Garden-Variety Malaise Archives | Page 9 of 25

Belshazzar, Chelsea Handler, and the Weight of Glory

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 15, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, On the Radar

I meant to go on watching “He Gets Us” clips but I had one of those days where…well, it was The Usual Tuesday where I careen from one thing to another trying not to forget my phone and keys. But I’ve been also watching those ‘Day in the...

At Least There Are Still Books

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 8, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, History

Matt and I, as I noted on Facebook, had a very nice short getaway over Monday and Tuesday. This might seem strange, but I have lived in New York for more than 20 years and have never made it into the center of Albany to see the capital building. We always manage to...

When Nebuchadnezzar Becomes Ubiquitous

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 3, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, LGBTQIetc, On the Radar, Totalitarians

Oh man, so late today. My children have to all go off fora youth thing and everything is in chaos. I can’t come up with five things. I have this one thing that I was reading early this morning before everyone started looking for shoes and snow coats–what...

Straw and Bricks and Apps and Quarters

by Anne Kennedy | Feb 1, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise, Totalitarians

I have been seeing all across Twitter that “engagement” is down. Lots of people are locking down their accounts to see if that helps for some reason. And, for at least twenty-four hours, most of the conversation I’ve seen has been speculation about...

Death and Self-Care

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 31, 2023 | Garden-Variety Malaise

Super Late today…So anyway, Kon Mari is relaxing her grip on her house for the sake of her children, this woman made a bargain with a god she “didn’t believe in” and it seemed to turn out fine, and this person discovered that thinking about...

Be Careful What You Wish For

by Anne Kennedy | Jan 24, 2023 | Apostasy, Garden-Variety Malaise, On the Radar

I really need to figure out how to do a TikTok-esque day-in-the-life. I love those so much. This one turned out tragically though: Who didn't see this coming? pic.twitter.com/myhpVPS31a — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 23, 2023 I can’t...