Holy fuck.

Interesting thought. Maybe just あいつじゃねえぞ？

There's something about the delivery or the nuance or something that makes every line in Raising Arizona quotable.
Bill Roberts?

Dad pun of the year so far, imo

Oops, SERIOUS project. Not series.

Dude. DUDE.
Your mom is awesome.
Tell her I just finished translating the next one. Fingers crossed it comes out later this year.

Do any of my followers have connections in the Japanese horror film/TV industry?
There's someone I'm trying to contact for a series project but my publishing contacts don't have any leads.

I'll be here on 18 April at eleven. Come if you can!

www.messrsbookshop.com

Whatever skills I have as a translator came from the million+ words I translated down the translation mines. If all the unglamorous grunt work disappears there won't be anywhere to learn

The very definition of a man who gets by on big ideas alone.

Thank you!

Good lord, Split has a *terrible* script.

Oh no. Hugs, Eleanor. But what a lovely self-care gift!

I block anyone using or promoting gen AI on sight. Life is too short for that shit.

Pigs snort and grunt and squeal.

When you‘ve got an hour to kill before the train in Fukuoka… drive the train instead 👍

Ok so friends if you were unable to talk your mom out of going to Kyoto for a weekend which neighborhood would you want to stay in?? Cuz right now I am thinking Osaka 😂

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Saturday practice (theme song from 借りぐらしのアリエッティ).

Do I know anyone who could help me get an ARC of Katherine Rundell’s “Neverfear”?

Two very similar tabby cats, I've bigger and over smaller, peeking out of a white enclosure.

Don's little brother Haru was taken in by another family but it didn't work out, so now we are a three cat family.

A "wartime" poster that says: "Using Generative AI? You're Prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead! Don't surrender your creativity to the Tech Billionaires' control!"

I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment.

Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here:

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Our new LP The World Is to Dig is everywhere 4/14, but grab your headphones and tuck in for the weekend because you can download it NOW. It’s a fundraiser for our studio work! Help sustain our project and hear all 18 new song before the rest of the world does! Exclusively at TMBGshop.com.

Another novel translation ready for submission. Second one of 2026.
I'm smokin' this year.

I'm editing this transition and some of these typos are just... Jeez, what kind of idiot does this?
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The "me" kind of idiot, that's what kind.

Yay! Give her my regards.

A dual monitor workspace with the Nintendo Switch 2 home screen on one monitor.

Don't bother me, I'm "working."

I somehow failed to learn about the AWESOME POWER of formatting styles in word processing software until right now. Years into my career as a professional word-making guy.
I am shame.

I'm very sorry to hear it's so hard right now. The thing that has got me through my own hard times is, cliche at it is: This, too, shall pass.

I think that "Moving needles" is probably not going to happen, but there is something here. Some kind of connection. Some contribution to a vibe that is better to have than not.
I mean, how the hell else would I be able to say, "Hey, John, thank you for the stories you write." like I am right now?