Reskeeting for timeline cleanse (a little one)

Yay found the missing reader. It had dropped behind some books on one of my shelves. I was afraid it was in one of the piles on my desk.

This is also available on the CW app finally.

@smartbitches.bsky.social thank Adam for the terrible joke.

Closer than I expected. #football

One Christmas tradition I've fallen into -- listening to "Nine Lessons and Carols" from King's College. That first solo is not for the tentative. #9lc

The IRS phone scams are exhausting.

The ‘City that Reads’ is reading — more

this made me so happy

A gift article for those who want to know more about this amazing author's story! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

For anyone in the US or Canada, Wooing the Witch Queen is on sale for $2.99 on Amazon, Kobo, and B&N for just 7 days, starting today. Enjoy! www.amazon.com/Wooing-Witch... www.kobo.com/us/en/search... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wooing-the... www.indigo.ca/en-ca/wooing... #romancelandia

Need a little heating up this winter? FROSTBURN, my MMF romantasy novella loosely inspired by The X-Files, is out now at all the usual e-tailers for just $2.99. #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/47aYWq

@toukochan.bsky.social ugh.

DC residents have been refusing to call that airport anything but National for almost thirty years, we certainly can refuse to call that arts center anything but the Kennedy Center for three

Hooking Left: a Kicker's Story

Saturday football is weird.

Nearly done with the spreadsheet of doom fir my romantasy course. Still need to think how to get the storyline where I want it.

I hate him so much.

The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks. This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The Kennedy Center picture makes me sick. At least it hasn't been bulldozed... yet.

Hey folks! I’ll be talking Hamilton in Charlottesville in January. Details below.

new episode alert! in this one @profgabriele.com talks with @anotheraspirin.bsky.social about St. Nicholas! basically he became the folk hero (eventually Santa Claus) because he was a rich guy who was nice to people and helped them with his $.... CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT HAPPENING??? pca.st/9sueq4cp

Another GenX sucker punch. Rest in peace, Gil Gerard. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/g...

@mozilla.org I have been using Firefox for YEARS. Not sure what the new CEO is hoping to achieve by "AI everything now" but if the hope is to drive people like me off your browser, you will surely succeed.

Ugh. Firefox.

Celebrating Jane Austen's birthday the best way we know how... with spicy queer hockey romance novels. You know our girl would have loved this enemies to lovers story. (This is our way of saying we have HEATED RIVALRY back in stock).

I hate the words "means-tested".

There was a great Tiktok by Sanjana Basker (her academic takes on Rom make my brain so happy) saying more people need to read historicals to get the level of craft they're seeking. I hope people listen, bc they are MISSING OUT. /3 www.tiktok.com/@baskinsuns/...

Also I need to get back to finishing the Others.

Things I blinked at today "The Black Jewels series is 27 years old". I remember when those first came out. (The sff.net newsgroups are another old fannish space I miss.)

NEW EPISODE! Today I welcome the legendary Anne Bishop to the show to discuss her new book, TURNS OF FATE, the first book in her new series, The Isle of Wyrd. Hope you enjoy!

Happy Hanukkah romances to those who are celebrating!

December 14, 2025

Great. Just great.

Am I cynical to note "Recipe for Romance" is also a Carina title? Albeit a more recent one than the gay hockey series. Still...

If you have access to The CW via the app or on the web, you can watch Recipe for Romance, based on Sweet On You by Carla de Guzman (which is 1.99 for the ebook on the harlequin website right now!) …I was gonna say right now but it doesn’t appear to have been added to the site yet. But soon? I guess

RIP Tony Geary. www.tvinsider.com/1234092/anth...

And I just saw the Tony Geary news. I am so done with 2025.

some days just call for lighting a candle AND cursing the darkness

This entire weekend

John Bauer (Sweden, 1882-1918) : St. Lucia with Seven Candles, 1913 Swedish postage stamp design Gouache on paper Bauer's mystical, folklore-inspired style made this image an enduring symbol of Swedish Christmas and the Feast of St. Lucy (December 13th). Celebrating St Lucia’s Day today! 🕯️ More 👇

2° outside and my furnace quit working today. and I am trying to get it fixed but I need $125 which I definitely do not have. We have heated mattress pads and lots of duvets, but I more worried about my pipes at this point. If you're able to help out, it is always appreciated. paypal.me/fringee

I almost never watch medical TV shows (aside from out of context YouTubeclips), so the fact I'm through the first six episodes of The Pitt surprises me. I know the back half gets rougher.

Happy St Lucia's Day! Saffron buns for all!

I get why but I'll miss scanning the book racks at the grocery store: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I have set up a gofundme to cover my medical bills, prescriptions and current expenses for my November back injury. Bills are paid for December, except for two outstanding medical bills around $300. Please share around your feeds. gofund.me/4f1ede9fb

A degree or two toowarm... sigh...

If you wanna learn more about immune amnesia this is a good primer from the American Society for Microbiology. Measles binds to your immune system’s memory cells and infects them, effectively erasing their database. It then produces all new memory cells - that contain info ONLY for measles.