Customer at the bookstore wanted a copy of The Art of War and I told him that we don’t have it, but I could order it if he was okay waiting a few days, and he said “no thanks… I need it for later today” ???
January 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Customer at the bookstore wanted a copy of The Art of War and I told him that we don’t have it, but I could order it if he was okay waiting a few days, and he said “no thanks… I need it for later today” ???
Booked a sort of marketing/creative consulting meeting, and I think I would like to do that for more writers/small presses/etc. if anyone else trusts my tastes and sensibilities enough.
Plus, I can’t grow a good beard so I promise not to do any Rick Rubin hack shit.
Plus, I can’t grow a good beard so I promise not to do any Rick Rubin hack shit.
January 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Booked a sort of marketing/creative consulting meeting, and I think I would like to do that for more writers/small presses/etc. if anyone else trusts my tastes and sensibilities enough.
Plus, I can’t grow a good beard so I promise not to do any Rick Rubin hack shit.
Plus, I can’t grow a good beard so I promise not to do any Rick Rubin hack shit.
Using the Lion King to explain to my toddler that not only will daddy die one day, but that’s also exactly how it is going to happen
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Using the Lion King to explain to my toddler that not only will daddy die one day, but that’s also exactly how it is going to happen
My wife’s master’s degree is in international relations and I want you to imagine her with cigarettes between every single one of her fingers
January 4, 2026 at 1:19 AM
My wife’s master’s degree is in international relations and I want you to imagine her with cigarettes between every single one of her fingers
In Hopscotch, near the start of part two, Cortazar uses a “sic” in the omniscient narration to point out that a character has used a word incorrectly, and I am yelling about it like it’s sports!! Can he do that??? Ref???
January 3, 2026 at 12:04 AM
In Hopscotch, near the start of part two, Cortazar uses a “sic” in the omniscient narration to point out that a character has used a word incorrectly, and I am yelling about it like it’s sports!! Can he do that??? Ref???
I love it that IKEA sometimes gives you extra parts and gives no indication of it. They want you to doubt.
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I love it that IKEA sometimes gives you extra parts and gives no indication of it. They want you to doubt.
Now that the hype is dying down, I’ll finally celebrate Christmas
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Now that the hype is dying down, I’ll finally celebrate Christmas
And a very merry “—Merry Christmas! the man threatened” to all my fellow brodernists
December 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And a very merry “—Merry Christmas! the man threatened” to all my fellow brodernists
I am not a very good Catholic because I only go to mass on the major holidays and also I was raised and confirmed as a Presbyterian
December 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I am not a very good Catholic because I only go to mass on the major holidays and also I was raised and confirmed as a Presbyterian
“White Christmas” makes no direct reference to the biblical story of Christ’s birth, and was written by a Jewish immigrant. It is the most popular song of all time.
I think that’s nice. Melting-pot, peace on earth, all men are brothers stuff.
I think that’s nice. Melting-pot, peace on earth, all men are brothers stuff.
December 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“White Christmas” makes no direct reference to the biblical story of Christ’s birth, and was written by a Jewish immigrant. It is the most popular song of all time.
I think that’s nice. Melting-pot, peace on earth, all men are brothers stuff.
I think that’s nice. Melting-pot, peace on earth, all men are brothers stuff.
Leaving the Criterion Closet with nothing and saying “eh I can just stream these”
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Leaving the Criterion Closet with nothing and saying “eh I can just stream these”
I sold all of my personal data to get us these targeted advertisements because I provide for this family
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I sold all of my personal data to get us these targeted advertisements because I provide for this family
Open mic night tonight. Read this protein sequence for human blood as a sort of experimental poem. Very difficult to say
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Open mic night tonight. Read this protein sequence for human blood as a sort of experimental poem. Very difficult to say
Shivering cold, alone in my car, wearing my dead dad’s old jean jacket I’m basically the subject of a Springsteen song
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Shivering cold, alone in my car, wearing my dead dad’s old jean jacket I’m basically the subject of a Springsteen song
After a full day of everyone’s snow pictures
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
After a full day of everyone’s snow pictures
You can listen to Sleep the Clock Around by Belle and Sebastian 288 times in 24 hours and I think I just might
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
You can listen to Sleep the Clock Around by Belle and Sebastian 288 times in 24 hours and I think I just might
Hey everyone, as we close out 2025, I find myself suddenly available for hire.
If your publishing house or magazine is in need of marketing work in the new year, I am available. But I am also available right now, as I am unemployed
If your publishing house or magazine is in need of marketing work in the new year, I am available. But I am also available right now, as I am unemployed
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hey everyone, as we close out 2025, I find myself suddenly available for hire.
If your publishing house or magazine is in need of marketing work in the new year, I am available. But I am also available right now, as I am unemployed
If your publishing house or magazine is in need of marketing work in the new year, I am available. But I am also available right now, as I am unemployed
I don’t mean to brag but my two year old calls the cartoon beagle “Snoofy”
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I don’t mean to brag but my two year old calls the cartoon beagle “Snoofy”
Okay okay I know it’s dark in here but I swear to god that’s the crash test dummy from mythbusters at the end of the bar no no don’t look at him
December 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Okay okay I know it’s dark in here but I swear to god that’s the crash test dummy from mythbusters at the end of the bar no no don’t look at him
Never should’ve smoked that shit now I’m Wound Man, the 15th century medical diagram
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Never should’ve smoked that shit now I’m Wound Man, the 15th century medical diagram
If I can convince 14 more people to pre-order Gertrude Stein's Making of Americans before 12/16, it will bring us to 501 copies, surpassing the entire first print run of the book from 1925. I feel like we can correct a wrong, at least symbolically, or like, cosmically.
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If I can convince 14 more people to pre-order Gertrude Stein's Making of Americans before 12/16, it will bring us to 501 copies, surpassing the entire first print run of the book from 1925. I feel like we can correct a wrong, at least symbolically, or like, cosmically.
We have been doing 80s nostalgia for longer than the duration of the actual 1980s! Stranger Things has been going on for long that it is nostalgic for itself! Please god just show me anything new
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We have been doing 80s nostalgia for longer than the duration of the actual 1980s! Stranger Things has been going on for long that it is nostalgic for itself! Please god just show me anything new
Sally Rooney if you cannot publish your future novels due to your unfailing support for the Palestinian people, you can just email your novel directly to me
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sally Rooney if you cannot publish your future novels due to your unfailing support for the Palestinian people, you can just email your novel directly to me
Despite being a National Book Award finalist, and already showing up on a couple of year-end lists, I do not know a single other person who has read/is reading Daanje’s The Remembered Soldier, which is a real shame because so far it is capital-L Literature
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Despite being a National Book Award finalist, and already showing up on a couple of year-end lists, I do not know a single other person who has read/is reading Daanje’s The Remembered Soldier, which is a real shame because so far it is capital-L Literature