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So where are we as a nation in the Harry Potter series? Somewhere at the beginning of Book 6?

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Also, I need to have a woman kiss me. Not even a big kiss. Just a friendly little smooch.

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Also, I bring you, courtesy of my father, dead these last 24 years, the “D.M. Rosenberg Bigotry Test”: Q: “Am I being a bigot?” A: “Substitute the word ‘Jew’ [or some other minority of which you are a member]. See how it sounds.”

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Last night we went to a gallery opening populated by folx who lived the wonder of expansive gender. I wonder how many bigots would have fled screaming.

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Can someone explain the recent popularity and connotations of “feral”? Do they mean “uncivilized and rutting”?

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“The bathroom is unisex, Susan. Sometimes you see a wang.”

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I haven’t had this kind of cold in years.

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Went to a queer disco tea dance. 1. Many people were old enough to have actually frequented discos. 2. Was as sex-segregated as a middle school dance. 3. And was, as far as I could tell, 100% cis. Discuss.

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I think I’m actually getting followers here, but it’s really just advertising for OF.

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New word of the day: “Duderus” - the reproductive organ of a trans man.

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It is cold.

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So what’s the scoop with bots/scammers creating dummy accounts pretending to be attractive, left-leaning middle-aged men? Tip to creators: Learn English a bit better so you know the difference between “Life” and “Live.”

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I have a week to write an article on an extremely scientific topic and I don’t get the science. Project for Sun/Mon is transcribing the interview with the astrophysicist and hope something sinks in the 2nd time.

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Pre-dawn 16F jaunt in big puffy yellow coat and silly hat. Invigorating. Enjoy watching the world work up. Now if only I could go back to bed…

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Went to Trivia Night at [Boston queer HQ] Club Cafe last night. On my team was an impossibly low-key glamorous transfemme who asked about my book and went to Amazon and bought it on the spot.

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My Crossfitting has improved much with 21 lbs down. But I don’t think I’ll be able to move my arms all day.

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How many sapphic events would I have to attend before I got burnt out on them?

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Daughter and her wife, and cats, are all hanging out in Palms with the windows shut and the purifiers running.

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Five pairs of crossfit shoes…

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Grippy forms are scary and I am a coward.

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Because I was so sad to see my CrossFit shoes die, as of Monday I will have five “new” (eBay) pairs of CrossFit shoes, none of which rise to the magnificence of the original.

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The Hebrew Hammer!

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Turning nonfiction into middle-grade fiction? Having thoughts but no energy.

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This is an empty toilet paper box. Only the best for the Big Guy.

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For the first time in my old life I actually read the lyrics to Bowie’s “Young Americans.” The poetry is complex.

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Very much enjoyed re-reading of YA Green-Sky trilogy after 40 years. The 3rd book, Until the Celebration, has some complex ideas about re-integrating refugees into the dominant culture after that culture has oppressed and dehumanized them for centuries.

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Re-reading two of my old favorites from middle school (“Below the Root”) and HS (“Hiding”). Takeaways: Neither are as good as I remember, but, as different as they are, somehow got into my brain and influenced my writing.

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Both aggressive and incompetent. Remember that going forward.

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I bought a month’s worth of grüns… I think I need to keep eating vegetables though. They are not magic beans.

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Went to a “queer women over 40” holiday party yesterday. My first thought when I saw the crowd was, “whoa, these are some varsity-level lesbians.”

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Question for historical fiction writers: How do you make your dialogue sound contemporaneous and authentic? I’m thinking about the 1930s, where I suspect neither film nor book dialogue really sounded like actual conversation.

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My most perfect CrossFit shoes are falling apart, no longer made, and not available on eBay except in the same ruined state.

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Why are the most crucial meetups to certain kinds of human to human connection happening virtually?

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Also general metaphysical freakiness.

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I’m using internet archive to re-read middle grade and YA books I used to either own or check out frequently. Apparently I liked supernatural/gothic, boarding schools, cliques/clubs, and outcasts - sometimes all in one book.

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Community Spaces: Was at a brewery/food hall last night where the following was happening: wreath-making workshop, German conversational club, secret Santa for furries, and speed-friending.

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I want to be a cool kid, but I’m not a content slut either.

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The only reason this is not a defining photo from my childhood is that the shag carpet on our stairs was red. Also mine all had names, ages, personalities, and a rung on the Madame Alexander Social Hierarchy that I invented.

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Again, wrt TTRPG, the sorrow that we believe we must be more than average, be mystical/magical/superpowered in order to be enough.

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TTRPG where you play totally normal, boring, unmagical people. Roll to see who cooks dinner tonight and whether you put too much salt in.

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I’m about five years too late, but the Nickel Boys plot twist?

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One last thought on Budapest: underneath the glittering arts and club scenes and intellectual veneer the authoritarianism is subtle and pernicious. Only when I landed in Amsterdam did I see what was missing in Hungary.

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Budapest from the parapet of the national art gallery.

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People in Budapest seem happy and there is a lot of energy and creative expression. There are also nationalist posters up on the street.

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Amsterdam is… watery.

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