Laird Ryan States, With Bells On
@lairdryanstates.com
Author of Someone Else's Story, Sleeping Underwater, Souria, and Silver Bullet. Also a magician (the genuine occultist kind), and trying to navigate a messed up world with as much grace as I have.
It's not a ton, sadly.
It's not a ton, sadly.
🎶We can't die until we get some! We won't die until we get some. We shan't die until we get some, so give it right here!🎶
December 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
🎶We can't die until we get some! We won't die until we get some. We shan't die until we get some, so give it right here!🎶
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Sometimes I'm just like "why do I feel so tired and fucked up" and then I have to remember that, like, six years ago was the onset of a global pandemic that killed millions and utterly upended the entire world
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sometimes I'm just like "why do I feel so tired and fucked up" and then I have to remember that, like, six years ago was the onset of a global pandemic that killed millions and utterly upended the entire world
And I am not. Yep.
Nope. I knew one of them too. Was in university, but same general theme.
And no, @lairdryanstates.com, not you. This was undergrad, and I’m 85% sure the bastard was serious about it.
And no, @lairdryanstates.com, not you. This was undergrad, and I’m 85% sure the bastard was serious about it.
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
And I am not. Yep.
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Nope. I knew one of them too. Was in university, but same general theme.
And no, @lairdryanstates.com, not you. This was undergrad, and I’m 85% sure the bastard was serious about it.
And no, @lairdryanstates.com, not you. This was undergrad, and I’m 85% sure the bastard was serious about it.
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nope. I knew one of them too. Was in university, but same general theme.
And no, @lairdryanstates.com, not you. This was undergrad, and I’m 85% sure the bastard was serious about it.
And no, @lairdryanstates.com, not you. This was undergrad, and I’m 85% sure the bastard was serious about it.
Id like to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair in a theatre, but the cost in time and treasure to get to it is just not for me, on top of the run time. I will have to wait for the blu ray...
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Id like to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair in a theatre, but the cost in time and treasure to get to it is just not for me, on top of the run time. I will have to wait for the blu ray...
The migraine I have kept at bay all day is coming on hard. But, at least I got most of my chores done.
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The migraine I have kept at bay all day is coming on hard. But, at least I got most of my chores done.
With all due respect, I'm the worst human being ever to have lived, and it's not close.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
With all due respect, I'm the worst human being ever to have lived, and it's not close.
Scrooged is still my favorite film version of A Christmas Carol. I'm a simple man with simple desires.
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Scrooged is still my favorite film version of A Christmas Carol. I'm a simple man with simple desires.
The experimental cornbread is a success, but I will make changes to the next batch to make it better. It's sure as hell super easy to make.
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The experimental cornbread is a success, but I will make changes to the next batch to make it better. It's sure as hell super easy to make.
This is the experimental cornbread with molasses and warming spices..sort of a gingerbread/cornbread hybrid. Just waiting for it to cool
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is the experimental cornbread with molasses and warming spices..sort of a gingerbread/cornbread hybrid. Just waiting for it to cool
I am baking an experimental cornbread. I'm curious to see if it is delicious or a terrible mistake. If it's delicious, it will feature at our Solstice gathering. If it is a terrible mistake we'll speak of it no more.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I am baking an experimental cornbread. I'm curious to see if it is delicious or a terrible mistake. If it's delicious, it will feature at our Solstice gathering. If it is a terrible mistake we'll speak of it no more.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
Sigh.
We can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory.
They're all blood, you see.
They're all blood, you see.
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sigh.
Tom Stoppard, author of about three of the greatest plays ever written has died. I'm gonna need a moment.
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Tom Stoppard, author of about three of the greatest plays ever written has died. I'm gonna need a moment.
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*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
It's The Great Pumpkin, Udo Kier.
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's The Great Pumpkin, Udo Kier.
She's a nice girl, Charlie Brown, too bad she won't live!
You Are Witnessing A Great Becoming, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
She's a nice girl, Charlie Brown, too bad she won't live!
I want a big slice of chocolate cake. Dammit.
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I want a big slice of chocolate cake. Dammit.
Just another normal day in paradise.
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Just another normal day in paradise.
Will no one rid us of this troublesome premier?
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Will no one rid us of this troublesome premier?
Welp, I wanna claw out my brain, and I had to cancel the game that is the only reason I'm currently getting out of bed in the AM, but at least my dog loves me.
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Welp, I wanna claw out my brain, and I had to cancel the game that is the only reason I'm currently getting out of bed in the AM, but at least my dog loves me.
Christ, migraines are wearying.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Christ, migraines are wearying.
My head is full of spiders with razor claws. Thank god for Dr Pepper and my leftover surgery opioid.
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My head is full of spiders with razor claws. Thank god for Dr Pepper and my leftover surgery opioid.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?