Sarah A. Hoyt's Blog, page 24

THE ODDS LOVE MEMES, BUT THE MEMES ARE ODD

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In Which I Go Maha!

I almost called this “Sympathy for RFK, Jr.” but that would be both right and not. I mean, the man is far more of a statist than I’d like, and he might have a dead worm in his brain, but he’s obviously not the devil, and is capable of allying with MAGA to get to his end of Making America Healthy Again. Also, he’s so goofy that it’s impossible not to like him at least a little. I mean, what kind of gonzo mad lad has as his secret when running for president that he once moved a dead bear cub?

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Possess Your Soul In Patience

Humans are fickle creatures. A month ago I was delighted and happy at the speed with which the administration was fixing things.

I’m still happy. I’m also very tired, though that might have to do with just having come back from a con and still being on the edge of con crud.

The thing is that little dissatisfaction points have crept in. I don’t like the labor pick. I am ambivalent over the whole thing with Ukraine, but willing to accept Trump is doing the best he can with the situatio...

The Broken Dispenser

I don’t like behaviorism as an explanation for all human behaviors. I’ve always believed in humans being able — if not always willing — to think and reason and make decisions, instead of just acting on habit and impulse.

(As for who wrote “Every time a dog salivates, a Pavlovian rings a bell”- Robert A. Heinlein on the blackboard before psychology class, I know nothing. It was an impulse. Also, I’m fairly sure the statute of limitations has expired.)

But there’s no point at all saying ...

Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike

Book Promo (the normal weekly patter.)

If you wish to send us books for next week’s promo, please email to bookpimping at outlook dot com. If you feel a need to re-promo the same book do so no more than once every six months (unless you’re me or my relative. Deal.) One book per author per week. Amazon links only. Oh, yeah, by clicking through and buying (anything, actually) through one of the links below, you will at no cost to you be giving a portion of your purchase to support ATH through o...

True Tragedy

True tragedy has always fascinated me. It makes for lousy novels, unless you like eating grey fog with a spoon, but can be an effective background for a novel, within which pre-doomed background the character can carve out difficult wins.

What I mean by true tragedy is the type of pre=determined plot in which two people/nations/forces run at each other, each with vital and urgent needs from their own point of view and they can’t see the other pov at all, no matter how they try.

Most of...

I’m alive

At ConFinement. Just never came back upstairs after breakfast. Spent a while with friends, just talking. Promo might NOT be till Tuesday?

SORRY.

It’s The Circle Of Memes

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Vampires and Mirrors

I woke up this morning to anger and worry in the groups I normally check into before setting my mind to work. (Work today being weird, anyway, since I’m at a conference.)

People were very upset because the left was being the left. In this specific case, they were — after doxxing her — bad-review bombing DataRepublican’s husband’s small business.

Most people’s reactions — and her own — was “that’s not fair. He didn’t do anything to deserve it.”

What is missed in this whole thing is...

“I’ve Had it Up to Here” by Cybersmythe

“I’ve Had it Up to Here” by Cybersmythe

You know what? I’ve had it up to here (points to neck, thinks better of it and points to top of head) with people telling me I’m going to regret Trump’s presidency. The last couple of weeks, I’ve been bombarded on all sides by stories about how Trump voters started regretting their votes on Inauguration Day and there’s an avalanche, or perhaps even a cascade, like one of preferences, that is causing MAGAts, whoever they are, to rue the day, and we’re...