Marie, good luck on your journey of trying to bring a child into this world. My wife and I felt the same hesitancy back in 2016 when we were trying and then Trump got elected. Now we have two boys, a 6yo and a 19mo. The oldest got diagnosed with stage IV Wilm’s Tumor and beat it (down to 5/8 or 3/4 of a kidney depending on which surgeon you’re asking) and contends with daily gender normative pushback at school here in Kentucky because he refuses to cut his long hair after losing all of it to chemo. The youngest is learning to talk while Trump is going to war with Iran. They’re worth it and they’ll survive. Just remember to turn on the Teletubbies as a distraction from all the horrible shit going on around.
With JJ’s recommendation and the Radiance/Criterion Barnes & Noble sale approaching it left me wanting more out of an already packed newsletter. I was wondering if maybe there was a way to show off recent physical media hauls from the team. Just a silly suggestion/extension of the current recommendations section but would love to see what everyone is picking up.
Library at Mount Char! I absolutely loved that book and am overdue for a reread. That and Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires are probably the books I recommend most to people (whether they've asked or not).
Marie, good luck on your journey of trying to bring a child into this world. My wife and I felt the same hesitancy back in 2016 when we were trying and then Trump got elected. Now we have two boys, a 6yo and a 19mo. The oldest got diagnosed with stage IV Wilm’s Tumor and beat it (down to 5/8 or 3/4 of a kidney depending on which surgeon you’re asking) and contends with daily gender normative pushback at school here in Kentucky because he refuses to cut his long hair after losing all of it to chemo. The youngest is learning to talk while Trump is going to war with Iran. They’re worth it and they’ll survive. Just remember to turn on the Teletubbies as a distraction from all the horrible shit going on around.
So happy to hear your oldest is doing better now—grow that hair out, kid!
With JJ’s recommendation and the Radiance/Criterion Barnes & Noble sale approaching it left me wanting more out of an already packed newsletter. I was wondering if maybe there was a way to show off recent physical media hauls from the team. Just a silly suggestion/extension of the current recommendations section but would love to see what everyone is picking up.
R. Lee Ermey’s “ya ate her?” line reading in Saving Silverman is one of my favorites
Library at Mount Char! I absolutely loved that book and am overdue for a reread. That and Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires are probably the books I recommend most to people (whether they've asked or not).