Gʀᴀᴄɪᴇ Jᴀɴᴇ Qᴜᴜxᴜᴍ 😽💜 @drquuxum@mastodon.social

What: Monday Night Gaming
Where: Mr. Nice Guy Games, Monroeville Mall Annex
When: Mon, 12 March, 6:00-9:00 PM
How: 67, P67, P68; or your own method of conveyance
Who: You, me, and a bunch of other weirdos 😼
Why: Because games on a Monday, dammit
Which: Whatever tickles our fancy, or maybe something that's on sale that night

More details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/155328898489945

What: Community Game Night
Where: Union Project, 801 N Negley Ave, Highland Park/East Liberty, #Pittsburgh
When: Wed, 21 March, 6:15-8:30
How: 71C, 75, 87; or your own method of conveyance
Who: You, me, and a bunch of other weirdos 😼
Why: Because games, dammit
Which: Probably several short ones to make sure everyone gets a chance

More details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1674114569293394/

The haunting lead vocals on this track are those of Lesley Duncan, a excellent vocalist who featured as a vocalist for many acts including Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, and Pink Floyd, but never fared well on her own, partly due to anxiety.

She left the music business completely shortly after this track was recorded in 1979. She retreated to one of the Scottish Isles, and died in relative anonymity in 2010.

I'm probably never going to have Annie Haslam's voice, but that won't stop me trying to sing along in her registers 😹

Golden Key is one of those "Beware of Fame & Fortune" songs. It's absolutely beautiful.

#Reminder #GameNight

What: Community Game Night
Where: Union Project, 801 N Negley Ave, Highland Park/East Liberty, #Pittsburgh
When: Wed, 21 Feb, 6:15-8:30
How: 71C, 75, 87; or your own method of conveyance
Who: Me and a bunch of other weirdos
Why: Because games, dammit
Which: Probably several short ones to make sure everyone gets a chance

I'm just trying to wake up

Bringing sexy back.

Running #WindowMaker on #OpenBSD on a 2010 Lenovo netbook. And I love it. 😹

https://mastodon.social/media/oUTMIxYnpqjGBbFwKQA

The Kickstarter for "Queer Looks: 1890-2018" launches on 14 February. Follow http://datesanthology.com/ or their FB page for more info.

https://www.facebook.com/dates.anthology/posts/884620518376343

Dave Cousins' 12-string is beautiful in the opening and closing segments of the song, with Dave Lambert's counter-vocal in the central theme following the key-shift from major to minor in contrast.

"Tell me children, are you sleeping?
Are you innocent like me?
May you never cross the line
I hope your dreams are not like mine"

The song evokes an emotion I often only feel when driving alone at night; of heightened sensory awareness whilst deeply contemplative.

Oh hey, Monday Night Gaming at Mr. Nice Guy Games in #Monroeville is tomorrow (6-9 PM).

Also, Community Game Night at Union Project in #Pittsburgh (Highland Park/East Liberty) is Wed. 21 Feb (6:15-8:30).

Enjoy! #GameNight #BoardGames

Hmm…apparently hashtags don't work in the CW field. This is slightly suboptimal imo.

Nick Cave has a hella way to make a beautifully sorrowful love song have a thin layer underneath that suggests evil intent.

"Tell me how long's the train been gone
And was she there?

Tell me how many coaches long
And what did she wear?

Tell me when did the whistle blow
And did she dye her hair?"

"Where has my magic gone?
Is it some better place?
They tell me this, I look away
And wish that youʼd come back again

Where has my magic gone?
I know youʼre there to stay
I had to let you go but too soon
Too soon"

😿💜

TIL Tom Lehrer (e.g. "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park", "The Elements", &c) claims to have invented the Jell-O Shot in the 50's as a means of bringing alcohol onto a military base

The rules as written were "no alcoholic beverages", but Jell-O isn't a beverage, so it's kosher, right? (It worked)

https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/that-was-the-wit-that-was/Content?oid=2138455&storyPage=2

My best friends Liz & Shawn are in the worst-case scenario regarding the landslide that threatens to topple their home here in #Pittsburgh. Even KDKA has covered the situation:

https://twitter.com/AndySheehankdka/status/958539739665190914

Insurance, the city, banks, the state, lawyers…nobody can nor will help.

Liz has started a GoFundMe to help defer some of the costs associated with trying to save their house.

https://www.gofundme.com/shawn-and-lizs-landslide-bills

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Nyri, Ember, and I put a candle out for Amelia tonight.

It is a cold night...let us not get lost in the darkness, but rather share in the light you brought to us all.

https://mastodon.social/media/r4YyxNwdu3opdh4Tn2o

A reminder that TransLifeline exists:

US: (877) 565-8860
CANADA: (877) 330-6366