I don't remember where I first read this, but one of my favorite aphorisms goes like this: Tradition is just peer pressure from the dead.

There is a hummingbird nest in a tree outside my office window. It alternately sounds like a tiny AM radio running through all the stations and occasionally like a scifi laser gun battle.

I really gotta rewatch Repo the Genetic Opera for Halloween spoopy times next month 🤔

you guys, i forgot