Given the current state of things, it might not be so bad if the simulation ended. I’ll be having the similarly-monikered Wibble cocktail should the lights go out.
Because it was a short one, I followed “Eliminate Toxins and Increase Blood Flow” with Cowling’s outsider tale “Odam on Till,” which was included in H&O’s 2022 Short Story Advent Calendar.
On night 3 of H&O’s Ghost Box IV, Mr. Oswalt selected a story from @rubycowling.bsky.social that’s pulpy in more ways than one. The Corpse Reviver #2 cocktail was a perfect partner for “Eliminate Toxins and Increase Blood Flow,” though I don’t think it’ll help the lecherous, blubberous Mr. Smeed.
Story 2 of H&O’s and @pattonoswalt.bsky.social’s Ghost Box IV is @mathildazeller.bsky.social’s Kushtuka, a story in which supernatural horror is matched by very real colonial violence. The quotidian monster is more horrifying. Brilliant storytelling. A biting Blood Moon cocktail was a good pairing.
10/21 is the first of 11 spooky stories from Hingston & Olsen’s Ghost Box IV as edited by @pattonoswalt.bsky.social. I saw Bill Pullman’s episode of Night Visions that adapted Leman’s “Window” many moons ago. The story is better. Paired with the Shrunken Skull, evoking the remains of poor Reeves.
Shane Gillis being more principled than Bill Burr was not on my bingo card. Good on Maron, Birbiglia, Zach Woods, Atsuko Okatsuka, Leslie Liao, et al as well.
Already canceled Paramount over their capitulation in ending @colbertlateshow.bsky.social. Pretty easy to stop giving money to Hulu, Disney, ESPN after the indefinite preemption of @jimmykimmel.com . $60 a month that can go elsewhere. You can vote with your wallets, folks. #cancelDisney#cancelHulu
Pete Buttigieg has always been a neolib corporatist shill with conservative ideals and opportunist tendencies. His comments about trans women, while infuriating, are not surprising. He’s a self-promoting, nihilistic, McKinsey shit heel.
