Folks, as the holidays draw near, I’m hoping just once we can skip having the argument about whether or not Die Hard is a movie

"Magic Missile"? Oh, you mean...

Just revisited The Long Good Friday and the ending gave me chills all over again. (I know some people favor the original cut but I prefer the 2007 remaster.)

Any of my favorite authors. "You just sit down everyday and you do it. Stop bellyaching and just write something! It’s not hard!”

Can you send me the 2FA code you just got?

With all the ongoing issues here on Bluesky I've made the decision to switch platforms. If you want to follow me on Mastadon, just hit up the 90F70 server, subsector 23sd32.g, quadrant 3 (-0 rotation), using auth key "grto-rklc-wiem" filtered through inverted Base 17 encoding… (🧵 1/7)

I feel like all I’ve ever seen you say about writing is that you never do it

Every time I see this photo my first thought is that it's a promo photo for a Broadway musical. Something about the bright flat lighting just makes it look like a set.

If the college football season ended today, it would surprise everyone, as there are several weeks left on the schedule.

"Magic Missile"? Oh, you mean...

every writer likes to brag about their productivity until they learn how Lauren Groff drafts:

Thursday! Time to transition your awkward small talk with coworkers from “Did you get up to anything fun this weekend?“ to “Got any big plans for the weekend?”

Accurate. Me explaining to colleagues tiktok trends on the weekly 😂

Overheard at the office: Student Worker (19): Eize knows more memes and bands and stuff than anyone I know. He’s like a college kid, it’s crazy. Art Director (25): Don’t worry, he’s still old as hell. One time I called him after 9 PM and he answered all freaked out like I’d been in a car wreck…

It's also why all the king's men try to put "him" back together again. Another instance of the state trying to enforce cisnormativity

Humpty Dumpty's canonically trans b/c their egg cracks after their great fall

Humpty Dumpty is always drawn as an egg, but nothing in the rhyme indicates that's what Humpty Dumpty is. (There's also nothing indicating that they're male.)

Three Rules To Write By (Denis Johnson) Write naked. That means to write what you would never say. Write in blood. As if ink is so precious you can't waste it. Write in exile, as if you are never going to get home again, and you have to call back every detail.

dude I just asked a question

"You always seem upbeat and approachable." "Well, I hide Nothing from anyone."

transvestigation is so ridiculous. get a hobby. no a real hobby. even painting miniatures would be better than thsi

Vibes

no cellphones in sight, the dude's just vibing, enjoying the moment. this could be a basement party for all you know.

Next, a touching Zadie Smith short story about mutual followers who used to be on Twitter, who moved to Bluesky but then inexplicably stopped posting and disappeared, leaving only a minimal profile.

Upload my consciousness into my Steam backlog

I've got the deluxe versions of games, one day those premium minis and silk-screened tokens are all that will be left of me.

Gonna be more honest with everyone in my life by renaming my depression “Nothing." “What’s wrong?" “Nothing." “What did you get up to this weekend?" “Whole lotta Nothing." “How’s your novel coming?" “Nothing’s stopping me now."

Do you have the funds to buy up enough land for a pyramid larger than Giza, constructed entirely of board games?

Bury me in a tomb of my unplayed games.

You know that one clock you keep forgetting to adjust so that weeks or even months after the time change it still shows the wrong hour? That's how I still have so many followers.

deluxe expansions are getting out of hand

being a tabletop designer means sometimes you find an Untitled Spreadsheet and inside is just the numbers 1 to 100 in order

“This means nothing if they keep governing like moderates.” “They'll pivot to ‘bipartisanship’ instead of fighting.” “Corporations still control the party.” “They'll use tonight as an excuse to move further right in the name of electability.” SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT LET US HAVE ONE NIGHT FOR GOD'S SAKE

dude I just asked a question

I’m ready for us to go back to precedented times now…

Started using a Peloton bike, but I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere with it.

Nouveau Rizz

screw it, i'm going back to flickr

Started lifting weights. It has its ups and downs.

I’m ready for us to go back to precedented times now…

Absolutely terrifying breakfast moment as I froze in terror mid-bite before remembering that this oatmeal has raisins in it.

1,001 Fights To Have Before You Die

I hope they cover all of the literary brat pack. Godzilla: Bright Lights Big City writes itself.

it is now 800,000 o’clock at night

and if you’re lucky the discord or subreddit will have a bunch of unintuitive and useless but very strictly enforced rules

In the Wordle channel in our family Slack, my mom has developed a cute response for nearly every result: If we all get it in the same number of guesses: Jackpot! A sequential run of guesses, like 3-4-5: Down the line! Her and my sister getting it in fewer guesses than me: Ladies Night! (cont)

Why remove the shrink wrap? That protects the resale value. The most important part of any hobby is to buy low and sell high

Anyone ever read the Feminist mico-RPGs book? This was like half of them