J.T. Rannels
@jakeymon.bsky.social
“Though we seemed dead, we did but sleep: advantage
is a better soldier than rashness.”
Marx inspired, but not a Marxist: “don’t tell me that you understand, until you [read] the man.”
I enjoy blacksmithing and other means of, er, production.
is a better soldier than rashness.”
Marx inspired, but not a Marxist: “don’t tell me that you understand, until you [read] the man.”
I enjoy blacksmithing and other means of, er, production.
First successful forge weld today.
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
First successful forge weld today.
Blacksmithing: attempting to make a nail header from “higher carbon” RR spikes. More drawing to do, and then forge welding. Looking forward to the mistakes to come.
October 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Blacksmithing: attempting to make a nail header from “higher carbon” RR spikes. More drawing to do, and then forge welding. Looking forward to the mistakes to come.
I’ve been drawing things lately. It’s fun.
February 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’ve been drawing things lately. It’s fun.
Back from hospital. Paralyzed, but might get better. Also high as a kite right now.
February 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Back from hospital. Paralyzed, but might get better. Also high as a kite right now.
Just a gratuitous picture of the dog looking handsome (and me looking like a hobo).
February 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just a gratuitous picture of the dog looking handsome (and me looking like a hobo).
1. Make noise. 2. Call it music. 3. ???? 4. Profit!
February 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
1. Make noise. 2. Call it music. 3. ???? 4. Profit!
It’s going to be art.
February 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It’s going to be art.
@henrylienauthor.bsky.social Fantastic work, Henry. I’m glad I didn’t have other plans tonight.
February 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
@henrylienauthor.bsky.social Fantastic work, Henry. I’m glad I didn’t have other plans tonight.
I am very cautiously integrating ChatGPT into my fiction writing process: it helped me remember some beats I wanted to include in the plot and to visualize the beast in the world I’m creating. I’m calling it a haa’boon at the moment (horse-baboon, get it? Of course you do). Is it cute? Creepy? Both?
January 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am very cautiously integrating ChatGPT into my fiction writing process: it helped me remember some beats I wanted to include in the plot and to visualize the beast in the world I’m creating. I’m calling it a haa’boon at the moment (horse-baboon, get it? Of course you do). Is it cute? Creepy? Both?
The picture from the Carter Center is fun, but remember that the service wasn’t the first time Jimmy Carter helped bridge political divides.
January 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The picture from the Carter Center is fun, but remember that the service wasn’t the first time Jimmy Carter helped bridge political divides.
If hell is other people, is purgatory Airwolf-era Jan Michael-Vincent saying “plastique” over and over again?
January 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If hell is other people, is purgatory Airwolf-era Jan Michael-Vincent saying “plastique” over and over again?