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.
Do you have a long singular horn?
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Do you have a long singular horn?
Yep. Just did my annual watch. Floodzone.
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Yep. Just did my annual watch. Floodzone.
I applaud this notion. Bill is in my most recent book as a lover to the Frankenstein monster for this reason. :)
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I applaud this notion. Bill is in my most recent book as a lover to the Frankenstein monster for this reason. :)
Happy birthday. I hope your player did a better job min-maxing you than mine did. :)
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy birthday. I hope your player did a better job min-maxing you than mine did. :)
Gorgeous dress!
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Gorgeous dress!
Yes, Yes it is. Don't underestimate the grief. :( So sorry.
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Yes, Yes it is. Don't underestimate the grief. :( So sorry.
That reference made me laugh out loud. I applaud you.
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
That reference made me laugh out loud. I applaud you.
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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
Ahem...aside from Dropout.... :)
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Ahem...aside from Dropout.... :)
Welp. That was it. That was the joke that killed me.
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Welp. That was it. That was the joke that killed me.
"I was alone in the theatre, and half the audience still walked out."--Chris Jones, former Manager of the Broadway Theatre, on their screening of Meet The Feebles.
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"I was alone in the theatre, and half the audience still walked out."--Chris Jones, former Manager of the Broadway Theatre, on their screening of Meet The Feebles.
Hire security. I don't care what it takes. Confiscate phones at the door, if need be. If they can't enforce their rules, then the industry is doomed. I hate that, but here we are. Movies belong in movie theaters, but COVID seems to have broken the social contract for public behaviors.
December 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hire security. I don't care what it takes. Confiscate phones at the door, if need be. If they can't enforce their rules, then the industry is doomed. I hate that, but here we are. Movies belong in movie theaters, but COVID seems to have broken the social contract for public behaviors.
Step 1: Have conduct rules.
Step 2: Enforce them.
All by themselves, that would go miles.
Step 2: Enforce them.
All by themselves, that would go miles.
December 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Step 1: Have conduct rules.
Step 2: Enforce them.
All by themselves, that would go miles.
Step 2: Enforce them.
All by themselves, that would go miles.
Jesus. I need that set. I want to read that book more than I want to finish my own.
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Jesus. I need that set. I want to read that book more than I want to finish my own.
Im so sorry.
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Im so sorry.
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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.
Holy shit I needed that.
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Holy shit I needed that.
I stopped dating men because I decided that if I wanted my feelings hurt, I'd rather it was done by someone who really meant to do it.
I don't miss dating at all.
I don't miss dating at all.
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I stopped dating men because I decided that if I wanted my feelings hurt, I'd rather it was done by someone who really meant to do it.
I don't miss dating at all.
I don't miss dating at all.
Where Snoopy goes, my camp must follow.
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Where Snoopy goes, my camp must follow.
I love Carol Kane. But I'm invested in that central relationship super hard. That's what grabs me every time.
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I love Carol Kane. But I'm invested in that central relationship super hard. That's what grabs me every time.