My mum used to send me off to bed by wishing me "Good Night, God Bless", except it was always abbreviated to "Night God Bless", and now I'm wondering what dark deity she unwittingly invoked all those years, and what umbral benisons it may have granted me.

How come I have printed T-shirts that are 20+ years old and still good, but the prints on modern (branded) tees seem to disintegrate after just a few months?

Is there a mnemonic to help you remember that Kimmel is the good Jimmy and Fallon is the bad one?

Vaguely reassured that even after taking dozens of selfies over the years, Google Photos apparently has no idea what I'll look like. 🤷‍♂️ In the picture are 1. Author Caim (C. K.) McDonnell 2. Actor Richard Dormer as Captain Vimes 3. Honestly not sure who that is, but it's not me. (I did not tap)

Showing off my digital media collection: "These shows default to the original language with English subtitles, but *these* ones do that AND have chapter breaks for Prologue, Opening & End Credits and Epilogue/Preview, and *these* ones do all of that AND have proper Title tags for every episode..."

@robynholdaway.bsky.social I think you'll like this story-behind-a-story. 😊

The only reason I turned off Gmail's "Smart Features" btw is that I logged into Gmail on the Windows desktop for the first time in a long while, and it ran like absolute ass while telling me my browser was out of date. Now I can't access Gmail's email Categories (Promotions, etc.) on my phone...

I'll say this for it, turning off Gmail's "Smart Features" has finally forced me to clean out my inbox.

ABOUT FUCKEN TIIIIIIIIIME!!!!! 🗡️ THIS NEWS HAS MADE MY YEAR!! 🥳

Looking for a bespoke Christmas gift? Look no further! Let me know your preferred book genre/theme and budget and I'll put together a book box for you. Perfect for hassle-free Christmas gifting! Postage within UK. #saletown #christmasbookgifts

The cooking instructions on my frozen stone-baked pizza said "you may notice charred areas of dough, this is normal", and I immediately thought that Chardaereus of Doh would be a great name for a renowned wizard or hero character.

Yup. If two different customers ask me for the same book in the space of a week, I'll think "Huh, is this a trend?" and more often than not email my buyer to let them know.

I've watched quite a lot of isekai anime of varying quality (and er, respectability) this year, but "The Wrong Way To Use Healing Magic" is the first time I've been moved to say "Hey, other people should watch this show!" It's *funny*, coherent, character-driven & wholesome. youtu.be/UkPRnHQJrws

Arrived just too late for #VentressDay, but nice to finally have a Funko of the (formerly) Hairless Harpy! Of course now I want: ✓ Ventress without skirt ✓ Season 3 outfit ✓ Nightsister ✓ Nightsister with cowl ✓ Bounty Hunter ✓ Bounty Hunter with Helmet ✓ Bad Batch Ventress @ohcatrina.bsky.social

Apparently this is a perk, not a threat.

One left to get...

Passive income from capital wealth, whether in the form of rental property or interest on investments, is morally suspect at best. Congrats for hoarding up enough money that it makes you more money, but it's a bit icky. There's a reason usury used to be a sin.

I'm on 10/20 but starting to slow down.

I'm incapable of shelving, picking or handling a book by Friedrich Nietzsche without the words of Howard Johnson playing in my head...

Miracle of miracles I did actually have a successful webchat with a customer service rep who cancelled and refunded the webhosting charge. What a relief! 😓

Just got hit with the three-yearly auto-renewal fees for webhosting services for the website I never built and had all but forgotten about. At the no-longer introductory rate. That's £400 I don't think I'll get back. Their T&C's are quite specific. 🫤

Idea: A romance novel set in the American suburbs, called "From HOA to HEA".

🚨MASSIVE NEWS🚨 One of our most sought after titles that sold out in less than 24 hours is back in stock! The brilliant and bonkers, darkly comic, animal detective novel a Remington Platypus is available now! Grab yours while stocks last! share.google/c7Di7sJNkNr8...

Had an hour to kill before my train home, so I reported - via the customer contact form - the fact that the paperback of Harrow the Ninth weirdly appears to have been memory-holed by our web store. 🤔 Gideon and Nona are listed no problem. 🤷‍♂️

A fancy Collector's Edition of the first book in a much-loved classic series just got announced, and I am both disappointed and somewhat relieved to discover I don't like the cover art. 🫤 So I probably won't be tempted to spend several $100s collecting the whole series.

Even Murderbot is anti-genAI.

Hey #Booksky. 👋 I'm trying to find a 2025 #Fantasy debut (I think?) I read about a couple of months ago, in which the main character is a guard/pathfinder for hire, escorting travellers as they journey across the dangerous countryside, and their latest job is to accompany a mage (I think?). 📚🪐 1/2

I'm just realising that there is a now a generation of individuals who a) know who Stephen Fry is, and b) know who Hugh Laurie is, and c) have no idea that they have ever worked together... (Prompted by me telling a co-worker about the 90s adaptation of Jeeves & Wooster.)

If a story doesn't contain some element of the impossible, fantastic, magical, speculative, historical or other-worldly, then I'm really not interested. Fiction is for escapism, and things that cannot be. Real life is right there outside your front door.

One of the stops on my commute is called "Mauldeth Road", and every time it's announced I think...

Join us on Saturday for Bookshop Day! We're open 10-5.30pm. See you then! #bookshopday @booksaremybag.bsky.social

Upgrades! 🤩 Long overdue... Doug McClure, newly arrived in 1080p courtesy of @imprintfilms.bsky.social

This headline confused me for at least 30 seconds; I was like, "Uh, the Queen is also dead??" 🤨

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5). An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 (🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

Is there any evidence of The One Ring making anyone other than a Hobbit invisible? Did it maybe only make *Hobbits* invisible because furtiveness & concealment are part of their natural magic? Perhaps it would've given a Human super-strength, like Gummiberry Juice™. 🤔

This looks good fun. Out next summer, 144 pages. Added it to my wishlist. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I did once have the idea of publishing an edition of Dracula printed using ink that was only visible under a UV blacklight, to make it unreadable to vampires...

For a movie that’s 35 years old, Dick Tracy’s make up & prosthetic artists did a fantastic job on the outlandish Dick Tracy villains that still holds up.

I think a lot of British people are possibly missing how batshit crazy the current news cycle from America is by not realising that Tylenol is just the American name for paracetamol.

I'm not familiar with Glitch studios, so this hit me out of nowhere when it crossed my feed, and it's fantastic! Will definitely be watching the rest of the series.

I thought for a second each line was a separate quote.

Someone pointed out (in the comments on a YouTube video) that a 3-legged object is more stable than a 4-legged object, because 4 legs will wobble if they are of uneven length but 3 legs will not, and for some reason this knowledge is messing with my head.

Stop the presses!! 😲

When the train conductor has a little look up and down the platform before releasing the doors, what is he checking for? And is it zombies?

In a little over 24hrs I'm supposed to be flying to Northern Ireland for a friend's funeral, and concomitant 20-year reunion with my other Uni friends, with a full work shift between then and now, and I feel like hammered shit. 🤧 Hate to do it, but I might go in, cash-up the tills, and come home.

I've just got over a 3-week cough, and now I have a brand-new sinus infection. Feel like repeat COVID infections have already wrecked my immune system. Can't wait to find out what they've done to my long-term cognitive health!

Join us in-store to celebrate the bestselling kids series LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS. We'll have fun activities and competitions throughout the day and a special BUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICE offer on all books in the series. #saletown @quartokids.bsky.social @lifeinsale.bsky.social

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok