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"max"
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kick damn ass and rock on!!!!!!!!!! check this out infinitegossip.ghost.io
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ringworm.bsky.social
i have watched and reviewed 28 years later: the bone temple (2026) boxd.it/cE3iAX
January 15, 2026 at 4:53 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
i've noticed that some people don't seem to like touching the saw blade i replaced my missing hand with
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
psyching up phil collins before he goes in the booth: you'll be fine. just say susussudio a bunch of times
January 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
(checking out a historical event) is this the tragedy or the farce
January 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
catching up with my friend mark who's been miserable of late. cheer up mark! plenty to smile about. and open the window
January 11, 2026 at 12:20 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
one of my buddies got trapped in a poké ball and we can't get him out
January 8, 2026 at 10:49 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
it is happening again
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
me and my buddies have recorded a song that segues even more seamlessly into 'the fool' by neutral milk hotel. your move jeff
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
that clutch moment when you step out of the pandora store with a new charm for your bracelet... but then that woebegone moment when your fingers slip on the clasp and charms scatter across the pavement
January 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
first day in pluribus i'm asking the hive mind for $1 million cash. and then i'm going on a shopping spree
January 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
lol. correct
January 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
(when the nurse pulls on the blue latex gloves) na'vi pandora... "i see you"
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
oh dude i've been there. hope he/she pulls up soon. and glad you enjoyed it!
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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ringworm.bsky.social
new story up now. it's called FIRST OF JUNE and it's about what happens when a company that freezes your body closes down. sort of infinitegossip.ghost.io/first-of-june/
An image of a 4-tonne truck. excerpt of a story called "FIRST OF JUNE", by max lavergne. it reads: In April the CEO and CFO were arrested and the liquidators moved in to recover what they could, which was only a little, here and there, since the huge debts the company had run up were against a theoretical market value plus a little capital, both of which by then had long since soaked into a beautifully complex ecosystem of shell companies and trusts. In May the company's property holdings, laboratory equipment and freezer network were auctioned off, and as the first of June arrived a fixer from the liquidators showed up at my door and asked for 10 minutes of my time. It was as hot as Hades outside. "Sure, sure," I said. He stood in my kitchen with a glass of chilled water and looked uncomfortable. A weird-looking guy with a thick neck and a thin head, a flabby crease running down the centre of his throat and pill-shaped transition lenses, with thin, spiky hair and a hairline that left only an inch-wide band of clammy skin on his forehead before reasserting itself vigorously in a thick monobrow. "What can I help you with?" I asked him. He fidgeted with his glass. "You're aware that the company has been liquidated," he coughed. I was. "Right, right," he said. "So you've probably wondering what everyone's been wondering, which is what's going to happen to all the bodies." "Not really," I said. "They, uh, all got rehomed. With other cryo companies." He squinted at me. "Right," he said. "That didn't happen. That was the statement, yes. Do you know that didn't happen?" I just looked at him. "That was for the announcement. Do you understand what I'm telling you? Are you following me?" The full text is available at https://infinitegossip.ghost.io/first-of-june/
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
thank you dude!!
December 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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ringworm.bsky.social
what i learned about publishing short stories online in 2025
This is what I learned about publishing short stories online in 2025: worth doing if you get the chance but don't be too critical of yourself if you can't. Fun as a low cost hobby but remember to keep your expectations realistic. All the websites you're thinking of posting to are either unethical or expensive or user unfriendly so just try and pick the least bad one. As you progress through 2025 your life might change around you. Just try to keep posting short stories online. You can write ideas down in your notes app on your phone. You might spend a fair bit of time looking at the sentence "Superhero whose power is luck" and trying to make it work but there's probably no way to do it that doesn't feel gimmicky. All you really need is three good sentences but you really do need them. If you're publishing short stories online and you have less than three really good sentences your story probably won't work out. Even if every part of the short story you're publishing online is dissonant there should still be a melody between those parts. You can probably also ignore the one that says "Macguffin world", unless you get really crazy with it. And most importantly, have fun
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
guy who's been into holidays for a while talking to guy who's just getting into them: christmas is great for sure. deserves the hype. if you're into that christmas eve is also essential... in some ways superior
December 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
guy who invented whichever one of these came second: fuck it just call it a compass too. i'm so bad at naming things... fuck! i'm angry. fuck my life. i'm going for a walk
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
i bet katy perry and justin trudeau are wearing the most incredible christmas sweaters with stunning designs right now. wish i could see them
December 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
(to the tune of "feliz navidad") denis villeneuve
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
thank you leigh this is delightful. condolences to your girlfriend
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
ringworm.bsky.social
what i learned about publishing short stories online in 2025
This is what I learned about publishing short stories online in 2025: worth doing if you get the chance but don't be too critical of yourself if you can't. Fun as a low cost hobby but remember to keep your expectations realistic. All the websites you're thinking of posting to are either unethical or expensive or user unfriendly so just try and pick the least bad one. As you progress through 2025 your life might change around you. Just try to keep posting short stories online. You can write ideas down in your notes app on your phone. You might spend a fair bit of time looking at the sentence "Superhero whose power is luck" and trying to make it work but there's probably no way to do it that doesn't feel gimmicky. All you really need is three good sentences but you really do need them. If you're publishing short stories online and you have less than three really good sentences your story probably won't work out. Even if every part of the short story you're publishing online is dissonant there should still be a melody between those parts. You can probably also ignore the one that says "Macguffin world", unless you get really crazy with it. And most importantly, have fun
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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crankgrimes.bsky.social
This by @ringworm.bsky.social infinitegossip.ghost.io/the-deal-i-s...
THE DEAL I STRUCK WITH BURGER KING
I entered a deal with Burger King to have the Burger King logo tattooed on my body.
infinitegossip.ghost.io
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
new story up now. it's called FIRST OF JUNE and it's about what happens when a company that freezes your body closes down. sort of infinitegossip.ghost.io/first-of-june/
An image of a 4-tonne truck. excerpt of a story called "FIRST OF JUNE", by max lavergne. it reads: In April the CEO and CFO were arrested and the liquidators moved in to recover what they could, which was only a little, here and there, since the huge debts the company had run up were against a theoretical market value plus a little capital, both of which by then had long since soaked into a beautifully complex ecosystem of shell companies and trusts. In May the company's property holdings, laboratory equipment and freezer network were auctioned off, and as the first of June arrived a fixer from the liquidators showed up at my door and asked for 10 minutes of my time. It was as hot as Hades outside. "Sure, sure," I said. He stood in my kitchen with a glass of chilled water and looked uncomfortable. A weird-looking guy with a thick neck and a thin head, a flabby crease running down the centre of his throat and pill-shaped transition lenses, with thin, spiky hair and a hairline that left only an inch-wide band of clammy skin on his forehead before reasserting itself vigorously in a thick monobrow. "What can I help you with?" I asked him. He fidgeted with his glass. "You're aware that the company has been liquidated," he coughed. I was. "Right, right," he said. "So you've probably wondering what everyone's been wondering, which is what's going to happen to all the bodies." "Not really," I said. "They, uh, all got rehomed. With other cryo companies." He squinted at me. "Right," he said. "That didn't happen. That was the statement, yes. Do you know that didn't happen?" I just looked at him. "That was for the announcement. Do you understand what I'm telling you? Are you following me?" The full text is available at https://infinitegossip.ghost.io/first-of-june/
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
ringworm.bsky.social
"fool! such a gambit could never hope to be successful..." <-- dialog sample from my upcoming screenplay, general mayhem: generals at war - part one
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM