~cgrayson

#hashtag #sunset with #hashtag #clouds in a #hashtag #roadpic with #hashtag #nofilter

at last, it begins! “Every day for the next few weeks a judge will read two of these novels and select one to advance. Then another set of readers will offer commentary… Eventually one novel reigns supreme & we award its author a live rooster” #ToB18

fascinating story about workplace meditation and more at an Alaskan shipyard: “Vigor considers itself a second-chance employer, forgoing background checks and giving felons - and anyone else who has struggled in life – a fresh start”

Alaskan’s Baltic Porter ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #saturdaybeer

we decided to watch all the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars tomorrow, & with the The Post last night, we did it! (MoviePass ftw.) no award predictions but my favorites were Get Out, Shape of Water, & Lady Bird.

#typical

the sun did not shine. it was too wet to play. so we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day

book review: Idaho by Emily Ruskovich. a haunting story, intricately told from the viewpoints of several deeply-developed characters. probably my favorite of the 3 #ToB18 titles I’ll read before Mar. 7. 📚

Préaris’ Quadrupel ⭐️⭐️__ #saturdaybeer

garden, day 14: second planting & sprouts (shown: radish, spinach, & romaine)

stunning article based on first-hand experience of how the AR-15 is different, emphasizing the difference in power and damage caused compared to other guns. “Banning the AR-15 should not be a partisan issue.”

feel bad for everyone who wasn’t at this basically perfect Diet Cig show (temperature wasn’t perfect; almost ran A/C yesterday, then tonight I go to an outdoor concert & it’s 39°F)

book review: The Book of Joan, by Lidia Yuknavitch. a literary sci-fi apocalypse story with interesting ideas and moving scenes, undercut for me by some suspension-of-disbelief breaking aspects & a few gory moments 📚

an Army veteran on the automatic weapons he trained with (and loved shooting):

These are not deer rifles. They are not target rifles. They are people killing rifles. Let’s stop pretending they’re not.

Brain Dead’s Hammer of the Gods ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #saturdaybeer

also hilarious: FAQ: Your New Cursed Instant Pot.

Due to our unique manufacturing process and uneasy accord with a heathen idol, you may occasionally hear the tortured & infinite wails of the damned emanating from within your cursed Instant Pot

this is hilarious, down to the sponsors: a limited series (with short episodes) Onion parody of true-crime podcasts like S-Town: A Very Fatal Murder. (just two episodes there but they’re all published on iTunes, et al)

Squatter’s Outer Darkness ⭐️⭐️__ #saturdaybeer

first garden, built & planted, day 0

hey I was at this performance 🎵 First Aid Kit, It’s A Shame at ACLFest 2017. “Lately / I been thinkin' ‘bout the past / how there is no holdin’ back / no point in wastin' sorrow / on things that won’t be here tomorrow”

Atlantic City came up in iTunes shuffle today, reminding of this absolute masterpiece (best enjoyed while listening along; also, if the images seem like ancient history, note they’re from just 3 months ago) 🎵

a writer for The Atlantic on increasing the diversity of his sources. “I assumed that my passive concern would be enough. Passive concern never is.”

oh look a #nofilter #roadpic of a #sunset that’s a #first

this – about clapping (!) – is off the charts for both stupidity and repugnance. “Un-American. Somebody said treasonous. I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not? I mean they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much."

Looking forward to our Super Bowl tradition tonight: going to a restaurant that’s normally too crowded to consider on a Sunday night, because at kickoff time it will be empty.