I’d forgotten I got this and just started listening to it. If you listened to the band Belly in the 90s and liked their 2nd album, King, you should give this a spin. Holidays 2022, by Belly

The Seattle Public Library on LinkedIn: Books Unbanned The Seattle Public Library believes in your right to read what you want, discover yourself, and form your own opinions. Starting today, we are joining Brooklyn Public Library in offering our collection of e-books and e-audiobooks to teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. through the “Books Unbanned” initiative. Happy National Library Week 📚

🫠 I’m a bit overwhelmed with information and knowledge gathering at my new job. And when I’m overwhelmed I forget things. Things like appointments with my therapist. Oops.

Kate Bush’s album of re-worked and re-mixed and re-recorded songs, Director’s Cut, is my favorite Kate Bush album. I love the maturity in the songs, the arrangements, and her voice.

🎵 NOW PLAYING: LILY (2018 REMASTER) BY KATE BUSH FROM THE ALBUM DIRECTOR'S CUT (2018 REMASTER) ON MUSIC

🎵 Now Playing: Lily (2018 Remaster) by Kate Bush from the album Director’s Cut (2018 Remaster) on Music

🎵 This looks like an interesting music app…KORD Multitrack Music Player - apps.apple.com KORD is the first subscription-based service to offer access to stems - the building blocks of songs. KORD’s patented interactive music player empowers listeners to deconstruct landmark songs and discover how they were built, track by track. All stems featured in KORD are licensed from the original multi-track master recordings, enabling subscribers to hear the music exactly as it was recorded in the studio.

I really, really like the team I work with. This sign set the tone for our team meeting yesterday. 🥰

Awesome! Dolly Parton Awarded Honorary Membership in the American Library Association (ALA)

THE CONSEQUENCE OF MINORITY RULE 🤬

“I wanted to address my senators, Cruz and Cornyn,” Amanda Zurawski told the Senate Committee on the Judiciary today at a hearing on reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision. Zurawski’s water broke 18 weeks into her pregnancy, making it impossible for her fetus to survive. Because of the vague and extreme antiabortion bill Texas lawmakers had passed, her health care providers refused to treat her so long as the fetus had a heartbeat, denying her an abortion.

If it seems to you like women in Red states are the subjects of witch hunts, you’re right. And it has nothing to do with “life”: it’s all about economic and political power. I hate politicians. Men are No Longer Burning Women at the Stake - They’re Now Killing Them By “Big Government”

🎵 Now Playing: Big Time (Extended Version) by Peter Gabriel from the album Flotsam and Jetsam on Music

Peter Gabriel has been releasing a string of singles lately and I like them. I should find out why he’s doing it. This one isn’t my favorite but appears to be the newest.

🎵 Now Playing: Ordinary Angels (2014 Remaster) by Frente! from the album Marvin the Album - 21st Anniversary Edition (Deluxe) on Music

I signed up for my friend Daron Larson’s mindfulness newsletter. You should, too. He’s really good. But I was not expecting such a deep, real, and complicated existential CAPTCHA moment. Am I? Am I a human? I’m not a robot. Check the box. Am I? Am I a human?

🎵 Now Playing: I Am the Black Gold of the Sun (feat. Jocelyn Brown) by Nuyorican Soul from the album Nuyorican Soul on Music

This is the poem our officiant, Heidi, read out loud to us when she married us. It’s by Anis Mojgani, and so is the photo (thepianofarm.com). “The feather house” If there is a room inside of me with your name written in it the language it is written in is a lovely one. One of figs and birds and beaches the color of butter. The walls blue and at least one of them made from nothing but windows.

👺 ONE PSYCHOTIC NUT JOB IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMOVAL OF DOZENS OF BOOKS FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES. HIS LIST OF “CONCERNING” TITLES HAS OVER 3,600 BOOKS ON IT. HE READILY ADMITS HE HASN’T READ A SINGLE ONE OF THEM. PROTECT YOUR RIG

👺 One psychotic nut job in Florida has been responsible for the removal of dozens of books from schools and libraries. His list of “concerning” titles has over 3,600 books on it. He readily admits he hasn’t read a single one of them. Protect your right to read. Happy National Library Week. https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/florida-school-district-bans-dozens

7️⃣ Today’s my 7-year anniversary to my honey. We were at lunch when I asked if he wanted to go get married. “Right now?” “Yep. Right now.” And so we did. And it was the best decision I’ve ever made. He is the most treasured thing in my life. I just can’t picture life without him.

My only ONLY complaint about mb is that the native iOS app doesn’t automatically save draft posts. Just lost a good one. I’d left it for a few minutes to pull some stuff from Safari and when I came back, poof. No more. 😫😖😭

🎵 Now Playing: Watching You Without Me (2018 Remaster) by Kate Bush from the album Hounds of Love (2018 Remaster) on Music

🥱 Ugh, Biden.

🫤 Tried listening to the new Everything but the Girl album. Tracey Thorne’s voice just sounds so different now I couldn’t handle it. So I put on their Amplified Heart instead and I’m singing along.

📚Here’s a fun and novel way to experience Dracula, little by little, in chronological order. I plan on signing up (again). Let’s see if I actually read it this time. 🧛🏼‍♂️ Dracula Daily starts in two weeks! (and some book news) - Substack link

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY 2X21 "MOM"

Janine’s plan for a Memorial Day weekend solo trip is derailed when her mother shows up unannounced asking for help; Gregory notices his colleagues are great at small talk and realizes he needs to brush up on his people skills.

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY 2X20 "EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR"

Gregory is named Educator of the Year. Later, Janine deals with a difficult student, and it’s revealed that Barbara hasn’t completed her teaching requirements.