Melissa Ann Singer

And your sib, I think, is closer to you than my offspring is to me. As in, in the US.

Since dd is living on the other side of the planet, I am sending her $$$ so she and her partner can have a really fancy dinner to celebrate.

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This is of course possible.

Gah, sometimes I can't believe how _adult_ they are.

Big birthdays this year.

Indeed!

Which is how you and I met.

And they all went to each others' shows.

At Sinatra, the music kids held themselves somewhat apart socially but my kid, in drama, had friends in dance, film, and fine arts.

That I agree with. But even in the city, not all arts school are the same.

He went to LaGuardia.

Same years my kid was at Sinatra. The Sinatra kids would never shit on other arts disciplines like that.

But LaGuardia kids didn't mingle as much according to gossip at the time.

Given the hour, I think they had been heading for daycare and mom was on autopilot & didn't notice.

Years ago, I was walking to the subway and picked up a little shoe, then a sock, then another shoe, and a small stuffed thing....

2 blocks later a woman came rushing at me w/a stroller & a sock in one hand.

I stopped her & returned everything I'd gathered. Her relief was palpable.

I had dial-up at home, and a cassette tape drive.

I have several women friends who do not own swords. Most of them have a decent kitchen knife or two but that's about it.

We had a single terminal that connected to the big computer at the college my HS was affiliated with.

My first email was CompuServe. I joined my first online forum in 1996. I've been a community moderator on 4 different websites and helped migrate a community from YahooGroups to an independent forum system.

My first programming class used _punch tape_. In high school. In the 1970s.

Some plays I loved when I was younger, don't work for me now, like Shrew.

HEY BLUESKY!

You know how all those folks printed out and shipped a LITERAL MILLION whistles for folks protecting each other from ICE?

Bree is one of those people! Her stuff is adorbs! You might very well find a lil somethin' to give a beloved, or, I dare say, yourself!

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I didn't really "get" Richard II until I was in my 30s but it's become a favorite.

The Henry plays (particularly Henry V, but they're all good), Twelfth Night, Richard II, the Scottish play.

List is mutable. Sometimes Much Ado has been there. Sometimes Lear.

Standards have always been Henry V, Twelfth Night, Macb...others have changed as I have.

So what he's saying is that he has no inner life.

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

I’m thrilled to welcome the @pwhlpa.bsky.social to the @aflcio.org as our 65th union!

Women’s hockey players are inspiring a new generation and building power on and off the ice. America’s unions are stronger with the PWHLPA in our union family. bit.ly/4lkwBis

Artists! I am looking for a Jewish illustrator for a middle-grade project focusing on Jewish history, practice, and culture. If your style feels fun, MG-appropriate, and both editorial & narrative, please drop a link or DM! (And editor & agent friends, if you have someone to rec, it's appreciated!)

Museum sign showing a roaring sabretooth cat. A small child is included for size comparison, and looks like he's about to boop it.

DO NOT BOOP THE KITTY

Goodness, all I remember about that movie is how terrible that was. Saw it in the theater with a group of friends and walked out feeling like our brains needed cleaning.

Never saw the other one.

I was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when I was a child.

My high school occupied the 13th and 14th floors of an office building.

Uhhhh wut LMAO

Then NYC's LES, where he stayed at the boarding house run by my great-grandparents. And married the landlady's daughter!

Mom's side did some farming in Brooklyn and someone owned a garage/was a mechanic. Dad's side did retail: appetizing store, then liquor store.

Dad's dad concealed his background, so I assume it was abusive. He was in his 20s when he came, having run away from home in his teens to avoid being conscription during WWI.

Wandered around Europe for years, wound up in Mexico working for an oil company.