As part of the unionization effort, my ALA friends need some public signatures of support! Help them out: actionnetwork.org/forms/union-...

I genuinely don’t mind people celebrating St. Patrick’s Day—whatever, have fun. I only mind that everyone parks in my neighborhood for the parade, so if I leave my house today (which I must, unfortunately), I can’t come back until 9 or 10. Maybe I’ll go see a movie?

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

Ah yes, it is once again the time of year where I feel outrage that I have to pay my taxes and just hope I’m doing it right when if I lived in virtually any other country the government would just do it for me and it would not be a concern at all.

Book 10 of 2026: THE ROUND HOUSE by Louise Erdrich. This is the second novel of Erdrich’s I’ve read, and it was absolutely engrossing—but the subject matter is brutal. Narrated by a 13-yo Ojibwe boy whose mother is attacked. Trigger warnings for basically everything.

That thing where you start writing a blog post and then you realize, oh no, this is actually a good essay I should pitch somewhere…

In this new series, I’ll tell you whether your kooky funeral ideas are legal based on the research I did for my book “My Parents Are Dead: What Now?” First up: Muppets. #deathpositive #books #funeral #muppets

It's all so clear

Just a friendly reminder: When your parents die, you don't inherit their debts. If the money left in their estate isn't enough to cover their debts, too bad. It's not your problem. #deathpositive #estateplanning #estatelaw #debt

Dinner plan 1: foiled by freight train. Dinner plan 2: restaurant was closed. Dinner plan 3: pizza success 🍕

hey guys quick question. does anyone know what’s going on. with anything

Shoutout to my friends at the American Library Association who are forming a union! Let’s get some @jortsthecat.bsky.social energy up in here! 📚👏 📚👏 📚👏 afscme31.org/news/america...

If you’re in Louisville you should come to Awry Brewing tonight at 7 and watch me play a live game of Daggerheart. I have never played a TTRPG in front of an audience. I have only played Daggerheart once. It’s gonna be great! 😂😭

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There’s something very charming about Louisville in the spring. Yes, I realize it’s February. But it feels like spring today.

The whole thing is very reminiscent of @rebb003.bsky.social's new book, which you should definitely get!

Book 9 of 2026: WOLF IN WHITE VAN by @themountaingoats.bsky.social. I first read it about a decade ago, but something called me to re-read it now. Maybe it’s that the bleak violence of today’s world makes escape in a game seem appealing. But it’s not escape, just another layer of reality.

I dream one day of getting on this website and seeing men everywhere getting upset about info like this and like Epstein because men’s violence and cruelty gives them a bad fucking name and it is THE THING that makes them lonely. Imagine if they tackled the problem they created

Book 8 of 2026: THE NEW LIFE by Tom Crewe. A queer historical fiction in which nearly every character is forced to make impossible choices they’d never be forced to make had they lived a century later. Our existence in the new life (or something closer to it) makes the novel more hopeful.

“Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” by David Bowie. Do you think they would let me incorporate pyrotechnics into my free skate?

Having trouble finding new music to get excited about. Any artists you’re enjoying these days? I like most everything except country. (Alt country sometimes acceptable.)

I don’t really believe in hell, but if it does indeed exist, I hope whoever invented the stock market is burning there.

Louisville, I have been roped into playing Daggerheart in front of a live audience. Come have a beer and be part of that audience. 🍻 #louisville #ttrpg

Louisville, I have been roped into playing Daggerheart in front of a live audience. Come have a beer and be part of that audience. 🍻 #louisville #ttrpg

Hey Louisville! I hear you need your medical marijuana card applications notarized? And that some banks are turning people away? I, your friendly neighborhood notary, shall never turn you away. Just buy me a coffee or drink. 😘

Book 7 of 2026: LE PLONGEUR by Stéphane Larue. It’s been forever since I read a book in French, but I figured my recent trip to Montreal was a good excuse—especially because this novel is a romp through Montreal’s drug- and booze-fueled restaurant scene from the perspective of a new dishwasher.

Recommendations needed! Due to having a book to promote, I’m hoping to do even more traveling this year than I usually do. What’s your fav credit card for getting lots of miles? It can be for a specific airline—though ideally an airline that travels abroad. Thanks! 🙏 ✈️

Recommendations needed! Due to having a book to promote, I’m hoping to do even more traveling this year than I usually do. What’s your fav credit card for getting lots of miles? It can be for a specific airline—though ideally an airline that travels abroad. Thanks! 🙏 ✈️

Still need a Valentine’s Day gift? Let me make a slightly morbid suggestion… #books #deathpositive #estateplanning #valentinesday

I highly doubt it. @edzitron.com

"When my parents died, I expected grief. I expected flowers and casseroles, sympathy cards and awkward hugs from well-meaning acquaintances. I did not expect sticker shock.” Read Becky Robison’s recommendations for books about navigating the bureaucracy after a loved one’s death:

Me?!?! In @electricliterature.com?!?! Doing my @deadparentswhatnow.com thing?!?! 💀💗💀💗 electricliterature.com/7-books-that...

Ok I didn’t know which teams were in the Super Bowl until today but now I need the Seahawks to win because I put $1 on a sort of betting system involving squares that I didn’t understand? Anyway go Seattle or whatever. Sports.

Can I be frank? I love my house and my friends and Louisville, and I think it’s especially important for people like me (white, privileged) to stay in the U.S. right now and help however we can. But BOY OH BOY do I want to move away from the U.S. sometimes (often).

Hello, I am on some podcasts! Please listen. 💗

Book 6 of 2026: THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo. Thought this was going to be a vampire novel. It is decidedly not! More of a historic romantasy, which isn’t my fav genre, but Bardugo is a competent author, so it worked.

I have only been away from Louisville for a little over a week, but it feels like a month. Chicago > Montreal > Quebec City > Montreal> Chicago. But I’m home safe now. 💗

Watches Kneecap movie once; becomes immediately obsessed with Kneecap

problem number one is that journalism—hard news, columns, criticism, sports, all of it—should not be about the fucking clicks. it's about an informed community. it's about telling people about what's important, new, underappreciated, infuriating. it's not. about. the fucking. clicks.

“What stood out to me was that, like me, none of the three had been born or raised in Minnesota. They looked at their own globes and maps and took what seemed like a fair shot at the good life.” Gorgeous piece by @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social—pls read it. www.vogue.com/article/find...

Waiting for my flight back to the U.S. from Montreal, I must ask: WHY IS THE FOOD SO MUCH BETTER IN LITERALLY EVERY COUNTRY? I mean just in terms of quality of ingredients. The moment I got to Canada, Katie and Simon bought me a *transcendent* turkey sandwich. The bread alone! 😭

Help Chloe!!

Feeling very nostalgic spending the day in Logan Square. Went to Same Day Cafe to get avocado toast with jicama slaw. Snuck into Skunk Cabbage Books to sign a copy of my book. I miss you, Chicago. 🥺

I was on WNYC yesterday!! 👇

Waiting until a major snowstorm to watch Heated Rivalry was the correct choice.

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

Book 5 of 2026: HOWLS FROM THE DARK AGES, edited by P.L. McMillan and Solomon Forse. Gory short horror stories that take place in the medieval period. What more could you want? Let’s go, creepy monks!

in the chill of the night there is book mail: My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death by @rebb003.bsky.social, published by @quirkbooks.bsky.social Becky ❤️

You’ve heard a lot about my dead parents book. I thought you might like to meet my dead parents, Nancy and Dan. 💗 #deathpositive #books #grief