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B @beingb.bsky.social · 23h

Rereading the Gideon the Ninth books and enjoying them so much more this time around. Early Pandemic I was just not in the right headspace for ostentatiously gothic obfuscation, but present day me is particularly loving the exploration of trauma in Harrow and how prickly the writing is.

B @beingb.bsky.social · 2d

Standing around waiting for the bus and the period cramps hit, and then the bus is full so I gotta wait another half hour. 😭Truly I do suffer.

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ceej @ceej.online · Mar 26

the most annoying thing about living here is tourists asking to meet She Who Slumbers in the Lake. buddy, we all want to meet her. that’s why we lure the tourists

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 3d

Brb adding to Christmas list…

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 3d

Grieve but check in a few years later. Sometimes it turns out I just wasn’t in a good place for that particular book, sometimes we’ve just grown apart.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 3d

CEO busts out “we’re a family” at the all-hands and you know layoffs are a-coming.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 4d

New cat bed is a hit!

Small black and white cat lying in a cat bed mounted high up in a corner.

Close up of a small black and white cat lying in a cat bed mounted high in a corner.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 4d

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 5d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 4d

Ooohhhh the widow’s peak. So fucking sexy.

B @beingb.bsky.social · 4d

S3 start, already crushing HARD on Ziva. Why is there no woman to ship her with???

B @beingb.bsky.social · 4d

Hotttt

kat @spirk-trek.bsky.social · 4d

This time, the ripped shirt is Spock's fault...

★ IM Mueller ★ Beyond Dreams #fanzine ★ 2001 ★ ~ #k/s #ZineAppreciation #spirk ~

A very toned Kirk with his shirt torn off by Spock who is behind him. Spock is also reaching around to push his hand into Kirk's pants... which Kirk seems to enjoy. His head is thrown back and he's moaning, contorting himself to pull Spock's mouth to his neck.

B @beingb.bsky.social · 4d

S3 start, already crushing HARD on Ziva. Why is there no woman to ship her with???

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 4d

I endorse this post.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 6d

Tony Dinozzo looks like Eric Trump. Ewwww.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 7d

Certainly better than the Baylis & Harding calendar I got myself last year which was just 2 scents in all every iterations of soap/lotion + body part. Not sure how different “shower gel” and “body wash” are, really, plus I hated one of the two scents anyway. Still got bottles lying around…

B @beingb.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a fun daily puzzle to solve and when it’s finished we are left with good memories, the conclusion of the fairly silly storyline and a small pile of cardboard to recycle. 10/10, looking forward to starting Dec 1st.

B @beingb.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve become disillusioned by advent calendars. It seems like they’re largely a way for companies to offload unpopular product and get people to pay money for “surprises” they’d never buy otherwise. But the EXIT Escape Room Advent Calendar has been a hit two years running!

EXIT: The Game - Advent Calendar - The Intergalactic Race

Product Description For months, the main topic of conversation in the cosmos has been the huge 24-day Le Mond race — and you get to be part of it! How lucky that quirky guy at the space bar hired you ...

store.thamesandkosmos.com

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve become disillusioned by advent calendars. It seems like they’re largely a way for companies to offload unpopular product and get people to pay money for “surprises” they’d never buy otherwise. But the EXIT Escape Room Advent Calendar has been a hit two years running!

EXIT: The Game - Advent Calendar - The Intergalactic Race

Product Description For months, the main topic of conversation in the cosmos has been the huge 24-day Le Mond race — and you get to be part of it! How lucky that quirky guy at the space bar hired you ...

store.thamesandkosmos.com

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 10d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 8d

“It all” being a party at home with up to 9 guests involving homemade cake from scratch, various fun craftivities and a homemade (reusable, thank god) piñata. Every year I campaign for a play place party like her friends have and every year, denied.

Kid is too much like her mama.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 8d

OTOH, parenting. Little B, beaming: “That was a GREAT party.” So obvs, despite like two solid days of that “running through the airport to make a tight connection” feeling, we are going to do it all again next year.

B @beingb.bsky.social · 8d

Ah, marriage. We were both exhausted post-party, so I magnanimously let him nap while I supervised the post-party play date. Two verrrry loooong hours later I wake him up for shift change and he groans, “That nap didn’t help at ALL.”

I didn’t kill him. Where’s my Nobel Peace Prize?

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 8d

Ah, marriage. We were both exhausted post-party, so I magnanimously let him nap while I supervised the post-party play date. Two verrrry loooong hours later I wake him up for shift change and he groans, “That nap didn’t help at ALL.”

I didn’t kill him. Where’s my Nobel Peace Prize?

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 8d

That is gorgeous! What are the white cords for?

B @beingb.bsky.social · 8d

Little B’s birthday party is officially in the bag! Had to rejigger all plans at the last minute bc of Storm Amy (no outdoor bouncy castles with a wind warning) but still managed to keep 8 kids happy for two hours without too much loss of sanity.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 8d

He’s trying!

Kirk from Star Trek, dishevelled with one side of his shirt ripped to bare his chest, shoulder and upper arm.

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B @beingb.bsky.social · 9d

I almost ate a Ghost Pepper and sour cream potato chip today out of a face-down bag and Mr. B did a whole slo-mo “Noooooooooooo” dive to save me.

🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 9d

Every food item does not need Carolina reaper peppers added to it. Please let your pasty, white brethren eat without acid reflux

B @beingb.bsky.social · 9d

Alright, I’m watching NCIS because it’s such a popular fandom for crossovers with Stargate. Doing my homework.