Nick Arvin
@nickarvin.bsky.social
Author of MAD BOY from Europa Editions + 3 other books of fiction. Writing in the NYer, NYT, WSJ, Ploughshares. Also, an engineer! Technical and consulting work in green energy. Colorado based.
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Nick Arvin
@nickarvin.bsky.social
· Aug 19
Please, I’m just an organism responding to stimuli. Don’t expect too much.
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the winter of our discontent
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
the winter of our discontent
Need a word for the season of days when you get to work while it's still dark and by the time you leave work it's already dark again.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Need a word for the season of days when you get to work while it's still dark and by the time you leave work it's already dark again.
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This Wednesday, at 6 pm EST, I'll be chatting with author and flash fiction/sudden fiction editor extraordinaire about editing anthologies, his writing, and more.
www.facebook.com/events/13579...
www.facebook.com/events/13579...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This Wednesday, at 6 pm EST, I'll be chatting with author and flash fiction/sudden fiction editor extraordinaire about editing anthologies, his writing, and more.
www.facebook.com/events/13579...
www.facebook.com/events/13579...
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You can’t put the toothpaste back into the tube, so you go around offering it to your neighbors, but none of them want any, so then you brush your teeth 14 times in a row, and now you’re done brushing your teeth for the week.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You can’t put the toothpaste back into the tube, so you go around offering it to your neighbors, but none of them want any, so then you brush your teeth 14 times in a row, and now you’re done brushing your teeth for the week.
You can’t put the toothpaste back into the tube, so you go around offering it to your neighbors, but none of them want any, so then you brush your teeth 14 times in a row, and now you’re done brushing your teeth for the week.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You can’t put the toothpaste back into the tube, so you go around offering it to your neighbors, but none of them want any, so then you brush your teeth 14 times in a row, and now you’re done brushing your teeth for the week.
This whole thread is terrific, and omg these penguin eggs.
The "white" of the egg is translucent & the yolk is orange, almost red. I've attached a contemporary account of someone first seeing the strange yolks & a couple of photos of penguin eggs, which are reportedly very similar to murre eggs...
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This whole thread is terrific, and omg these penguin eggs.
Actually, there's a big difference between "in to" and "into."
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Actually, there's a big difference between "in to" and "into."
My wife does many amazing things, and one of them is furniture restoration. Look at this insanity.
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My wife does many amazing things, and one of them is furniture restoration. Look at this insanity.
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Here's the deal: If you preorder a copy of my upcoming book "Moses and the Doctor" through my publisher, Grand Central, it'll come to you with two custom-made basketball cards of Moses Malone and Dr. J. Get it before it goes on-sale on February 10 here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/grand-centra...
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here's the deal: If you preorder a copy of my upcoming book "Moses and the Doctor" through my publisher, Grand Central, it'll come to you with two custom-made basketball cards of Moses Malone and Dr. J. Get it before it goes on-sale on February 10 here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/grand-centra...
Taxidermied passenger pigeon available for sale 😳
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2194382...
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2194382...
Rare Extinct Passenger Pigeon Display Auction
A profoundly significant piece of natural and North American history, a taxidermy specimen of a Passenger Pigeon. Getting its name from the French word {ellipsis}
www.liveauctioneers.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Taxidermied passenger pigeon available for sale 😳
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2194382...
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2194382...
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The lamp instructions told me that if I still feel sad I should spend more time with the lamp
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The lamp instructions told me that if I still feel sad I should spend more time with the lamp
My dad, 79 years old, has decided to get into wood carving. Here is a koala on a book.
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My dad, 79 years old, has decided to get into wood carving. Here is a koala on a book.
I've been trying to churn out a bunch of short stories quickly for a project I have in mind and to challenge myself, and all of it is difficult, but nailing an ending is consistently the hardest damn thing.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I've been trying to churn out a bunch of short stories quickly for a project I have in mind and to challenge myself, and all of it is difficult, but nailing an ending is consistently the hardest damn thing.
It's still sometimes implausible to me that you can write a novel one word at a time when it requires so freaking many of them.
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's still sometimes implausible to me that you can write a novel one word at a time when it requires so freaking many of them.
Obviously not the biggest part of this, but Epstein seems to have been one of these morons who mark all of their own emails Importance: High.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Obviously not the biggest part of this, but Epstein seems to have been one of these morons who mark all of their own emails Importance: High.
Fabulous skies this afternoon over the Flatirons.
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Fabulous skies this afternoon over the Flatirons.
Big bottles of pear brandy at Leopold Bros.
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Big bottles of pear brandy at Leopold Bros.
Amazing story idea for you here on ESPN.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Amazing story idea for you here on ESPN.
Photos by Vivian Maier.
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Photos by Vivian Maier.
Watched this one last night--it's a terrific film. Vivian Maier was a street photographer, her photos are dazzling, and she was unknown in her own lifetime. This guy bought a trunk full of photographic negatives at an estate sale, and started digging.
Documentary Film Finding Vivian Maier | Vivian Maier Photographer
"Finding Vivian Maier": An intriguing documentary film which traces the life story of accomplished photographer Vivian Maier.
www.vivianmaier.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Watched this one last night--it's a terrific film. Vivian Maier was a street photographer, her photos are dazzling, and she was unknown in her own lifetime. This guy bought a trunk full of photographic negatives at an estate sale, and started digging.
Local restaurant (Work+Class) has this indoor hydroponic farm, and nothing has ever so effectively made me feel like I'm on a spaceship.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Local restaurant (Work+Class) has this indoor hydroponic farm, and nothing has ever so effectively made me feel like I'm on a spaceship.
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This Wednesday, at 6 pm EST, I'll be chatting with New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap about his novels, his writing, and more. Join us!
www.facebook.com/events/13576...
www.facebook.com/events/13576...
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This Wednesday, at 6 pm EST, I'll be chatting with New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap about his novels, his writing, and more. Join us!
www.facebook.com/events/13576...
www.facebook.com/events/13576...
Let my memoir be titled How to Have Fun with Marzipan.
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Let my memoir be titled How to Have Fun with Marzipan.