that gentleman's capabilities to a nicety. Under a cloak of assumed flippancy he concealed an iron nerve which had never yet failed him; and, in spite of the fact that he wore an entirely unnecessary eyeglass, he could see farther into a brick wall than most of the people who called him a fool." Percy Blakeney casts a long shadow.

It is very difficult to go to bed at a reasonable hour when a cat sleeps on your knees.

Comments

[nineweaving]

Poor Hestia!

It is better to honor people while they are alive to appreciate it; it is better not to have killed them. I am still glad to see them not lost to history.

This.

Nine

[sovay]

Poor Hestia!

She was started on her new medication this afternoon. We hope to see results soon. She is a good cat and should not be breaking out in rashes because the trees in our brave new globally warmed world won't stop having sex.

This.

If all you have left is the story, you tell it.

[cmcmck]

There's also talk of Mary Seacole turning up on a banknote which would be wonderful!

[sovay]

There's also talk of Mary Seacole turning up on a banknote which would be wonderful!

Agreed! I never thought of having to collect banknotes for the people on them before, but here we are.

[vass]

My sympathies to you and Hestia, and thank you for the songs. I listened to them one after the other, and then played P!nk's 'U + Ur Hand'.

[sovay]

My sympathies to you and Hestia, and thank you for the songs. I listened to them one after the other, and then played P!nk's 'U + Ur Hand'.

You're welcome! I had never heard the P!nk song and I see how you got there.

(And thank you. She is a good cat.)

[skygiants]

suddenly overcome with an overwhelming urge to rewatch all of I, Claudius

[sovay]

suddenly overcome with an overwhelming urge to rewatch all of I, Claudius

Would be the wrong person to talk you out of it.

[selkie]

Shallowly, I meant to thank you for that last night! You are a true friend, not just a muse.

(I worked something out about what I was writing and it turns out it wasn't broken, I had been turning the lens wrong, as per usual; also NEEDING TO GET OVER OWN FAT SELF a constant.)

Edit: not lens. One of the... glass things, ugh. The things. And you turn them until the rainbow works out properly for the angle you're standing at.

[sovay]

Shallowly, I meant to thank you for that last night! You are a true friend, not just a muse.

You are welcome!

Edit: not lens. One of the... glass things, ugh. The things. And you turn them until the rainbow works out properly for the angle you're standing at.

Kaleidoscopes! A popular queer symbol, incidentally.

[larryhammer]

That is a bouncy, catchy, sweet fuck-off song. ♥

[sovay]

That is a bouncy, catchy, sweet fuck-off song.

It's been on nonstop rotation since last night.

[asakiyume]

Wow, both those videos are just gorgeous, and the Kai Mata one was so cute, I instantly shared it with offspring. And the Lush song was great too. Thank you for sharing those! I also got a laugh out of the Columbo and I, Claudius + Onion.

Poor Hestia... though it does feel a little bit Madeline ("All the little girls cried, "Boohoo! We want to have our appendix out too!'"

[sovay]

Wow, both those videos are just gorgeous, and the Kai Mata one was so cute, I instantly shared it with offspring.

Hooray!

And the Lush song was great too.

rushthatspeaks introduced me to that one. Every now and then it just gets stuck in my head for days.

Thank you for sharing those! I also got a laugh out of the Columbo and I, Claudius + Onion.

You're welcome! I'm glad.

Poor Hestia... though it does feel a little bit Madeline ("All the little girls cried, "Boohoo! We want to have our appendix out too!'"

We could have a healthy cat! It would be fine! She gets treats for being so brave and honest no matter what!

[pameladean]

Oh, poor Hestia. Rashes are so trying to a cat. Ninja and Cassie have seasonal allergies, but they mostly sneeze. This affronts them. Fortunately, the offending substance seems to be tree pollen, which is over for the moment. May Hestia's meds be good ones.

I loved the Columbo bit.

[sovay]

May Hestia's meds be good ones.

Thank you. I send my sympathies to your tree-sneezing cats. It never occurred to me that cats could have environmental allergies, which I feel speaks to an unreasonable rise in pollen.

I loved the Columbo bit.

"I mean wow. you think my dog knows gender? that mutt doesn't know meatloaf from cigar ash".

[tree_and_leaf]

Oh, the I Claudius post is hysterical.

[sovay]

Oh, the I Claudius post is hysterical.

"This Got Out Of Hand."

[ethelmay]

It is very difficult to go to bed at a reasonable hour when a cat sleeps on your knees.

A friend of mine with a fairly recent grandbaby calls this being "naptrapped." For babies, I suppose "nappy-pinned" would be even more suitable. For cats - catnaptrapped? Catnap kidnap?

[sovay]

For cats - catnaptrapped? Catnap kidnap?

I think cat-trapped would do very well!

[jesse_the_k]

Your Tumblr / YouTube curation brings me many smiles and bubbly joy.

Will Hestia's meds increase the sleeping?

[sovay]

Your Tumblr / YouTube curation brings me many smiles and bubbly joy.

I am glad!

Will Hestia's meds increase the sleeping?

Anything that makes a cat more comfortable increases the chance of being trapped underneath it for life.

[sasha_feather]

Re Turing's likeness on money-- it reminds me of the Neko Case song "Last Lion of Albion,"

Last lion of Albion
They'll use you for centuries to come
They'll steal your patents for the sun
And you'll feel extinction
When you see your face on their money

[sovay]

Re Turing's likeness on money-- it reminds me of the Neko Case song "Last Lion of Albion,"

Yes.

(That is my favorite song off that album; it is right up there for hauntingness with "Deep Red Bells.")