Kelly Cameron
@kellypumpkins.bsky.social
Writing teacher. Cat enthusiast.
Here's what I love:
* Twin Peaks (the show, not the breastaurant)
* The X-Files
* Vincent Price
* Cake
* Books
*Vintage Baking
Here's what I love:
* Twin Peaks (the show, not the breastaurant)
* The X-Files
* Vincent Price
* Cake
* Books
*Vintage Baking
I just finished Grady Hendrix's latest, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. The witches had teeth, the ability to do some real damage — yet they were portrayed sympathetically. Didn't reach the highs of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires for me, but I liked it. #BookSky
April 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I just finished Grady Hendrix's latest, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. The witches had teeth, the ability to do some real damage — yet they were portrayed sympathetically. Didn't reach the highs of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires for me, but I liked it. #BookSky
Just finished Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke on Hulu. 1) Attractive blonde women can get away with nearly anything. 2) Shari Franke is a very impressive person. 3) I still don't think Kevin Franke completely gets it.
February 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just finished Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke on Hulu. 1) Attractive blonde women can get away with nearly anything. 2) Shari Franke is a very impressive person. 3) I still don't think Kevin Franke completely gets it.
I just finished North Woods by Daniel Mason after several recommendations. I liked it: I appreciated its ambition and expansiveness. There are "catamounts" (I love this term for mountain lion) and ghosts. Human deaths are fleeting events against a backdrop of ever-evolving nature. #booksky
February 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I just finished North Woods by Daniel Mason after several recommendations. I liked it: I appreciated its ambition and expansiveness. There are "catamounts" (I love this term for mountain lion) and ghosts. Human deaths are fleeting events against a backdrop of ever-evolving nature. #booksky
My Valentine's weekend read. Ghosts resonated with me a bit more, but I liked this one, too. I laughed out loud several times. Her work makes me very, very relieved I'm married and done with all this stuff. (But also, het ladies, don't get married unless you meet a very nice man). #booksky
February 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My Valentine's weekend read. Ghosts resonated with me a bit more, but I liked this one, too. I laughed out loud several times. Her work makes me very, very relieved I'm married and done with all this stuff. (But also, het ladies, don't get married unless you meet a very nice man). #booksky
I just finished the audio version of Shari Franke's The House of My Mother. A lot of wisdom here, even from someone so young (but considering what she's been through, understandable). What I admire the most: her sensitivity and empathy for her two youngest siblings — understanding
#booksky
#booksky
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I just finished the audio version of Shari Franke's The House of My Mother. A lot of wisdom here, even from someone so young (but considering what she's been through, understandable). What I admire the most: her sensitivity and empathy for her two youngest siblings — understanding
#booksky
#booksky
Joe Pera goes to the library. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqWY...
Drifting Off w/ Joe Pera | S2E2 | The French Library
YouTube video by Joe Pera
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February 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Joe Pera goes to the library. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqWY...
I just finished the last Blanche White mystery, Blanche Passes Go. There won't be any more because the author, Barbara Neely, has gone to the ancestors. I loved these four books. The subgenre is amateur sleuth, but these books are complex little gems. Blanche is a domestic worker who solves crimes.
February 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I just finished the last Blanche White mystery, Blanche Passes Go. There won't be any more because the author, Barbara Neely, has gone to the ancestors. I loved these four books. The subgenre is amateur sleuth, but these books are complex little gems. Blanche is a domestic worker who solves crimes.
Almost done with Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter and one thing is clear to me: I need to reduce my dependence on social media (we all do, but I'm not one to preach). I know, I know: I'm writing this on social media. #booksky
February 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Almost done with Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter and one thing is clear to me: I need to reduce my dependence on social media (we all do, but I'm not one to preach). I know, I know: I'm writing this on social media. #booksky
I'm listening to the audio version of Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. A lot of it is old news by now, but it does really track the beginnings of his descent into megalomania. It's scary how rapid his decline because we're not at the bottom yet and he has outsized power. #booksky
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'm listening to the audio version of Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter. A lot of it is old news by now, but it does really track the beginnings of his descent into megalomania. It's scary how rapid his decline because we're not at the bottom yet and he has outsized power. #booksky
My friend is doing a David Lynch radio tribute now until 7 pm CST. radiofreefargo.org/listen-now
Radio Free Fargo KRFF 95.9
Welcome to Radio Free Fargo KRFF 95.9
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January 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
My friend is doing a David Lynch radio tribute now until 7 pm CST. radiofreefargo.org/listen-now
They took Joe Pera Talks with You off Max. I'm actually quite upset. Very tired of corporate types. Men in suits (sometimes women in suits) have way too much power.
January 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They took Joe Pera Talks with You off Max. I'm actually quite upset. Very tired of corporate types. Men in suits (sometimes women in suits) have way too much power.
Yeah, I'm going to believe my own eyes and call it what it was: a bonafide Nazi salute.
January 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yeah, I'm going to believe my own eyes and call it what it was: a bonafide Nazi salute.
Another thing I’m loving about Parable of the Sower, especially as a teacher: Lauren’s willingness to learn from everyone she meets. People who think they have nothing to learn or that certain people have nothing to teach them are so frustrating. The arrogance. The willful blindness. #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Another thing I’m loving about Parable of the Sower, especially as a teacher: Lauren’s willingness to learn from everyone she meets. People who think they have nothing to learn or that certain people have nothing to teach them are so frustrating. The arrogance. The willful blindness. #booksky
I’m finally reading Parable of the Sower for … reasons that are obvious. I’m not even halfway through, but it’s every bit as good as they say, blah blah blah. But what I’m especially vibing on right now is that the people the narrator Lauren admires, she always describes as “sensible.” #Booksky
January 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I’m finally reading Parable of the Sower for … reasons that are obvious. I’m not even halfway through, but it’s every bit as good as they say, blah blah blah. But what I’m especially vibing on right now is that the people the narrator Lauren admires, she always describes as “sensible.” #Booksky
"Force fosters resentment."
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
Brickner: Force isn't freedom or love
Joan Brickner writes about a number of bills recently introduced in the N.D. Legislature, including one that would require the Ten Commandments be posted in all school classrooms and another forcing a...
www.inforum.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Force fosters resentment."
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
"Two cookies and a Coke. Phenomenal."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJT...
'It's a Beautiful World' A Film By Richard Beymer: Exclusive Clip
YouTube video by TwinPeaksArchive1
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January 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Two cookies and a Coke. Phenomenal."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUJT...
So this is a pressing issue in North Dakota, apparently. www.inforum.com/news/north-d...
Lawmakers consider bill to bring back blue laws in North Dakota
If passed, the law to bring back North Dakota’s blue laws would force retail businesses, or stores that vend a majority of retail items, to close on Sunday mornings and penalize those that don’t.
www.inforum.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So this is a pressing issue in North Dakota, apparently. www.inforum.com/news/north-d...
Joe's back with more musings, just when I need him the most. This one is about wind, which is also a topic I like to think about a lot. I love the work of David Lynch and live in the very flat Fargo, North Dakota. Joe describes wind on the prairie as "America's wind chime: wheat on wheat."
January 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Joe's back with more musings, just when I need him the most. This one is about wind, which is also a topic I like to think about a lot. I love the work of David Lynch and live in the very flat Fargo, North Dakota. Joe describes wind on the prairie as "America's wind chime: wheat on wheat."
Whew. I love Japanese Breakfast and I was worried I wouldn't like it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rc...
Japanese Breakfast - Orlando in Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by jbrekkieVEVO
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January 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Whew. I love Japanese Breakfast and I was worried I wouldn't like it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rc...
I was just booking a hotel room in the UK and there was an option to choose your title, such as "Mx" or even "Lord" or "Lady." I have a doctorate, so I asked my husband, "Would it be pretentious to pick Dr?" He huffed, "You did more to earn that than just be born, like if you were a 'Lady.'"
January 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I was just booking a hotel room in the UK and there was an option to choose your title, such as "Mx" or even "Lord" or "Lady." I have a doctorate, so I asked my husband, "Would it be pretentious to pick Dr?" He huffed, "You did more to earn that than just be born, like if you were a 'Lady.'"
Reposted by Kelly Cameron
Altho I loathed it at the time, I've come to appreciate going to a pretty-good-at-basics rural high school w/ no AP/IB/Honors/Advanced Electives etc. It's all part of my rural eccentric theory, where city kids may be more worldly, but a rural weirdo is going to have so much more time to specialize
"If you want to ruin an English professor’s mood, just say 'logos, pathos, and ethos,' which show up every year in a preponderance of first-year student essays, regardless of subject matter." newrepublic.com/article/1735...
Are A.P. Classes a Waste of Time?
Advanced Placement courses are no recipe for igniting the intellect beyond high school. They’re a recipe for extinguishing it.
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January 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Altho I loathed it at the time, I've come to appreciate going to a pretty-good-at-basics rural high school w/ no AP/IB/Honors/Advanced Electives etc. It's all part of my rural eccentric theory, where city kids may be more worldly, but a rural weirdo is going to have so much more time to specialize
It’s nice to wake up to a cat’s paw touching your eyeball.
January 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s nice to wake up to a cat’s paw touching your eyeball.
I wrote about a fundamental problem with algorithmic social media—that it was developed by misfits and cynics to diminish the value of interpersonal cohesion—and how conservative have exploited it to finally build the noxious, dominant counterculture they always wanted.
Trump, Tech Weirdos, And The Republican Crusade For Cultural Dominance
Make changing your relationship with social media a New Year's resolution.
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January 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Word I never spell correctly on the first attempt: curriculum.
January 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Word I never spell correctly on the first attempt: curriculum.