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Mixed Metaphors

@mixedmetaphors.bsky.social

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reader, writer, vegan, techie, shiba inu, mixer of metaphors. He/him. I'm a sucker for a line in a book that functions both as a well-crafted, character-defining piece of poetry and also as meta-textual code for how the overall story works.

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · Jul 28

I'm so so so excited to have a story in Malarkey. They are a wonderful press and I've read and loved so many of their short fiction collections. (Subscribe to their book club!!!)

Please read and share my story if you are so inclined and please forgive my use of too many exclamation marks!!!

Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

Good morning, here’s a story by @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social to go with your coffee!

malarkeybooks.com/fiction/bean...

The Bean Vault—Jeff Goldberg — Malarkey

You might think me a snob, based on my profession and my attitude. And you would be, in many ways, correct. But, also, to be a snob and a connoisseur means more than a discerning palate, at least for ...

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 34m

Last week I learned you can get "nutmeg mania" from putting too much nutmeg in scones.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 37m

Banana bread is cake not bread and we all know it

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 16h

I'm not 100% sure though it seems within spitting distance of you. (I realize, though, that in the US we think of a two-hour drive as a close neighbor.) Somewhere right past the "Butter Tubs" is the best I can name right now. She'll be at the reading too so we'll place it all then.

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 16h

Beautiful. I've stayed in Settle a couple of times, driven over the Butter Tubs, and hiked the area. I'm very excited for this book! (Though that was the case even before learning the geography of it.)

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 16h

Those light cycles better be life-size working replicas.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 16h

Just ordered it from Bookshop.org based on the snippets I've found. I've read maybe one other non-fiction sports books in my life, so probably will name this the greatest. In the fiction realm (and the real world) I have a tumultuous and not exclusively positive relationship with JCO.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 17h

My favorite article of the year!

Also, because of you, I'm now pouring through some Joyce Carol Oates' boxing essays and they are by a wide margin the best thing of hers I've ever read.

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 17h

There is only 1 (one) good piece of writing left on the internet and it is this by @alexshephard.bsky.social and @markkrotov.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2015...

The Nobel Prize in Literature Is Boring Now

László Krasznahorkai, who was awarded the prize on Thursday, is a brilliant novelist and consummate laureate. But has the Swedish Academy lost its sense of fun?

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 17h

It's my favorite article every year. Not just about the Nobel, but in general.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 17h

Well, we'll definitely be there now! I want the travel crown. Super excited about this working out.

Charlotte is from the dales, not the moors, apparently. But the landscape there features heavily in her art, so she's invested in your book now too.

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 18h

I'm in the mountains of Western Massachusetts. Moved here recently-ish after decades in Brooklyn.

In Feb I'll be in the Yorkshire moors with @charlottesmithson.bsky.social to see the Goldsworthy "Hanging Stones." She's game to stop in Leeds on our way back to Manchester. On her birthday, no less!

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, this person is kind of correct. Coming to NYC and going to see a random Broadway Play and expecting it to make sense is something people have been doing for at least 50+ years.

I love that the original audience responded this way too! It makes me feel like the play is working.

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 1d

What I love about this is it's in line with what a lot of people (most?) said when the play first came out!

It's a theater-bending (if not breaking) play. It's always been so. This person is not alone in feeling this way!

(Clarification: I think it's one of the greatest things ever written.)

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 1d

FYI it looks like that link has changed. The event link I found instead is:

www.waterstones.com/events/book-...

Book Launch: Keshed by Stu Hennigan | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Book Launch: Keshed by Stu Hennigan today.

www.waterstones.com

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 1d

KESHED LAUNCH ALERT.

Tix now on sale for the official launch event on publication day, 12th Feb 2026, at Waterstones in Leeds, Terri motherfucking White in the interviewer's chair, it's gonna be awesome. Early chance to see my "performance" of the intro too 👀📚

www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

An evening with Stu Hennigan for Keshed in Leeds | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An evening with Stu Hennigan for Keshed in Leeds today.

www.waterstones.com

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 1d

Shockingly, I'm going to be in the Leeds-ish area on the evening of February 12th... (This is shocking because I'm normally in the US.) It's someone else's birthday but she says she's up for it. This is like my #1 book launch wishlist. Amazing timing thanks for planning it around my travel.

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for this. I was worried there was no one anywhere on BlueSky talking about a book.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 3d

A gorgeous beaver dam near the #AppalachianTrail at Beartown Mountain, MA.

I love how the autumn leaves have collected on the water like a woven carpet.

The water level is very low elsewhere in the forest, so I hope this spot is providing some comfort to all the animals.

A beaver dam has created a small lake in the forest. The autumn leaves have collected on the surface of the water at the dam, making it look like a plateau of land.

A close up of the beaver dam. The sticks and logs are piled and entwined like knitting, the leaves collected on the water are like a speckled carpet.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 3d

One time my dentist was playing Kenny G and I told him about the scene from Wayne's World where the worst torture Garth can imagine is being at a Kenny G concert getting dental work but my dentist didn't get the joke so I had to explain that most people don't like the dentist and he was offended.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

I was at the dentist today and they had the View playing on the tv above me as I was laying on the chair and Andrew Cuomo was on it and it was the closest I’ve ever been to being in a Saw film

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 4d

Before I left my job, I got a bad annual review despite my small team generating half the company revenue. The CEO said I was "too nice" and "cared about people liking me." I asked him to provide an example of a bad decision I'd made as a leader because of this personality flaw and he could not.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 4d

One of the pernicious things about AI is how I now have to constantly wonder if AI is the reason some tech is getting worse.

Maybe it's my slow decline into irrelevance? Maybe it's just technology sucking for normal non-AI reasons?

(But, to be clear, it's usually AI.)

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 4d

I've been using the "swype" method of typing on phone keyboards since the 2000s and I've always loved it and been very fast with it.

But in the last year it feels like it's getting everything wrong all the time.

Is this my cognitive decline or has "AI" been introduced that makes it worse?

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Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 7d

And thus The Great Schism.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 7d

In case it wasn't clear, I'm arguing that "breakfast" is relative to one's sleep/wake cycle, while "dinner" is absolute to the position of the sun, and therefore breakfast and dinner can occur simultaneously.

Mixed Metaphors @mixedmetaphors.bsky.social · 7d

How do these 15 Breakfast-for-Dinner recipes by Martha Stewart fit into your narrow theological/lexigraphical worldview, Jordan?

www.marthastewart.com/breakfast-fo...

15 Breakfast-for-Dinner Recipes You’ll Wish You Tried Sooner

Breakfast for dinner is a delicious way to end the day, and the possibilities are endless. From classic steak and eggs to cheesy omelets and delectable fried chicken and waffles, we're sharing our fav...