I defrosted, seasoned and cubed the pork medallions for my pork/zucchini/onion korma and then accidentally dumped them into the garbage bin rather than into the simmering sauté pan. Yay, cooking!

Today's laundromat reading: Guilt by Keigo Higashino.

Reading/To Read: -Guilt by Keigo Higashino. -Haru, Book 1 by Joe Latham @lookhappy.bsky.social. -111 Places In The Finger Lakes That You Must Not Miss by Michael Turback.

Today’s laundromat reading: The Rebel League: The Short & Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association.

So Stewarts Shops released all of their limited edition handpack-only ice cream flavors for the spring and summer. Pick your poison.

This week’s laundromat reading: Elfquest: The Final Quest Omnibus by Wendy & Richard Pini @elfquest.bsky.social.

Reading/To Read: -Elfquest: The Final Quest Omnibus by Wendy & Richard Pini @elfquest.bsky.social. -Search and Destroy, Vol 3 by Atsushi Kaneko, trans. by Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com. -The Rebel League* by Ed Willes.

Reading/To Read: -The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel. -Search and Destroy, Vol1&2 by Atsushi Kaneko, trans. by Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com. -The Sutra of Pale Leaves: Carcosa Manifest, a Call of Cthulhu Module by Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social. .

Reading/To Read: -Wonder Woman, Vol 2&3 by Tom King @tomking.bsky.social and Daniel Sampere @sampereart.bsky.social. -Flash: Year One by Joshua Williamson @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social and Howard Porter. -Strange Buildings by Uketsu, trans. by Jim Rion @jimrion.com.

Reading/To Read: -Saucer Country: Run by Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social and Ryan Kelly @ryankelly.bsky.social. -Mao, Vol9&10 by Rumiko Takahashi. -Strange Buildings by Uketsu, trans. by Jim Rion @jimrion.com

Today’s laundromat reading: Ghost Month by Ed Lin @edlinforpresident.bsky.social.

Reading/To Read: -Ghost Month by Ed Lin @edlinforpresident.bsky.social. -Whoever Steals This Book, Vol.3 by Nowaki Fukamidori and Kakeru Sora. -Wonder Woman, Vol.1&2 by Tom King @tomking.bsky.social and Daniel Sampere @sampereart.bsky.social.

Today Laundromat Reading: The Legend of Kamui, Vol.1 by Shirato Sanpei, published by Drawn & Quarterly @dandq.bsky.social. Different laundromat today, as I opted to take my laundry with me on an impromptu road trip.

Reading/To Read: -Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King @tomking.bsky.social and Bilquis Evely @bilquis.bsky.social. -The Legend of Kamui, Vol. 1 by Sanpei Shirato. -The Sutra of Pale Leaves: Twin Suns Rising, a Call of Cthulhu Module by Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social.

It's late Sunday, so that means it's time to watch Chef & My Fridge on Netflix. Wouldn't have given this a second look until after I watched Culinary Class Wars. It's both hammy and cheesy in the way Korean and Japanese panel shows are, but it's grown on me.

Reading/To Read: -Rivers of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, Andrew Cartmel & Lee Sullivan. -Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel & Lee Sullivan. -Studio Ghibli: The Complete Works, 2nd Edition.

Today’s laundromat reading: Underground-The Tokyo Gas Attack & The Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami.

Reading/To Read: -Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami. -Golden Kamuy, Vol.1&2 by Satoru Noda. -Justice League: Cry for Justice by James Robinson, Mauro Cascioli and Scott Clark @scott7clark.bsky.social.

Today’s laundromat reading: The Essential Akutagawa, trans. By Richard Medhurst @richardmedh.bsky.social.

I've been back from my trip to NJ/NYC and I bought way too much stuff to list individually, so I tried to lay them out in the foreground to display. Purchases are from Kinokuniya (NYC & NJ branches), Compleat Strategist, Midtown Comics, and the Museum of Arts & Design gift shop

Reading/To Read: -Hirayasumi, Vol.4 by Keigo Shinzo -Touring After the Apocalypse, Vol.6 by Sakae Saito -The Way of the Househusband, Vol.15 by Kousuke Oono -The Essential Akutagawa, trans. by Richard Medhurst @richardmedh.bsky.social.

Drove down to Weehawken to meet my sister and nephew flying in from CO. The plan is to use the Lincoln Harbor Sheraton next to the ferry terminal as our base and take day trips to Manhattan. Their flight was an evening flight, but I got in hours before check in and took to quick trip over. Lunch.

Today’s laundromat reading: The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by Richard Bell @rickbell.bsky.social.

Not at the laundromat, but waiting for my ride after turning in my rental car. Today's reading: Death and Dinuguan by Mia Manansala @mpmthewriter.bsky.social. The author's note said this would be the last book in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series, which is kind of a bummer.

Reading/To Read: -Death and Dinuguan by Mia Manansala @mpmthewriter.bsky.social -Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood -The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by Richard Bell @rickbell.bsky.social

This weekend's laundromat reading: Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social.

Waiting for me at my LCS: It's the collected Elfquest: The Final Quest by Wendy & Richard Pini, Sonny Strait and Nate Piekos @elfquest.bsky.social

This weekend was game day, and on tap was a first-time play of Brew by Pandasaurus Games @pandasaurusgames.com! It took a LOT longer than the suggested play time, but we had fun. I like that there is some randomness in the game, and that there are multiple strategies and scoring methods.

This week’s laundromat reading: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social.

Reading/To Read: -City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita @punahouwriter.bsky.social. -Silver Nitrate by Silvia Morena-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social. -Ducks by Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social

This week’s laundromat reading: The Icandescent by Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net.

The Good, The Bad, and The Muppets.

Reading/To Read: -The Incandescent by Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net. -The October Girl by Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social. -American Cult, edited by Robyn Chapman.

This week’s laundroma reading: The Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social.

Reading/To Read: -Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social. -The Incal by Jodorowsky & Moebius. -Wonder Woman: Origins & Omens by Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social, Aaron Lopresti, Terry Dodson @terrydodsonart.bsky.social & Rachel Dodson.

Today’s laundromat reading: Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social

Reading/To Read: -Rintaro by Sylvan Mishima Brackett. It'll take a while to go through and transcribe recipes. -Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social. -What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama. Trans, by Alison Watts @desertpea.bsky.social

Gargoyle V-Wing, Prepare For Liftoff! Outside The Antique Pavilion in Bouckville, one of a dozen-plus antique stores along NYS-20 in Bouckville.

No laundromat reading due to inclement weather. Instead, I am reading Pure Invention: How Japan Made The Modern World by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social before I go out and shovel for the second time.

Today’s laundromat reading: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett.

Reading/To Read: -Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett. -Pure Invention: How Japan Made The Modern World by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social -Rivers of London (GN) by Ben Aaaronovitch @benaaronovitch.bsky.social, Andrew Cartmel, and Jose Maria Beroy.

This came in the mail today. Rintaro by Sylvan Mishima Brackett. My first cookbook of 2026 and my first purchased cookbook in some time. I can't think of another cookbook focusing on izakaya food, so I hope I can get some use out of this one.

This week's laundromat reading: Brownstone by Samuel Teer @samuelteer.bsky.social and Julia Mar @marjulia.bsky.social . It looks different because I' at a different laundromat in a different town.

Drove an hour to Barnes & Noble to use up my Xmas gift card. Here's my haul: Crime Rangoon by Vivien Chien @vivien-chien.bsky.social, Pure Invention by Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social, Brewmaster by @pandasaurusgames.com, Underground by Haruki Murakami and a Hiroshige 2026 Calendar.

Reading/To Read: -Brownstone by Samuel Teer @samuelteer.bsky.social and Mar Julia @marjulia.bsky.social -The Courageous Princess: The Dragon Queen by Rod Espinosa @rodespinosa.bsky.social -Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch

Today’s laundromat reading: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.

My New Year's Day laundromat reading: Red Threads by Ila Nguyen-Hayama @mmhym.bsky.social. My first book of 2026. Happy New Year!

Reading/To Read: -Out of Alcatraz by Christopher Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social and Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social -Red Threads by Ila Nguyen-Hayama @mmhym.bsky.social -The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Reading Strange Houses by Uketsu (translated by @jimrion.com ) while looking out the back window landscape at La Maison Blanche in Norwich while drinking coffee and eating cranberry scones.

Reading/To Read: -The Forest of Girls by June Hur -Strange Houses by Uketsu, trans. by Jim Rion @jimrion.com -Justice League Dark, Vol. 1 by Peter Milligan and Mikel Janin @mikeljanin.bsky.social