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It’s pretty lucky that out of all the possible opinions I could have had, mine happen to be the objective One Truth that is free of all ignorance and error
December 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It’s pretty lucky that out of all the possible opinions I could have had, mine happen to be the objective One Truth that is free of all ignorance and error
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A critic, calling me out as a lefty propagandist, said I’d tried to prejudice readers against a businessman character by drawing him so fat and ugly that people would hate him. I had used myself as the model for the character, accurately copying photos that I’d posed for.
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A critic, calling me out as a lefty propagandist, said I’d tried to prejudice readers against a businessman character by drawing him so fat and ugly that people would hate him. I had used myself as the model for the character, accurately copying photos that I’d posed for.
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“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.”
-Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol
-Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.”
-Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol
-Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol
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11 years ago, I finished the 1st Ed. of my translation of the Poetic Edda, meant to make the original stories of the Norse gods and heroes available in today's English. Now the revised, expanded 2nd Ed. is out. A long way to go to the 5000+ 5-star ratings for the 1st, but reader response seems good.
December 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
11 years ago, I finished the 1st Ed. of my translation of the Poetic Edda, meant to make the original stories of the Norse gods and heroes available in today's English. Now the revised, expanded 2nd Ed. is out. A long way to go to the 5000+ 5-star ratings for the 1st, but reader response seems good.
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Told my family I don’t really care what christmas gift they get me as long as it’s Tactical
December 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Told my family I don’t really care what christmas gift they get me as long as it’s Tactical
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I remember a time when it was generally unnecessary to ask people what they thought of Hitler.
December 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I remember a time when it was generally unnecessary to ask people what they thought of Hitler.
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Due to massive demand, we've expanded our print run of THE END TIMES by Benjamin Percy & Stephen King. Don't miss this serialized short novel delivered to your doorstep. One subscription price gets a year of storytelling.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Due to massive demand, we've expanded our print run of THE END TIMES by Benjamin Percy & Stephen King. Don't miss this serialized short novel delivered to your doorstep. One subscription price gets a year of storytelling.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
Did you know Stephen King is releasing a novel he co-wrote via newspaper? I did not know this, but just rectified my error by ordering it.
Due to massive demand, we've expanded our print run of THE END TIMES by Benjamin Percy & Stephen King. Don't miss this serialized short novel delivered to your doorstep. One subscription price gets a year of storytelling.
badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
December 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Did you know Stephen King is releasing a novel he co-wrote via newspaper? I did not know this, but just rectified my error by ordering it.
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Today in my new FREE TO ALL Reading Project post, I look at A KILLING IN COMICS by Max Allan Collins, and MRS. BRIDGE by Evan S. Connell.
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Society Gets the Crime it Deserves
On "A Killing in Comics" by Max Allan Collins, and "Mrs. Bridge" by Evan S. Connell
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December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today in my new FREE TO ALL Reading Project post, I look at A KILLING IN COMICS by Max Allan Collins, and MRS. BRIDGE by Evan S. Connell.
billryan64.substack.com/p/society-ge...
billryan64.substack.com/p/society-ge...
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In "fairness" some people reportedly find lots of AI stuff extremely "profound" - and I even believe some of them. It's just that then they show you the "profound" AI Work in question and wind up telling you much more about themselves than about the technology, none of it good.
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In "fairness" some people reportedly find lots of AI stuff extremely "profound" - and I even believe some of them. It's just that then they show you the "profound" AI Work in question and wind up telling you much more about themselves than about the technology, none of it good.
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Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
YouTube video by Tom Waits - Topic
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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In my new Reading Project post for paid subscribers, I talk about Jonathan Coe's MR. WILDER & ME, during which I talk as much about Otto Preminger and Tom Tryon as I do Coe or Wilder, and John Collier's post-apocalyptic reckoning TOM'S A-COLD.
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A Gold Haze in the Tired Brain
On "Mr. Wilder & Me" by Jonathan Coe, and "Tom's A-Cold" by John Collier
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December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In my new Reading Project post for paid subscribers, I talk about Jonathan Coe's MR. WILDER & ME, during which I talk as much about Otto Preminger and Tom Tryon as I do Coe or Wilder, and John Collier's post-apocalyptic reckoning TOM'S A-COLD.
billryan64.substack.com/p/a-gold-haz...
billryan64.substack.com/p/a-gold-haz...
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SHIRI (Kang, 1999)
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
SHIRI (Kang, 1999)
The first Tom Waits album I got into was Mule Variations, my brother played this song for me: youtu.be/04qPdGNA_KM?...
Tom Waits - "What's He Building?"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The first Tom Waits album I got into was Mule Variations, my brother played this song for me: youtu.be/04qPdGNA_KM?...
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Happy 76th birthday to Tom Waits, the first musician who was "mine," in that I didn't inherit a taste or interest in him from someone else. This was the song that made me a fan (of both Waits and Jim Jarmusch, really).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3i0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3i0...
Tom Waits - "Back in the Good Old World"
YouTube video by Tom Waits
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy 76th birthday to Tom Waits, the first musician who was "mine," in that I didn't inherit a taste or interest in him from someone else. This was the song that made me a fan (of both Waits and Jim Jarmusch, really).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3i0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3i0...
Boy, I like movies where pissed off guys solve their problems with violence. It’s very cathartic.
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Boy, I like movies where pissed off guys solve their problems with violence. It’s very cathartic.
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I bet if you're a gay couple named Adam and Steve, the jokes are funny for like the first year, but then you're kinda over it.
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I bet if you're a gay couple named Adam and Steve, the jokes are funny for like the first year, but then you're kinda over it.
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Another free post to square the books and get back on schedule. Please check out my review of John Cheever's excellent FALL RIVER AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED STORIES!
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That is All There is To It
On "Fall River and Other Uncollected Stories" by John Cheever
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December 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Another free post to square the books and get back on schedule. Please check out my review of John Cheever's excellent FALL RIVER AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED STORIES!
billryan64.substack.com/p/that-is-al...
billryan64.substack.com/p/that-is-al...
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Beholden to no one, my schedule has been erratic of late. I sleep when tired. I eat when hungry. And I work nonstop.
There’re about a dozen creator-owned books I want to write and draw, 100+ paintings I want to paint, and I want to sculpt just out of curiosity.
My mind is everywhere today.
There’re about a dozen creator-owned books I want to write and draw, 100+ paintings I want to paint, and I want to sculpt just out of curiosity.
My mind is everywhere today.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Beholden to no one, my schedule has been erratic of late. I sleep when tired. I eat when hungry. And I work nonstop.
There’re about a dozen creator-owned books I want to write and draw, 100+ paintings I want to paint, and I want to sculpt just out of curiosity.
My mind is everywhere today.
There’re about a dozen creator-owned books I want to write and draw, 100+ paintings I want to paint, and I want to sculpt just out of curiosity.
My mind is everywhere today.
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Sitting in a parking lot deciding the surest way to indicate to the hardware store staff that the ice melt I'm purchasing is for a neighbor and that I had my personal ice melt fully stocked in September.
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sitting in a parking lot deciding the surest way to indicate to the hardware store staff that the ice melt I'm purchasing is for a neighbor and that I had my personal ice melt fully stocked in September.
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Yes
did David Lynch ever find that highway
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes
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I'll be honest with you all: it would be great if you guys could share this. Every little bit, and so forth.
There has been a change of plans in my next (now current) free to all Reading Project post. My review of Louis CK's novel INGRAM is going up on its own (with added comments on HAROLD by Steven Wright). Please read!
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Everything Happens for a Reason Other Than Coincidences and Most Things
On "Ingram" by Louis C.K., with ancillary comments on Steven Wright's "Harold"
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November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'll be honest with you all: it would be great if you guys could share this. Every little bit, and so forth.
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I'm very intrigued by Julia Roberts's new onscreen persona of "miserable middle-aged woman who's one bad hour away from actual misanthropy." Even though neither of the films she's made in this mode have been good, and one is complete trash, I approve of this turn in her life's journey.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I'm very intrigued by Julia Roberts's new onscreen persona of "miserable middle-aged woman who's one bad hour away from actual misanthropy." Even though neither of the films she's made in this mode have been good, and one is complete trash, I approve of this turn in her life's journey.