I think the part of your description that hooked me on it was about the language and behavioral bits. having been down a certain road on this with arrival, phm's take on it seemed logical but also super over simplified.I read slow and have some things to read first, but very looking fwd to this one!

(forgot my alt text, image is the cover of a book called 'the sparrow', by Mary Doria Russell)

I think i have @jeffhamilton.bsky.social to thank for getting the thought of this book stuck in my head. it was a very serendipitous find at a little free library on a short bike ride yesterday evening.

(not rubbing alcohol though, might fuck up the paint)

would a light swipe with some windex or monitor cleaner on a dust-free cloth help, maybe?

4 and 6 here. neato?

I had a brand new headset that stank of cigarettes out of the box. i want to say that took about a week of open air to fix. hopefully she gets better quickly!

damn.

hello world

backing up the nearly decade old machine for the new one that *finally* arrived today.

830 and same

😐

pretty sure i know 3 of these; i don't care about the beatles.

oh nooo

tiny little birds are frolicking out my window this morning.

what the actual fuck

🤔 indeed

so much ick.

also also, last I knew, salt and straw was a company name. there's one over here somewhere.

I am from Illinois and have no idea what gravy bread is.
also, some of these sound pleasant and... normal?
yes, I know what a geoduck is and how to pronounce it. would not eat one.

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there are more?!?!

no, no, fuck this fuckety shit

i fucking LOVE the shit out of this.

hmm. i probably should have read the book at some point.

will do! my two are currently reacting to their first (or maybe second? but definitely first in a long time) snow: one hanging in a window watching everything, the other asleep in a blanket cave on *my* office chair.

not sure, but could it be a separation anxiety thing? like maybe she feels safer when you are there?

no juice and a plethora of pepto

are you quite alright?

gosh, i do wonder what will happen if he just tries to do shit in spain. hmm.

(same, but what would i be ex-communicated from)