Beer and speed is okay, but the full use of your body isn't

[sovay]

I won the fish lottery today: I had built up two rewards in the Boston Smoked Fish Co.'s repeat customer program, so after I paid for my bagel I got to take home a container of salmon paté gratis plus a piece of fancy smoked salmon, as the little cats will soon find out.

I did not win the public transit lottery: the Orange Line to Sullivan was too crowded even to squeeze onto and there was a thirteen-minute wait for the next train, so I went the opposite direction to Downtown Crossing, changed for the Red Line, and was then delayed between stations thanks to the supremely unreassuring announcement of "police action at Harvard." When I finally got to Davis, I had to run three blocks after my bus. I did catch it, but I really feel this was an unnecessary touch.

I don't like LED streetlights, headlights, all that cold glare everywhere in the night; it feels like being surrounded by computer screens even when you're AFK. I spend enough of my life staring into screens for my work. I'm going to be forced into taking walks in the daytime just to get away from that blue frequency.

On the bright side, two DVDs I had ordered last week came in to the library.

On the rest of it, I want to lie down.

Comments

[kathmandu]

I drove home through Harvard, and there was a clump of protesters on JFK street, with signs about A Clean Dream Act Now, but the only police I remember was a car peacefully navigating through the rush-hour traffic, no opposition to the protest at all.

[sovay]

but the only police I remember was a car peacefully navigating through the rush-hour traffic, no opposition to the protest at all.

I'm glad to hear that. The T did not elaborate on what it meant.

[alexxkay]

Coincidentally, tonight's reading to Kestrell (The Wicked + the Divine issue #12) prompted a mention by her of "police action" at a subway station.

https://retconpunchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/inanna-symbol.jpg

(This hypothetical police action would be *after* the battling gods have left the scene... and the property damage.)

[sovay]

(This hypothetical police action would be *after* the battling gods have left the scene... and the property damage.)

Those are some craters in concrete. Who are the combatants?

[alexxkay]

Baal and The Morrigan. Baal is upset because in the previous issue Morrigan's lover Baphomet killed Baal's lover Inanna. All of whom are members of The Pantheon, a group of gods that are all reborn (briefly) into the bodies of young people every 90 years.

The series is a fantastic (in multiple senses) examination of fame, creativity, mortality, and their interactions. Six collected volumes (of an eventual nine) are out, and hopefully available via your library.

[asakiyume]

What a nice treat! I hope the humans are getting a bit of the smoked salmon too.

Police actions and LED lights.... the world we live in.

[thisbluespirit]

Fish and DVDs, could be worse!

[gwynnega]

Now I want smoked salmon.

[drwex]

I initially had that reaction to LED lights. I'm getting used to it, and I console myself with the knowledge that the savings to the planet are enormous. So there's that.

[sovay]

Six collected volumes (of an eventual nine) are out, and hopefully available via your library.

I read the first two when they came out, but have not followed up since. I'm glad to hear it's still going strong.

[sovay]

What a nice treat! I hope the humans are getting a bit of the smoked salmon too.

Oh, yes. But it is important to share with small cats.

Police actions and LED lights.... the world we live in.

I like some aspects of it very much, but others need a serious overhaul.

[sovay]

Fish and DVDs, could be worse!

This is very true!

[sovay]

Now I want smoked salmon.

I'm sorry! (I kind of always want smoked salmon.)

[sovay]

I'm getting used to it, and I console myself with the knowledge that the savings to the planet are enormous.

The savings to the planet are enormous so long as humans don't decide just because LEDs are cheap and efficient they're also safe to stick over every square foot of the planet, which is unfortunately just what humans are doing: "[S]aving energy while reducing light pollution is certainly possible, as long as the energy that is saved isn't spent on adding more light sources."

[gwynnega]

I ended up having it for dinner.

[sovay]

I ended up having it for dinner.

Excellent plan.