Day 157: Had our morning interrupted by a fire alarm! Turns out it was an unannounced drill, so no real danger or anything, but it was definitely an unexpected minor adventure.
📚 Queen Wallis by C.J. Carey
55/2023 – ⭐⭐⭐
A sequel to Widowland, one of this year’s Philip K. Dick Award-nominated books, set in an alternate-history UK where Germany won WWII, and the UK is now an allied protectorate of Germany, under the nominal reign of Queen Wallace Simpson, entirely reduced to a figurehead. Following the events of Widowland, and in anticipation of the first diplomatic visit from the United States in years, England is under even tighter control. The importance of literature and poetry are important threads again, and the book does a good job of continuing the story after the climax of Widowland, picking up threads and quite believably ratcheting up the tension. I’ll definitely be interested to see if the series continues on.
Year 50 Day 156
Day 156: Some afternoons it’s really nice to be able to take a few minutes to step out on the balcony and watch students practicing softball down below.
Year 50 Day 155
Day 155: The other bit of lights we put up are these orange strings all across our back porch. Mostly only visible to us, but can just be glimpsed from the street if someone glances over at just the right time as they drive by.
Year 50 Day 154
Day 154: I witnessed a murder on the way off campus!
Year 50 Day 153
Day 153: Since yesterday’s shot of me putting up our Halloween lights was taken during the day, I figured one taken after sundown tonight to show them lit up was in order. Much more impressive this way!
Spooky Season Redesign
Just because I can, and I haven’t done anything like this in ages, I’ve given my blog a minor redesign for spooky season. Just color and font tweaks, nothing major, and this site is so low-traffic that I doubt many people other than me will notice, but hey — that’s okay too.
Enjoy spooky season, everyone! Less than a month until Goth Christmas! ;)
Why Don’t You Get A Job-La-Di, Cecilia? (Simon & Garfunkel vs. The Beatles vs. The Offspring)
This is one I’ve had bouncing around in my head for years, knowing it was ridiculous, but all three songs are so similar that I had to give it a shot. Now you get to suffer too! ;)
Download: DJ Wüdi – Why Don’t You Get A Job-La-Di, Cecilia? (2.7 MB .mp3)
Year 50 Day 152
Day 152: It’s the first day of October, so it’s time for the spooky season lights to go up!
Year 50 Day 151
Day 151: Some days are just kind of cranky, but having an angry opossum declaring that ‘everything is fine’ does help a bit.