Friday, September 20, 2024

Your Friday Video Link: Doctor Who "I'll Explain Later"



It's been a minute since I've posted some Doctor Who content.

Your Friday Video Link is a compilation of the Doctor's favorite past time: not explaining things.

Well, the Doctor will explain things...  later.  




Thursday, September 19, 2024

Haitians In Jeopardy


*Greetings! The following blog post is very silly and we apologize for it in advance.


The editorial staff of I’m So Glad My Suffering Amuses You. 





Ken:  Welcome back and it’s time for Final Jeopardy.  Our clue today is National Origins.  And the clue is “This is where Haitians come from.”  Now let’s see how our contestants responded.  Donnie?

 

Donnie: That’s PRESIDENT….

 

Ken:  Yeah, whatever.  For “This is where Haitians come from”, you wrote “What is Venezuela?”  

 

Donnie: I win! Always with the winning! I win so much, people come up to me, big strong guys, tears in their eyes, they say "We've never seen so much winning!"   

 

Ken: No, I’m sorry but you are incorrect….

 

Donnie: Lots of people, smart people, scholars, say I am correct! 

 

Ken:  “What is Venezuela?” is not the correct response….

 

Donnie: But Venezuela is opening up their prisons, their insane asylums…..

 

Ken: Let’s move on our next contestant, J D.

 

JD: Always happy to engage with a fellow human being type person.

 

Ken:  You wrote “What is Haitia?”  Oof! I’m sorry, “Haitia” is not the correct response.

 

JD: I want to change my answer.

 

Ken: You can’t change your answer.

 

JD:  I want to change it to Venezuela.

 

Ken: AND we’ve already ruled that Venezuela is incorrect.

 

JD: My boss says it is correct.

 

Donnie: Stop talking, JD!

 

JD: Yes, sir! Shutting up now, sir!

 

Donnie: And Venezuela is sending all it’s criminals who are eating our cats and…

 

Ken: Moving on to our 3rd contestant named Laura.

 

Laura: Hey, y'all!  

 

Ken: And the response to "This is where Haitians comes from",  you wrote "What is Africa?" 

 

Laura:  Ka-ching, am I right? 


Ken: No, no, you are not. Your response is not only incorrect but also disturbingly racist.


Laura: Why? Haitians are black, ain't they? 


Ken: OK, the correct response to "This is where Haitians come from" is "What is Haiti?"   


Donnie: It’s Venezuela!


Laura: Venezuela is in Africa, honey!  

 

JD: Can I call you "honey" too, sir?  

 

Donnie: Stop talking, JD!

 

JD: Yes, sir! Shutting up now, sir!

 

Ken: Thank you for watching Jeopardy.

 

Donnie: They’re eating the pets!

 

Ken: It's against my religion but I’m going to go get stupid drunk now!


Donnie: I will send the Haitians back to Venezuela!


JD: Can someone give me a ride back to the airport? 

 



Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Another Day In Assassin Nation

So whazzup with the latest attempt to assassinate Donald Trump?

 

Well, good on the Secret Service and local authorities for getting things right:

  • The Secret Service spotted the rifle barrel of the would be assassin sticking out of the bushes.
  • They engaged this individual before he could get off a shot.
  • Secret Service agents immediately encircled Donald Trump and got him off the course.  
  • While the wannabe shooter made a break for it, local witnesss provided information the vehicle and the license plate.
  • Cops quickly located the vehicle and arrested this guy.

So good work everybody.  

Unless you're Fox News.  

Sunday afternoon I was watching CNN to catch up on these unfolding events in Florida and also keeping an eye on other news sources.  All were in agreement about the sequence of events I outlined above and that authorities had not yet released the name of the would be assailant. 

Except Fox News.

I was curious so I took a deep breath and clicked on Fox. 

They had a big white chyron with bold black letter announcing the name of the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh. 

And the talking heads on Fox were bitching and moaning about how their poor precious president was in danger from an assassin again.  

Somebody needs to answer for this! 

And there was the criticism that rhetoric from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was driving people to shoot Donald Trump.  

For the shooter in Pennsylvania 2 months ago, Trump was a target of opportunity.  

As for Routh, well, he did have issues with Trump specifically.  

Routh described Donald Trump as a “fool” and “buffoon” for both the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the “tremendous blunder” of leaving the Iran nuclear deal.

Routh confessed he voted for Trump and must take part of the blame for the "child that we elected for our next president that ended up being brainless.”

As far as one can tell, his motivation for his disdain for Li'l Donnie wasn't fed by Biden or Harris but by Trump his own damn self.  

That still did not stop Trump and J D Vance from bitching that the Democrats hateful rhetoric about Trump was putting him in danger. 

While keeping it "classy".  Vance asked, "What is the difference between conservatives and liberals? Conservatives aren't trying to assassinate Kamala Harris."

Way to go in tamping down that hateful rhetoric, J D. 

By the way, the Secret Service has tracked an upsurge in threats against Kamala Harris and the FBI arrested a guy who was putting together weapons and plans to take his shot at the Vice President.  

So there's that to make us worried and sleepless at night.   

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Tuesday TV Touchbase: Non-Fiction TV

No drama or comedy shows for today's Tuesday TV Touchbase. 


We've got an awards show, a documentary, a late night talk show in prime time and game shows.


So let's go!  



2024 Emmy Awards

 

Andrea and I watched the Emmy Awards Sunday and mostly enjoyed the show.  It helps when TV shows we actually watch are nominated for stuff.

 

Sadly, Only Murders in the Building was shut out of it’s nominated categories as was Abbott Elementary.

 

Yay for Hacks which won awards for best writing (the season 3 finale episode “Bulletproof” which is IMHO one of the best season finale scripts ever), best actress (Jean Smart) and best comedy series.  

 

It looked like The Bear was going to sweep everything which was annoying the hell out of me.  The Bear identifies as a comedy but from what I’ve heard about the show (I admit I have not seen it), it is more drama than comedy.


The In Memoriam segment was undone by what I thought was an inappropriate song sung in an inappropriate style for segment celebrating the lives of those we lost. Jellyroll leaned too hard into the chorus (with an almost guttural roar) on a song about struggles with mental health and the importance of rising above that which is a good message and all, especially for people who are sad that the people on screen are now dead.


But I think music for such an occasion should be more reflective on the persons we are here to honor.

 

Assuming anyone should be singing a song at all.  The problem with having any singer performing during a memoriam segment is they pull focus away from the important thing, the names and images passing by on the screen.  

 

Speaking of the Emmys

 

Jim Henson Idea Man

Andrea and I watched the Emmy winning documentary about the legendary creator of the Muppets.  Directed by Ron Howard, the documentary makes imaginative use of art and sketches created by Jim Henson as animations plus some never before seen footage and outtakes.   

 

Jim Henson was not a puppeteer who made it big on TV.  He was a young man with a dream to make it big on TV and became a puppeteer to do that. 

 

The documentary is a warts and all thing as we examine Henson’s driving ambition and how it cost him his marriage and ultimately perhaps his life. He was notorious for overlooking the needs of his health to make headway on his latest project. 

 

As hard as he was on himself, all the others who worked with him described him as a kind and gentle person with a boundless imagination that inspired the passions of all those around him.   

 

Late Nite With Seth Meyers

NBC gave Seth an entire hour of prime time to do an extended Closer Look segment on last week’s Presidential Debate.

 

Can you imagine a TV broadcast network giving an hour of prime time to a one person to sit behind a desk and just say stuff for that whole hour? That is how important Seth Meyers and A Closer Look have become to our understanding of what the hell is going on in the world.

 

The show itself took a hit when the show band was let go due to budget cuts. While late night TV talk shows still provide a lot of content to promote the networks and their programming, the shows themselves are in a decline with diminishing numbers watching the shows when they are actually on the air.

 

Wheel of Fortune

Bad news for haters: I think Ryan Seacrest is going to be just fine as the new host.


I will say his rapport with the contestants might need a little work but I foresee that will get better with time and experience. 


Ryan and Vanna White work well together and so far, Ryan has a good handle on the game.  

 

Jeopardy!

The good news to report is there is NO news.

  • Host drama? Nope! It's just Ken Jennings and that is just fine with me.
  • Unwanted tournament games? Nope! Just old fashioned game play.

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And that is that for this week's touchbase.

Next week, we move back to realm of the fantastic with  Star Trek Prodigy and Umbrella Academy.  

Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.  


 

Monday, September 16, 2024

Dogs and Cats

Oh son of a bitch,NO! Not again!

Yesterday, some god damn moron wanted to use that other god damn moron Donald Trump for target practice.  

The would be shooter was arrested.

Today's post is not about any of that. 

I will wait a day or two to process my thoughts on this once I know more.

Or I can do what Fox News did and immediately prescribe motives for the wannabe shooter and who fucked up what this time to put their beloved Lord and savior in harms away.

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The fallout from last weeks Kamala Harris/Donald Trump debate is the gift that just keeps giving.  

Despite frequent and insistent refutations by many official and  reputable sources that the immigrant Haitian population of Springfield OH is NOT eating pets, Trump, JD Vance and other Republican insist on leaning hard into this blatantly racist lie.




People believing these lies about the Haitians (who are by the way in Springfield legally) have made bomb and shooting threats against city offices, schools and universities in the area. 

When asked to comment on these threats, Li'l Donnie was all "I don't know nothing about no threats" and vowed that when he is President, he will have the Haitians deported to Venezuela. 

So he wants to...
1) deport people who are legally 
2) to a country they did not come from.  

What a mess! 

At least we're getting some fun music out of this.  See the clip below. 



Besides the "immigrants eating pets" thing, Li'l Donnie is in a petulant downward spiral in the aftermath of the debate. 

  • "I won the debate!"
  • "Everyone says I won the debate!"
  • "All the polls say I won the debate!"
  • "All the polls say I'm winning by a lot!"

You know, so on and so on.

As Harris says, it's the same old playbook. 

I haven't seen one of these in a while.  It's a clip from a World War II drama where Adolf Hitler is given news that the war is going badly and he doesn't take it well at all.  

The clip's subtitles are re-done to have Hitler going off on some current or pop culture event. 

Hitler as Trump bitching about the debate is a perfect fit.  


Reports are Donald Trump seemed genuinely surprised that Taylor Swift would endorse Kamala Harris over him.  

Dude is seriously delusional and need immediate medical attention. 

Trump sycophants have been busy trying to figure out why Trump did so badly at the debate.

The obvious answer is Li'l Donnie is fucking stupid.

There have been efforts to pin this on Laura Loomer, a hate mongering right wing agitator who is spending a lot of time in Trump's company.  There's some gossip that Loomer and Trumo are having an affair.  Which Loomer recently vehemently denied.  

I hope they're not because... just...  you know...  Yuck!  

Kamala Harris was in Greensboro on Thursday, appearing before a raucous crowd of 17,000 people.

Here's a clip of Harris' remarks in Greensboro.

Dare I think that we can pull this off and we will soon for the first time in American history greet the leader of this country as "Madame President"?

I remain ever cautious but I think that glimmer in what is left of my soul is called hope. 

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Dave-El's Weekend Movie Post: Agatha


Today is the anniversary of the birth of Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, born on September 15, 1890.   

Now if you're wondering who the heck is Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, well you may know her better by her nom de plume Agatha Christie, a prolific writer of acclaimed mystery novels. 

The famous novelist was the center of a mystery of her own when in 1926, Agatha went missing for 11 days. 

Well, we know the story behind that one.  At a posh English estate, Agatha Christie was called upon to investigate a series of ghastly murders that were being committed by a giant alien wasp and the events of the terrible time left her so traumatized that she...

OK, OK, that's the plot behind "The Unicorn and the Wasp", a 2008 episode of Doctor Who

Or perhaps a less fantastic perspective on Agatha Christie's 1926 disappearance, we can turn to the film Agathaa 1979 British drama directed by Michael Apted and written by Kathleen Tynan. 

Things are not going well at the Christie household.  Agatha's husband Archie regards his mystery writing wife with utter disdain as he demands a divorce, saying he loves his secretary Nancy Neele, wah, wah, wah. Archie's a whiny bitch! 

Agatha drives from the house late at night and gets into an accident. 

The next morning, the police find her wrecked car. 

But no Agatha Christie.   

The press swarm on to this potentially salacious story, among them American reporter Wally Stanton (Dustin Hoffman). 

Various members of the police and the press as well as other volunteers are combing the countryside, looking for any sign of Agatha Christie.  

The one place nobody looks is the Harrogate Hydropathic Hotel which is where Agatha Christie is, checked in under the name Theresa Neele from Cape Town.

While Agatha is receiving treatments at the Harrogate's Royal Baths, newspapers are publishing front-page stories about Agatha's disappearance. 

The police wonder why Archie is not helping with the search for his wife but the heartless prick's busy canoodling with his girlfriend Nancy who is on her way for some spa treatments at the (you guessed it!) Harrogate Hydropathic Hotel.  

Also arriving at the Harrogate: Wally Stanton.  It seems Agatha's secretary received a coded message through a newspaper advertisement.  

Over a game of billiards at the Harrogate, Stanton introduces himself as Curtis Shacks Jr., an American seeking treatment for constipation. Agatha is still keeping up the pretense of being Theresa Neele.  

Agatha researches the spa treatments available at Harrogate including the Bergonic chair. 

Damn! I gotta do research.  

A Bergonic chair is a device "for giving general electric treatment for psychological effect, in psycho-neurotic cases"

In other words, electroshock therapy.

So Agatha is poking around, asking questions, reading manuals and so on about how the Bergonic chair works and what happens when things go wrong and the steps to take to make sure things do not go wrong.  

Wally Stanton susses out what Agatha is up to.

She's going to turn the Bergonic chair into a weapon for a homicide.

Or a suicide?  

Turns out it's the latter and Agatha's attempt  nearly succeeds but Stanton arrives in time to save her.   

Archie has to pretend to be the dutiful husband to bring Agatha home from Harrogate. A press release is issued that Agatha's disappearance was due to amnesia.  

Meanwhile, Wally Stanton hands Agatha Christie a copy of the story he wrote, telling her he has no intention of filing that story with his newspaper and that he loves Agatha.  

Stanton watches Agatha leave from the railway station as a closing credits tells us Agatha does divorce Archie (well, fuck him and good riddance, I say!) who goes off to marry Nancy. 

One thing that stands out is that Vanessa Redgrave who plays Agatha Christie is half foot taller than Dustin Hoffman who portrays Wally Stanton.  A lot of American male actors are shorter than you think (ex: Tom Cruise) and will go to extraordinary lengths to not be shorter than the female lead. So it's a bit outside the norm to see a height disparity where the female lead is taller than the male lead.  

The estate of Agatha Christie did not like this movie and tried to stop it in the courts but these suits were dismissed and the film was released. In 1979, the reviews were at best mixed but the movie has gained a more positive reputation for the work of director Michael Apted, cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and the intriguing chemistry between Vanessa Redgrave and Dustin Hoffman. 

I also think time has made us more empathetic to the mental health issues that Agatha Christie is going through during this trying point in her life.  

Agatha is an interesting and compelling tale of the vanishing of Agatha Christie and her subsequent mysterious reappearance at the Harrogate Hotel.

Although I think the version of her fighting the giant alien wasp is still my favorite.

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Dave-El's Weekend Movie Post: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice


Last weekend, Andrea and I absconded from the Fortress of Ineptitude to go see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,  the sequel to the 1988 classic supernatural comedy film, Beetlejuice

 




Andrea has been psyched for months to see this and really enjoyed the new movie.

 

I…  will be a bit more analytical.  

 

The new sequel is… OK.  There are individual bits and scenes that are imaginative and funny. 

 

But does this new film come together as a cohesive whole? 

 



The new movie centers around Lydia Deetz, now a middle aged single mother and host of her own TV show called Ghost House where she uses her paranormal connection to the great beyond to help people with ghost infested homes.  

 

Astrid, Lydia’s daughter, thinks her mother is a con artist and wants nothing to do with her.  Lydia claims to talk to ghosts but can't contact the one ghost Astrid most wants to see, that of her late father.  


Astrid has one bright spot in her life.  She's met a boy named Jeremy who she is getting along quite well with. NO! Do NOT trust this guy, Astrid!  

 

Deelia Deetz, Lydia’s step mother, is still determined after all these years to make herself the center of attention in the avante guard world of art.  

 

Three generations of Deetz women come together in a time of tragedy, the death of Lydia’s father, George.  

 

  • Who survived the plane crash.
  • And avoided drowning.
  • But was eaten by a shark. 

 

(A sequence of events inspired by a nightmare director Tim Burton had about his own death.) 

 

Rory, Lydia’s TV producer and her erstwhile boyfriend, thinks now (while Lydia is dealing with the death of her father and that her daughter still hates her) is a good time to get married. 

 

We do not like Rory.  As the movie progresses, we will like him less.

 

Meanwhile through all this, Lydia is being haunted by visions of Betelgeuse. 


And Betelgeuse has his own problems: his ex-wife Delores has pulled herself together (with the help of a handy dandy stapler) in order to seek revenge on her former husband. 


We get a reprise of "Day-O" from the original movie but as a solemn choral arrangement sung at George's funeral. I've put Andrea on notice that I want this sung at my funeral. It has the words that are my sad daily mantra: "I want to go home." It would be perfect.


For the sequel, we get a pantomime performance by the film's  principals to "McArthur Park" by Richard Harris.  Not as fun as "Day-O" but weird nonetheless.  


A lot of reviews have praised Michael Keaton's return to the role of Betelgeuse and I get where some of that is coming from but quite frankly, I found Keaton's modern interpretation of Betelgeuse to somewhat sluggish, uninspired even.


If you saw the original movie in 1988, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will likely check off enough boxes to make this a fun and engaging trip into nostalgia.


But....


There's a lot going on in this movie but does it carry any weight? 


Maybe it's a mistake to expect more.  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a fun enough movie but I can't shake the feeling it was missing something.  

Friday, September 13, 2024

Your Friday Video Link: Something Funny About James Earl Jones


Under the heading of "the wrong people keep dying", this past Monday James Earl Jones passed away at the age of 93.  



 

James had a basso profundo voice that was put to use for Mufasa in The Lion King and Darth Vader in Star Wars.  

Jones has a reputation as a serious man who was a serious actor but he was not above having some fun with that persona.

Your Friday Video Link #1 is a clip of James Earl Jones from Big Bang Theory goofing off with Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons).   



Your Friday Video Link #2 is another clip of James Earl Jones from Big Bang Theory  with Jim Parsons.  


Finally,  Your Friday Video Link #3 is James Earl Jones delivering a Top Ten list for David Letterman from 2/13/2001.    


For a really cool story about James Earl Jones, here is Mark Evanier's tale of Mr. Jones doing voice work for Garfield and Friends.




Thursday, September 12, 2024

John Cassady

Well, son of a bitch, this sucks! 

At only age 52, comic book artist John Cassady has died. 

The wrong people keep dying. 

I first became aware of Cassady's work when I picked up the first trade collection of Planetary with writer Warren Ellis about a group of inter-dimensional archaeologists.   Ellis was writing some weird shit and Cassady more than kept pace with some dynamic visuals.  


Cassady would go on to illustrate a  2 year run of X-Men with Joss Whedon.   



And John Cassady was the artist who teamed up with writer Jason Aaron when the Star Wars comic book license returned to Marvel.    




But of all the projects that John Cassady applied his considerable talents to, Planetary remains my favorite.  



I can't believe John Cassady was done with us just yet and this feels terribly unfair that a person of such incredible talent and imagination should be taken from us too soon.

Trump Takes the Debate Bait



Tuesday night, Andrea and I were good citizens and tuned into watch the Presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and the big orange morally deficient, intellectually limited, sexual assaulting, empathy deprived, incoherent convicted felon Donald Trump.  

 

Or as The Daily Show called it,  The First 2024 Presidential Debate… Again! This Time With 50% Less Old Man!

 

Right off the bat, Kamala was rattling Donald. As he slowly shambled onto stage like some kind of erstwhile Swamp Thing, she walked briskly across the stage and shook his hand.


Trump was not expecting that.


Kamala Harris set the stage from jump: she was not afraid of this chump and was ready to take him on.  


I couldn’t watch it for long. I mentioned to Andrea, “Hey, we still need to watch tonight’s episode of Jeopardy!” 

 

Don’t get me wrong.  Kamala was on fire! She was tough, smart, witty and focused.  She gave perhaps one of the best debate performances I have ever seen.

 

The hard part to watch was when it was Donald’s turn to talk.  The overflowing sewage pipe of his hate filled fear mongering lies just makes me sick to my stomach to watch. I can’t fathom how there is a base of about 45% of America who listens to this putrid filth and collectively nod their heads and concur “This man speaks for me.” 

 

So we watched Jeopardy

 

We also caught the end of one my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “The Ensigns of Command”.  The way Capt. Picard stymies the Shelliak with their own game is one of the coolest things he ever did.

 

Back to the debate, Harris was pretty much doing the same thing to Trump.

 

Even when the issue was something that Trump would normally favor (like immigration), Harris would bait Trump into going off on tangents where he would bluster, babble and bellow like the overgrown spoiled kid in an old man suit that he is.  


She picked on his rallies as "boring" and damn, Li'l Donnie wasn't going to let that ride.  

 

  • Harris was cool where Trump was not.   
  • Harris was poised where Trump was not.   
  • Harris was focused where Trump was not.   
  • Harris was professional where Trump was not. 
  • Harris was Presidential where Trump was not.   

 

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there!", Li'l Donnie bellowed at one point.  Moderator David Muir said ABC News contacted the Springfield city manager who said there is NO evidence of pet eating by the immigrant community.  Trump's response to that was a plaintive whine that "the man on TV said it was happening".   


In an evening filled with low points for Li'l Donnie, well, that may have been the lowest.   


The whole debate, Trump just stared straight ahead, refusing  to look over at Kamala Harris. He refused to acknowledge her presence.  


On her side of the screen, the Vice President was putting on a virtuoso dance recital of facial expressions as she looked at Li'l Donnie's direction. Including out right laughing at him. 


When it was her turn to talk, Harris made a lot of use of the word "you".  She addressed Donald with "you did this" and "you did that" and then when she turned to the camera, she would address th audience at home with "you deserve better" and "this is what we ae going to do for you".   


Will the debate move the needle enough to give Harris an advantage in the polls? Maybe or maybe not.

 

There’s that cult like base of about 45% of America which will looking at Trump all red faced and flustered and incoherent and still think he did a good job.  Up is down, right is left, black is white in Trump World.  It’s like Bizzarro World from the Superman comics.   

 

The debate did motivate one voter: afterwards, Taylor Swift announced her intention to vote for the Harris/Walz ticket. 

 

Another revealing detail came after the debate. Harris went outside to greet a cheering throng of supporters while inside, surrogates on her behalf were in the spin room speaking to reporters about how great she did.  


Trump himself was also in the spin room, wandering around, looking for a reporter to talk to him so he could do his own spin.  


If anyone had any doubts about Kamala Harris being a strong candidate for President, she dispelled them Tuesday night.  She was strong and direct, she made her case for what she wants to do for the American people and to top it all off, she made Donald Trump her bitch! 

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris

After last night's debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump,  Taylor Swift announced she was endorsing Kamala Harris. 


Below is the text of her remarks and the accompanying photo.  




Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.

Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.

I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.

With love and hope,

Taylor Swift

Childless Cat Lady


Yay! We've got Taylor Swift!

We might just actually win this thing!   


Your Friday Video Link: Doctor Who "I'll Explain Later"

It's been a minute since I've posted some Doctor Who content. Your Friday Video Link is a compilation of the Doctor's favorite ...