Debbie Lastname
@tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social
Author of Ugly War Pretty Package (2009) and The Television Code (2018). Writing about death and TV. Co-editing The Cocktail Lover’s Guide to TV History. Highland Coo fan account. Will eat any sugary treat you give me.
Maximum inflation achieved!
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Maximum inflation achieved!
Found this in an old box earlier today. Haven’t stopped laughing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Found this in an old box earlier today. Haven’t stopped laughing.
🙄 FFS with this word.
A really, really good cloth? It’s cinematic. You are the embodiment of hygiene. You are Joan Crawford, wiping away the ring of dirt around your planter. There is nothing you cannot sanitize, hands clutching a cloth and powdered soap.
A really, really good cloth? It’s cinematic. You are the embodiment of hygiene. You are Joan Crawford, wiping away the ring of dirt around your planter. There is nothing you cannot sanitize, hands clutching a cloth and powdered soap.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🙄 FFS with this word.
A really, really good cloth? It’s cinematic. You are the embodiment of hygiene. You are Joan Crawford, wiping away the ring of dirt around your planter. There is nothing you cannot sanitize, hands clutching a cloth and powdered soap.
A really, really good cloth? It’s cinematic. You are the embodiment of hygiene. You are Joan Crawford, wiping away the ring of dirt around your planter. There is nothing you cannot sanitize, hands clutching a cloth and powdered soap.
This guy deserves his own post
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This guy deserves his own post
Nopal cleaning day! (aka I watch my husband clean nopales and then tweeze espinas from his hands later)
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nopal cleaning day! (aka I watch my husband clean nopales and then tweeze espinas from his hands later)
I surprised my husband with this Mexican treat I forgot I had brought from Texas.
Beholding the magnificence of yet another way to deliver tamarindo and chile to one’s mouth, he asked,
how can people not like us?? 🇲🇽
Beholding the magnificence of yet another way to deliver tamarindo and chile to one’s mouth, he asked,
how can people not like us?? 🇲🇽
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I surprised my husband with this Mexican treat I forgot I had brought from Texas.
Beholding the magnificence of yet another way to deliver tamarindo and chile to one’s mouth, he asked,
how can people not like us?? 🇲🇽
Beholding the magnificence of yet another way to deliver tamarindo and chile to one’s mouth, he asked,
how can people not like us?? 🇲🇽
Colbert did it better
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Colbert did it better
Fresh from the oven, sans skulls #DiaDeMuertos
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Fresh from the oven, sans skulls #DiaDeMuertos
Finally, my favorite, of course—the calavera #TV broadcaster. Gotta put this on the front page of my TV and Death syllabus next year. #DiaDeMuertos
November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Finally, my favorite, of course—the calavera #TV broadcaster. Gotta put this on the front page of my TV and Death syllabus next year. #DiaDeMuertos
Also from central Mexico, this is a particular favorite. Amor Eterno/Eternal Love. #DiaDeMuertos
November 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Also from central Mexico, this is a particular favorite. Amor Eterno/Eternal Love. #DiaDeMuertos
These guys are from central Mexico and have been with us the longest—over 20 years. The fellow on the right is attached to a string that used to flip open a lid and let him pop up. Alas, the lid broke, and the string gave out. But he’s still a looker. #DiaDeMuertos
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
These guys are from central Mexico and have been with us the longest—over 20 years. The fellow on the right is attached to a string that used to flip open a lid and let him pop up. Alas, the lid broke, and the string gave out. But he’s still a looker. #DiaDeMuertos
This beautiful skull is from a trip to San Bartolo Coyotepec in Oaxaca.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This beautiful skull is from a trip to San Bartolo Coyotepec in Oaxaca.
These Catrinas were a gift from a group of indigenous women from Tlaxcala who visited @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social last year. #DiaDeMuertos
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
These Catrinas were a gift from a group of indigenous women from Tlaxcala who visited @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social last year. #DiaDeMuertos
La Frida was added by another faculty member. We love her because she looks like she’s not to be messed with. #DiaDeMuertos
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
La Frida was added by another faculty member. We love her because she looks like she’s not to be messed with. #DiaDeMuertos
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A play on post-mortem photography. Got this little demon cameraman in Guanajuato, I believe. #DiaDeMuertos
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A play on post-mortem photography. Got this little demon cameraman in Guanajuato, I believe. #DiaDeMuertos
This lovely funeral scene is one of my favorites. (A gift from my husband.)
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This lovely funeral scene is one of my favorites. (A gift from my husband.)
This lady lost her body in one of our many moves, but we were thankful to keep her head and amazing hat intact.
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This lady lost her body in one of our many moves, but we were thankful to keep her head and amazing hat intact.
A Catrina made from corn husks brings a touch of glamour.
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A Catrina made from corn husks brings a touch of glamour.
Every October for the past few years, I have helped my husband build an ofrenda at UCONN's @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social for Día de Muertos in November. We grab a corner of the common area & fill it with artifacts we've collected for the 20 or so years. Here's a peek at a few of our altar dwellers.
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Every October for the past few years, I have helped my husband build an ofrenda at UCONN's @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social for Día de Muertos in November. We grab a corner of the common area & fill it with artifacts we've collected for the 20 or so years. Here's a peek at a few of our altar dwellers.
Just put it in my veins
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Just put it in my veins
Good public TV energy in Hartford #NoKings #NutmegSky
October 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Good public TV energy in Hartford #NoKings #NutmegSky
Found this beautiful Stapelia gigantea in my parents’ garden. Apparently it smells awful, so it attracts flies that think it’s a rotting cadaver. There’s a metaphor for 2025 somewhere in here.
October 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Found this beautiful Stapelia gigantea in my parents’ garden. Apparently it smells awful, so it attracts flies that think it’s a rotting cadaver. There’s a metaphor for 2025 somewhere in here.