August C. Bourré
@fishsauce.bsky.social
A study in contrasts.
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A study in contrasts.
This is the way.
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is the way.
My copy of The Complete Cheap Truth arrived today. I am doing teh research.
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My copy of The Complete Cheap Truth arrived today. I am doing teh research.
The very same. I do have a copy of About Agrippa, which ran me about $250.
September 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The very same. I do have a copy of About Agrippa, which ran me about $250.
I have written a letter to Rob Roberts, editor-in-chief of the National Post.
August 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I have written a letter to Rob Roberts, editor-in-chief of the National Post.
I made my cat a faux Rothko colour field painting for her bathroom. I chose blue since I’ve heard it’s the colour cats see most vividly. There are seven different blues in it, including Stuart Semple’s IKB analog. It’s genuinely difficult to photograph.
July 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I made my cat a faux Rothko colour field painting for her bathroom. I chose blue since I’ve heard it’s the colour cats see most vividly. There are seven different blues in it, including Stuart Semple’s IKB analog. It’s genuinely difficult to photograph.
Progress! I’m not much into military stuff, so I’m turning this military crab mech into a machine that cleans industrial waste from rivers.
May 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Progress! I’m not much into military stuff, so I’m turning this military crab mech into a machine that cleans industrial waste from rivers.
My cyberpunk TTRPG system is about 80% written, and I've started working on a visual style to help inspire me to get over the last hurdles. Here's my first draft of a potential cover for the guide.
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My cyberpunk TTRPG system is about 80% written, and I've started working on a visual style to help inspire me to get over the last hurdles. Here's my first draft of a potential cover for the guide.
When I was a child, I dressed as Alf for Hallowe'en one year. It was my scariest costume ever.
January 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When I was a child, I dressed as Alf for Hallowe'en one year. It was my scariest costume ever.
I just scanned some photos from my visit in 1998 to show what I mean. The first photo is ground level; the second photo was taken from the top of the ramp in the first photo. The other two are paint preserved inside the temple.
January 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I just scanned some photos from my visit in 1998 to show what I mean. The first photo is ground level; the second photo was taken from the top of the ramp in the first photo. The other two are paint preserved inside the temple.
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM
“You will be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
I found a picture of me, my grandparents, and my first dog, Toby Titmouse. (My mom named him before I was born.) He was a grumpy old rez dog, but I loved him.
December 23, 2024 at 5:34 AM
I found a picture of me, my grandparents, and my first dog, Toby Titmouse. (My mom named him before I was born.) He was a grumpy old rez dog, but I loved him.
I saw this illustration on Reddit and immediately had a backstory. I gave him a poncho & a rat instead of a bird, & now he’s a cranky 600yr old homeless divination wizard named Boot who doesn’t remember how he became immortal.
November 27, 2024 at 5:07 AM
I saw this illustration on Reddit and immediately had a backstory. I gave him a poncho & a rat instead of a bird, & now he’s a cranky 600yr old homeless divination wizard named Boot who doesn’t remember how he became immortal.
Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.
Though it aired on CBS, it's actually a Canadian show (1986–1988). The lead character's left hand had been crushed by the Stasi and he could no longer use it, so he kept it hidden in a black leather glove. I was obsessed.
Though it aired on CBS, it's actually a Canadian show (1986–1988). The lead character's left hand had been crushed by the Stasi and he could no longer use it, so he kept it hidden in a black leather glove. I was obsessed.
November 20, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you.
Though it aired on CBS, it's actually a Canadian show (1986–1988). The lead character's left hand had been crushed by the Stasi and he could no longer use it, so he kept it hidden in a black leather glove. I was obsessed.
Though it aired on CBS, it's actually a Canadian show (1986–1988). The lead character's left hand had been crushed by the Stasi and he could no longer use it, so he kept it hidden in a black leather glove. I was obsessed.
This is what I think of when I hear "The Office of Government Efficiency."
November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
This is what I think of when I hear "The Office of Government Efficiency."
Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson. He’s a delightful person, and this is his best book. The inventiveness of his earlier work, combined with a deep understanding of the zeitgeist.
November 18, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson. He’s a delightful person, and this is his best book. The inventiveness of his earlier work, combined with a deep understanding of the zeitgeist.
In the Place of Last Things, by Michael Helm. An exploration of competing visions of masculinity wrapped in a road novel, and gesturing at crime fiction. Michael's books are simultaneously intellectual, visceral, and elegant. Perhaps not his best, but by far my favourite.
November 17, 2024 at 11:47 PM
In the Place of Last Things, by Michael Helm. An exploration of competing visions of masculinity wrapped in a road novel, and gesturing at crime fiction. Michael's books are simultaneously intellectual, visceral, and elegant. Perhaps not his best, but by far my favourite.
The Biographer's Tale, by A.S. Byatt. I've written several times about this book, including for Brick. It's her most adventurous novel & exists at the intersection of traditional Leavisite & postmodern understandings of literature, fully encapsulating her interests as a writer.
November 17, 2024 at 11:43 PM
The Biographer's Tale, by A.S. Byatt. I've written several times about this book, including for Brick. It's her most adventurous novel & exists at the intersection of traditional Leavisite & postmodern understandings of literature, fully encapsulating her interests as a writer.
The sky over the port, etc.
November 16, 2024 at 7:33 AM
The sky over the port, etc.
Had a great time giving out candy tonight. Full sized chocolate bars and cans of pop. Lots of excited kids.
November 1, 2023 at 1:35 AM
Had a great time giving out candy tonight. Full sized chocolate bars and cans of pop. Lots of excited kids.
There are interesting things in A Geology of Media, by Jussi Parikka, and I've seen some useful scholarship that references it heavily, but I was disappointed in how much Parikka uses theory to hold himself at a distance from the materiality he's claiming to study.
October 5, 2023 at 4:05 PM
There are interesting things in A Geology of Media, by Jussi Parikka, and I've seen some useful scholarship that references it heavily, but I was disappointed in how much Parikka uses theory to hold himself at a distance from the materiality he's claiming to study.
Historically speaking, that is not how you defeat fascists. You defeat fascists the Chicago way.
September 30, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Historically speaking, that is not how you defeat fascists. You defeat fascists the Chicago way.