July 27, 2023

For some reason, my mom thinks flowers class up her joint more than pink flamingos and a lawn gnome. Today is her birthday, so I guess she can be right until midnight.

 

July 24, 2023

Duck's dark night of the soul.

  

July 21, 2023

'Twas an eventful day:

 

(1) Ready to leave Pgh for Boston with my road duck. (As I was leaving my apartment, I overheard the parsley plants telling him, "Don't worry, she's mostly harmless.")

 

(2) Summary of my trip: rain and fog > sunshine > rain > sun/clouds > Biblical flood rains with lightning from northern CT most of the way to Boston. Total driving time 12+ hours. I pulled over at one point under an overpass to wait out a particularly heavy downpour, and since duck was impatient to continue, I showed him what we were up against. He affirmed my decision in his inimitable way: "That's a nasty looking bubble bath."

 

 

 

July 21, 2023

Have duck, will travel. 😁 

 

July 19, 2023

Two hours of electrolysis sucks rhino penis. Not gonna lie. 😖

July 16, 2023

Latest foodie adventures chez Stas:

(1) Fun with fungi #2: golden and pink oyster mushrooms, sauteed with onion and garlic in olive oil and butter. These varieties took longer to cook, so since I set some aside for a quiche, I'm debating how to handle 'em when I put it together.

(2) Visitation in the marinade for an eggplant salad. I'm still debating how anxious I should be...

  

July 3, 2023

Thrilled to receive a plug from City of Asylum's bookstore!

 

July 2, 2023

Just so we're clear, the case that served as the springboard for SCOTUS's latest rollback of LGBTQ+ rights was evidently fabricated. And that's not all: the man whose name the plaintiff cited in the case has said he never made the request for service mentioned in the case, is in fact straight and has been married for 15 years (the document in which his request is mentioned dates to 2017: six years ago), and is a web designer and could thus design his own wedding website in any event. Chance that these revelations will move the court to overturn their decision: likely less than/equal to 0%. Whee!

 

"Smith [plaintiff] named Stewart — and included a website service request from him, listing his phone number and email address in 2017 court documents. But Stewart told The Associated Press he never submitted the request and didn’t know his name was invoked in the lawsuit until he was contacted this week by a reporter from The New Republic, which first reported his denial.

 

"'I was incredibly surprised given the fact that I’ve been happily married to a woman for the last 15 years,' said Stewart, who declined to give his last name for fear of harassment and threats. His contact information, but not his last name, were listed in court documents.

 

"He added that he was a designer and 'could design my own website if I need to' — and was concerned no one had checked into the validity of the request cited by Smith until recently."

 

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