Joshua Grover-David Patterson
@joshuagroverdavid.bsky.social
Author of five books, including Kindle bestseller Blood Calling. Award-winning screenwriter. Freelance journalist.
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After some contemplation, I think I've decided what I want this place to be, at least for now.
One of my unique strengths as a writer is that I've written pretty much everything. Books, movies, marketing, internal communication, web pages, journalism, I've done it all.
One of my unique strengths as a writer is that I've written pretty much everything. Books, movies, marketing, internal communication, web pages, journalism, I've done it all.
I'm loathe to really get into discussing the Stranger Things finale, but I do want to talk about the Prince of it.
First: Cool choice finding a record with a great uptempo start to a side and a perfect ending song to conclude with.
First: Cool choice finding a record with a great uptempo start to a side and a perfect ending song to conclude with.
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I'm loathe to really get into discussing the Stranger Things finale, but I do want to talk about the Prince of it.
First: Cool choice finding a record with a great uptempo start to a side and a perfect ending song to conclude with.
First: Cool choice finding a record with a great uptempo start to a side and a perfect ending song to conclude with.
Okay, last icy-cold take before it's too late and the finale airs: Let's talk Stranger Things 5.
Here we go:
Here we go:
December 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Okay, last icy-cold take before it's too late and the finale airs: Let's talk Stranger Things 5.
Here we go:
Here we go:
It's weirding me out that the most "recent" article on Ain't It Cool News is currently from December 2.
It's like this weird little semi-important historical place is suddenly just... a tumbleweed factory.
It's like this weird little semi-important historical place is suddenly just... a tumbleweed factory.
December 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's weirding me out that the most "recent" article on Ain't It Cool News is currently from December 2.
It's like this weird little semi-important historical place is suddenly just... a tumbleweed factory.
It's like this weird little semi-important historical place is suddenly just... a tumbleweed factory.
I have a least-favorite article that seems to come out every couple of years:
"I Gave Up Streaming for Physical Music, and Now I Like Music More Than You Do."
I don't know why this article is so popular, but there have been a LOT of variations on it.
"I Gave Up Streaming for Physical Music, and Now I Like Music More Than You Do."
I don't know why this article is so popular, but there have been a LOT of variations on it.
December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I have a least-favorite article that seems to come out every couple of years:
"I Gave Up Streaming for Physical Music, and Now I Like Music More Than You Do."
I don't know why this article is so popular, but there have been a LOT of variations on it.
"I Gave Up Streaming for Physical Music, and Now I Like Music More Than You Do."
I don't know why this article is so popular, but there have been a LOT of variations on it.
Watching people get mad at Tarantino for having opinions on actors feels... weird.
If you don't want to like Tarantino, that's fine, but there are much worse reasons to put him on your cancellation list.
If you don't want to like Tarantino, that's fine, but there are much worse reasons to put him on your cancellation list.
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Watching people get mad at Tarantino for having opinions on actors feels... weird.
If you don't want to like Tarantino, that's fine, but there are much worse reasons to put him on your cancellation list.
If you don't want to like Tarantino, that's fine, but there are much worse reasons to put him on your cancellation list.
All right folks. I keep wandering away from social media because life, but here are some more... icy cold takes.
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
All right folks. I keep wandering away from social media because life, but here are some more... icy cold takes.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
December 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
A quick reminder for those looking for last-minute gifts for hard-to-shop-for people -- charitable donations do a LOT of good and don't fill houses with not-needed stuff.
Consider Roots Ethiopia if you need to pick one -- they're currently matching donations:
www.rootsethiopia.org
Consider Roots Ethiopia if you need to pick one -- they're currently matching donations:
www.rootsethiopia.org
Home : Roots Ethiopia Inc
www.rootsethiopia.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A quick reminder for those looking for last-minute gifts for hard-to-shop-for people -- charitable donations do a LOT of good and don't fill houses with not-needed stuff.
Consider Roots Ethiopia if you need to pick one -- they're currently matching donations:
www.rootsethiopia.org
Consider Roots Ethiopia if you need to pick one -- they're currently matching donations:
www.rootsethiopia.org
Read yesterday that SpongeBob has been on the air for 26 years now.
Even the musical is about to be 10 years old.
I'm mostly amused because I recall my students saying the new episodes weren't very good... 12 years ago.
Even the musical is about to be 10 years old.
I'm mostly amused because I recall my students saying the new episodes weren't very good... 12 years ago.
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Read yesterday that SpongeBob has been on the air for 26 years now.
Even the musical is about to be 10 years old.
I'm mostly amused because I recall my students saying the new episodes weren't very good... 12 years ago.
Even the musical is about to be 10 years old.
I'm mostly amused because I recall my students saying the new episodes weren't very good... 12 years ago.
Finally sat down to listen to the new Pentatonix record, and it's... lacking Pentatonix.
They exist as an a cappella band, and this record is COVERED in instruments.
It's not the worst thing ever, and I appreciate that they wanna move forward and do new things, but... still.
They exist as an a cappella band, and this record is COVERED in instruments.
It's not the worst thing ever, and I appreciate that they wanna move forward and do new things, but... still.
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Finally sat down to listen to the new Pentatonix record, and it's... lacking Pentatonix.
They exist as an a cappella band, and this record is COVERED in instruments.
It's not the worst thing ever, and I appreciate that they wanna move forward and do new things, but... still.
They exist as an a cappella band, and this record is COVERED in instruments.
It's not the worst thing ever, and I appreciate that they wanna move forward and do new things, but... still.
I do see a lot of nice people saying nice things about Rob Reiner, but I'm surprised that none of them seem to mention just how many genres he either basically created or brought to the public conscious.
To wit:
To wit:
December 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I do see a lot of nice people saying nice things about Rob Reiner, but I'm surprised that none of them seem to mention just how many genres he either basically created or brought to the public conscious.
To wit:
To wit:
It's time for your annual reminder that The Golden Globes are the least-legitimate major award in existence, and it's absolutely baffling that anyone takes them even slightly seriously.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's time for your annual reminder that The Golden Globes are the least-legitimate major award in existence, and it's absolutely baffling that anyone takes them even slightly seriously.
I keep seeing people say "Netflix didn't know what they had!" when talking about K-Pop Demon Hunters.
Rest assured: They did.
As did Sony.
Rest assured: They did.
As did Sony.
December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I keep seeing people say "Netflix didn't know what they had!" when talking about K-Pop Demon Hunters.
Rest assured: They did.
As did Sony.
Rest assured: They did.
As did Sony.
I'm sort of amused every time I hear people talk about the fact that the second Wicked movie isn't as good as the first.
This despite the fact that it's more or less universally accepted that the second act of Wicked is a major step down from act one.
This despite the fact that it's more or less universally accepted that the second act of Wicked is a major step down from act one.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm sort of amused every time I hear people talk about the fact that the second Wicked movie isn't as good as the first.
This despite the fact that it's more or less universally accepted that the second act of Wicked is a major step down from act one.
This despite the fact that it's more or less universally accepted that the second act of Wicked is a major step down from act one.
Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely taken over TikTok and, having read the first four books, I totally understand.
First, the author really gets the "do not bore me" clause. He seems to have a thing where, every seven pages or so, he says, "What's the worst thing that could happen?"
Then it does.
First, the author really gets the "do not bore me" clause. He seems to have a thing where, every seven pages or so, he says, "What's the worst thing that could happen?"
Then it does.
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Dungeon Crawler Carl has absolutely taken over TikTok and, having read the first four books, I totally understand.
First, the author really gets the "do not bore me" clause. He seems to have a thing where, every seven pages or so, he says, "What's the worst thing that could happen?"
Then it does.
First, the author really gets the "do not bore me" clause. He seems to have a thing where, every seven pages or so, he says, "What's the worst thing that could happen?"
Then it does.
I feel like I'm watching the final year or two of Stephen King's life play out, and I do not like it.
I suspect I like it even less because we've been here before. There was the van accident, yes, and then the announcement that he had a genetic eye disease that could one day make him blind.
I suspect I like it even less because we've been here before. There was the van accident, yes, and then the announcement that he had a genetic eye disease that could one day make him blind.
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I feel like I'm watching the final year or two of Stephen King's life play out, and I do not like it.
I suspect I like it even less because we've been here before. There was the van accident, yes, and then the announcement that he had a genetic eye disease that could one day make him blind.
I suspect I like it even less because we've been here before. There was the van accident, yes, and then the announcement that he had a genetic eye disease that could one day make him blind.
I don't think I can say anything about Diane Keaton that hasn't already been said... I mean, what a legacy. I suspect most of us could easily rattle off five movies of her we would watch again in a heartbeat.
But I want to mention one that made literally zero splash.
But I want to mention one that made literally zero splash.
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I don't think I can say anything about Diane Keaton that hasn't already been said... I mean, what a legacy. I suspect most of us could easily rattle off five movies of her we would watch again in a heartbeat.
But I want to mention one that made literally zero splash.
But I want to mention one that made literally zero splash.
My life has been insane lately (well, okay, for something like a decade now) and I've literally written like two dozen posts in my brain that never hit the keyboard.
Get ready for some icy cold takes!
Get ready for some icy cold takes!
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My life has been insane lately (well, okay, for something like a decade now) and I've literally written like two dozen posts in my brain that never hit the keyboard.
Get ready for some icy cold takes!
Get ready for some icy cold takes!
"ChatGPT will no longer give health or legal advice."
I'm sorry, WHY was it giving those in the first place?
I'm sorry, WHY was it giving those in the first place?
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"ChatGPT will no longer give health or legal advice."
I'm sorry, WHY was it giving those in the first place?
I'm sorry, WHY was it giving those in the first place?
Ridiculousness has been cancelled on MTV.
Since that makes up something like 75% of their daily programming, it begs the question: What will they air in its place?
Since that makes up something like 75% of their daily programming, it begs the question: What will they air in its place?
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ridiculousness has been cancelled on MTV.
Since that makes up something like 75% of their daily programming, it begs the question: What will they air in its place?
Since that makes up something like 75% of their daily programming, it begs the question: What will they air in its place?
Real talk -- if you're a creative of any kind, you WILL want to write a movie/book that features throwing axes after watching this.
October 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Real talk -- if you're a creative of any kind, you WILL want to write a movie/book that features throwing axes after watching this.
The stupidest FOMO is when one of your favorite musical artists is about to release an expanded version of a record you don't like all that much, and you consider buying it because what if the extra songs make it better? (They won't.)
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The stupidest FOMO is when one of your favorite musical artists is about to release an expanded version of a record you don't like all that much, and you consider buying it because what if the extra songs make it better? (They won't.)
Weird Al and Sam Raimi were both born on the exact same day (today), 66 years ago.
I feel like this means something, cosmically, but I couldn't say what.
I feel like this means something, cosmically, but I couldn't say what.
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Weird Al and Sam Raimi were both born on the exact same day (today), 66 years ago.
I feel like this means something, cosmically, but I couldn't say what.
I feel like this means something, cosmically, but I couldn't say what.
I met this man once a few years back -- he was my first favorite author. The auditorium was mostly kids and their parents... and then me.
Great speaker, incredibly nice, signed the books I bought way back in the 80s.
And he's still producing great stuff today!
Great speaker, incredibly nice, signed the books I bought way back in the 80s.
And he's still producing great stuff today!
Happy birthday to Gordon Korman, born on this day in Montreal in 1963!
One of Canada's most successful children's authors, he has sold over 30 million books in his career. He has written over 100 books in his career, many of which became #1 best-sellers.
One of Canada's most successful children's authors, he has sold over 30 million books in his career. He has written over 100 books in his career, many of which became #1 best-sellers.
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I met this man once a few years back -- he was my first favorite author. The auditorium was mostly kids and their parents... and then me.
Great speaker, incredibly nice, signed the books I bought way back in the 80s.
And he's still producing great stuff today!
Great speaker, incredibly nice, signed the books I bought way back in the 80s.
And he's still producing great stuff today!
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The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.