Wednesday we were supposed to have a speaker, but due to a bit of a bug on his part, and the expressed enthusiasm over Kamala Harris’ official acceptance as VP nominee at the simultaneously scheduled virtual Democratic National Convention on the part of a regular or two, we decided to postpone our book talk to next week and watch the Convention together. Our first hour prior to the start of the DNC veered to politics, to our optimism and hope about a possible new administration and to our concerns about the current administration, and especially the seeming threat to mail-in voting and the health of our Postal Service. We don’t usually talk politics but today it was warranted, and we do all tend to lean Blue (and I suspect there won’t be such a call to watch the RNC next week). When the Convention started I asked my tech friendly regular to share her screen and we watched together, sharing our thoughts in the chat as talking over the speeches seemed a bit rude. I stuck around for the beginning, enjoyed Billy Eilish’s song, though we speculated and googled whether she was of age to vote (she was, just barely). The chat comments were on the whole positive, and the gents expressed their concern about comments on appearances and on the whole left the ladies to make those (mostly approving and sympathetic). Soon after the performance I passed the hosting responsibility to another regular who had kindly conveyed her appreciation privately in the chat for the opportunity to watch together as she was still quarantining herself in another state away from her close friends. I opted instead to snooze out early and watch the highlight speeches the next morning on YouTube. I did catch the entirety of the broadcast the next day. It will be good to have the PareaGroove to watch as all unfolds over the next couple months.
Wed August 19 – Chat & DNC Watch Party
