This university has an OBSERVATORY on their CAMPUS. Here I am after seeing Jupiter, the Pleiades and Betelgeuse.

Forced some American students to listen to me talk about Weird Fiction for a while. God love them.

I'll be in Villanova University for a week, and received this handsome welcome pack. I am especially taken with the hat.

I need everyone to see this photo my sister just sent me

Perusing the seemingly identical haircare products in Superdrug

M has been teaching himself how to make animations with Blender and he's getting so good at it. Isn't this beautiful??

"it's really Chevy Chase." Adding this to my collection of Library Graffiti

Watching some Star Trek TOS with the original 60s special effects 🥹 this is how it's supposed to look!

Finished work without being completely wiped out

I'm trying out a weird fiction workshop next week, seems about time to get people writing about cosmic dread tbh

M is trying to track down info about a Scottish band called, er, Hairy Banjo. They did a song called Neds in White Shellsuits that he likes but he can't find a trace of it anywhere online. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

Absolutely incredible to be included in this week's edition! I read it religiously and can't quite believe I'm joining the ranks!!

Hello darkness my old friend

This has been stuck in my head literally all day. youtu.be/EHIHl8Rw6W8?...

Drove to work as a little treat and now I can't remember where I parked

anyway, here is a delightful live feed with two very blustery white storks standing on their nest at Knepp www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0li...

A shop near my house is selling...this...toy?

Tuesday

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

A concerned selfie as I notice the bizarre things my new phone camera is doing to my face

i can't believe it's come to this but i am using a SAD lamp

I don't think this excellent Francis Spufford piece on Fantasy from yesterday's Guardian is online yet.

Last night's Apprentice was so dull. Give me the completely impossible tasks of the early years!

Student asked me if I know what airpods are

Having a great time watching In Search Of on YouTube. There's a lady called Claire Prophet (yep), telling us all about St Germaine (who was also Merlin and somehow Christopher Columbus) brought the teachings of Jesus to the new world. Atlantis is in the mix, sure wouldn't you know.

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I am on my customary hunt for new podcasts and audio dramas to listen to on the train/walks to work. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Got my dad a pair of these because I thought he'd find the "simulated magnification" photos as funny as I do

i...i want this island. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The first 15 seconds of Spaceman by Babylon Zoo vs the rest of the song

Every time Mr Chadband speaks in Bleak House, this is what I hear:

One of the odder stories I wrote is in this. It was kind of an experiment and I'm still pretty proud of it.

The Black Dreams: Strange Stories from Northern Ireland This anthology of specially commissioned short stories brings together some of the best of Northern Ireland’s literary talents to explore the weird, surreal and dream-like. bit.ly/39yWneu #irishfiction #shortstories #dreams

Borrowed this from the library ages ago and had a blast. For some reason I only read half, then forgot it. Reading again and having a wonderful time.

"I see."

Stumbled across some terrible writers giving terrible advice. I haven't read prose this purple since I spilled paint on my copy of At the Mountains of Madness.

Do the winners on The Apprentice not get a fun night out anymore? Or is it just that the current crop doesn't deserve it?

It wasn't a hallucination!! bsky.app/profile/mari...

On my semi-regular quest to see if anyone else remembers a TV show from the 90s where a girl befriends a talking banana-shaped pencil topper which takes her on various historical adventures. A girl who went to my primary school was the lead, so we were forced to watch it.

✌️Wuthering Heights✌️

i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired

Showed this to my father and I don't think he's ever related to a piece of media as much as in his life youtube.com/shorts/7Fw7b...

I've been working on a wee workshop for a while, and I'm really excited about it ❤️

One of my favourite charity shops has started organising its books by colour, which is, I'm sorry, the most unhinged way to do it.

Watching The Voyage Home for the millionth time because I've got the cold. What do we reckon the whales tell the probe? Wrong answers only.

Everyone’s having a great time at Irish Karaoke

I was just telling a friend about this and I think it's kind of funny: I once saw an online blurb for a literary event that looked interesting, and it's only when I opened the page for more info that I found out that I was one of the people supposed to be reading work at it.

Whoever gave me this cold had best be suffering as I suffer.

Going to get this and settle the Great Walkers Colour Switch Conspiracy Theory once and for all.

M has been wanting me to read these for ages and he found some pretty cool editions in our favourite charity shop. So that’s my weekend planned!