15 I appear to have an anonymous benefactor: someone donated 12 months to my paid account, extending it to April of 2006.
I don’t know who did this, nor why, but it was a very nice thing to do. If you’re out there reading this, thank you very much.
If you know anyone who still thinks the #FILIBUSTER makes sense in a democratic system, ask them to listen to this short talk by @AJentleson https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1381246406908768257
Mitch McConnell says the filibuster is ‘the essence of the Senate.’ Other Republicans say it’s how the framers envisioned the Senate and that it has a noble place in governing.
That’s all BS, says @AJentleson
160 yrs ago today, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, launching a war to secure the ugly principle that some people are created to be dominated by others. Thankfully the Confederacy was defeated, though at unfathomable cost. Today’s insurrectionists want to refight that war
This is a truly wise and lovely essay, about both dogs and writing. Brava. https://lithub.com/leaning-into-mystery-on-the-inner-life-of-an-aging-shelter-dog/
America in a nutshell. http://wondermark.com/c1526/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wondermark+%28Wondermark+by+David+Malki+%21%29
I think your timeline probably needs this bluegrass cover of "Take On Me."
https://youtu.be/QxSaNc8LFPM
arian1
Thats cool. I guess I should get a paid account one of these days.
keikaimalu
I suspect Zoot.
rosiebird
it wasn’t me. but that would have been a very clever birthday gift. belated happy, btw.
steelbrassnwood
I didn’t even know you could do that. Very nice. But I doubt it was Zoot; I don’t think LJ’s billing system is set up to accept dead birds.
shunn
The next killer app — figuring out how to automate barter on the net!
Congrats, Bob. (Is that the word one uses with someone who has an anonymous benefactor?) That’s very cool.
admin
Yeah, I don’t really use all the paid options as much as I could. I’d rather spend the time writing and responding to comments than wonking around with my user options.
admin
Well, “suspect” and “Zoot” do go together like peanut butter and jelly, but I can tell you that she doesn’t have a philanthropic bone in her fluffy little body.
admin
Thank you.
admin
Yes, if Zoot were moved to charity I’m almost afraid of what form it would take.
admin
Congrats, Bob. (Is that the word one uses with someone who has an anonymous benefactor?)
Thanks. I have no idea if I’m to be congratulated or pitied, frankly. But it was a very nice thing to do.
couscous1021
It wasn’t me! Your journal is fantastic, but I just have too many hang-ups to do things like that. I read all kinds of meanings into gestures.
Congratulations on your gift-Hopefully you are not doing what I’m doing 🙂
keikaimalu
I was thinking maybe she thought it was a good way to protect her own LiveJournal so she can keep educating the filthy masses. But it probably is someone else. 🙂
admin
Thank you for the compliment, and for the congratulations.
Hopefully you are not doing what I’m doing 🙂
Laurie, you BAD girl! What are you doing?!
couscous1021
Dammit! I fell right into that . I’m always so careful, too.
But, to answer your question: I meant thinking of not-so-noble conditions to this patronage! That’s what I was doing.
Really and truly!!
admin
*laughing*
It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. (Ever wonder how that expression came about? A bunch of good old boys, settin’ around the store: “Hey, Zeke, you know what ‘ud be fun? If we shot us some fish in a barrel!”)