Cinnamon Bluebell Ice Cream Dinner

[rinue]

In Atlanta visiting my sister and her three-legged dog. Spent the morning at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, and took a photo with The General (a historic train), Nana-style. This means posing as though you made something you definitely did not make, in homage to a picture of our paternal grandmother next to a gingerbread house. The museum itself is excellent at walking you through most the war's strategic decisions (very very very railroad-based).

I'm going to do more reading on the USMRR (US Military Railroads) - an organization of mostly Black railroad workers who not only maintained, repaired, and extended rail lines throughout the campaign (this is sort of an origin of the Pullman porters) but spent about a month early on figuring out the best ways to sabotage and destroy rail lines, and made a how-to guide.

Bought a light switch plate at the gift shop, and some peach butter.

At Waffle House, the waitress and I both had blue mascara, and were both interested spectators as her truck's windshield was replaced in the parking lot.

Played pinball for about an hour. The machines I was good on were Addams Family, Swamp Thing, and Doctor Who. I regret that when I picked out my socks in the morning and was torn between Toulouse-Lautrec and Daleks, I did not chose Daleks.

House is cold. Temps aren't hideously low, but there's not much insulation. I sleep in a sweater.

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[sabotabby]

I'm going to do more reading on the USMRR (US Military Railroads) - an organization of mostly Black railroad workers who not only maintained, repaired, and extended rail lines throughout the campaign (this is sort of an origin of the Pullman porters) but spent about a month early on figuring out the best ways to sabotage and destroy rail lines, and made a how-to guide.

This is extremely relevant to my interests.

[tommx]

Atlanta is one of those cities I've always wanted to visit, but still haven't. You now have me curious about USMRR as well. If you do find any interesting books on the subject, I'm interested.

Toulouse-Lautrec socks > Dalek Socks, though I love that you have both. Fun fact, Lisa hates the Daleks. She fell asleep early one evening, so I thought I'd watch the latest Doctor Who episode at the time, which was "Victory of the Daleks". (Not one of the best, but it was the first time seeing it, and I always enjoy Ian McNeice) The voice of the Daleks woke her up and she has hated them ever since, often quoting (actually misquoting, but I'll never say so to her) the episode in her version of a Dalek voice saying "Are you my soldier?"

[rinue]

I'm almost Lisa's opposite here, in that I'm not much of a Whovian (watched a season as a kid in the 80s; watched the Eccleston season; but haven't made it a priority) but I'm fond of the Daleks. Trashcan plunger guys with weird voices who want to destroy everything - they feel like what the Muppets would do. Dalek pretending to be nice by serving tea to everybody, plus a plot-critical Jammie Dodger? It feels like fan service directed at me specifically.

[tommx]

Ha, that's funny.

I got into Who mostly because of Tom Baker with a healthy dose of Douglas Adams. The ones he scripted were the best written, I think.