i’d been putting off sitting down to read james’ new book because i don’t know a lot about myanmar or rojava or the spanish civil war & i was worried my lack of subject matter knowledge would be a barrier…. that was so silly of me. listen to him read the first chapter. it’s so heart breakingly good.
You should definitely ask me what Celeborn’s name is in Quenya
The dogs have had only me in the house for the past 25 hours so they are getting a little frantic for someone who is not boring and sedentary and knows how to play the GOOD games, the ones they simply don’t have time to teach me
I’m getting there! Still need $600 to get my back rent paid so I can keep my housing. Every little bit helps!
In a four way tie for worst son of Feanor
Trying to make a Celegorm joke
Arnold Sobel chose for me:
Ankylosaurus is built like a tank,
Clankety clankety clankety clank.
"The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning."
Make Me Better by Sarah Gailey, a novel about a cult that lives on secluded island in the middle of a saltwater lake where if you come you will never have to experience grief or shame or loneliness again.
From Episode 277 (capestights.com/ep277)
@sarahgailey.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social
I WAS SCROLLING WHILST COFFEEING AND NEARLY HAD AN UPNOSE SITUATION
The sea does not dream of you
Think of all the money we could save if every country in the world just agreed not to be run by stupid cunts.
Dragonsworn’s shiny shiny sparkly convention table
HOLY SHIT IT’S HUNTSVILLE TIME
Co-sign this whole list! I’d also add Cherryh’s Morgaine cycle and Jessie Mihalik’s Hunt The Stars and Joan D Vinge’s The Summer Queen
Man I love those weird weird books. No one has ever been as good at anything as Aeron Aoibhell, and she looks SO GOOD doing it. And the Thomas Canty cover art!
Oh this is a GREAT pick
ASK HER WHAT THE DUMB TINY THING SHE’s TRYING TO EVADE IS
ASK HER
DO NOT INGEST
The beauty of this post is that it can be used in any situation
All my Kali Decker novellas are on sale for $0.99! Get some high-heat instalust so D2D doesn't punish me this year!
BAD DESIRE books2read.com/u/4j7QdD
NOBODY'S BARGAIN books2read.com/u/bxD0no
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NEPO BABY books2read.com/u/bzywnj
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Tiny Capaldi hurling a Dalek
Happy Birthday, Peter Capaldi.
baby's bottom (an excessively overpolished fountain pen nib tipping that is both smooth as a baby's bottom....... and looks vaguely butt shaped under magnification to boot)
Nibmeister (someone who adjusts, repairs, or modifies fountain pen nibs) because people who aren’t in the hobby are slightly mindblown that such an occupation exists.
Paying people more doesn't leave people with more money is most of the things they need, and especially if huge portions of their expenses, are getting more expensive, too, and especially if, like healthcare, they're getting *much* more expensive *faster*
My car repair bill is looking like $550 so far
Sharing this here because money is tight and any little bit helps
paypal.me/biologicalriley
A pal who is much more adventurous in blue-greens than me also suggests Birmingham Pen Co Pressed Glass and her sample she showed me seems good, the problem with BPC is that while their inks are pretty, they are almost never what their website shows
A digital illustration of Godzilla silhouetted against a red and orange fire-colored background with his back spines all glowing blue as he blasts nuclear fire at whomever you would most like to have nuclear fire blasted at. Go ahead and make a wish. Jagged lettering on Godzilla’s back and shoulder, also glowing blue, reads ‘Maybe it will happen today’
Ink swatches on gridded paper, name of ink written next to a scribble in that color, from top to bottom: TACCIA KOIAI BIRMINGHAM PEN CO COLD SNAP KYOTO TAG URAHAIRO BPC CISTERN SAILOR ELEUTHERA ISLAND They are a collection true blues, pale greens, and a blue-green
Not really, the closest I could get is Eleuthera Island. Apparently I’m either pale jade, navy blue, or get out.
PANEL 1: MATTIE at a bar. Next to her, a GUY is looking up at the tv. MATTIE: Watching the game? GUY: Yeah! I've got a 12-way parlay, a couple of props, and of course the straight moneyline. PANEL 2: MATTIE, talking to SOMEONE ELSE. The TV GUY is now in the background. MATTIE: Woof. That's a lot of betting. He should maybe get some help. GUY 2: What? Sorry, I was placing my bet on the two rats over there fighting each other. PANEL 3: MATTIE talking to A THIRD GUY, peering over at the SECOND GUY in the corner betting on rats. MATTIE: Am I the only person not gambling constantly now? GUY 3: Shh! We've got a bet on what that guy is going to bet on next. PANEL 4: MATTIE falls to her knees. In the close foreground, a FOURTH AND FIFTH GUY converse. MATTIE: YAGGHHH!!! GUY 4: Told you she'd lose it. Pay up.
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