Leaving folks with the last thing I read from perusing profiles here, and which I enjoyed:
The Pentecostal Serpent — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
A new kind of web magazine for a changing South
bittersoutherner.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Leaving folks with the last thing I read from perusing profiles here, and which I enjoyed:
Leaving this space for a while. I think I've gotten what I wanted out of it, and anything more to be gleaned is not worth the annoyance or the distraction.
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Leaving this space for a while. I think I've gotten what I wanted out of it, and anything more to be gleaned is not worth the annoyance or the distraction.
But nobody's special. We're all schlemiels.
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
But nobody's special. We're all schlemiels.
When I flunked out of U of T in my early 20s I couldn't understand it except as a sign that I was uniquely marked to bear life's heaviest load (lol). Real life always feels larger than life.
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
When I flunked out of U of T in my early 20s I couldn't understand it except as a sign that I was uniquely marked to bear life's heaviest load (lol). Real life always feels larger than life.
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I realize I've been posting about my book a lot and want to share why 🧵
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
It tried to kill me but I have finished the book. Second pass pages read through, final copy and line edits done.
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I realize I've been posting about my book a lot and want to share why 🧵
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
The 24-hr grocery store has started selling their German holiday pastries. Picked up a pack of something called Dominostein, which is like an Italian rainbow cookie only with gingerbread as the bottom layer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The 24-hr grocery store has started selling their German holiday pastries. Picked up a pack of something called Dominostein, which is like an Italian rainbow cookie only with gingerbread as the bottom layer.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
Otoh, this is probably as honest as you'll be on this little internet beef.
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Otoh, this is probably as honest as you'll be on this little internet beef.
I'm named after Nanking. And I'm not writing children's fiction. Miss me with your nonsense.
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I'm named after Nanking. And I'm not writing children's fiction. Miss me with your nonsense.
Fun fact: most of the bunchgrass species in California are not native. They're interlopers from Mexico.
December 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Fun fact: most of the bunchgrass species in California are not native. They're interlopers from Mexico.
I like Pride and Prejudice a lot. Land plays a meaningful part in it: as livelihood and property (the Longbourn estate), as landscape and class indicator (Pemberley) and as territory (the Napoleonic wars).
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I like Pride and Prejudice a lot. Land plays a meaningful part in it: as livelihood and property (the Longbourn estate), as landscape and class indicator (Pemberley) and as territory (the Napoleonic wars).
Down with diacritical marks placed on top of letters, up with diacritical marks placed on the bottom of letters.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Down with diacritical marks placed on top of letters, up with diacritical marks placed on the bottom of letters.
I asked where Cookie is and look at her little nook.
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I asked where Cookie is and look at her little nook.
Busy night tonight, but hopefully it will be quiet sailing for the rest of the shift (although as any nurse knows saying this is tempting fate).
Thankful for life being different.
Thankful for life being different.
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Busy night tonight, but hopefully it will be quiet sailing for the rest of the shift (although as any nurse knows saying this is tempting fate).
Thankful for life being different.
Thankful for life being different.
I recognize the privilege in having family money to spend. For those that might have similar financials to me without family assistance, NYC's HomeFirst program looks like a good bet, especially in a slow market where sellers are more likely to be okay with the wait for loan approval.
HomeFirst Down Payment Assistance Program - HPD
www.nyc.gov
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I recognize the privilege in having family money to spend. For those that might have similar financials to me without family assistance, NYC's HomeFirst program looks like a good bet, especially in a slow market where sellers are more likely to be okay with the wait for loan approval.
Since I'm spending hard-earned family money on the down, I'm acutely aware of costs. Surprised my agent hasn't parted ways with me yet. She has the patience of a saint, but it is also a slow market.
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Since I'm spending hard-earned family money on the down, I'm acutely aware of costs. Surprised my agent hasn't parted ways with me yet. She has the patience of a saint, but it is also a slow market.
Considering a third, and cheapest, choice for an apt. This one is also the farthest at 20 min walk to the F train. Nothing has been updated, but it is by a fairly quiet alleyway.
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Considering a third, and cheapest, choice for an apt. This one is also the farthest at 20 min walk to the F train. Nothing has been updated, but it is by a fairly quiet alleyway.
Your friend is also doing a lot on her timeline, from autism friendship circle to darning. Take a hint, friend.
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Your friend is also doing a lot on her timeline, from autism friendship circle to darning. Take a hint, friend.
Journalists work hard. So do parents. That labor deserves to be acknowledged and compensated. But what was the thought process when those grievances were being worked out on me, a stranger on the internet?
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Journalists work hard. So do parents. That labor deserves to be acknowledged and compensated. But what was the thought process when those grievances were being worked out on me, a stranger on the internet?
Let's also keep some perspective. Nursing is a profession where sometimes there is not enough time for a pee break and sometimes we have to clean up poop that doesn't belong to a family member's ass. Every understaffed shift means our licenses and other people's lives are at stake.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Let's also keep some perspective. Nursing is a profession where sometimes there is not enough time for a pee break and sometimes we have to clean up poop that doesn't belong to a family member's ass. Every understaffed shift means our licenses and other people's lives are at stake.
I keep my occupation listed as a reminder to myself that whatever dreams I have, it is this little boat, a shoal-draft ketch, that allows me to sail them. If I could not work and just write, I would. Those lucky to have deep-draft vessels, all power to you, as long as you don't knock my little boat.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I keep my occupation listed as a reminder to myself that whatever dreams I have, it is this little boat, a shoal-draft ketch, that allows me to sail them. If I could not work and just write, I would. Those lucky to have deep-draft vessels, all power to you, as long as you don't knock my little boat.
Man, they gave a lot of food. This is Souljah on Rutland.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Man, they gave a lot of food. This is Souljah on Rutland.
Brown gravy chicken with rice and beans and stewed fish.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Brown gravy chicken with rice and beans and stewed fish.
Okay, I get the message.
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Okay, I get the message.
Other masculinities can be really hot! Masculinities that see virtue in arguing and being argued at, and in entertaining oddities from humble backgrounds. Let us all father ourselves in the supermarket of masculinities, you know?
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Other masculinities can be really hot! Masculinities that see virtue in arguing and being argued at, and in entertaining oddities from humble backgrounds. Let us all father ourselves in the supermarket of masculinities, you know?