David From The Blackwood Lagoon
@ghostforest.bsky.social
Whimsical nihilist. Passionately apathetic. Humanist misanthrope.
Pinned
While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped
Thro’ many a listening chamber, cave and ruin,
And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing
Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley
Thro’ many a listening chamber, cave and ruin,
And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing
Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley
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drunk dudes will yell some crazy shit while they’re fighting “you know i lived with my grandparents when i was a kid” alright man you’re working through something i get it
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
drunk dudes will yell some crazy shit while they’re fighting “you know i lived with my grandparents when i was a kid” alright man you’re working through something i get it
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TIL that Paul McCartney wrote an original song for Ace Ventura 3 but then Ace Ventura 3 was cancelled so McCartney killed himself
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
TIL that Paul McCartney wrote an original song for Ace Ventura 3 but then Ace Ventura 3 was cancelled so McCartney killed himself
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This guy decided he wanted to play and took the tennis ball from my daughter’s dog today at Nehalem Bay State Park, Oregon. #Photography #Fauna #Oregon 📷
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This guy decided he wanted to play and took the tennis ball from my daughter’s dog today at Nehalem Bay State Park, Oregon. #Photography #Fauna #Oregon 📷
Having eaten in a handful of a somewhat hip, newish casual dining restaurants in California over the last year, I've noticed that the seating trend seems to be toward metal stools that are astonishingly uncomfortable. Is it to discourage people from staying after they're done eating? I'm not a fan.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Having eaten in a handful of a somewhat hip, newish casual dining restaurants in California over the last year, I've noticed that the seating trend seems to be toward metal stools that are astonishingly uncomfortable. Is it to discourage people from staying after they're done eating? I'm not a fan.
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Vintage Paperback - Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
A Gideon Fell Mystery
Art by Robert Stanley
Dell (1951)
A Gideon Fell Mystery
Art by Robert Stanley
Dell (1951)
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Vintage Paperback - Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
A Gideon Fell Mystery
Art by Robert Stanley
Dell (1951)
A Gideon Fell Mystery
Art by Robert Stanley
Dell (1951)
On the bright side, the Supreme Court told Kim Davis to get fucked.
Imagine being so narcissistic that you petition the highest court in the land to tell you it's okay to not do your job, but still draw a paycheck for it.
Imagine being so narcissistic that you petition the highest court in the land to tell you it's okay to not do your job, but still draw a paycheck for it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
On the bright side, the Supreme Court told Kim Davis to get fucked.
Imagine being so narcissistic that you petition the highest court in the land to tell you it's okay to not do your job, but still draw a paycheck for it.
Imagine being so narcissistic that you petition the highest court in the land to tell you it's okay to not do your job, but still draw a paycheck for it.
Thinking about if I want to read more of John Gardner's stuff after "Grendel," not sure about his other novels (I'm interested in reading On Moral Fiction though) but I discovered that he wrote the libretto for an opera version of Frankenstein??!! Now that I would like to read.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Thinking about if I want to read more of John Gardner's stuff after "Grendel," not sure about his other novels (I'm interested in reading On Moral Fiction though) but I discovered that he wrote the libretto for an opera version of Frankenstein??!! Now that I would like to read.
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Book Cover of the Day:
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
I think the biggest indicator of my ideological shift over the last twenty years is that I now feel somewhat more ambivalent about the legacy of Norman Borlaug.
(This post is going to do crazy numbers. People are simply mad for Borlaug content.)
(This post is going to do crazy numbers. People are simply mad for Borlaug content.)
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I think the biggest indicator of my ideological shift over the last twenty years is that I now feel somewhat more ambivalent about the legacy of Norman Borlaug.
(This post is going to do crazy numbers. People are simply mad for Borlaug content.)
(This post is going to do crazy numbers. People are simply mad for Borlaug content.)
Why is bluesky's built in spellcheck so bad? There are tons of words it just doesn't recognize and it constantly makes me second guess myself.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Why is bluesky's built in spellcheck so bad? There are tons of words it just doesn't recognize and it constantly makes me second guess myself.
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'The Banquet of Mutilated Faces'
~ Henry Manuel (Paris. 1925)
Many of the men in the photograph are 'gueules cassées' - 'broken faces' soldiers disfigured in the First World War.
~ Henry Manuel (Paris. 1925)
Many of the men in the photograph are 'gueules cassées' - 'broken faces' soldiers disfigured in the First World War.
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
'The Banquet of Mutilated Faces'
~ Henry Manuel (Paris. 1925)
Many of the men in the photograph are 'gueules cassées' - 'broken faces' soldiers disfigured in the First World War.
~ Henry Manuel (Paris. 1925)
Many of the men in the photograph are 'gueules cassées' - 'broken faces' soldiers disfigured in the First World War.
OMG I just found out the author of the Miette tweet is going to be at the Portland Book Festival! (I guess she's also written a couple of books or something IDK).
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
OMG I just found out the author of the Miette tweet is going to be at the Portland Book Festival! (I guess she's also written a couple of books or something IDK).
It's been like twenty years, but to this day whenever I see a Porsche Cayenne all I can think of is Edi Falco as Carmella Soprano saying, in the most forced awkward way possible, "is that the new Porsche Cayenne?!" It could not have been more obvious that Porsche paid to have that bit in the show.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It's been like twenty years, but to this day whenever I see a Porsche Cayenne all I can think of is Edi Falco as Carmella Soprano saying, in the most forced awkward way possible, "is that the new Porsche Cayenne?!" It could not have been more obvious that Porsche paid to have that bit in the show.
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I bet Zoomers haven't even done TWO of these things
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I bet Zoomers haven't even done TWO of these things
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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I think aliens are real but they don’t have any special knowledge or foresight. When they come to some guy and say like, “Humans unite. Atlantis real,” they’re just telling us stuff they saw on alien Reddit
October 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I think aliens are real but they don’t have any special knowledge or foresight. When they come to some guy and say like, “Humans unite. Atlantis real,” they’re just telling us stuff they saw on alien Reddit
When people whose work I love are fans of other people whose work I love it kind of feels like the world makes some kind of sense.
Definitely know 16 Horsepower. “Strawfoot” is a favorite. WCB turned me onto them.
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
When people whose work I love are fans of other people whose work I love it kind of feels like the world makes some kind of sense.
Romance at Droitgate Spa is probably my new favorite P.G. Wodehouse short story. Hilarious and bizarre. No spoilers but it revolves around competitive invalids and a magician bent on vengeance.
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Romance at Droitgate Spa is probably my new favorite P.G. Wodehouse short story. Hilarious and bizarre. No spoilers but it revolves around competitive invalids and a magician bent on vengeance.
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We bought our house almost eight years ago and our mortgage guy still sends me emails every time he gets a job at a new bank/firm and it strikes me as unethical (if not illegal) that apparently he takes his contact list with him every time he changes jobs.
November 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We bought our house almost eight years ago and our mortgage guy still sends me emails every time he gets a job at a new bank/firm and it strikes me as unethical (if not illegal) that apparently he takes his contact list with him every time he changes jobs.
I had a dream that I was eating at an extremely upscale steakhouse type restaurant and, among other things, they served me something that looked exactly like a raw severed human leg. When I woke up, I was trying to get it taken off the bill because I had no idea what it was and I didn't order it.
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I had a dream that I was eating at an extremely upscale steakhouse type restaurant and, among other things, they served me something that looked exactly like a raw severed human leg. When I woke up, I was trying to get it taken off the bill because I had no idea what it was and I didn't order it.
Does anyone else kill time on 1stdibs.com fantasizing about all of the absurdly extravagant antiques you would buy if you were rich, or is it just me?
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Does anyone else kill time on 1stdibs.com fantasizing about all of the absurdly extravagant antiques you would buy if you were rich, or is it just me?
"I am the man for which no God waits
But for which the whole world yearns
And I'm marked by darkness and by blood
And by a thousand powder-burns."
But for which the whole world yearns
And I'm marked by darkness and by blood
And by a thousand powder-burns."
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"I am the man for which no God waits
But for which the whole world yearns
And I'm marked by darkness and by blood
And by a thousand powder-burns."
But for which the whole world yearns
And I'm marked by darkness and by blood
And by a thousand powder-burns."
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Me to my friend’s cat: lol. it’s almost like you like the box better than the toy! haha! that is so funny. what the heck.
Cat: If you loved a joke as much as the laugh, the sun as much as its warmth, your lover as much as their love, you too would love the box as much as the toy, two-legs.
Cat: If you loved a joke as much as the laugh, the sun as much as its warmth, your lover as much as their love, you too would love the box as much as the toy, two-legs.
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Me to my friend’s cat: lol. it’s almost like you like the box better than the toy! haha! that is so funny. what the heck.
Cat: If you loved a joke as much as the laugh, the sun as much as its warmth, your lover as much as their love, you too would love the box as much as the toy, two-legs.
Cat: If you loved a joke as much as the laugh, the sun as much as its warmth, your lover as much as their love, you too would love the box as much as the toy, two-legs.