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RECENT READING

YOUTH GROUP by @jordanmorris.bsky.social (of podcasts Bubble and Jordan Jesse Go!) and Bowen McCurdy. A funny story of a girl whose mom pushes her to join a Christian Youth Group which turns out to be a team of demon-hunting exorcists. Pleasingly cartoonish and engaging art. Loved it
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Clarence Boddicker interrupts Bob Morton's party with that famous line from ROBOCOP: "Ladies, I'd leave if I were you." (ROBOCOP #1, "the official Marvel movie adaptation of the blockbuster movie sensation," Oct. '87.)
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My Grimjack sense is tingling! I may be the only person (beside Ostrander) who wants Grimjack back more than you.

About the only thing from my dead blog I still like was making this image w/the Obama HOPE template, which Ostrander reposted. Sadly I can't find the original w/o the watermark anymore
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
THIS IS NOT A FEEL-GOOD STORY. THIS IS NOT INSPIRATIONAL. THIS IS NOT ASPIRATIONAL. THIS IS THE WEALTHY ELITE TELLING YOU TO WORK UNTIL YOU DIE
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I realized today that in DR. STRANGELOVE, the President played by Peter Sellers is named after pubic hair twice: Merkin Muffley. I don't know what to do now that I am aware of this
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
November 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
RECENT READING

Matt Ruff's BAD MONKEYS. The battle of Good vs. Evil. Or is it? Yes, it is. OR IS IT??? I like Matt Ruff and I tore through this in two days, a brisk and entertaining tale of morality and how we perceive it with sci-fi elements and a crafty narrator
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
RECENT READING

Carl Hiaasen's BAD MONKEY. Pretty good Florida comedic crime novel featuring wacky violent hijinks. Basis of a pretty good Vince Vaughn tv show. If you've read Elmore Leonard, you've read this but better. If you've read Tim Dorsey or Dave Barry, you've read this but worse.
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
CURRENT READING

Carl Hiaasen's BAD MONKEY and Matt Ruff's BAD MONKEYS. What can I say, they were both on my Libby app's "Future Reads" list and they were both available now and I thought it would be funny to check both out at the same time. I've enjoyed both authors before, so... ha ha I am funny
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
RECENT READING

Pierce Brown's RED RISING. Fun and compelling book 1 of an ambitious sci-fi epic, action-packed and heavy with social commentary that mostly worked but at times gave me unsubstantiated vibes that I may be disappointed if I looked up, say, the author's political views or controversies
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
So is this gonna be pay-per-view or what
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
RECENT READING

Raymond Kennedy's RIDE A COCKHORSE. A charismatic but literally insane con artist seizes power and wreaks havoc. But this version is funny! (Mostly.) A loan officer who snaps and becomes a tyrant, the main character is a role Kathleen Turner could have won an Oscar for. Dark but fun
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Hey, thanks for providing me with this handy block list, starting with you
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Out-of-context comix (CLEOPATRA IN SPACE, BOOK 6: QUEEN OF THE NILE, by @mikemaihack.com )
November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
RECENT READING:

Sarah J. Mass' THRONE OF GLASS. Despite me making fun of some of the clumsy writing, it was okay. Light and quick. I might read another one sometime.

READING NEXT:

Raymond Kennedy's RIDE A COCKHORSE. (Tee-hee!) Small-town shenanigans, hopefully funny
October 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Newsradio already has a video game
October 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A post from yesterday says "3 saves." Is this new? Have I just never noticed it before? What the heck is it? I can click and see where the likes come from, but not the saves. After 2000 posts do I still not know how Bluesky works?
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"she said softly, but not meekly"

"he said softly, but not weakly"

This is making me desperate, but not serious

m.youtube.com/watch?v=iVWW...
October 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"She wouldn’t be humiliated by anything, least of all being dirty." Four paragraphs later: "She looked at her rags and stained skin, and she couldn’t suppress the twinge of shame." I hate to nitpick (not true I love it) but this whole book so far is like this - she's a badass, but actually she sucks
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Prince Andrew stripped of title "Duke of York." Meanwhile BEWITCHED stripped of Dick of York, henceforth to use Dick of Sargent
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
October 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Define "Perfect Ending"

"Nice shootin', son. What's your name?"
"Murphy."
END OF ROBOCOP FOR ALL TIME NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED AFTER THIS
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
SOON TO BE READING:

Sarah J. Maas, THRONE OF GLASS. My tolerance for silly fantasy character names has plummeted over the years, so I'm not wild that, per Wiki, "Aelin Ashryver Whitethorn Galathynius, also known as Celaena Sardothien, is the main protagonist". But I hear it's good, so I'll be brave
October 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
RECENT READING

Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO, another heartbreaking masterpiece that made me tear up and get the shivers at the end. Ishiguro is a genius at making those small details of a life feel epically important and devastating, and that applies to the lives in this book moreso than usual
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM