Dan from thepuddingblog.blog
@thepuddingblog.blog
Amateur bloggist at thepuddingblog.blog
Lost 🇨🇦, also 🇺🇸
Pro-pun, anti-Plantar-fasciitis, pronoun non-specific, living on the edge... of Portland.
Avatar by @crappymike.bsky.social (from the 90s).
Lost 🇨🇦, also 🇺🇸
Pro-pun, anti-Plantar-fasciitis, pronoun non-specific, living on the edge... of Portland.
Avatar by @crappymike.bsky.social (from the 90s).
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The Pudding Blog Dot Blog
TV Tourism & Comics Curiosity & Absolute Amateurtitude
www.thepuddingblog.blog
Apparently I've never done an intro post.
Hi, I'm an amateur bloggist at www.thepuddingblog.blog at least when life allows me. I mostly write about #comics and international television. Lately I've been preoccupied with mental health (in my life and on the blog).
Constructive feedback welcome
Hi, I'm an amateur bloggist at www.thepuddingblog.blog at least when life allows me. I mostly write about #comics and international television. Lately I've been preoccupied with mental health (in my life and on the blog).
Constructive feedback welcome
It's as simple as ABC:
A - always
B - read
C - Sottile
(I hope you weren't expecting an acronym)
A - always
B - read
C - Sottile
(I hope you weren't expecting an acronym)
If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness
The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.
www.pdxmonthly.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It's as simple as ABC:
A - always
B - read
C - Sottile
(I hope you weren't expecting an acronym)
A - always
B - read
C - Sottile
(I hope you weren't expecting an acronym)
C-3 went into effect today, meaning I (and people like me) are officially Canadian (but for the paperwork).
I'm writing a comic script about the history of Canadian citizenship law in general & how it pertains to my family. Maybe it will see the light of day one day.
I'm writing a comic script about the history of Canadian citizenship law in general & how it pertains to my family. Maybe it will see the light of day one day.
Change to citizenship rules in 2025 - Canada.ca
Bill C-3 changes the first-generation limit for Canadian citizenship by descent. Find out who is affected and how the law impacts citizenship eligibility.
www.canada.ca
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
C-3 went into effect today, meaning I (and people like me) are officially Canadian (but for the paperwork).
I'm writing a comic script about the history of Canadian citizenship law in general & how it pertains to my family. Maybe it will see the light of day one day.
I'm writing a comic script about the history of Canadian citizenship law in general & how it pertains to my family. Maybe it will see the light of day one day.
Reposted by Dan from thepuddingblog.blog
Very quick comic to thank you all for supporting my charity efforts this year, and in typical ZT fashion some thoughts to go along with it. There’s so much more to say but this’ll do for now :) thank you everyone
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December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Very quick comic to thank you all for supporting my charity efforts this year, and in typical ZT fashion some thoughts to go along with it. There’s so much more to say but this’ll do for now :) thank you everyone
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being primary caregiver in a neurodivergent household, I've gotten very good at knowing when to ask the question "do you mean to be [rude,angry,scared,etc] right now, because that's how it's coming across?"
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
being primary caregiver in a neurodivergent household, I've gotten very good at knowing when to ask the question "do you mean to be [rude,angry,scared,etc] right now, because that's how it's coming across?"
People: wow, 2025 sure has been a shitty year.
2025: Oh, I'm not done yet
2025: Oh, I'm not done yet
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
People: wow, 2025 sure has been a shitty year.
2025: Oh, I'm not done yet
2025: Oh, I'm not done yet
@bleats.by86400.today is carrying on my tradition of posting this still from The Hebrew Hammer as a service to non-Jews who want to avoid awkwardly asking about chanukah plans after the holiday.
I’m going to spare @thepuddingblog.blog from perpetuating this extremely long running gag past the point where he thinks it’s funny
December 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
@bleats.by86400.today is carrying on my tradition of posting this still from The Hebrew Hammer as a service to non-Jews who want to avoid awkwardly asking about chanukah plans after the holiday.
I don't get out much. I saw Sinners on the in-seat screen on an airplane. I think about it every few days. I can't remember the last time I watched a film where I had that reaction while also thoroughly enjoying the film, let alone one which was also popular. (Imagine if I saw it in a theatre?)
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I don't get out much. I saw Sinners on the in-seat screen on an airplane. I think about it every few days. I can't remember the last time I watched a film where I had that reaction while also thoroughly enjoying the film, let alone one which was also popular. (Imagine if I saw it in a theatre?)
websearching for superheroes who don't wear costumes in response to a query from the gothling. Unsurprisingly it was all SEO crap, but one included Srinivasa Ramanujan and as impressive as the man is, that's a ridiculous inclusion.
December 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
websearching for superheroes who don't wear costumes in response to a query from the gothling. Unsurprisingly it was all SEO crap, but one included Srinivasa Ramanujan and as impressive as the man is, that's a ridiculous inclusion.
Now I can't stop thinking about seax.
Oh my gawd I just found this barbarian woman photo shoot Katy O'Brian did a few years and again: her. Movie. With battle axe. Now.
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Now I can't stop thinking about seax.
My Twisted Eating Disorder finally came in to the library! So excited for the latest chapter of Nagata's very blunt memoirs about her ailing mental health. Although I do hope this series stops for the right reasons one day.
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My Twisted Eating Disorder finally came in to the library! So excited for the latest chapter of Nagata's very blunt memoirs about her ailing mental health. Although I do hope this series stops for the right reasons one day.
My chore watch recently has been a documentary series about Canadian history which includes actors reading letters in costume as important people and I'm struck by how many figures in early Canadian history got stranded on Atlantis looking for a ZPM.
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My chore watch recently has been a documentary series about Canadian history which includes actors reading letters in costume as important people and I'm struck by how many figures in early Canadian history got stranded on Atlantis looking for a ZPM.
Wait. Donna from Hightown wrote the new Supergirl movie?
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wait. Donna from Hightown wrote the new Supergirl movie?
only just learned about @mnystudio.bsky.social (thanks to the stamps). His Haida Manga is just gorgeous, I just wish I had an easier way to see it all laid out full size. Here's a link to an article about it, because I can't describe what I mean in a bleat.
Tradition and innovation combine in Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’s Haida manga - Quill and Quire
What is a “Haida manga”? It’s been a decade and a half since Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas published the first book bearing this evocative epithet, and the landscape of graphic novels has continued to ev...
quillandquire.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
only just learned about @mnystudio.bsky.social (thanks to the stamps). His Haida Manga is just gorgeous, I just wish I had an easier way to see it all laid out full size. Here's a link to an article about it, because I can't describe what I mean in a bleat.
Hey @keezyyoung.bsky.social, ready to repeat across categories?
Submissions for the 2026 GMIC Awards to Open January 2 | Graphic Medicine
The Graphic Medicine International Collective (GMIC), a not-for-profit organization with the mission to guide and support the uses of comics in health, will open the 2026 award submissions on January ...
www.graphicmedicine.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Hey @keezyyoung.bsky.social, ready to repeat across categories?
Leah is a fantastic reporter in terms of the subjects she chooses, the research she does and the writing that comes out of it. She never loses the humanity of her subjects, even when they're awful people, while also calling out their bullshit as bullshit. The media needs more like her.
On the day that @opb.org CEO Rachel Smolkin posted this video, saying OPB’s funding gap of $5 million was closed, I was also told by the Chief Content Officer that Hush was canceled. Eighty percent of my income, and my health insurance - gone. I was given no reason for the cancellation. 1/x
OPB has closed this year’s $5 million budget gap created when Congress ended federal funding. Our work is not done. A strong future for free and fair journalism requires your support.
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
https://www.opb.org/pressroom/presidents-update-funding-cut-update-building-trust/
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Leah is a fantastic reporter in terms of the subjects she chooses, the research she does and the writing that comes out of it. She never loses the humanity of her subjects, even when they're awful people, while also calling out their bullshit as bullshit. The media needs more like her.
Watching Million Dollar Secret, but only because Peter Serafinowicz is giving the comedy performance of a lifetime and the contestants are oblivious to it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Watching Million Dollar Secret, but only because Peter Serafinowicz is giving the comedy performance of a lifetime and the contestants are oblivious to it.
FYI: the blog has a redesign. This comes after making it officially dormant, but I always hated how it looked so I'm glad to improve it.
The Pudding Blog Dot Blog
TV Tourism & Comics Curiosity & Absolute Amateurtitude
thepuddingblog.blog
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
FYI: the blog has a redesign. This comes after making it officially dormant, but I always hated how it looked so I'm glad to improve it.
fuck, I'm slacking
@thepuddingblog.blog has swears! They've used 46 profanities in their last 772 posts.
🥇 "shit" (9 times)
🥈 "fucking" (7 times)
🥉 "fuck" (6 times)
🥇 "shit" (9 times)
🥈 "fucking" (7 times)
🥉 "fuck" (6 times)
November 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
fuck, I'm slacking
@profanity.accountant how much swearing me?
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
@profanity.accountant how much swearing me?
One of my better unused ideas: a friend had recently joined a band, but things were tense bec/ they kept arguing over the band name. I suggested Impending Breakup over Artistic Differences (w/IBAD or The Impending Breakup as short versions).
My friend liked the idea, the rest of the band nixed it.
My friend liked the idea, the rest of the band nixed it.
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
One of my better unused ideas: a friend had recently joined a band, but things were tense bec/ they kept arguing over the band name. I suggested Impending Breakup over Artistic Differences (w/IBAD or The Impending Breakup as short versions).
My friend liked the idea, the rest of the band nixed it.
My friend liked the idea, the rest of the band nixed it.
A perfect day for a glass of whisky, a pot of stew, and a good movie
Ravenous
During the Mexican-American War, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadisti…
www.hoopladigital.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A perfect day for a glass of whisky, a pot of stew, and a good movie
Me: Hello help desk. I am having a problem. I've already tried A, B & C before reaching out.
Help desk: ok, can you try A?
Help desk: ok, can you try A?
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Me: Hello help desk. I am having a problem. I've already tried A, B & C before reaching out.
Help desk: ok, can you try A?
Help desk: ok, can you try A?
When I was 7 I took a tour of Marvel comics' office in NYC. They used to do tours once a week. There's two things I remember vividly to this day:
1. The printing process (at the time) shown w/ a page and a cover along the way. First the lines, then the yellow wash, then two layers of color… (1/2)
1. The printing process (at the time) shown w/ a page and a cover along the way. First the lines, then the yellow wash, then two layers of color… (1/2)
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
When I was 7 I took a tour of Marvel comics' office in NYC. They used to do tours once a week. There's two things I remember vividly to this day:
1. The printing process (at the time) shown w/ a page and a cover along the way. First the lines, then the yellow wash, then two layers of color… (1/2)
1. The printing process (at the time) shown w/ a page and a cover along the way. First the lines, then the yellow wash, then two layers of color… (1/2)
"You will be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
Esprit de corps
Esprit de l'escalier
Esprit Petria slingback flats
The three spirits:
Esprit de corps
Esprit de l'escalier
Esprit Petria slingback flats
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"You will be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
Esprit de corps
Esprit de l'escalier
Esprit Petria slingback flats
The three spirits:
Esprit de corps
Esprit de l'escalier
Esprit Petria slingback flats
Sometimes when I'm teaching the family a new card game I feel like I might as well be playing Go Johnny Go Go Go Go
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - [High Quality] Go Johnny Go Go Go Go!
YouTube video by Pod69
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November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Sometimes when I'm teaching the family a new card game I feel like I might as well be playing Go Johnny Go Go Go Go