jcsimonds
@jcsimonds.bsky.social
Author - The Heirs to Camelot series (paranormal romance), shopping a sci-fi humor book: My Ridiculous Life in Space. Corporate trainer. Cross-stitcher. Liberal old hippie chick who bites. "Feral and not trained."
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jcsimonds
@jcsimonds.bsky.social
· Sep 29
I'm posting chapter-by-chapter of THE MIDSUMMER WIFE, my #KingArthur #Romantasy, on Substack.
FIRST CHAPTER! Ava Cerdwen arrives at the #Merlin heir's home to start the descendants on the path to healing recently nuked London. She struggles with her anxieties.
tinyurl.com/55ehxvn3
#BookSky
FIRST CHAPTER! Ava Cerdwen arrives at the #Merlin heir's home to start the descendants on the path to healing recently nuked London. She struggles with her anxieties.
tinyurl.com/55ehxvn3
#BookSky
For the second time, my husband's dentist is refusing to help him on HER day off. His pain doesn't matter. The fact she knows exactly what the issue doesn't matter
Come see me on Thursday. I can't see you before then and I won't deal with you on the phone
Girl, you are so fucking fired after this
Come see me on Thursday. I can't see you before then and I won't deal with you on the phone
Girl, you are so fucking fired after this
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For the second time, my husband's dentist is refusing to help him on HER day off. His pain doesn't matter. The fact she knows exactly what the issue doesn't matter
Come see me on Thursday. I can't see you before then and I won't deal with you on the phone
Girl, you are so fucking fired after this
Come see me on Thursday. I can't see you before then and I won't deal with you on the phone
Girl, you are so fucking fired after this
I feel like this is how all countries now see the US
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I feel like this is how all countries now see the US
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She’s right. I don’t even know those people but wouldn’t wish what just happened on my worst enemy’s family. The man is mentally unwell.
Big drawls done woke Maria Shriver up. And it’s gonna be more. How Reiner died was horrific and also he was extremely well loved.
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
She’s right. I don’t even know those people but wouldn’t wish what just happened on my worst enemy’s family. The man is mentally unwell.
My company has actual unlimited time off. People don't take enough. The app actually badgers you if you haven't taken a day off in 6 weeks.
My niece works for a company with supposed UTO, but if you take it, you get dinged in your performance review and aren't eligible for bonuses
My niece works for a company with supposed UTO, but if you take it, you get dinged in your performance review and aren't eligible for bonuses
Unlimited vacation policies can work—if the culture (and policy) recognizes the necessity of time off. trib.al/PNpByOC
Unlimited vacation policies can work—it just depends on where employees are based | Fortune
Unlimited vacation polices work for European employees, who took more days off than their counterparts with fixed time off this year.
trib.al
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My company has actual unlimited time off. People don't take enough. The app actually badgers you if you haven't taken a day off in 6 weeks.
My niece works for a company with supposed UTO, but if you take it, you get dinged in your performance review and aren't eligible for bonuses
My niece works for a company with supposed UTO, but if you take it, you get dinged in your performance review and aren't eligible for bonuses
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December 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
NOW is everyone clear on why Back to the Future 2 featured a tRump-like president?
🚨 BREAKING: Trump wants to scrap federal taxes on gambling winnings, encouraging more gambling even as Americans lost $71 billion to the industry in 2024. One of his top donors, Miriam Adelson, runs one of the world’s largest casino empires.
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
NOW is everyone clear on why Back to the Future 2 featured a tRump-like president?
I'm posting chapter-by-chapter of THE MIDSUMMER WIFE, my #KingArthur #Romantasy, on Substack.
Chapter 24: Ava, Ron, and Harper must convince the Prime Minister that they are who they say they are despite the Goddess's pronouncement. The King abdicates to Ron.
tinyurl.com/yfk9n5sa
#BookSky
Chapter 24: Ava, Ron, and Harper must convince the Prime Minister that they are who they say they are despite the Goddess's pronouncement. The King abdicates to Ron.
tinyurl.com/yfk9n5sa
#BookSky
The Midsummer Wife - Chapter 23
This is Chapter 23 of The Midsummer Wife, Book 1 of the Heirs to Camelot, a King Arthur Romantasy/paranormal Romance/reincarnation Romance/Urban Fantasy.
tinyurl.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I'm posting chapter-by-chapter of THE MIDSUMMER WIFE, my #KingArthur #Romantasy, on Substack.
Chapter 24: Ava, Ron, and Harper must convince the Prime Minister that they are who they say they are despite the Goddess's pronouncement. The King abdicates to Ron.
tinyurl.com/yfk9n5sa
#BookSky
Chapter 24: Ava, Ron, and Harper must convince the Prime Minister that they are who they say they are despite the Goddess's pronouncement. The King abdicates to Ron.
tinyurl.com/yfk9n5sa
#BookSky
or us olds saying we don't want to pay to watch ads
Since the 2010s, streaming has dominated media consumption, and with that, sales of DVDs and CDs have sunk. However, there’s been a revival in demand for discs.
The trend is driven by Gen Z looking for the novelty of “vintage” media.
The trend is driven by Gen Z looking for the novelty of “vintage” media.
DVDs and CDs are becoming cool again, thanks mostly to Gen Z
Consumers of all ages are looking to discs to get offline and away from algorithms, and for a younger generation, it’s seen as “vintage.”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
or us olds saying we don't want to pay to watch ads
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'The Enchanted Forest ' (1920)
Maud & Miska Petersham
Maud & Miska Petersham
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
'The Enchanted Forest ' (1920)
Maud & Miska Petersham
Maud & Miska Petersham
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WTF is he dressed as.
Nothing American
Nothing American
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
WTF is he dressed as.
Nothing American
Nothing American
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December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am pounding the table on this one.
The discussion of faith in this time is so appropriate and well-handled
The discussion of faith in this time is so appropriate and well-handled
I'm 1 of the few who like Glass Onion more than Knives Out & I was astonished by Knives Out. I like this 3rd film the best. Cos it's sorta about right now. Has some good laughs but is darker & more somber than the previous 2 but balanced by a couple moments that made me tear up.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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December 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I am pounding the table on this one.
The discussion of faith in this time is so appropriate and well-handled
The discussion of faith in this time is so appropriate and well-handled
An article about the intellectual foundations of MAGA. An interesting and unsettling read:
using Machiavellian means for Aristotelian ends
tinyurl.com/2bmj46vh
using Machiavellian means for Aristotelian ends
tinyurl.com/2bmj46vh
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
An article about the intellectual foundations of MAGA. An interesting and unsettling read:
using Machiavellian means for Aristotelian ends
tinyurl.com/2bmj46vh
using Machiavellian means for Aristotelian ends
tinyurl.com/2bmj46vh
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An unpublished, and thoroughly enjoyable, Tim O’Brien painting from 1996’s “Spectrum III: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art”.
December 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
An unpublished, and thoroughly enjoyable, Tim O’Brien painting from 1996’s “Spectrum III: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art”.
My Dad & Gram gifted my mom with a Kirby vacuum for Mother's Day one year.
She didn't talk to either of them for a month.
Great vacuum, but timing is everything
She didn't talk to either of them for a month.
Great vacuum, but timing is everything
My parents surprised me with a used vacuum cleaner for Christmas when I was in college after I'd hinted for something else. That was more than 50 years ago, and I've never forgotten (or forgiven).
December 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My Dad & Gram gifted my mom with a Kirby vacuum for Mother's Day one year.
She didn't talk to either of them for a month.
Great vacuum, but timing is everything
She didn't talk to either of them for a month.
Great vacuum, but timing is everything
We were in #Costco yesterday. Hubbers admitted he was thinking about giving me the Dyson Stick Pet Vacuum for Xmas. Would I prefer we just bought it or I found it under the tree.
Asked him how desperately he wanted to sleep on the couch.
... and that's how I got a vacuum yesterday
Asked him how desperately he wanted to sleep on the couch.
... and that's how I got a vacuum yesterday
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We were in #Costco yesterday. Hubbers admitted he was thinking about giving me the Dyson Stick Pet Vacuum for Xmas. Would I prefer we just bought it or I found it under the tree.
Asked him how desperately he wanted to sleep on the couch.
... and that's how I got a vacuum yesterday
Asked him how desperately he wanted to sleep on the couch.
... and that's how I got a vacuum yesterday
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How do immigrants steal health care?
That seems like a GOP thing.
Also, Jim Carrey should sue the shit out of them
That seems like a GOP thing.
Also, Jim Carrey should sue the shit out of them
State-sponsored dehumanization, wrapped in a Christmas bow.
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
How do immigrants steal health care?
That seems like a GOP thing.
Also, Jim Carrey should sue the shit out of them
That seems like a GOP thing.
Also, Jim Carrey should sue the shit out of them
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Blue Hour Ascent
11-2025
Between day and night, when the world turns blue and time seems to hold its breath. Watching this egret take flight at dusk reminded me why I love these quiet moments by the water
#Stunday #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Reflection #Egret #SonyAlpha #birdoftheday #bluehour
11-2025
Between day and night, when the world turns blue and time seems to hold its breath. Watching this egret take flight at dusk reminded me why I love these quiet moments by the water
#Stunday #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Reflection #Egret #SonyAlpha #birdoftheday #bluehour
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Blue Hour Ascent
11-2025
Between day and night, when the world turns blue and time seems to hold its breath. Watching this egret take flight at dusk reminded me why I love these quiet moments by the water
#Stunday #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Reflection #Egret #SonyAlpha #birdoftheday #bluehour
11-2025
Between day and night, when the world turns blue and time seems to hold its breath. Watching this egret take flight at dusk reminded me why I love these quiet moments by the water
#Stunday #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Reflection #Egret #SonyAlpha #birdoftheday #bluehour
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Amsterdam Netherlands
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Amsterdam Netherlands