This gives weight to my theory that the "Cow Tools" drawing takes place in the Predator universe. The cow (consider her stern visage) is preparing herself for the final confrontation, much like Arnie in the original movie. Once she is ready, she'll summon him with a defiant "Moooooo..."

I had a wildly bad day yesterday, so J took me out to the movies to cheer me up. We saw Predator: Badlands and my dudes, dudettes, and dudexxes, it's fucking GOOD. I would write something buuuuuuuut read @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social instead. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pred...

You know it's a hot presentation when one section of my outline is labeled "algorithm bullshit."

Perks to working for a bookstore: swag.

Today's book haul:

I KNOW that fascists are tacky as hell, but even I get surprised from time-to-time.

Wasn't planning on logging on today until i got an email from my boss pointing out a mistake on one of the graphics I made, so I guess I'm working today. And doing laundry. And waiting for the electrician. And making soup. And thinking about making bread.

THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION, PELOSI AND SCHUMER LITERALLY OFFERED TRUMP $25 BILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD HIS DUMBASS BORDER WALL IN 2018, THEY DO NOT DISAGREE WITH HIM!!!

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Me, preparing new releases for the week: Oh my god, who gives a shit about Paul McCartney? The bookbuyer: I do. Me: Yeah... my mom probably does too. The bookbuyer hasn't talked to me this morning since. Whoops.

there's a reason the ancients stayed indoors over winter, things stride the night in the dark deep barren woods

At risk of starting up an old flame war, I would argue that the week between Christmas and the New Year is spookier than Halloween. Halloween is good scary, like an enjoyable horror movie, while the last week of December is weird and liminal and feels much more like something could ~leak through~

WHAT MANuAL LABOR JObS WHAT MANUAL LAbOR JOBS EXIST IN 2025 IN The NUMBERS TO REPLACE DESK JOBS

Find yer books!

Last skeet brought to you by my super cool kiddo who is getting into vinyl and our trip to the record store yesterday.

ANywAY, I finally got around to listening to the Tron: Ares soundtrack yesterday. Now, I've said before that the Tron: Legacy soundtrack is Daft Punk's best album and I am still willing to die on that hill. And I've been a NIN fan since Downward Spiral, so I was really looking forward to it.

I feel like I'm always making this argument- whether it's Rowling or Gaiman or some other fucking creep- read fucking widely! Stop letting so much of your self definition be molded by being a fan of one single person or IP.

Adults, please. As a bookseller I am begging you- read another fucking book. One actually written for adults would be a good goddamned choice!

WHAT

Deeply deeply DEEPLY regretting donating money to Warnock's campaign.

There's a lot to unpack when it comes to "why do Democrats support Trump" and two of the BIG causes are the failure of the two party system and the fact that corporations can more-or-less buy candidates.

What kind of Fe Fi Fo Fum-ass bathroom do you have to have to even be able to house a goddamn forever roll

My siblings aren't emergency contacts listed for my kiddo's school, but my best friend certainly is!

If I had any money whatsoever, I'd at the very least have all my clothes custom tailored, I tell you what.

my pumkin he is everything

Anyway, in other book news, I've been reading more horror in translation and I'm about to start The Wax Child.

It doesn't look like @silviamg.bsky.social posts here very often-- if I have any writer friends that know her, can you let her know that I loved The Seventh Veil of Salome so much that I had to yell about it? Thanks.

Boy, Harper Lee's estate is riding her corpse until the checks stop being signed, huh?

Seriously, you guys. I don't know why y'all are here. I'm not who or what you think I am.

I really splurged for my birthday and bought 100% wool yarn from PA and dyed locally. LOOK AT IT

Anyway, I am of the opinion that being asleep is our natural state and that wakefulness is the sad reality of having to attend to biological functions. (This is by no means an original thought.)

Anyway, my phone broke again. I was living my best early 2000s life with a flip phone, but this is the second one that has crapped out on me in under a year. To say I'm displeased is an understatement.

I have had several arguments with people that insist that one can get "too much" sleep. That's not a thing. If you're sleeping "a lot," there is likely a reason you need that much sleep.

Sleep is a biological necessity, and sleep deprivation has real physical, psychological, and social consequences that need to be taken seriously. The way our society treats it as slothful to sleep according to natural rhythms (including midday naps and variant chronotypes like night owls) is evil.

Okay, who the fuck added me to a starter pack?

THEY'RE LOSING COUNTRY MUSIC

There have already been lawyers disbarred for using AI to write their arguments. This is going to be laughably bad.

I'm pissed that I'm spending this fine afternoon working, so I'm blasting some noise rap about it.

Today's book haul:

Before I log off, some quick thoughts about Tylenol causing autism: This is more "autism is the worst thing to happen to a child" rhetoric, with the added bonus that 100% of the blame can be placed on the pregnant person AND they're admitting that they believe women deserve to be in pain.

COME ON NOW COME THE FUCK ON

I would feel bad that oh bloo bloo bloo, money didn't make your daddy love you? But they're ruining everything for the rest of us.

I hate everything that I'm working on and I want a new scarf.

Not to get into The Discourse right before logging off, but do y'all know how many of the Ferguson activists/organizers are now dead? I'll save you a Google. It's at least 6. You think shit is better now?

I love this yarn and I have a ton of it. I will be making a matching baby hat.

Anyway, shit sucks, so I'm taking a page out of @blackamazon.bsky.social's book and logging off to work on baby blankets to donate to the local women's shelter. Be good, everyone.

Hey, having the head of the FCC demand that a show be taken off the air because he didn't like the political speech is actually kind of a big fucking deal. There are only so many event horizons that we can pass, you know?

And those of us who dared point it out were told that voting worked and not to be such doomers about everything.

kinda wild that there were four years in power to safeguard against all of this happening and the threat was seen as defeated not imminent