I have never preordered so many books before. I can’t stop. In no particular order: The Unhaunting by @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social Nightjars by @michaelwehunt.bsky.social The Minimalist by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social Crone by @keithrosson.bsky.social [1/2]

Can I help you, sir? Anything in particular you’re looking for?

My band's name is MISSING and the flyer is just a black and white photo of my kid's face and a telephone number for bookings, getting a lot of calls, mostly from my family

@keithrosson.bsky.social I just finished The Mercy of the Tide and really enjoyed it. Amazing to me that this was your first book. I especially liked the line "The chief was wise and knew that the heart hurt less with the body's movement upon the skin of the world."

For sale: town boys, never back

I just learned that vitamin A is Italian, and vitamin E is French. If you take out the spaces, that is.

My wife (who is from New Orleans) is quietly watching a video on the couch in the next room - I have no idea what the topic is until I hear her shout "WHY IS THERE PASTA IN THE JAMBALAYA?!"

Me: You die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Ea-nāṣir:

The Coen Brothers didn’t ask their props department to create a hat that could be blown along without disturbing all the leaves around it creating a surreal dreamlike feeling just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable.”

Me: You die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Ea-nāṣir:

My wife (who is from New Orleans) is quietly watching a video on the couch in the next room - I have no idea what the topic is until I hear her shout "WHY IS THERE PASTA IN THE JAMBALAYA?!"

I've said it before but the rise in adult ADHD diagnoses is just because it stopped being socially acceptable to unknowingly self-medicate with cigarettes as a cheap stimulant and fidget toy.

holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly

Bookshop.org is having an anti-amazon-prime sale, & you can get THE DEVOURERS slightly discounted there. A mythic realist, queer dark fantasy about love, sex, violence, & shapeshifting set in contemporary India & the Mughal Empire. It won a Lambda Award.

Bear cub on our front porch got a rhododendron blossom stuck on his shoulder and had to go run to mom.

Bear cub on our front porch got a rhododendron blossom stuck on his shoulder and had to go run to mom.

@keithrosson.bsky.social I just finished Smoke City and enjoyed the absolute shit out of it. It ended up far more touching and heartfelt than I would have thought. I read the ebook but I think it's one of those I'll have to pick up for my "maybe I'll loan it out someday" collection.

Here's my profile of EJ Lagasse, who, at 23, has defied all expectations here in New Orleans. It's also about what happens when Michelin comes to your town. www.gq.com/story/ej-lag...

Same, though I'm going with 'boss' as a gender-neutral option.

NEW RELEASE: Liberty and Justice for ALL. 🗽🔥 For America's 250th anniversary, we wanted to create a memento to reflect the sentiment that everyone who makes up America's beautifully diverse landscape is deserving of liberty and justice, no matter what. Original coin art by illustrator Nate Taylor.

On one hand I don’t want you to see this so I have a better chance of winning a shirt! On the other hand I do want my friends to read cool authors and possibly have cool shirts so…

Allegedly the banned-for-life list from the soon to shutter Parkview Tavern.

Mom always joked about how before her funeral, she wanted to go to Walmart one last time. Unknown to me, last night at 10:30pm, my brother, my nephew, my other niece and a getaway driver brought mom’s body to the local store. They wheeled her in, rolled her around, made their escape. Legendary.

What’s your sign?

Between Two Fires by @buehlmeister.bsky.social was hands down the best book I read in 2024. I recently picked up the hardcover reprint and read it again and it totally holds up, still an easy five out of five stars. I only wish I knew where I saw it recommended so I could go thank them.

All I want is for it to happen while he's giving a speech, something in public, even better if it's broadcast live. I don't want them to be able to hide it for a few days.

Do you like receiving presents? I suggest preordering books from your favorite authors - if you're like me you'll forget you did it and then one day get a message from your local bookstore saying "Surprise! A while back you did something nice for Future You!"

Can’t recommend this one enough, one of my favorite books I’ve read this year.

My playing card collection is small by collector standards but appears perhaps unreasonably large to the average person (aka my wife). I would LOVE to get an old wall-mounted cassette tape rack in which to store them elegantly but Kids These Days apparently want them for … cassette tapes?

While in Italy I was very excited to see they have road signs to warn of upcoming Angine de Poitrine

Wise words

This is morally gross. It’s also tactically doomed. Just. Tell. Republicans. To. Get. Fucked.

[my anxiety, with a dash of jetlag] You're running out of time to get things done today! Stop sitting still, you fool! GO! You are WASTING TIME! The day is ruined! [my watch] dude it is literally 8:15 AM

Do you like receiving presents? I suggest preordering books from your favorite authors - if you're like me you'll forget you did it and then one day get a message from your local bookstore saying "Surprise! A while back you did something nice for Future You!"

While in Italy I was very excited to see they have road signs to warn of upcoming Angine de Poitrine

I’m going to a Toadies show tonight after not really having thought about them since 2008’s No Deliverance. I honestly wondered if the front man Vaden Lewis had turned into some grumpy right-wing Texan and if I was making a mistake. Then I found this interview from April and I feel better.

Seriously considering making a bumper sticker that says HOW’S MY COPPER? CALL 1-800-EA-NASIR

Today’s wildlife count was three bears and four rabbits. I think the rabbits will have the advantage just based on sheer numbers.

Seriously considering making a bumper sticker that says HOW’S MY COPPER? CALL 1-800-EA-NASIR

The genAI/LLM accessibility tool argument pisses me off so much. Like half the authors in my feed aren't disabled or chronically ill in some way (including myself) and writing their books without ever touching this shit. This is just using accessibility as an excuse for their entitlement.

I spent over an hour yesterday trying to write and lay out a whopping fifty words for a custom bookmark for myself. For fun. Because it’s good to challenge your brain. If I had let AI dream this up for me I would have had no ownership and no pride in the end product. These people do indeed suck.

MAMMAL BULLYING A REPTILE: Nice body temperature dude. Did the sun pick it out for you

may you be the force that you want to see in the world or whatever

In 1979, Mattel sold toy Battlestar Galactica fighter ships that fired a tiny spring-loaded "torpedo." One 4-year old choked on it, and the entire line of torpedo toys was recalled and never sold again.

Martial arts film star from the Middle East? Iraqi Chan who is eating constantly? Snacky Chan and who chews with his mouth open? Smacky Chan

doesn't brush his teeth after? Plaquey Chan picks up those snacks with tongs? Clacky Chan but investigates unsolved mysteries? Robert Stacky Chan

Martial arts film star from the Middle East? Iraqi Chan who is eating constantly? Snacky Chan and who chews with his mouth open? Smacky Chan

Today’s cursed mashup is Roundball Rock Lobster. Be grateful that I do not have the skills to bring this to life.