Today and tomorrow, January 25-26; if you make a donation to any of the organizations here and show me proof, I’ll send you a free copy of any of my self-published ebooks, your choice. These include Little Paranoias, Without Condition, and others. www.standwithminnesota.com

Sonora is good people and her stories are awesome as well: #booksky

Paying this forward. Stand with Minnesota!

There is one guy who’s always the first to comment on a friend’s posts, and it’s always skewed and straight-from-whatever-media-he-consumes-without-question. I think of it as my What A Fool Believes reference.

I’m from the South. I know from sword drills. It’s Hebrews 13:2.

Has anyone said it yet? Today, we are all Minnesotans.

The Horror genre’s pretty well represented.

Stay with me on this, a combination farm supply and bookstore chain called Barns & Novel!

If you can’t recognize cruelty through the fog of faux news, maybe it’s time to look inward and re-evaluate your soul.

Today is also Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday, born this day in 1809. 🐦‍⬛ 1/3

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. To paraphrase, we seem to have a ways to go, but may we all someday see it together! “We stand in life at midnight; we are always on the threshold of a new dawn!”

Far be it from me to spoil which Star Trek show got Number 1 on a listicle, but let’s just say Holly Hunter deserves to put her feet up!

BRENNAN: What percentage of those you have in custody have committed crimes? NOEM: 70% of them B: It's not 70% N: Yes it is. You guys pick and choose numbers B: Your agency says 47% have criminal convictions N: Wrong again. We'll get you the correct numbers B: Well, that's from your agency

Saw a comment that reminded me. Virginia understood the assignment!

Gov. Abigale Spanberger has rescinded Glen Youngkin’s Executive Order 47 that was aimed at diverting law enforcement resources to immigration enforcement. Executive Order 47 has always sounded like a Sith Lord decree anyway. Oh, wait a minute…

Great moment in Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s address: “ An inauguration ceremony like this one — with all its tradition and pageantry — represents something profound, and in its origins, something uniquely American… the peaceful transfer of power. 1/2

We don’t have to agree on everything, but I think the truth should be common ground.

The Dropkick Murphys really are stand-up guys!

Now gonna sit back for Star Fleet Academy and a future we hope for.

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮! From: Me. On the heels of personal tragedy and career disappointment, a young woman stumbles on brutal violence and eldritch secrets in an old Louisiana mansion.

For the record, I'm not good with this: www.reuters.com/pictures/ice...

Apple: There’s an update? Do it now or tonight? Me: Let’s get this out of the way. Apple: OK, here we go. This is gonna take about an hour.

Stellan Skarsgård: Cinema should be seen in cinemas. #GoldenGlobes

lol Nikki Glaser: And the award for the most editing goes to CBS News. CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. news. #GoldenGlobes

lol Nikki Glaser: And the Golden Globe for best editing goes to the Justice Department.

So, a lot of people are heading back to Middle Earth.

Cleaning out some old emails and I ran across this one from Marco Rubio when he was my senator. It would take forever to get even a response of this level, and sometimes months would pass before a canned reply would come. 1/2

The hearts and minds of the people are on our side. We will do everything we can to seek justice. We will fight with peaceful expression, in court, through public debate, and at the ballot box. Keep the peace. And keep the faith.

Live protest outside hotel where ICE agents have been staying in Minneapolis, demanding justice for Renee Nicole Good. youtube.com/live/Ry7dq0G...

Sometimes you just have to retreat to a creepy old house near a British marsh.

More American Graffiti isn’t known as one of the best flicks of all time, but this scene has always stuck with me. youtu.be/mkT6EpeEbGo...

I find myself of late seeking solace in Middle Earth.

Her name was Renee Nicole Good.

For Jan. 6 remembrance viewing.

I can’t really imagine them doing a Broadway play about Tony Dokoupil‘s journalistic excellence and moral courage in 40 years.

Variety examination of Tony Dokoupil and CBS Evening News. “And in his official first broadcast on Jan. 5, Dokoupil betrayed a Weissian willingness to bulldoze past that which might seem too untidy for whatever hypothetical viewer he and his editor have in mind.” 1/2

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

I’m always juggling several books. Finished reading this over the weekend. Some fun locked room stories and other mild puzzles. I enjoy the Pons stories, but I’m not a big scholar of them. 1/3

So who remembers THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR? 1/3

Looks like a fairly good vintage copy. Not the worst collectible price I’ve seen at $100.

Looks to be in pretty good shape if you want vintage.

Trump on why he pardoned notorious drug trafficker Juan Hernandez: “It was a Biden set up. Take any country you want. If someone sells drugs in that country, that doesn’t mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life.”

We went to the library early and came home to our cat Zoë greeting us at the door going: “Uh, my elevenses?”

Thinking of those people who asked: “Why are people saying snide things to me just ‘cause I think Trump would make a better president?”

I don't really do resolutions. I'm already doing what I want to do, ringing the bells that I can ring, contributing to the good fights where I can. I'm disciplined. There are avenues, and more paths might reveal themselves if some roads close. Speeds going into 2026? Full throttle and #!&% it!

So, Mayor Mamdani was sworn in at the secret train station that inspired the location in the Pendergast novel Reliquary, right? Book nerds, check me on this? Track 61?

Happy New Year! With apologies for paraphrasing Dennis Hopper in Flashback (1990), may we get through all this and see days ahead that make the ‘60s look like the ‘50s!