Randy Smith
@curiouserrandy.bsky.social
Geek, Intellectual, Dancer, but generally pretty quiet.
Primarily on here to follow some authors/creators.
Primarily on here to follow some authors/creators.
Burrito criminals can't win. It's the law.
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Burrito criminals can't win. It's the law.
Is this a standalone? I'm not mapping "Guy with several children in an apartment" to any of your current serieses (sp?)...
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Is this a standalone? I'm not mapping "Guy with several children in an apartment" to any of your current serieses (sp?)...
The same comment has been made about my partner and I :-)
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The same comment has been made about my partner and I :-)
Upon reflection, what I should have said was "Well, *that* comprehensively refutes the opening line of Anna Karenina!" :-)
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Upon reflection, what I should have said was "Well, *that* comprehensively refutes the opening line of Anna Karenina!" :-)
No accounting for taste? :-)
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No accounting for taste? :-)
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you keep writing them. They're a nice change from other stuff I read, but have all the virtues of your other books. When I pick them up, I confidently expect an enjoyable afternoon in another world, and get that.
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you keep writing them. They're a nice change from other stuff I read, but have all the virtues of your other books. When I pick them up, I confidently expect an enjoyable afternoon in another world, and get that.
That one made me cry.
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
That one made me cry.
It's sorta like searching your keys under the streetlight rather than where you lost them. They *have* your email address :-J.
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's sorta like searching your keys under the streetlight rather than where you lost them. They *have* your email address :-J.
Listening to your rants remains a fascinating experience--I *regularly* pick up new potential useful information about corners of the world I'm not in but am not that far away from.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Listening to your rants remains a fascinating experience--I *regularly* pick up new potential useful information about corners of the world I'm not in but am not that far away from.
I love listening to her yell as long as I don't think about the implications of the increasing incidence of things she's yelling about.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I love listening to her yell as long as I don't think about the implications of the increasing incidence of things she's yelling about.
If you do this in my oven, the plate is most definitely dirty (with soot from off the oven racks).
So: It depends :-)
So: It depends :-)
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you do this in my oven, the plate is most definitely dirty (with soot from off the oven racks).
So: It depends :-)
So: It depends :-)
Google outages too! (Used to work there.)
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Google outages too! (Used to work there.)
Bracing, please, bracing! :-)
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Bracing, please, bracing! :-)
And I just got back from a fairly chilly (39 deg F) walk around my neighborhood (Boston area). Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And I just got back from a fairly chilly (39 deg F) walk around my neighborhood (Boston area). Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
Touching beans.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Touching beans.
I presume you're following @rahaeli.bsky.social 's parallel thread about content moderation of violent threats. While you still can ( :-) :-) )
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I presume you're following @rahaeli.bsky.social 's parallel thread about content moderation of violent threats. While you still can ( :-) :-) )
Yup, me too. It's gotten a bit better as I've gotten older, but "change of seasons crud" is totally a thing.
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Yup, me too. It's gotten a bit better as I've gotten older, but "change of seasons crud" is totally a thing.
My headcannon is that he really wants to be Mayor of *New York City* and would be ecstatic with doing that for the next twenty years. Leave me in my happy place.
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My headcannon is that he really wants to be Mayor of *New York City* and would be ecstatic with doing that for the next twenty years. Leave me in my happy place.
I was never in the church and I care about that!
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I was never in the church and I care about that!
I was going to say "I actually can't imagine any of your characters looking at each other that way" and then I was like "Ok, really, the only problem with the first one is that the height differiential's wrong ...".
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I was going to say "I actually can't imagine any of your characters looking at each other that way" and then I was like "Ok, really, the only problem with the first one is that the height differiential's wrong ...".
It's interesting trying to figure out why Rachel is an appealing protagonist. It's something like, given the life context, she's both amazingly competent and reasonably compassionate. But her soul really has very few remaining rainbows and unicorns.
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's interesting trying to figure out why Rachel is an appealing protagonist. It's something like, given the life context, she's both amazingly competent and reasonably compassionate. But her soul really has very few remaining rainbows and unicorns.
I mean, I should be beyond outrage at what rightists throw up, but it really frustrates me when people throw shit at him without recognizing this basic fact. I have problems with some of his policies too! But he's *very* much a New Yorker, he loves the city and he listens; give him a chance!
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I mean, I should be beyond outrage at what rightists throw up, but it really frustrates me when people throw shit at him without recognizing this basic fact. I have problems with some of his policies too! But he's *very* much a New Yorker, he loves the city and he listens; give him a chance!
I doubt Google translate is getting a lot of corporate attention or resources these days, but I could be wrong. I didn't have any connections in that group when I worked there.
@blank.org @puzzlescarves.bsky.social : Do either of you have any thoughts?
@blank.org @puzzlescarves.bsky.social : Do either of you have any thoughts?
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I doubt Google translate is getting a lot of corporate attention or resources these days, but I could be wrong. I didn't have any connections in that group when I worked there.
@blank.org @puzzlescarves.bsky.social : Do either of you have any thoughts?
@blank.org @puzzlescarves.bsky.social : Do either of you have any thoughts?
I'm totally the same way, and I'll offer a lesson I believe but am still trying to learn: One shouldn't judge oneself by what one *should be capable of if ...* but instead by what one has historically been capable of. Working to improve? Yes. Beating oneself up? No.
FWIMBW.
FWIMBW.
October 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm totally the same way, and I'll offer a lesson I believe but am still trying to learn: One shouldn't judge oneself by what one *should be capable of if ...* but instead by what one has historically been capable of. Working to improve? Yes. Beating oneself up? No.
FWIMBW.
FWIMBW.
That strategy would require you and KB *producing* more on Side Quested, which I'd personally be fine with, but seems cruel to ask :-)
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
That strategy would require you and KB *producing* more on Side Quested, which I'd personally be fine with, but seems cruel to ask :-)