I'm 56 years old and I'm thrilled to have an RPG session tonight. I started when I was eight, and I till get a little giddy when it's RPG night.

The WIP is up to 15,500 words. Not bad. And I'm still enjoying it.

I seem to be on a trashy sixties, seventies and eighties trashy Euro-vampire phase again. Is this going to happen every year?

I think the last time I watched THE HUNGER, it was off a VHS tape.

First Colbert and now Jimmy Kimmel. Fascists cannot stand being mocked.

So... a French steampunk/superhero film set during WWI? You have my attention, THE SENTINELS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M41P...

Flu and COVID vaccinations achieved. Yesterday was achy, but I feel fine today.

"You idiot, Orks pronounce 'Humies' with an unaspirated H!" is a thing I just shouted at a Youtube video. I may need to step back on my #Warhammer40K.

First chapter went to the writing group yesterday. They are intrigued (very important) and have guesses about where this is going. Which are all wrong (also important). Feeling good about myself.

I think I'm not going to today. Carry on. See you tomorrow.

I have a friend who could use some help. She wants to go to the Black Book Bash, but needs some funds to do so. Please consider a couple of bucks. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-my-cr...

Two weeks ago, I found the phrase that opened up a book I was planning. The next day, the opening chapter came to me. This morning, I'm 8,700 words into the new book, and to my surprise the first dragon I've ever written has appeared. This book is going some weird and exciting places.

Please consider helping out amazing author @zinrock.bsky.social who is caught in a super shitty situation. www.paypal.com/paypalme/Ter...

Missing you on your birthday, Jim. I am encouraging other writers, just in a different way than you did. Because I suck at being threatening.

Kino Lorber is having a sale. They've discounted all seasons of Babylon Berlin, including season 4. kinolorber.com/collection/a...

I suspect he is not dead. Only sulking. Release the Epstein Files.

Have submitted two stories today. *looks back* JFC, I haven't done that since MAY? I've got to do this more regularly.

Every time I start a novel, there's a period of empty brain-ness, and I am certain that I have forgotten how it works. Until I hit on a phrase that unleashes the floodgates, and I am suddenly scrambling to keep up with the ideas. With this novel, that phrase is "Comedy murder plots."

What IS it with my local, loudmouthed chucklefucks that they just can't stay out of trouble with the law? Imagine being such a pest that the *local hospital* has an order of no trespass against you. And then not showing up for the hearing. www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/h...

What move prepared me for what publishing was going to throw at me? 1988's sadly overlooked Tim Robbins/John Cusack TAPEHEADS. www.patreon.com/posts/movie-...

Looking up the Pleistocene megafauna extinctions to populate the wilds of the world I'm building. What's your favorite extinct huge Pleistocene animal?

Farewell, Terrence Stamp. You were a terrifying and yet at the same time human motherfucker in The Limey, my favorite of your roles. They know you're fucking coming.

Checking to see what of my stuff got ripped off by AI, and what appears but The Unspeakable Oath #22. @drgonzo123.bsky.social ... I figure you ought to know.

Coming in late, but K-Pop Demon Hunters is *exactly* the antidote I needed after watching Rosemary's Baby.

I am very disappointed to read the Hugh Laurie will be in the Potter remake.

BOLDNESS IS ALL! Yeah, I enjoyed Murderbot. Good expansion on the novella, nice character arcs for all involved.

Why isn't there even a fansub of Kawasaki's EARTH DEFENSE WIDOW? #Kaiju #research

This video giving showing the skeleton of the GUESS model is 100% amazing.

Hadn't quite finished tonight's adventure and worried about it as I went to sleep last night. Woke up early, and my brain told me "Let them go to the orgy" and the rest of the adventure basically fell into place. Thanks brain.

You ever watch a film that you wish you could shove your arms into the screen and FIX it? For me, that film is Christopher Strong (1933). This little essay includes how I intend to fix a film more than 90 years old. www.patreon.com/posts/films-...

Going through a story, and see that I have written "your previous bodily fluids" instead of "precious". What a difference a single letter makes.

There's a reason I'm not talking about giant gorilla films as part of my kaiju guide (King Kong grandfathered in). MIGHTY PEKING MAN, not to harsh anyone's love of it, is not my cup of tea. I don't like the treatment of the animals, I don't like the skin-darkening makeup.

NECON was brilliant, as usual. Lots of time with friends, although never enough. Watching friends do amazing work and get rewarded for it. My heart is full, my creativity is topped up. It was the best of weekends.

Off I go to NECON. Great things have happened to me at NECON. But I don't need great things to happen to me this time. I just want time with my excellent friends.

Now I think of those "rolling coal" guys like squid. They're ejecting a cloud to cover their frightened retreat.

Nothing says "freedom" like a $45 billion secret police force.

Everything is awful. But... Vinegar Syndrome is putting out another luscious kaiju 4K Blu-Ray... this time YONGARRY (following great editions of GORGO and REPTILICUS), the underrated and misunderstood 1967 film from South Korea. It's going to be AMAZING! vinegarsyndrome.com/products/yon...

The Republican party has demonstrated repeatedly that money is more important than lives. This gives them the excuse to be unspeakably cruel.

I don't want to do responsible things today. I want to make my safe Jurassic Park where the dinosaurs are fulfilled, happy in their environments, and don't escape.

Here's an amazing thread about how weird physics can still produce results. Thanks, Dread! bsky.app/profile/did:...

I noticed this was on the company's trailer hitch. Luckily, I've got a good company that sent an expert to rescue them.

What fucking sucks about capitalism is the way it is never satisfied. A friend is in need. Please consider helping. www.gofundme.com/f/florida-he...

So TOHO? If you're listening? I'd really like a Blu-ray transfer of RODAN.

This morning I... Went to a well-attended "No Kings" protest Got CSA (strawberries are in!) Next I'm going to the pride parade. Turns out, you can do that in a small town.

No Kings. No nobility. No oligarchs, no princes, earls, dukes or counts. No dictators. No Trump.

Billion-dollar ChatGPT lost a chess game to a computer with 124 bytes of RAM. Sums up AI for me. www.extremetech.com/computing/ch...

I like letting authors know when I enjoyed their books. @writervh.bsky.social 's DEATHWORLDER is a cracking tale. Excellent characters, well realized, and a great view of a tyranid invasion. Tense throughout, with good action scenes and a real creeping horror. Great read.

Sly Stone was just amazing. If you haven't seen Hulu's SUMMER OF SOUL, it's an incredible documentary of a truly extraordinary music festival.

Is that... is that Megan @greenwell.bsky.social on Reuters, talking about her new book? She's always been awesome. www.reuters.com/podcasts/pri...

Just got a rejection letter that I would happily paper my study with.