Randy Smith
@curiouserrandy.bsky.social
Geek, Intellectual, Dancer, but generally pretty quiet.
Primarily on here to follow some authors/creators.
Primarily on here to follow some authors/creators.
I wonder what the overlap is between people who don't know money is fake and people who believe we're living in a simulated universe? :-)
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I wonder what the overlap is between people who don't know money is fake and people who believe we're living in a simulated universe? :-)
Reminded of your comment elsewhere that you enjoy writing, but it's still work, and 95% of the time you'd rather be on a beach with a birder guide.
Also amused/saddened by the fact that you're clearly up for writing on inspiration. Do what you love for money and ... it'll become work.
Also amused/saddened by the fact that you're clearly up for writing on inspiration. Do what you love for money and ... it'll become work.
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Reminded of your comment elsewhere that you enjoy writing, but it's still work, and 95% of the time you'd rather be on a beach with a birder guide.
Also amused/saddened by the fact that you're clearly up for writing on inspiration. Do what you love for money and ... it'll become work.
Also amused/saddened by the fact that you're clearly up for writing on inspiration. Do what you love for money and ... it'll become work.
Well, it's a deli chain rather than a supermarket, and I've neither frequented it nor heard any active circulating rumors about it. So maybe it's just a name collision? Or it may have a different niche.
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Well, it's a deli chain rather than a supermarket, and I've neither frequented it nor heard any active circulating rumors about it. So maybe it's just a name collision? Or it may have a different niche.
I think D'Agostinos exists up here, which may mean that you wouldn't win as much as you think if he left NYC .....
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I think D'Agostinos exists up here, which may mean that you wouldn't win as much as you think if he left NYC .....
For what it's worth, me too. Maybe they wanted to give people who had pre-ordered a chance to change their minds because it's going to be delayed?
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
For what it's worth, me too. Maybe they wanted to give people who had pre-ordered a chance to change their minds because it's going to be delayed?
And how many times has that expression been resignified before this? :-)
December 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
And how many times has that expression been resignified before this? :-)
If you just accepted that "consciousness" was an illusion, you wouldn't have those unsettled feelings.
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you just accepted that "consciousness" was an illusion, you wouldn't have those unsettled feelings.
It's a good book. Ends with enough of a hook that I'm sad about how long I'm likely to have to wait for the fifth one :-).
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's a good book. Ends with enough of a hook that I'm sad about how long I'm likely to have to wait for the fifth one :-).
Burrito criminals can't win. It's the law.
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Burrito criminals can't win. It's the law.
Is this a standalone? I'm not mapping "Guy with several children in an apartment" to any of your current serieses (sp?)...
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Is this a standalone? I'm not mapping "Guy with several children in an apartment" to any of your current serieses (sp?)...
The same comment has been made about my partner and I :-)
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The same comment has been made about my partner and I :-)
Upon reflection, what I should have said was "Well, *that* comprehensively refutes the opening line of Anna Karenina!" :-)
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Upon reflection, what I should have said was "Well, *that* comprehensively refutes the opening line of Anna Karenina!" :-)
No accounting for taste? :-)
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No accounting for taste? :-)
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you keep writing them. They're a nice change from other stuff I read, but have all the virtues of your other books. When I pick them up, I confidently expect an enjoyable afternoon in another world, and get that.
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you keep writing them. They're a nice change from other stuff I read, but have all the virtues of your other books. When I pick them up, I confidently expect an enjoyable afternoon in another world, and get that.
That one made me cry.
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That one made me cry.
It's sorta like searching your keys under the streetlight rather than where you lost them. They *have* your email address :-J.
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's sorta like searching your keys under the streetlight rather than where you lost them. They *have* your email address :-J.
Listening to your rants remains a fascinating experience--I *regularly* pick up new potential useful information about corners of the world I'm not in but am not that far away from.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Listening to your rants remains a fascinating experience--I *regularly* pick up new potential useful information about corners of the world I'm not in but am not that far away from.
I love listening to her yell as long as I don't think about the implications of the increasing incidence of things she's yelling about.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I love listening to her yell as long as I don't think about the implications of the increasing incidence of things she's yelling about.
If you do this in my oven, the plate is most definitely dirty (with soot from off the oven racks).
So: It depends :-)
So: It depends :-)
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you do this in my oven, the plate is most definitely dirty (with soot from off the oven racks).
So: It depends :-)
So: It depends :-)
Google outages too! (Used to work there.)
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Google outages too! (Used to work there.)
Bracing, please, bracing! :-)
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Bracing, please, bracing! :-)
And I just got back from a fairly chilly (39 deg F) walk around my neighborhood (Boston area). Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And I just got back from a fairly chilly (39 deg F) walk around my neighborhood (Boston area). Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
Touching beans.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Touching beans.
I presume you're following @rahaeli.bsky.social 's parallel thread about content moderation of violent threats. While you still can ( :-) :-) )
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I presume you're following @rahaeli.bsky.social 's parallel thread about content moderation of violent threats. While you still can ( :-) :-) )
Yup, me too. It's gotten a bit better as I've gotten older, but "change of seasons crud" is totally a thing.
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yup, me too. It's gotten a bit better as I've gotten older, but "change of seasons crud" is totally a thing.