I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
You made it, you own it
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
...a little post scriptus...how do you record streaming content? I've seen that there are big hard drives for this, but last time I checked, they were sort of pricey.
I have another little bit of related trivia (and cause for regret)...right after "Last Tango" (and as he was getting ready for "1900"), Bertolucci was desperate to make his own version of Hammett's great "Red Harvest" (which had already supplied the plot for "Yojimbo"). remember that Hammett had been a party member who actually did some jail time--in very bad health--for defying HUAC. with the fabulous personnel Bertolucci was using at that time (nobody EVER made more gorgeous-look…