Stacy Horn

Watching the Benghazi hearings. I’m a little behind, I’ve had to pause. Ah, they just adjourned, so I’m caught up now. I honestly don’t know what they hoped to gain by this whole Sidney Blumenthal line of questioning. Bottom line, it is clear that this is not about Benghazi, it’s about going after Hillary. I would say this if a republican was sitting there being questioned like this. It’s so discouraging. Not only do people not care that this is obvious, they’re proud of their behavior.

I want more of this.

The cats, not so transfixed. I had to run Finney to the vet this morning, who seems to have a uti. He’s much better now, and resting comfortably.

I’m finding that I’m looking forward to Halloween this year to a ridiculous degree. And included in that is a strong desire for nostalgia candy. What I want more than anything I cannot have, and that is one of those orange Wowee Wax Whistles. I think I’d burst into tears if I could get a hold of one. They were genuinely delicious, and I loved the packaging. Now I want a poster of their art, the one with the witch. Except I just googled it and I also love the owl one and the cat one.

I wonder if this pull towards childhood pleasures means I’m feeling some deep regret about my current life? Mulling it over … the only thing that rings true to me is that it might be connected to a fear of death, and the desire to have my whole life ahead of me. Ha. Happy Halloween!

But I’m going to head over to Economy Candy and take what I can get, which will include wax lips and fangs, and Bonomos Turkish Taffy, which I probably won’t be able to chew my these ridiculous teeth I have. My ridiculous OLD teeth.

The Lonely Death of George Bell, by N. R. Kleinfield. It is so astoundingly good I wondered how a writer this great could have escaped my notice. I’m still shocked, but I did discover that he wrote a book I read over 30 years ago, The Biggest Company on Earth. It’s about AT&T and I was working in telecommunications at the time. This was pre-divestiture and they were the only game in town. So yeah, working with AT&T was a bit of a nightmare (I liked some of the people though). I honestly don’t remember what I thought of the book overall, I just remember learning some interesting things about the company. And the bigness of them.

Anyway, read the story I linked to. I’m using it for inspiration for the book I’m writing now.

A statue on the building across the street from the statue I posted the other day. She (or he) looks as miserable as the other guy. And pissed.

I’m very excited! The place that always has the best Halloween decorations just put up their offering for this year. I will have to come back and film this guy at night, on Halloween, because his swing is on some sort of pulley system.

This is the same place that had a zombie girl on a swing a year or two ago. It was the best Halloween decoration I’d ever seen.

Richard Dawkins was speaking in the lobby of the main branch of the New York Public Library, where I’ve been poring over 150 year old annual reports. I didn’t stop to listen to him because he’s just so repellent at times. But I’m sure they didn’t ask him any questions about religion or working with women.