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Joshua McPherson

@johnniemonkey.bsky.social

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Enjoyer of science fiction, fantasy, comics, video games, whiskey and porn. Not necessarily in that order, and often at the same time. For the record, I'm 50 years old, cis, white, and strai...hmm. Okay, I'm a bit bent. Maybe a bit more than a bit.

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Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe I've only seen the first film.

It vaguely rang a bell at least.

The King Solomon's Mines one isn't ringing anything.

I feel like I'd remember Gabrielle Anwar (I enjoyed Burn Notice). Not to mention Jonathan Frakes cameo. Plus Robert Foxworth and Erick Avari for more Star Trek connections.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 5h

Oh, and it's supposedly a "Christian" establishment. That alone would explain why the place creeps me out, and just makes the rest of it an "of course".

Disgusting people.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 5h

Family had a get together at Pizza Ranch tonight. I begged off because I find the place deeply unpleasant, and the food is toxic.

Just reading that one of the founders did prison time for sexually abusing employees, and the remaining one endorsed the fascist-in-chief.

I made the right choice.

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Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 8h

I think you have to see Neverending Story as a kid for it to have an effect (unless I'm misremembering, your stepson is older?). I missed that one growing up, and when I watched it in my 20's, I just found it tedious and dull.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 8h

Is Noah Wyle actually Nathan Fillion in a scrawny suit?

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 9h

Man, there's just nothing on Prime I want to watch.

Settled for running The Librarian films again. Or I think again.

Pretty sure I've seen them. I know I watched the series.

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Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 9h

That's gotta be a record.

Ten minutes and I'm out.

Didn't even get to the dumb to make a judgment. It's just deadly dull.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 10h

Movie night.

Decided on Novocaine.

Looks dumb. Hoping it's fun dumb and not dumb dumb.

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Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 10h

Flushing out any unrealized bisexuality the lad may have?

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Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 13h

Mid-October in northern Illinois.

I'm running my air conditioner.

This is fine.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 1d

I am not religious, and despite being forced to attend various churches as a kid I know very little of Catholicism.

I know there's a Pope.

Never heard of the Opus thing before this week, so I'm doing a bit of reading. I can't make a lick of sense of it, but that whole organization is psychotic.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 1d

I did spend $60 on lube while I still have next day shipping.

Can't be running low on that.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 2d

Cancelled my free Prime.

In the past, I mostly used it for Prime Video. You get free shipping anyway after...$35? I forget. Basically any item these days.

But Prime Video is proving to be shit now. Very little I want to watch, and even at the price of FREE I refuse to watch all these fucking ads.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 2d

I quite like coffee. I start every day with a cup or two. But I feel like you are seriously misrepresenting ass here.

Granted, I'm more discerning about the asses I will consume.

But if the choice had to be made, coffee is the one I would give up.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 2d

Storm Born, by Richelle Mead

Another book I have no memory of purchasing.

Urban fantasy romance, I guess? Lots of horny, anyway.

Not much of a plot, more focus on setting up the characters and world.

It was okay.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 2d

Star Trek: TNG - Chains Of Command, by W.A. McCay and E.L. Flood

Kindle glitch? It said I hadn't read this, but I definitely had. I thought maybe I had it in paperback, but no. I must have read it in the last couple of years (bought it in '22).

It's a fairly decent midrange TNG novel.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 2d

Soulminder, by Timothy Zahn

I had some trouble with this one. I just did not give a fuck about the premise from page one. It's stupid.

It does kind of start working after a while, though.

In a way, that's why I like Zahn. He can build good stories out of horseshit.

This isn't one, though.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 2d

Six Wakes, by Mur Lafferty

This was one of the oldest unread purchases in my Kindle library, and I've no recollection of buying it.

Reasonably entertaining, I guess.

It vaguely reminded me of Dark Matter and Altered Carbon. Some concepts in common.

Doesn't really go anywhere with them though.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 16d

Mmm, breakfast in bed.

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Rain DeGrey @raindegrey.bsky.social · 28d

My religion is your flesh

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Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 28d

Prey as you will.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 29d

When The Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi

An oddly optimistic end of the world story.
Unusually for a Scalzi novel, this one took a little while before I got into it. Once it starts working it keeps working to the end though, so fair enough.

Joshua McPherson @johnniemonkey.bsky.social · 29d

The Thousand Deaths Of Ardor Benn, by Tyler Whitesides

I enjoyed this one. It's somewhat episodic. Make a good TV series.
"Grit" in place of magic is an interesting flavor.
Tone shifts a bit from time to time, but it all flows together nicely.

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Bayesia Nash @bayesianash.bsky.social · Sep 14

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Cleo Mercury 💫 @cleomercury.bsky.social · Sep 14

muscle grl pool time 💪🏼💦

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