That was nice. Got bumped from a connecting flight to a direct, which means I will now have four extra hours in NYC. Wonder what I should do there this afternoon? (Other than nap. 3 am wakeup for early flights is not getting any easier.)

Is this the pinnacle of celebrity fascination replacing journalism? Instead of "hey the President is breaking all kinds of laws" it's "other famous people there too!"

Parallel thinking, I did something similar with what is probably the most successful shitpost ever in 2022. Real shame I never made a Venmo, Cash App, of KoFi account so I could've made some money off it. Oh well. Thought about doing an updated version in 2024 where Daffy crashes into Paramount.

It's looking like a really good time to go spend the better part of a week with people I only see a few times a year and get off the internet for a while.

お誕生日おめでとう🥳🎈

The Rats of Khan. Watercolor 5”x7”. #Ratville 2018

Really important story -- another major distributor went under.

I'm so looking forward to when there's a good DVD collection of the rediscovered Wontner films.

This is my favorite headcanon and it's a great example of how readers can offer a different reading of a text that the author never considered and did not intend, but is nonetheless validated by the text itself.

A shitpost so great Billy Joel actually heard about it

💚 Fire & Ice 🩵

Professor Challenger in the comics. From The Adventures of Lumen N. #4, out Dec 17 from Dark Horse. The white-bearded man is Nemo with his granddaughter Lumen. Sadly, the series has concluded with this issue. Written by James Robinson, art by Phil Hester, Marc Deering, and Bill Crabtree.

More than today. I have to keep telling myself today is not Sunday.

Billionaire influencer. I'm all for that. Also escapist reading, in case you hadn't guessed.

Thought I’d learn to sew in the new year. Step one:

Went from watching The Ellery Queen series, with Jim Hutton, to the Nero Wolfe series, with his son Timothy. Love the period design! And Maury Chaykin is excellent.

New post: Drops of God: Mariage Volume 11 from @kodansha.us comicsworthreading.com/2026/01/02/d...

Let's make a plan to hang out sometime 📝🩷

Starting up Wicked: For Good to show my mom. If Elphaba is green and fighting against people who are using yellow to commit abuse, does that make her a Green Lantern? Or does her inherent anti-establishment vibe prevent that? Discuss.

This is the year of putting things away. I'm telling myself: Don't just move it to another pile, make the time to read or watch it (or decide you don't want to), then review or gif it or log it or whatever, and store (or dispose of) it appropriately.

It's not getting better. Build your own media server. Buy physical media. They had their chance and they blew it.

Minis not big enough to capture the magic of this con? I thought so too. New for 2026, our printable promotional flyer!

Great rundown. Basically, people who think they own a property are going to do whatever they can to scare off others. And there are some details involving long-running characters that have to be navigated.

Final reading count for 2025: 512 books. Let's see what happens in 2026!

Happy Public Domain Day! See what's entering the public domain this year: https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/ More about PDD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day #publicdomain #publicdomainday #pdd #publicdomainday2026 #copyright

When clocks strike midnight on the first day each year, a quiet creative revolution starts as hundreds of works move from private control into the public domain, unlocking stories, songs, and images for anyone to reuse. The world celebrates this big moment with an official Public Domain Day. (1/2)

Just glommed my annual font swag - today is the day!

Capy New Year you magnificent bastards xxx

Best NYE movie: The Thin Man!

new year new mountain goats mantra

Watching Poirot "Dumb Witness" with Bob ze Dog, and Hastings, bless him, has just woken up Poirot to ask if he's having trouble sleeping.

New post: Wash It All Away A Square Enix manga where a girl loves doing laundry and going to the bathhouse. If you like cleaning details punctuated with fan service, this is the slow village life series for you. comicsworthreading.com/2025/12/31/w...

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Wishing a Happy New Year to friends out in Blue Sky! May the new year be a damn sight better than the last.

Nice song list.

Were redheads involved?

I just got up and it's already 2026 in New Zealand!

I have eaten a lot of meat things in my life, but this looks too greasy. Although kind of cute.

I love this film. Also this line: "Yes, I admit it, my sexuality is “Straight with a carve-out for Nick Rivers.” Now you know." I made younger people watch this and Real Genius when Kilmer passed. I think they enjoyed them.

Knowledge is power #usps

higher res!

Well there is another word for sausages in dough in the uk: a sausage roll, which is an everyday affair, whereas pigs in blankets, with bacon, are more of a festive, or at least Sunday treat.

Nah, it is people not using Goodreads as much since Amazon bought it.

A great way to keep track of your Christie reading!

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

A quick poll. Pigs in blankets: sausages in dough, or sausages in bacon? (I was astounded when I found out the latter is more common in the UK.)

Hey, random question... do I know any marine biologists out there who would be interested in talking to a young person interested in the field?

Got my Goodreads summary. I only use it to get review copies -- my full reading is tracked on StoryGraph. But the stats! With 34 books read, I'm in the top 15%. And in the top 5% of reviewers. That is terrible for literacy. (My actual number of titles read this year is 498.)