Keir Hind
@keirhind.bsky.social
Reads a lot, former roadie/library guy/sometime book reviewer.
I like baseball, novels, baseball novels and, currently, James Robinson's Starman. I enjoy watching sport and I listen to all the podcasts. All of them.
I like baseball, novels, baseball novels and, currently, James Robinson's Starman. I enjoy watching sport and I listen to all the podcasts. All of them.
At the ice hockey. Glasgow got hammered, but it was still fun.
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
At the ice hockey. Glasgow got hammered, but it was still fun.
Relaxing in a Zen way
August 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Relaxing in a Zen way
Saw Fantastic Four the other day, and I like it more and more considering how badly it could have gone.
(For evidence of 'how badly it could have gone', see every other Fantastic Four film).
(For evidence of 'how badly it could have gone', see every other Fantastic Four film).
July 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Saw Fantastic Four the other day, and I like it more and more considering how badly it could have gone.
(For evidence of 'how badly it could have gone', see every other Fantastic Four film).
(For evidence of 'how badly it could have gone', see every other Fantastic Four film).
I gave blood on Thursday afternoon. It's barely a scratch today, and I feel fine too.
Thanks to #scotblood for a very smooth process.
Thanks to #scotblood for a very smooth process.
July 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I gave blood on Thursday afternoon. It's barely a scratch today, and I feel fine too.
Thanks to #scotblood for a very smooth process.
Thanks to #scotblood for a very smooth process.
This is an excellent, fascinating thread, if you're looking for a longish read. (It's 200 plus posts).
33 years ago, on 23rd May 1992, Giovanni Falcone is assassinated, along with Francesca Morvillo, Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Antonio Montinaro. This thread tells the story of how he is undermined, isolated and abandoned to his destiny by the state he so loyally serves >> 1
May 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is an excellent, fascinating thread, if you're looking for a longish read. (It's 200 plus posts).
Tried to feed the ducks yesterday. The ducks were not interested. So, essentially, I was just throwing a loaf of brown bread into a pond.
April 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Tried to feed the ducks yesterday. The ducks were not interested. So, essentially, I was just throwing a loaf of brown bread into a pond.
A Complete Unknown is pretty good, but even though I'm not a huge Bob fan, it was full of stuff where I thought "didn't happen".
January 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A Complete Unknown is pretty good, but even though I'm not a huge Bob fan, it was full of stuff where I thought "didn't happen".
Conclave was pretty good. The final twist seemed a bit bolted on, but it wasn't a big deal.
December 2, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Conclave was pretty good. The final twist seemed a bit bolted on, but it wasn't a big deal.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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Tonight's viewing...
Die Manns - Ein Jahrhundertroman (TV Mini Series 2001) ⭐ 8.1 | Biography, Drama
5h 12m
m.imdb.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Tonight's viewing...
Five authors of whom I've read 10+ books:
Iain Banks
Elmore Leonard
Yukio Mishima
Terry Pratchett
Philip Roth
All no longer with us, alas. Somewhere in the afterlife they could all be collaborating on a book together, and it'll be awful because their styles are ridiculously different.
Iain Banks
Elmore Leonard
Yukio Mishima
Terry Pratchett
Philip Roth
All no longer with us, alas. Somewhere in the afterlife they could all be collaborating on a book together, and it'll be awful because their styles are ridiculously different.
Five authors of whom I've read 10+ books:
Lois McMaster Bujold
Iain Banks
Ursula Le Guin
Roger Zelazny
Ian Watson
Lois McMaster Bujold
Iain Banks
Ursula Le Guin
Roger Zelazny
Ian Watson
Five writers of whom I’ve read 10+ books:
Elizabeth Bear
Jack Vance
Roger Zelazny
Kate Elliott
Martha Wells
Elizabeth Bear
Jack Vance
Roger Zelazny
Kate Elliott
Martha Wells
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Five authors of whom I've read 10+ books:
Iain Banks
Elmore Leonard
Yukio Mishima
Terry Pratchett
Philip Roth
All no longer with us, alas. Somewhere in the afterlife they could all be collaborating on a book together, and it'll be awful because their styles are ridiculously different.
Iain Banks
Elmore Leonard
Yukio Mishima
Terry Pratchett
Philip Roth
All no longer with us, alas. Somewhere in the afterlife they could all be collaborating on a book together, and it'll be awful because their styles are ridiculously different.
Sadly closed now. Admittedly I hadn't been in in years.
Still, fond memories of buying a book there about how to pickpocket people 'for fun and profit'.
Still, fond memories of buying a book there about how to pickpocket people 'for fun and profit'.
November 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Sadly closed now. Admittedly I hadn't been in in years.
Still, fond memories of buying a book there about how to pickpocket people 'for fun and profit'.
Still, fond memories of buying a book there about how to pickpocket people 'for fun and profit'.
Just left Gladiator 2, and some guy coming out behind me loudly said "That wasn't a patch on the first one!"
So, y'know, temper your expectations if you feel you're like that random guy.
So, y'know, temper your expectations if you feel you're like that random guy.
November 15, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Just left Gladiator 2, and some guy coming out behind me loudly said "That wasn't a patch on the first one!"
So, y'know, temper your expectations if you feel you're like that random guy.
So, y'know, temper your expectations if you feel you're like that random guy.
I've had quite the charity shop book haul lately - behold every Iain M Banks book, emphasis on the 'M', for about £15.
November 13, 2024 at 12:18 PM
I've had quite the charity shop book haul lately - behold every Iain M Banks book, emphasis on the 'M', for about £15.