A woman befriends a sea witch at the end of the world, in The Loneliness of Water, first pubbed in @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social hexagonmagazine.ca/wp-content/u...

Reminds me of those 70s 'dystopias' where the UTTER NIGHTMARE was 'Everyone's basic needs are met, so, er, it's awful because, er, nobody has the chance to excel!!!'

Yeah, my dude, other people getting things isn't a castration. Calm down.

Fossils are rad. (I’m not a scientist so this is an amateur opinion. But I stand by it.)

Cool!

Gyrford series: dark folk fantasy featuring fairy-smiths forging iron to protect folks from the People. Family, talking brambles, disability rights and a Black Dog that eats landlords.

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Only the white candy ones, I fear. You had to exercise a lot of imagination because they really looked more like little sticks of chalk.

If I ever figure it out I'll let you know!

Fortunately @tiffaniangus.bsky.social kindly pointed out Fable bags at half price, which was within my price range, so I've grabbed something nice. Going for that seventies brown chic!

I kind of want something pretty! 🪻

I need a handbag equivalent rather than a hiking rucksack, basically. I got a bit obsessive in lockdown and ended up exercising myself into two slipped discs!

I evidently phrased that skeet poorly. What I meant was that this is how it harms conversations to play it *figuratively* - ie shoving in ‘I hate thing/person’ at every opportunity. One-sided Mornington Crescent with a political declaration as the win state.

It is an aggressively allistic game! Mind you, set Team ADHD on it and we’re away to the races. 😄

I don't mean they're literally playing Mornington Crescent; just figuratively.

I like the concept of playing the joker - that's a good way of putting it!

Mark of a successful piece of comic writing, I think!

I only knew it as a game played among friends - I was never a radio listener - but as I understand it from what people are saying now, arguing about imaginary rules was part of the game.

(I feel I need to add for the sake of clarity that, until someone pointed it out here, I didn't know this game comes from Sorry I Haven't A Clue. It was just a game I played in filtered-down form like Garibaldi or I Spy. I feel my point stands, but my details will reflect this.)

I wasn't talking about professional comedians there; I'm talking about figurative Mornington Crescent, where you approach an actual conversation as if the purpose is to return to a single statement.

Dang. Well played. Well played indeed. I did NOT see that lateral move coming!