Sunday.
Second week after the newsletter went monthly and it’s still strange to not send one. That said, I think it’s for the best – and gives me the chance to try something new at Parenthetical Recluse and in the newsletter; frequency, in this case, dictating form – speaking of: updated my frequencies page accordingly.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Proof of Existence, 16-22nov2020.
Nessie, the fallen tree limb.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Hark, the Exhaust(ed) Sounds of the Restless Roar.
Reading, 21nov2020:
Watching: THE CHASE (1946), dir. Arthur Ripley.
Ultimate kitchen crossover.
Warpless MARIO attempt, 20nov2020…
EarBliss, 20nov2020: ASPERITIES, by Julia Kent.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Afternoon Work-Intentions Lost and Found.
(Just trying out a new form of link posting; my daily, more or less, and massive Links post is getting a little stale for me.)
Links, 19nov2020
Opinion: New York Times ‘Disappears’ Rural America’s Covid Crisis, via The Daily Yonder.
Wonder Woman 1984 to Hit Theaters and HBO Max on December 25th, via Deadline.
Biden mounts lobbying blitz to crack GOP resistance to his transition, via Politico.
Hitman developers are working on a James Bond game, via The Verge.
BuzzFeed to buy HuffPost in all-stock deal, via Axios.
EarBliss, 19nov2020: DHARMA, by Tarun Balani.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Curfew / DREAMLAND.
EarBliss, 18nov2020: @ BREMEN 1964 & 1975, by Charles Mingus.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… This Fleeting Process of (Profane) Processing.
Links, 17nov2020
It’s Time to Hunker Down, via The Atlantic.
The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave, via ProPublica.
The Texas governor who refused to concede after losing a bitter election, via The Washington Post.
Amazon starts selling prescription drugs, with two-day delivery for Prime members, via Vox.
Mike Campbell on life after Tom Petty: ‘I think I found my own voice’, via The Guardian.
‘Smart’ Insulin Pen With CGM First to Launch in Emerging Field, via Medscape.
Terence Winter Exits ‘The Batman’ HBO Max TV Series, via Deadline.
The President’s Daily Brief and Presidents-Elect: A Primer, via Lawfare.
(Duly filed under “holy shit”): 9,036-piece LEGO Colosseum, via LEGO.
Bringing in the leaves.
Watching, 17nov2020: MAD LOVE (1935); dir. Karl Freund.
Since Ohio’s content do the bare minimum for COVID-prevention and attempting to appeal to non-existent “common sense”/better angels of nature, I’ll use my sterling business sense to suggest a new mask-wearing sign initiative for businesses: “Mask up or fuck off.”
Learning that once I reach the point of nearly giving up on a project, the words I’ve been seeking seem to pop up and the project lives to fight another day. Not sure if it’s a breakthrough or a cruel fuck you destined for frustration and heartbreak, but I’ll take it.
First snow-run of the season inbound.
