kelly_chambliss

Wot Sux

--I think my freezer is going on the blink. On Sunday, the ice cream was hard. On Monday, the ice cream was not so hard. Today, the ice cream was quite soft. In my experience, ice cream is always a reliable canary when it comes to freezer problems. I'm hoping that maybe I just need some more air circulation. I've thrown out the ice-furred lima beans and the baggies of leftovers of uncertain vintage. And I ate all the ice cream (it was my duty, as part of Project Freezer Repair). So there's more room in there now. Gods of the universe? Do you hear me? Make it be airflow problems, okay?

--American politics. Here's the best article I've read yet on Trump's frightening and rapid rise. As with most social phenomena, there's no one single explanation. There's always a complex cluster of causes.

What's worst about Trumpism is not just Trump himself, or the huge number of supporters he seems to have, or even the fact that many Republican party leaders have admitted in public that they find Trump a dangerous demagogue and yet intend to support him anyway if he is the GOP nominee. . .it's the fact that, as this article shows, he's probably just a symptom of a larger worrisome trend that will continue even if he eventually loses.

(NB -- I usually try to steer clear of politics in my fandom journal, but the issues here go beyond simple political opinion. We're facing a significant moral crisis of national leadership. Staying silent is no longer an option for me. Feel free to defriend me until November, if you like! Not that I intend to rant on a daily basis, mind you. But I can't swear that I won't get the call again.)

Wot Don't

--I went to see Maggie Smith in The Lady in the Van over the weekend. It's not a perfect film, but it's a fun one to watch, and Smith has rarely been better. The things she can do with merely a glance or a single inflection. . .astounding. 81 years old and still at the top of her game.

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