Pulp Herb
@pulpherb.bsky.social
Writer, gamer, model railroader, rail fan. In general I like cats more than people. I post writing, cat memes, and general shenanigans.
Stories: https://books2read.com/ap/nA70Ay/Herbert-Nowell
Stories: https://books2read.com/ap/nA70Ay/Herbert-Nowell
"You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish." - Richard Feynman
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish." - Richard Feynman
"Whatever the reason, running a role-playing game by the numbers is a crime akin to serving chips without salsa: Violators should be taken out and shot." - Alexander Macris
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Whatever the reason, running a role-playing game by the numbers is a crime akin to serving chips without salsa: Violators should be taken out and shot." - Alexander Macris
"In the end, what have we to exchange that matters, except stories of grace and courage, laughter and love?" - Brian Doyle
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"In the end, what have we to exchange that matters, except stories of grace and courage, laughter and love?" - Brian Doyle
"Rewriting is what happens when you return to a book after your creative process has run its course." - J. Daniel Sawyer
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"Rewriting is what happens when you return to a book after your creative process has run its course." - J. Daniel Sawyer
“What I care about is this: Stories change us. They create communities of people with shared memories.” – Orson Scott Card
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“What I care about is this: Stories change us. They create communities of people with shared memories.” – Orson Scott Card
“I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written. I want to always be a writer.” – Dean Wesley Smith
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written. I want to always be a writer.” – Dean Wesley Smith
"I write this not for the many, but for you: each of us is enough of an audience for the other."
- Epicurus
- Epicurus
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"I write this not for the many, but for you: each of us is enough of an audience for the other."
- Epicurus
- Epicurus
"So we pray. Fame will come to some. Honor will come to all who work."
- Julia Cameron
- Julia Cameron
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"So we pray. Fame will come to some. Honor will come to all who work."
- Julia Cameron
- Julia Cameron
"Scars remind us where we've been. They don't have to dictate where we're going."
- David Rossi in "Criminal Minds"
- David Rossi in "Criminal Minds"
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Scars remind us where we've been. They don't have to dictate where we're going."
- David Rossi in "Criminal Minds"
- David Rossi in "Criminal Minds"
"Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile."
- Abu Bakr
- Abu Bakr
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile."
- Abu Bakr
- Abu Bakr
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable."
- George Orwell
- George Orwell
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable."
- George Orwell
- George Orwell
"A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all."
- Michael LeBouef
- Michael LeBouef
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all."
- Michael LeBouef
- Michael LeBouef
"Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer; art is everything else."
- Donald Knuth
- Donald Knuth
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer; art is everything else."
- Donald Knuth
- Donald Knuth
"Validation is for parking."
- Austin Kleon
- Austin Kleon
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Validation is for parking."
- Austin Kleon
- Austin Kleon
"Complain about the way other people make software by making software."
- Andre Torrez
- Andre Torrez
October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Complain about the way other people make software by making software."
- Andre Torrez
- Andre Torrez
"Find the most talented person the room, and if it is not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. Try to be helpful."
- Harold Ramis
- Harold Ramis
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Find the most talented person the room, and if it is not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. Try to be helpful."
- Harold Ramis
- Harold Ramis
"If you’re the GM, it’s not your job to make sure people have fun."
- Alexander Macris
- Alexander Macris
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If you’re the GM, it’s not your job to make sure people have fun."
- Alexander Macris
- Alexander Macris
"Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"For artists, the great problem to solve is how to get oneself noticed."
- Honoré de Balzac
- Honoré de Balzac
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"For artists, the great problem to solve is how to get oneself noticed."
- Honoré de Balzac
- Honoré de Balzac
“The greatest wars are not fought with swords, but with choices.”
- Dmytro Zyma
- Dmytro Zyma
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“The greatest wars are not fought with swords, but with choices.”
- Dmytro Zyma
- Dmytro Zyma
“Promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human nature.”
- John Milton
- John Milton
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human nature.”
- John Milton
- John Milton
"We want to be reading stuff we can discuss with other people. The loneliest reading experience is to be in love with a new book and have no one to discuss it with."
- M. C. A. Hogarth
- M. C. A. Hogarth
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"We want to be reading stuff we can discuss with other people. The loneliest reading experience is to be in love with a new book and have no one to discuss it with."
- M. C. A. Hogarth
- M. C. A. Hogarth
"Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement."
- Winfield Scott
- Winfield Scott
October 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement."
- Winfield Scott
- Winfield Scott
“A motion to adjourn is always in order.”
- Robert Heinlein
- Robert Heinlein
October 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“A motion to adjourn is always in order.”
- Robert Heinlein
- Robert Heinlein
"Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously."
- G. K. Chesterton
- G. K. Chesterton
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously."
- G. K. Chesterton
- G. K. Chesterton