I am *deeply* tired of the sort of gibbering thinkythunk who blithely posits that people who use social media don't live in the actual fucking world, and so must have a certain amount of tension and conflict in their feeds. Dealing with wearying shitbuckets is not virtuous. It just makes one tired.

Heads up! Or duck, whichever seems appropriate.

Oh, and how would you like to be credited?

Oh, yes, I'll link you to the story thread as soon as it's up, and you can keep up with it -- and even write a story for it, and the kid can too! We post the picture on the 1st and then the thread is locked until the 10th so people can think, rethink, and polish before posting!

Thanks!

Oh yeah, the cartographers were absolutely correct -- my favorite one!

But do you really?

It was a thing on The West Wing -- President Bartlet would gather his staff and tell them the story of Andrew Jackson's big block of cheese, and then they would meet with various citizens who wanted the government to be aware of their issues. Generally the really "out there" ones. 😆

Big block of cheese day!

No, just a spider sex thing.

But could I use it to scent my Tom of Finland stamps, I wonder...? 🤔

Awesome! I doubt we'd use it for January's, as the last one (October) was also a spooky vibe, but I'll put it forth for future use. Might be next October, but the way time passes these days, that's right around the corner. 😄

I'll let you know when to look for it! Thanks!

Very cool! I wonder if you might give permission for us to use it as a writing prompt for a quarterly 300-word story challenge on sffchronicles.com? It's just for fun and bragging rights, no money involved, and of course it would be credited to you. No worries if you'd rather not. ☺️