Wimpy’s compulsions took a dark turn.

Reading the third volume of the complete “Popeye” collection from Fantagraphics, and J. Wellington Wimpy has repeatedly cracked me up. An oddball, all-American original.

I’ve spent the past three years establishing pollinator gardens at our kids’ elementary school, and today a wasp stung me by the side door, so this is apparently my supervillain origin story.

Just found out the leotard is named after an actual guy, and it’s giving me real “John Backflip” vibes.

Yaa Gyasi's "Transcendent Kingdom" offered a beautiful, painful look at the impact of addiction on families. It captures the "good kid" surrounded by addiction, one with the heartbreaking sense that they can save everything by being perfect. www.jamesseidler.com/book-review-...

Top 0.5% listener for Dan Deacon—I’ll take it!

How did I miss that Jenny Lewis had a new record out in 2023? "On the Line" was one of my favorites of the last few years (although that album cover is one I try not to have blasting full-size on my work computer).

What a record--psychedelic twin to "A Love Supreme." Side note: I want to show up rocking this vibe at the office on Monday.

RS with what you’re currently reading.

Nearly done with this one—wildly creative with lots of unexpected turns.

Just found this old post on the timeline—the best part of the job (plus petting the occasional rhino)!

An engrossing work of historical fiction, David Mitchell’s “Utopia Avenue” blends “Behind the Music” mythmaking with intriguing light fantasy elements. I enjoyed the callbacks to other books in the Mitchell Expanded Universe. www.jamesseidler.com/book-review-...

I’m beyond thrilled to have my short story, “Scheherazade of the Snowdrifts,” published in the latest issue of Consequence Forum! (Those are my meaty paws holding it below.)