mon/20211213

Made it through another Sunday now to make it through the "Wellness Exam" which only moderately terrifies me. Not like I haven't been going to doctors for several years but that's been... different. Endocrinology / T1D management more of a "here's what to do you, you're on your own, I'll help when you need it" vs. "here's everything actually wrong with you give me more blood." Or it will be fine. Probably will be / the day awaits; let the examination commence (at 1330, give or take).

Batman by Kelley Jones

The post-Knightfall Moench-Jones run on BATMAN remains one of my favorites: no one draws Bats quite like Kelley Jones (and I have a soft spot for this suit; it needs to come back in some form). The page above is from their first issue as the regular creative team, BATMAN (Vol 1) #515, Feb 1995.

(via BruceS)

sun/20211212

Low blood glucose alarm sounded at midnight, 0036, to be precise: slugged a glucose shot and went back to sleep. Probably overshot the corrective on last evening's Reuben which is, remarkably, perhaps, my favorite sandwich given that I abhor coleslaw; addition of mushrooms to said Reuben being a delectable treat. Strange dreams afterwards (the CGM alarm, not the mushrooms), but that's usually how it goes. Fine this morning. This week's MacroParentheticals inbound; you can sign up here if so yadda yadda yadda yadda...; the day awaits.

links/20211211

• "'A powerful and moving' testimony, the letter was likely folded by the monarch herself while she was in her prison cell. There are also blotches on the letter, which some historians suggest could be evidence of Mary's tears staining the paper, according to the research": Mary, Queen of Scots execution: Monarch used 'spiral locking' technique to preserve the secrecy of her last letter (via CNN).

• Candid Cancer Collective: Zine Issue One (via Zineopolis).

• Halo Infinite’s creators say your wildest stunts are part of the series’ DNA (via The Verge).

• From pandemic to endemic: this is how we might get back to normal (via The Guardian).

• Two teens went missing 21 years ago. A scuba-diving YouTuber solved the cold case (via The Washington Post).

• Ambient Jazz’s Quiet, Forceful Return (via Pitchfork).

(via @80snewsscreens)

sat/20211211

Greeted at 0500 by a fall into the mud but fortunately the ground was soft and summer hasn't yet turned back into winter after being winter for a week but that's going to change over the course of the day: wind advisory kicks in at 1300 – gusty gusty; 60ºF now, 29ºF overnight. My love for Draculus has only grown.

Draculus has arrived(!)

The kid in me who grew up playing with Transformers and obsessed with the Universal Monsters flicks is ecstatic (as is the 40-year-old iteration).