Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Thunderstorms are rare out here, but we got another round on Thursday. Nothing like the thunder boomers we get back home, but any thunderstorm is a good thunderstorm to me....

They're here. THEY'RE HERE.

This bag of Ranier Cherries did not last the night.

It is my life's one true wish to buy one of these fireworks cases and set it on fire.

Music Before Bed

https://youtu.be/5tZlu4wP4pw

Days off are supposed to be fun. Little fun to be had today. Maybe next week....

Caught in the crosshairs of Texas ban on transgender health care for kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJO0JI3vT2I

The thing that is killing me about this pinched nerve is that it's aggravated by sitting, and worse by typing, so I haven't done any writing, drawing or even just typing on social media. Even with the ice packs, it's still only a few more minutes before it all becomes painful.

It's really got me down, especially now that I'm done with Tears of the Kingdom. I'm restless and eager to DO something, but this pain won't let me do much of anything involving my left arm for more than a few minutes.

I wrote a lot of one of the books using my Sidekick 3. I do have a bluetooth keyboard, so I may be able to go that route cause I don't need to keep my arms up or even be sitting to use it.

If there's anything we can take away from the Twitter purchase and the submersible disaster it's "Being rich does not make you a genius."

WAT

https://trekmovie.com/2023/06/23/breaking-star-trek-prodigy-has-been-canceled/

Thoughts Before Bed:

"It doesn't matter."
"It doesn't?"
"THAT'S what matters."

If anyone's interested....

https://dolari.net/startrek/ld/index.html

About a year ago, I wrote a spec script for Star Trek: Lower Decks. While it was my entry into two Paramount writing competitions, I'd actually written it earlier.

It was also a trans story I wrote cause the trans community had really taken it on the chin, and animation would allow for a few possibilities live action couldn't do. I even did some research on it, asking my trans-man friends for advice on the flip-side of the trans coin. I think it's funny, and plays well with the characters, and would have made a good episode.

Not being WGA (I don't come close to qualifying for for membership) or represented, there was little to no chance of it ever being produced. And I'm glad it didn't because instead we got Ad Astra per Aspera, which basically takes on the whole "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the 1990s, as well as the plight of the LGBTQ community (and the many forms of discrimination out there still). It made the point better, and stronger and far more powerfully than my thirty minute comedy could have done it.

Thanks for that, folks at SNW. It didn't go unnoticed.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds? Thanks for that episode. We needed that. I needed that. Especially after these last few years.

So, I've heard some rumblings about this week's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. And I know I'm in for a wild ride, when one of the first things you see is....

We've gotten a little of this here in Duvall as well.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/doj-called-assist-investigation-pride-flag-thefts-carnation/AZIWG2NNSZBT5PI6UR3W4SB3IU/