You willed it into existence!!!!

It is SO good and I keep thinking about it, months after finishing it. Will there be a sequel or series or another book set in that world?

I am also an exvangelical (grew up in it and left at 18) who resisted horror for many decades, only to fully embrace it now. This essay gave me so much to think about - thank you for always putting this stuff into words! It helps so much.

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I can't imagine a more perfect award for this truly wonderful book. Congrats on the nomination!

Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague

evo psych bros creationists

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empathy is bad

Wendy’s solarium looking out over a parking lot.

I long to dine in the Wendy’s Solarium again

"Protests by military families against a defense secretary are extremely rare..."

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in place of a dark lord you would have just some guy! not dark but average looking and mediocre as an ikea desk!

To me, nothing is funnier than this. Everything competes with scrunched up Kermit

And it is a delight! Truly one of the best books I've read in a while.

1 can (14 oz.) drained and chopped artichoke hearts, 1 cup grated parmesan, 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 clove minced garlic. Mix, put into a smallish baking dish, sprinkle with more parm. Bake at 350° 20-25 mins (until golden on top). This never misses!!!

“But, you know, it’s a movie that connects with the people who love it at an almost molecular level.” I am one of these people! This movie gets stranger, sadder, and more lovely every time I watch it. It’s simultaneously cozy and unsettling.

Sorry if I missed this, but did you name her after Fuschia Groan?

Just purchased this! Very thrilled to receive and read!

Terror Train (1980)!

Hear me out: train the AI on only public domain material and let it talk like a copy of Beowulf

The sun will go down. The sun will rise again. It has has gotten darker. It will get bright again. The dark has wrapped and sheltered us, but now its time is done. And if we want the light back, and not just the sun, we better build a damn big fire.

Happy solstice.

Inspiring words from this NASA official