one step closer to unpacking our stuff from all these kö&dpslö% boxes

If all goes to plan, the city water person is coming to install a new water meter at our house this morning, and after that the plumber will be able to turn the water on to the new bathroom and kitchen on MIL's side for the first time!

So fingers crossed, we'll be scrubbing and vacuuming tonight and attempting to move the last of our stuff from its current perch at MIL's old flat to its new, equally temporary perch in her (packed-boxes-filled) wing of the house. Our side is already sealed off from hers with a big elaborate plastic door with a zipper, so once we get it clean it should be safe to breathe and eat on hers - ours is full of equipment and materials and sawdust, and will remain that way for the near future. They've got one and a half bathrooms and some kitchen work left to do there, and Wax and I have to wallpaper and paint before the electricity can be put in.

Signal Boost: good omens and the cold war (on Tumblr)

itishypatiaofalexandria posted: ineffably-human: feoplepeel: ultraballantine: ...

I wonder if some of the bigger differences in the characterization of Aziraphale and Crowley from the books to the series are due to the shift from a late Cold War era to the current shitshow.

I read this whole post some time ago and probably reblogged it but I didn't save it anywhere at the time. Some on-the-nose observations about the temporal setting and cultural climate of 1990 vs 2019 from several different posters (as well as someone who has forgotten that Gabriel was invented for the tv series but nonetheless makes a good observation about him).