Fannish spaces have taught me a lot about what should outrage me, and it's been very salutary. I can guess what fandom objected to in Last Tango. I registered it--and with some displeasure--but I'm afraid it didn't spoil my personal enjoyment of the rest of the show. I decided I didn't want to feel guilty about that.
I certainly get my money's worth out of Netflix Streaming: my sister, two of her kids, and I all enjoy it for $7.99 a month. Hardly any A-List movies, and of course you have to wait for the full-season DVD release of a show you're following, but you can't beat it for commercial-free binge-watching. They have a rather good selection of documentaries, too.
I'm not aware of a Portland charity used book sale, but the Little Free Library concept seems to have taken off dramatically here in the last couple of years, and I'm seeing them on every block. But tell me more about your charity bookstore!
As to the weekly pilgrimage concept, that's been my only salvation. I make a point of getting just a few things at the grocery store each time so that I have to go back tomorrow, and I've cultivated, if not sublime goat cheese, at least local brand of frozen raw cat food that Her Highness prefers and is only available at a store three miles away at the top of the ridge. But that consistent daily hour is really hard to do without the exogenous goad of WORK, especially in bad weather.
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Fannish spaces have taught me a lot about what should outrage me, and it's been very salutary. I can guess what fandom objected to in Last Tango. I registered it--and with some displeasure--but I'm afraid it didn't spoil my personal enjoyment of the rest of the show. I decided I didn't want to feel guilty about that.
I certainly get my money's worth out of Netflix Streaming: my sister, two of her kids, and I all enjoy it for $7.99 a month. Hardly any A-List movies, and of course you have to wait for the full-season DVD release of a show you're following, but you can't beat it for commercial-free binge-watching. They have a rather good selection of documentaries, too.
I'm not aware of a Portland charity used book sale, but the Little Free Library concept seems to have taken off dramatically here in the last couple of years, and I'm seeing them on every block. But tell me more about your charity bookstore!
As to the weekly pilgrimage concept, that's been my only salvation. I make a point of getting just a few things at the grocery store each time so that I have to go back tomorrow, and I've cultivated, if not sublime goat cheese, at least local brand of frozen raw cat food that Her Highness prefers and is only available at a store three miles away at the top of the ridge. But that consistent daily hour is really hard to do without the exogenous goad of WORK, especially in bad weather.