You know it's the holiday season when you get cursed out and called stupid multiple times by a (no longer) customer.

One of my all time most favorite reads. Can't recommend enough.

Can't get over Melania reading Mac Barnett's Christmas book without showing the pictures. As the Library of Congress National Ambassador for Literature for the year, he tours the country explaining the art of the picture book and the art of story telling. The irony is almost perfect.

I'm going to switch out the rugs in the family room by myself while @bayrtron.bsky.social is out of the house. Don't tell him.

Leaves are off the trees and I can hear the train from my house headed downtown. Only really happens in winter but I love it for some reason.

I don't watch CBS - did they interrupt the Kirk nonsense for the shooting news or no?

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

The daughter is emailing me from school to let me know when she sees snow falling and when it stops. She's learning lots today it seems. Also- I would probably do the same because snow in the south is just fun.

Why yes, I am scheduling emails to myself about next year's holiday windows for the bookstore.

Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised. Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Really would have preferred snow days after the holiday season.

I was inspired by the weather.

It is the worst possible day for scammers to call me. I just told the "Wake County Sheriff's Office" to come get me if they are really looking for me for missing federal grand jury duty.

Why did I watch any amount of the Thanksgiving Day games femur break video? I'm scarred for life.

Cannot say this enough: Most of the people in charge in the US right now are bottom of the barrel dipshits with very low competency, utterly deluded worldviews, no sense of community, and no moral or ethical compass.

Listened to The Hour of the Predator by Giuliano da Empoli in one sitting. His level of access gives you a quick look into the tech bros and autocrats really running the show and it is maddening. Highly recommend. You can grab it from @libro.fm and support your local indie bookstore.

Quite the ring tonight

For the second year now, we've asked our bookselling partners at 4,000+ stores across the globe to vote on their favorite audiobooks of the year...and they did not let us down! The winners of our 2025 Bookseller Choice Awards are...⤵️

This is a profoundly anti-Black country. Not just racist but ANTI-BLACK. It is foundational and everpresent.

Cal Foote will play with the Canes this year. Never been happier to turn my back on that team.

At the bookstore but there's no power! Lassiter district of North Hills, Carroll Middle, among the places affected. Kids are stuck on the buses at the school until the power comes back- estimated 9:45. I would not want to be on a school bus for 2 hours in the school driveway.

55° temperatures in my child's Middle School means I'm going to go pick them up and bring them home even if the school is not going to close for it

Lord I see what You’ve done for others

Grinched it up today.

Enjoy Suzie having a chat with the neighbor.

Sos: urgent plea!!! If you are someone you know has been considering adopting a dog and you have patience and love to give, please, please, please consider this sweet boy.

5 days in a row of 3am wake ups. It's the best.

Uggggh, this is apparently set to move forward in spite of incredible community push-back. I do not want a data center 15 miles down the road. alabamareflector.com/2025/10/12/b...

Can't tell you how much it makes my heart feel good to show up at stores that were supposed to have whistles in stock in Raleigh and they are already sold out when I get there. We've got some good people around here.

What is a huzz?

The Supreme Court takes up a major immigration case that asks whether the U.S. government can effectively prevent migrants from applying for asylum by blocking them at the border. I am very, very worried about this one. www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...

Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.

I need to remember Reese's bookclub picks will make excellent movies, which is why the books are usually so devastating. The Broken Country is beautiful and heart breaking and full of triggers.

A few of my favs around me: Rocky River Coffee (Harrisburg) Press & Porter (Concord) Allegiance Coffee - Jackson Park (Concord) Summit (Davidson)

If I could I absolutely would. I'm a smidge outside of that age range though.

Starbucks workers are striking. It's a great opportunity to try your local coffee shop instead. You might not get a bear shaped cup BUT you will be putting money directly back in your community instead of in a billionaire's wallet.

Marissa Meyer was a perfect author to end our traditional author event season. My next big event is me as the Grinch meeting 300 folks at the store. Wooo!

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and it is now clear to me that the President of the United States is a pedophile. But at least I know that the Cracker Barrel logo won't be changed any time soon.

UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 15 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 8 Democratic candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

The hemp ban did pass with the CR funding bill yesterday. In case anyone else wondered.

A big preorder campaign for local Sci-fi fantasy author Christopher Ruocchio slowed down my holiday decorating. Finishing the big window today no matter what though.

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.

Here I thought the Dems caving meant we got the ACA in exchange for the abortion ban and hemp ban I had been hearing about but instead the Dems are just getting a promise of a vote down the line? They really are the biggest losers aren't they?

Listening to Enshittification while working on orders today and woo boy it's depressing.

It's a wake and contemplate the trees kind of day.

It’s so swag how my paycheck is actually less this year because I didn’t get a raise but my health insurance went up

Do I send my kid to school on the day of a mass callout for teachers on Monday? I support the move entirely. Wondering if it would be easier to keep kids home.