I made this for my friend's daughter who is trying out pottery. I've been making her little instructional videos and this one is a timelapse of me trimming and putting a handle on a mug. Thought I would share in case you guys find this interesting.

Someone shared this with me who said it had been circulating in the Hasidic community. Will likely offend a lot of people these days.

Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com

It's one of those days. Roommate at the house has Covid, but we have been checking in via text regularly. No response yesterday - the day of Iran action. Later I heard from a dear Jewish friend in the city. She reflexively took the view that it was bad to topple a dictator and focused on the school that was accidentally bombed. I am frightened by how unreasonable reasonable people have become.

You know, I’ve often said that if you’re looking for racism and sexism and such, you WILL find it. Likewise, I have friends who seem to spot the wokeness in everything whereas for me it was just fun/scary/suspenseful, etc. Like Stranger Things, Jurassic World, Star Wars (I understand that one a bit more).

I can’t say I’m “non-woke” enough to see all this. But sometimes I think things can be twisted into wokeness. Like reading too much into things that maybe weren’t meant to be a nefarious agenda? I don’t know. Another specific example is Frozen. Yeah, people got all worried about the gay agenda with Let it Go (I took that in a variety of ways). But the fact that Anna and Elsa are sisters? And making THAT gay????????????? I mean, I crave good brotherhood and sisterhood stories. And it seems like both woke and anti-woke audiences will spot gayness everywhere.

(And yes, oddly enough, I enjoy brotherhood and friendship stories partially because I’m gay, but it’s cause I...