Five jobs I’ve had: - Water park maintenance - Waste water treatment engineering - Tutor - Writing consultant - Software engineer

Starting "Babel" later today. Thanks to all my friends getting me on the right track. 💙📚🪐

I’m going to read some RF Kuang, and I’m not sure which I should read: “Babel” or “Katabasis” first. Help! 💙📚🪐

Finally wrapped up “tomb sweeping” by Alexandra Chang. As with all short story collections, it had its peaks and valleys. But the view from the peaks was astonishing. 💙📚

I just want to live in boring times. Please.

“If you wish not to get stuck, seek to perceive what you have not yet perceived.” From John Salvatier’s “Reality has a surprising amount of detail.” Very fun little essay.

Saw “No other choice” tonight and it was…. Something. I think that it’s worth watching once.

I know there’s a lot of great anime, but how have I missed the Fate series for so long.

Couldn’t be worse news

Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/

First lift of the new year very successful. Not trying to push it too hard.

My Walgreens added a new robotic voice that say “Welcome to Walgreens!” I hate it. I don’t demand to be created by a human, but like don’t give me a fake one.

One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years. Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.

Kishōtenketsu is a 4 act story structure used in a lot of asian classical literature. I just learned about it, and now I see it all over. 💙📚🖋️ #writingcommunity The four acts are in the name itself: ki-shō-ten-ketsu. Ki - Introduction Shō - Development Ten - Twist Ketsu - Conclusion

Started “Tomb Sweeping” by Alexandra Chang. Two stories in, and I’m loving it. 💙📚🖋️

Wrapped up Tress. I love the vibe and the world. An excellent “standalone” fantasy. 💙📚🪐

losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?

Wrapped up "Believe" by Ross Douthat. He spent far to little time on the parts that were interesting (miracles, the supernatural, conversion) and far too much time on the weakest parts (scientific evidence to be religious, new testament). 💙📚

The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil. The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.

A message for you all to carry through the year

Every time someone says "I can't write X, editors will never buy it" an angel loses its wings Those shining adamantine feathers, sharper than death, slice all creatures in their path to molecule-thin ribbons, blood raining down onto acres of land rendered poisonous for decades. So maybe reconsider

When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?

together? in solidarity? is there anything we can't do: for those suffering in an increasingly inhuman justice system; for our trans kin targeted by this wretched government; for immigrants scapegoated by the callous and the cruel? for, in and through all this, ourselves?

these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside

THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS

I want to print YOU DON'T GET GOOD AT A THING BY NOT DOING IT onto little cards and just hand them out in conversation sometimes

Here are the most memorable books that I read in 2025. I read more books this year than last year, and that was a huge win for me. #booksky The year's theme seems to be works that are generally "ambient". Lots of books that are light on plot but have dense, real atmospheres.

If you see this, post a random fact about yourself. At one point I could squat 365 pounds.

Sprouter. Let me know if you can guess the book! 💙📚🪐

Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025 no matter how small ✨ bought a house ✨ played a lot of volleyball ✨ submitted some poetry for publication ✨ fell in love with cooking

I got a double fortune at lunch today, and my wife is not pleased with this prognostication

Mine is a play on my two loves in life: literature and programming. Literally = literature. Void is the return type for the main function in C#, my first programming language.

Also Ross needs to stop pretending that he's conservative. He religious and espouses old school values. But he's too classically liberal to call himself conservative anymore. Conservatism just just reactionary now.

Started reading "Believe" by Ross Douthat. So far I do not find the arguments that compelling, but I'm interest to see where it goes. 💙📚

Starting "Tress and the Emerald Sea" by Brandon Sanderson 💙📚🪐

Finished! Probably one of the best books I’ve read this year. 💙📚

*Tokyo Ghoul reference

When I’m not reading, I love - Playing guitar - Writing - Cooking I really discovered how much I love cooking this past year, but it’s ruined so many restaurants for me.

I cried during the second chapter. Great book. 💙📚

The sushi kiosk is really open in ohare at 7:30am… huh.

Starting: “Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon” by Mizuki Tsujimura 💙📚

Wrapped up “The Employees” by Olga Ravn over the thanksgiving holiday. Awesome experiment in form. Would recommend. 💙📚🪐

Forced to work. Born to be a stargazing apprentice.

If you see this, I IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation

they just fucking stood there

“Colorful” by Eto Mori. There is no better book for looking past cynicism into true kindness. 💙📚#BookishQOTD

I don’t know who decided to deep fry pickles, but they were a genius ahead of their time.

Woke up and… why is there a crow in my room?! 💨🍃🐦‍⬛ #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #kidlitillustration #illustration #picturebookart

The hater in me sees the hater in you