Hello night crew, insomnia enthusiasts, and others experiencing a bit of timezone parkour.

I'm up at odd hours, and feeling social despite the cold and the quiet.

Or perhaps because of it. :)

We're opening up a wee hours edition of the #CircusInPlace video chat, and I'd love some company if you happen to be around.

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Update: Even in the wee hours, you lovely folks deliver.

Thank you for the company. <3

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#lonelinessCorps
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What are the most interactive hashtags here?

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If you're looking for something very low key to do tonight to feel social 2-3 of us are planning to watch Labyrinth (Bowie, muppets, plucky teenage girl hero!) tonight at 6PM pacific time. Feel free to chime in on the labyrinth hashtag. Comments, critiques, swooning over muppets (or Bowie, whatever your jam), all are welcome.

I'm going to try https://archive.org/details/labyrinththemovie1986 as my first choice.

@Karstan @valentine

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I have eaten...

...enough ham.

I'm not sure that's ever happened before. I love ham, and it's always been beyond my reach to satiate my insatiability for it. My father had to have an extremely low-sodium diet; and so, when I was a kid, ham was a rare, quasi-forbidden treat. As a grown-up with consistently low sodium levels, I can direct my own diet; but ham tends to be expensive. Even when it's available in discounted bulk at the holidays- and when the people around me don't sub in turkey for some nefarious reason- they tend to frown on my hogging more than three-quarters of the pig.

I've been on my own for the last few holidays, which has its low points; but one of the advantages is getting to buy a half, or even a whole, ham at a reasonable price & having it all to myself. I've eaten plenty of those hams, of course; but have always been limited by trivia like digestive capacity or common sense.

But this time, this year, this ham, I feel replete in a way I don't remember having felt before. And it is marvelous.

#thanksgiving
#NonTurkeyDay
#AmericanExcess
#Overconsumption
#Food
#Meat
#Ham
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Listening to an upbeat public radio station and getting ready to dye my hair, you?

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It'll be a quiet day just the two of us, like usual. We are debating what movie we're in the mood for.

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Because have you *seen* the weather out there? And don’t even get started on the news. Roll on, winter solstice.

#Gardening

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