SO. MUCH. YAY! 🎉🎉 people.com/heated-rival...

As is now tradition, we celebrate the day after Christmas with free books, more than 1700 free books in this particular go round. Just visit www.romancebookworms.com to browse the incredible selection.

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

This entire weekend

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all

It's definitely time to remind folks (again) that George Michael was a gay artist who took a lot of shit, stood up for us at a time when it was *really* needed, gave a great deal to charity and died way too young. I will not be participating in #Whamageddon 🎄💙🏳️‍🌈

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.

Wanna see a murder?

I mean, the venue choice was already a not-so-great one but Holy FUCK that's an insane price (and for an obstructed view, no less.) Sorry, my rad pal Dave, I love you but it looks like we won't be seeing each other this time. 😭

Happy Halloween 👻🎃🐈‍⬛

Dearest Canva, If you must participate in the enshittification of everything, please allow paying customers (or any users, really) the ability to turn that AI slop off.

Hey fellow Canucks - if you're over on Eh! Social, come give me a follow. LDBlakeley is the @

Remember when the dot com bubble burst? I do. It was brutal. I'm thinking there's going to be an AI version in the not-too-distant future.

Many also allow walk-ins! I was in and out in ten minutes--covid and flu shots together--last week, and I'm rural. It's easy and free, so take advantage of it!

Rest easy, Space Ace #AceFrehley #RIPAce #RockSoldiers #ColdGin youtu.be/8MItEBZBxLs?...

Of course, you can't simply show up with your package and pay. You need to set up a "profile" with an app, your email addy, CC, and personal deets. Xmas at Canada Post should be quite the Gong Show. I mean... more so than usual. Cue the Yakety Sax www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/perso...

I need every author who has ever crashed out over a negative book review to watch @pftompkins.bsky.social performing real 1-star reviews of literary classics

Oh no! 💔 people.com/diane-keaton...

God, I love these messy bitches. youtu.be/dr0q5FHUO1E?...

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

Watching Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser and... oof. I mean I already didn't like JM, but there is just so much more to dislike now. LOL.

Yes.

"A label has been created" ≠ "shipped." Words matter. Cut it out.

🥰 Also, if any kind of Deity does exist - could you keep an eye out for this sweet gem of a human? I really don't think humankind would do well without her ❤️

I just watched a nearly 12-minute commercial for a product I will never buy. Twice. youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o?...

So... Blue Öyster Cult lawsuit when?

Someone in the comments described this as a 'Dom Com' and I... Yes. Please. youtu.be/iC9xlgRBOdI?...

Canada, too. My backlist is short, but it was all there in the original database... Now, nothing. Fuck me, I guess.

My friends and I just spent FAR too much money on tickets to see Ghost in January and, honestly? I haven't been this stoked to see a currently popular band live in... YEARS. I'm an old. That's usually my wheelhouse. youtu.be/mGR2M2mBJXU?...

*deletes curse-laden paragraph of pure vitriol* Noice.

#writingcommunity This is very handy to recognize and weed out AI content.

I just ate the most delicious PB&J Sunday perfection #haiku #notapoet #justapb&jconnaisseur

NGL, I totally thought this was Cary Elwes... for, like, years. Congrats on your DNA, my dude!

Vogue, I'm sorry. You can't use this thumbnail unless the actual list is: 1. Luring men to their deaths in the bog 2. Keening on the north wind 3. Cursing your enemies 4. Haunting a moor 5. Dancing around cauldrons 6. Lounging over moss-covered bones 7. Communing with spirits 8. Amazon prime

This looks fab! gandersocial.ca/blog/the-goo... @gandersocial.bsky.social

Tim Hortons rockin' the retro packaging - haven't seen one of these since... highschool?

Holy FACK this entire episode of Outlander: Blood of my Blood is jacking my blood pressure. And I may or may not have just told my husband all men should be set on fire.

Pssst Have you heard? #FirstDraftFall is coming back!! And we'll be starting up very, very soon

Yeah ProWritingAid relaunching NaNoWriMo is gonna be a hard pass for me. I like the idea of #FirstDraftFall tho 🙂📝🍂🍁

I just saw a shooting star for the first time in my life. Ever. It was magical. That is all ☄️🥰

À propos of nothing... youtu.be/low6Coqrw9Y?...

David Letterman to Jeffrey Goldberg on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension: “You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.” #TAF25 bit.ly/4n0Uv2p

Dearest author friends: what planner are you using for 2025/26? (It's that time of year again when I delude myself into thinking I'm going to stay organized past March and not add to the graveyard of partially used planners taking up space in my office closet 🙃)

Anyone know how to veer off this timeline? Cuz I'm truly convinced this one is some Black Mirror nonsense. We glitched somewhere along the line so there must be a way to glitch back... Right?

The free speech gang sure are biggin' it up with the literal censorship, aren't they?

HE DOESN'T EVEN GO HERE

PIN Number ATM Machine UPC Code LCD Display We regret to inform you that his phenomenon has a name: RAS Syndrome. Redundant Acronym Syndrome…Syndrome.