ephemeral entries

Health: I'm still feeling wrecked from having to work a lot this weekend on a systems patch that had serious problems. I took some of this afternoon off, and I'll take tomorrow afternoon off, as well. I'm glad that loved ones got to join the protests and got home safely.

History: 20 years ago this week, Eric Rudolph pled guilty to several bombings, including the Atlanta Olympics one. But it was too late for poor Richard Jewell's career and quality of life, the security guard who spotted the backpack containing the bombs and saved many people's lives, but was hounded by the FBI and media. Many people never heard that he wasn't guilty. He was fat. He didn't fit the "hero" profile.

Hugos: The finalist list came out and File 770 shows where to read/watch/sample many of them for free. I'll also note that my library app Libby has Ann Leckie's finalist, and Hoopla has several of the novellettes. I should get the voter's packet when it comes out, but no need to wait to begin reading/ranking. I'm glad that some of my Best Related Work and Fan nominations made it to Finalist status. I had not watched (nor heard of) "The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel", nor am I probably going to watch all 4 hours of it, but I really enjoyed that creator's Last BronyCon vid from a few years ago. A couple of other notes: sad that audio dramas (podcasts) always seem to be ignored (though I keep nominating them), but happy that most of the Best Game/Interactive works were produced by smaller companies.