A bemused stick figure on a step ladder is looking down into the open head of another stick figure, who seems happy despite having an apparently empty head.
Been breaking this one out a lot these days.
The Salty Spitoon bouncer meme, except I tell him I beat Simon on Expeditioner difficulty and I still get in.
Come on now, chairs like that don't grow on trees!
Bilbo: What? Merry and Pippin told me you booked Explosions in the Sky.
I outgrew the Millennial urge to post lyrics as cryptic status updates, but Sleep Token is making it real difficult not to relapse.
We published three fantastic issues in 2025!🧜🏽
(The December issue pub date was Dec 1, even if things went "free online" later)
Reading for the Nebs, Hugos, SFPAs, Locus, and more? Give them a look!❤️🔥
psychopomp.com/fantasy/
A sharp-shinned hawk perched in a tree on a snowy day.
Best I can offer is a sharp-shinned hawk that likes to terrorize our bird feeder.
Wanting to spend 1.4 trillion compared to their current revenue is crazy-making. They're a 10-year-old selling 5 cent lemonade on the curb to buy a PS5, using ingredients from inside their own house.
Have you noticed a jump in submissions since AI became a thing, or is 1000+ pretty normal?
Porco Rosso was a real sleeper hit for me, when I first watched it I thought it was fun, but over the years it's become a fav. Possibly my most watched Ghibli film?
My recommendations for short SFF and speculative poetry, 2025! By no means comprehensive, even I can't read everything, but gosh there's been good stuff: marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4317
Painful, sad, but beautiful, too. Thanks for re-posting. I missed this last year, but I'm really glad I get to see it now.
It was a pleasure for my take on magical rings to appear in the BCS 2025 lineup, also weird to think that was earlier this year and not like...three years ago. Time has felt strange recently. Take care going into 2026, friends!
Was genuinely impressed and surprised that not one of the Benoit Blanc movies has been "the bad one" so far.
As long as it stays extra double inside and not normal inside.
The boys invite me to BDubs on the condition that I stop calling it capsaicin mithridatism.
My wife has been forgetting to use her eye drops, so now four times a day her phone goes, "Zhu Li, do the thing!" and if this isn't why I married her I don't know what is.
Hey, no judgement here!
Congrats! How many injured?
BCS is worthy of all the support I can imagine. It has weathered a lot as publishing has changed, and it would be a shame to let a magazine like this falter. Please contribute if you can, and if you can't, help spread the message!
Definitely! I appreciate that mindset.
What a great approach to fiction writing. And calling a failed story thread "a well-attended funeral" is so much nicer than how I usually think about the parts of a story I'm unhappy with.
We spent the evening talking with old friends, mostly laughing, and shocked the poor kebab vendor with how many we wanted. Great night.
Gotcha, Tokyo can be a jungle. I'm sure I can track some yarn down either way!
@maryrobinettekowal.com When you came to Tokyo for Hal-Con 2024, I recall you asking for Japanese yarn recommendations. Did you ever find a place to buy some?
Reposting twice because it's important.
Saw a tumblr post saying AI is turned on again in a hidden Google Drive menu, but its not a menu you can find on mobile; its only desktop. anyhoo. here it is with a picture and clearer directions
Google Drive > MyDrive > (Gear Icon top right) Settings > Manage Apps [switch off Gemini here]
Maybe this has been said elsewhere, but I recently stumbled onto an amusing but useful trick for coming up with a single sentence pitch/summary of a novel: Make it a goofy, run-on light novel title. You can smooth out the awkwardness later.
My R'Lyehan Grammar Professor Taught Nonsense Phrases for Safety, But Now Nyarlathotep Says The Cloud-Thing Needs To Know If I Want Fries With That.
I took so long to finish the opening sequence because I kept stopping to stare at things like porches and sheds in awe of how good it all looked.