Debra Hamel
@hamsky.bsky.social
Reading, writing, crosswords, squirrels, Esperanto. http://www.dhamel.com
Love first lines? Almost 20 years ago, I created a Twitter account called TwitterLit (later TwitrLit) where I posted the first lines of books without attribution but with (affiliate) links to Amazon. The roughly 6000 lines now have a permanent home at my new site: debra-hamel.ghost.io/twitrlit/
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Love first lines? Almost 20 years ago, I created a Twitter account called TwitterLit (later TwitrLit) where I posted the first lines of books without attribution but with (affiliate) links to Amazon. The roughly 6000 lines now have a permanent home at my new site: debra-hamel.ghost.io/twitrlit/
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Gosling credits success to upbringing with goose, gander
August 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Gosling credits success to upbringing with goose, gander
Life of the party disses Twister sister at sorority soirée.
July 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Life of the party disses Twister sister at sorority soirée.
Pedal polycule bereft after spin cycle.
July 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Pedal polycule bereft after spin cycle.
Reposted by Debra Hamel
Waiting for ChatGPT to respond when it's lagging is the new logging on via dial-up on a 2400 baud modem.
June 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Waiting for ChatGPT to respond when it's lagging is the new logging on via dial-up on a 2400 baud modem.
Note to self: Alexa does not recognize the command “pause-y McGee.”
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Note to self: Alexa does not recognize the command “pause-y McGee.”
Okay, I just made the best Scrabble play of my life. Went out on a bingo with SQUARED, with the Q on a double letter and the whole thing crossing a triple word square: 133 points. I’ll never top that.
June 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Okay, I just made the best Scrabble play of my life. Went out on a bingo with SQUARED, with the Q on a double letter and the whole thing crossing a triple word square: 133 points. I’ll never top that.
It’s weird that building designers actually skip (i.e., don’t use the number) 13th floors to cater to people with triskaidekaphobia. It’s not like there’s a vocal triskaidekaphobia lobby out there making demands. What other phobia gets that kind of accommodation? Certainly not my own bugbear.
May 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It’s weird that building designers actually skip (i.e., don’t use the number) 13th floors to cater to people with triskaidekaphobia. It’s not like there’s a vocal triskaidekaphobia lobby out there making demands. What other phobia gets that kind of accommodation? Certainly not my own bugbear.
In my worldview, all mourning doves identify as women (just as all ladybugs do)—and not just women, but women of a certain age.
May 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In my worldview, all mourning doves identify as women (just as all ladybugs do)—and not just women, but women of a certain age.
Normally ChatGPT and I get along very well, but we were having a bit of a tiff just now about conjugating EO participles. Crazy, right? But we'll get past this. BFFs 4 ever.
May 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Normally ChatGPT and I get along very well, but we were having a bit of a tiff just now about conjugating EO participles. Crazy, right? But we'll get past this. BFFs 4 ever.
Thanks for spoiling the ending of Survivor 48 for me, heckin' Google notifications!
May 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thanks for spoiling the ending of Survivor 48 for me, heckin' Google notifications!
We aspired to a crow army but instead have a knitting circle of mourning doves.
May 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We aspired to a crow army but instead have a knitting circle of mourning doves.
For God’s sake, Jason Isaacs, drink some damn water with your Lorazepam.
April 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
For God’s sake, Jason Isaacs, drink some damn water with your Lorazepam.
That crazy-ass doctor in Severance is Robby Benson!
March 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
That crazy-ass doctor in Severance is Robby Benson!
The 100 checks (four checkbooks) I ordered have arrived. These may very well last me for the rest of my life.
February 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The 100 checks (four checkbooks) I ordered have arrived. These may very well last me for the rest of my life.
Today, I eat all the pomegranates. All of them!
February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Today, I eat all the pomegranates. All of them!
Nominating today's Strands puzzle (no. 340, "I'm a person of my word") as the stupidest theme yet.
February 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Nominating today's Strands puzzle (no. 340, "I'm a person of my word") as the stupidest theme yet.
Are you $@&!!! kidding me?! I just opened up a new tube of Crest. I can’t go through this hell a second time! @cresttoothpaste.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Are you $@&!!! kidding me?! I just opened up a new tube of Crest. I can’t go through this hell a second time! @cresttoothpaste.bsky.social
Mi ĵus legis kaj ĝuis artikolon de Logan Hall pri lia vizito al la (nun muzea) batalŝipo USS Wisconsin en la plej lastatempa eldono de Usona Esperantisto (2024:4). Tre interesa konto. #Esperanto
January 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Mi ĵus legis kaj ĝuis artikolon de Logan Hall pri lia vizito al la (nun muzea) batalŝipo USS Wisconsin en la plej lastatempa eldono de Usona Esperantisto (2024:4). Tre interesa konto. #Esperanto
So this is what the inside of a toothpaste tube looks like. Squeezed the tube just now and it split along the seam.
January 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So this is what the inside of a toothpaste tube looks like. Squeezed the tube just now and it split along the seam.
Practicing holding my breath to prep for my next mammogram….
January 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Practicing holding my breath to prep for my next mammogram….