@alicefraser.bsky.social So disheartening the hear of the shenanigans and outright robbery going on with you book. Gonna get me that audio book immediately or as immediately as I can in the US. They're best when you read them, especially if I can hear a supressed giggle.

So what I'm to understand is that instead of imagining I hear A PASSION FOR PASSION in @alicefraser.bsky.social 's voice, I can buy a recording of her actually reading it with a professional accurate Australian accent rather than the, well, frankly, bad version my brain attempts? Gimme.

@howtosurvive.bsky.social We played a game like the "smear" game you described, but maybe because it was a catholic grade school (??) we called it "Kill the Guy with the Ball". Basically a society gone mad and the have nots hunting the haves game...you know, religious stuff.

@alicefraser.bsky.social Re: Shape of Water I watched this on a flight on Cathay from Indonesia (to um, New Jersey?) and no censorship, just a weak warning ala "check if kids are looking over your shoulder at this". No such warning on any of the murder-based flicks I watched, however.

So, you stop hanging out with someone because they're a pathological self-serving liar. Years later you wonder what happened to them. You find they've become a xenophobic, bible-quoting, space-car-douche-and-orange pig worshiper. So you think, "yeah, it adds up." And keep moving on.

@ologies.bsky.social Having listened to virtually every one of your eps it occurred to me that maybe one of the reasons certain factions of society are so against scientists is because they envy, because their own lives are lesser, the degree to which scientists love the things they do.

So, CBS = Capitulating Butt Sniffers, now?

@alicefraser.bsky.social Re: choking out with thighs. I worked with a guy who had a side business where he was videoing women choking out men with their crotches. He was actually rendered unconcious at times. Quit his day job for the biz 'cause kinks pay better than IT I guess.

A thing I hate when I've got the windows open and the fan going: People smoking those little cigars that smell like burning cat litter with cologne on for flavor. Can't throw water on 'em like amorous racoons, can I?

@daniellebkoenig.bsky.social Go Fact Yourself was asking questions about the original Star Trek, and I thought what if the expert is Danielle's dad? AND IT WAS. It was fantastic.

Wait Wait is a show that along with its chief purpose of entertaining us with the news, every now and then also reminds us that yes, you do still love Karen Chee.

@benmckenzie.bsky.social Is a chapter in the next book going to be "Crypto: For When You want to Bribe a President Right Out in the Open"? I mean really, right in our faces, this guy.

@jordanjessego.bsky.social I beg you to have Alice Fraser back on. She's got a book out and it's great and all that but honestly I just loved it the last time she was on.

@howtosurvive.bsky.social Oh boy. Janet Varney. I absolutely adore JV. Been listening to JV Club since Ep 1. She's got her own custom made vampire fangs, so you Know she's cool. Hee hee.

In decades of listening, the only bias I've ever heard from NPR is a bias against falsehoods. Maybe if the whiney man-baby feels like they're against him, he should try saying a few things that aren't outright lies.

@howtosurvive.bsky.social Oh boy elephants. Officemate in grad school was from South Africa. Boy scouts there not like here. Survival things learned: Don't step on kraits (snakes), DO NOT MESS WITH baboons. And never ever do anything to anger elephants - they will destroy you.

I know a guy who washes dishes like they were just used to commit a murder. Like his favorite son tupperwared someone to death and he's Lady Macbething away the evidence.

@alisonrosen.bsky.social Psst. Hey. I need to tell someone that I love Wendy. Not the dog. Well, I mean I was talking about Wendy the person, but to be honest I love them both. Especially the talking one.

@wendymolyneux.bsky.social Re: Latest ARIYNBF. My college roommate's mom took one of his more impressionistic childhood drawings and had it matted and framed and it was one of the sweetest and simultaneously coolest things I've ever seen. Looked like a Picasso.

Quite an unnerving experience to look up someone you knew very well, spent a lot of time with long ago, and find out that they're now a monster. Wiping my two hands together and walking away from this one.

@daniellebkoenig.bsky.social Kris's Alex has a corn snake, doesn't she? She says "coral snake" but that's the bad guy in that old (questionable?) limerick where red on yellow kills a fellow, etc. Then again, given past events...the Kimmels don't seem to shy away from intrepid adventures.

@veronicabelmont.com @tommerritt.com I think another very good reason Brandon Sanderson is having a popularity surge, at least for me, is that NerdForge (Martina and Hansi) did a huge rebinding of all of his Stormlight Archive books. www.youtube.com/watch?v=13co... It's how I found out about him.

People say "good morning", then do everything they can to make sure that's not true.

Imagine if you were like Peter Parker, but instead of being bitten by a radioactive spider, it was a mosquito. What would you do, drain criminals? Your 'squito-sense would likely involve CO2 detection. Criminals would poop their pants when they heard the whining sound of your wings.

One of the dumber trope statements: "You're going to get what's coming to you" Yes, yes I am. That's how time works. And so are you.

Basic premise of the beginning of every zombie movie: These boneheads have never in their whole stupid lives seen a zombie movie.

I want a coffee table book that is just photos of people experiencing zero g for the first time. Images of pure happiness.

Assless Chaps: not just an infamous article of clothing, but a passive-aggressivel somewhat polite(?) way to refer to many older guys.

@alicefraser.bsky.social Every episode of The Gargle I download to my wee MP3 player I have to pick a title because my download source (damn you, Podbay) names them with a letter salad. So I pick one of the topics. The latest is an absolute stunner: "The Gargle - Billionaire Jizz". Magnifique.

Ah, yes, Fall, when every Saturday is a cacophony of idiotic landscapers blasting their leaf blowers full blast at the crack of dawn. Yay.

@thegargle.bsky.social @alicefraser.bsky.social I think if you know a kid who is being tracked by their parents, it's kind of your responsibility if you're a good friend, to mention (if not explain how it works) what a Faraday cage is.

Sometimes you lose a point in a trivia test because the item being discussed is absolutely useless. Oyster fork? Really? Do you keep it with your slate cleaner? Your flint axe sharpener?

Standing in line at the pharmacy behind a guy with a VERY LOUD opening of Fanfare for the Common Man as his text notification, and realizing "This is a guy whose co-workers and likely family want to kill him. Every day. At least 10 times a day."

Don't horror movie writers use any references? Vampire bat movie has massively wrong stuff: * vampire bats not indigineous to Louisiana. * Rabies takes 4-12 weeks to incubate, not overnight. * Rabies vaccine isn't a one and done process. Seems like they could have called *someone*.

So, superrich dude will get together his superrich buddies who are in part responsible for the absence of icebergs so they can wank around on his replica of the Titanic? Sure. We need that. Right.

Garfield has infected Jon with a peculiar strain of toxoplasmosis which compels him to sleepwalk-bake lasagnas. He wakens with sauce stains on his pyjamas and a sink full of dirty dishes, and blames it all, sadly, on Odie.

The neighbor's dog is one of those small dogs that barks at the wind, cars, people talking on their bloody phones. Wish someone could tell the little nipper that its bark is not scaring anyone, it's probably just making the coyotes salivate.

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social The Spelling Bee today had the letters M-D-A-P-I-N-G. It told me that MAGNAPINNA was *invalid*. I regret it's only an online game, robbing me of the chance to lay down my cards, and walk away, shaking my head and muttering "Oh, I see, this isn't a *serious* word game".

One of the big benefits of this relatively new site is not just the noticeable diminishment of vitriol, but also that every time I pop over here I hear the ELO song that should be their theme, in my head.