stephen, in real life.
@stephenmartin.io
reducible to the absurd acts of chemicals and therefore of no intrinsic value in this material universe.
he/him, fka screevo, in a past life.
he/him, fka screevo, in a past life.
i'm sorry but a 2000 mustang GT is not a "historical car". i am not OK with this.
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i'm sorry but a 2000 mustang GT is not a "historical car". i am not OK with this.
next up, the once and future king by t.h. white. i grabbed this while reading @levgrossman.com ‘s “the bright sword” earlier this year (which was amazing) and i’m in the mood to dive back into the arthurian thing so here we go. idk if i’ll read it in one shot or break it up into its component novels
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
next up, the once and future king by t.h. white. i grabbed this while reading @levgrossman.com ‘s “the bright sword” earlier this year (which was amazing) and i’m in the mood to dive back into the arthurian thing so here we go. idk if i’ll read it in one shot or break it up into its component novels
Had a 3+ hour flight today and time alone at a hotel, so...
I finished Katabasis by RF Kuang (only had like 15 pages to go) and I also had plenty of time to read all of Starter Villain by @scalzi.com (who has quickly become one of my favorite authors). Both were different kinds of fantastic.
I finished Katabasis by RF Kuang (only had like 15 pages to go) and I also had plenty of time to read all of Starter Villain by @scalzi.com (who has quickly become one of my favorite authors). Both were different kinds of fantastic.
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Had a 3+ hour flight today and time alone at a hotel, so...
I finished Katabasis by RF Kuang (only had like 15 pages to go) and I also had plenty of time to read all of Starter Villain by @scalzi.com (who has quickly become one of my favorite authors). Both were different kinds of fantastic.
I finished Katabasis by RF Kuang (only had like 15 pages to go) and I also had plenty of time to read all of Starter Villain by @scalzi.com (who has quickly become one of my favorite authors). Both were different kinds of fantastic.
halfway through the year, not bad so far. 33 down, 1 DNF. 14313 pages, 80/day on average.
June 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
halfway through the year, not bad so far. 33 down, 1 DNF. 14313 pages, 80/day on average.
terry pratchett had this habit of writing a series of words so ridiculous that, before being written, had no business being placed in that particular order, but he did it anyway, to great success.
June 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
terry pratchett had this habit of writing a series of words so ridiculous that, before being written, had no business being placed in that particular order, but he did it anyway, to great success.
you like birds? have some birds.
May 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
you like birds? have some birds.
oh and if you haven’t already go read the dungeon crawler carl series by matt dinniman. just finished book 5, book 6 hardcover arrives in 10 days, book 7 hardcover out in september, and he’s started on book 8. these are spectacular. funny but dark and getting darker.
May 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
oh and if you haven’t already go read the dungeon crawler carl series by matt dinniman. just finished book 5, book 6 hardcover arrives in 10 days, book 7 hardcover out in september, and he’s started on book 8. these are spectacular. funny but dark and getting darker.
1/3 of the way through 2025, 19 books completed, 1 book abandoned. 8611 pages read so far. the backlog grows, i keep finding stuff i wanna read.
May 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
1/3 of the way through 2025, 19 books completed, 1 book abandoned. 8611 pages read so far. the backlog grows, i keep finding stuff i wanna read.
ok going to bed now.
April 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ok going to bed now.
is it tuxedo cat picture time? i think it’s. meet toaster.
April 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
is it tuxedo cat picture time? i think it’s. meet toaster.
this vonnegut fella, turns out he was quite good with words.
March 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
this vonnegut fella, turns out he was quite good with words.
2025 reading log as of today. i'm on pace for 60 books this year, which not bad considering I don't think i'd read more than 1 or 2 in a year since 2007, and most of those years I didn't read any actual books.
March 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
2025 reading log as of today. i'm on pace for 60 books this year, which not bad considering I don't think i'd read more than 1 or 2 in a year since 2007, and most of those years I didn't read any actual books.
that chorus on true believer got jason like
March 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
that chorus on true believer got jason like
a few more faces and words for the engraving
March 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
a few more faces and words for the engraving
MLB actually said they think the "art of pitch framing" is a reason NOT to have ABS just call all balls and strikes. literally "catchers spend a ton of time learning to fool umpires (who are completely unaccountable!) and they don't want to lose that." also, "there are more walks with full ABS"
February 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
MLB actually said they think the "art of pitch framing" is a reason NOT to have ABS just call all balls and strikes. literally "catchers spend a ton of time learning to fool umpires (who are completely unaccountable!) and they don't want to lose that." also, "there are more walks with full ABS"
just finished “dr. no” by percival everett. it was good. not my favorite book of all time. took some effort to get through parts of it because of how it was written, a lot of theoretical math jargon because of the main character being a mathematician of sorts, but was still good.
February 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
just finished “dr. no” by percival everett. it was good. not my favorite book of all time. took some effort to get through parts of it because of how it was written, a lot of theoretical math jargon because of the main character being a mathematician of sorts, but was still good.
ha, just the order i saw them in on the bookshelf.
February 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
ha, just the order i saw them in on the bookshelf.
Wanted to make a concerted effort to read more books, and really started in earnest this year. Here's where I am so far, and here's my backlog.
February 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Wanted to make a concerted effort to read more books, and really started in earnest this year. Here's where I am so far, and here's my backlog.
i need to build more bookshelves but i have no clue how to arrange everything in a way that doesn’t get thrown completely askew when we buy new books! this doesn’t even include the other 100+ books in the kids rooms that they bought themselves, or all the science books below in cabinets.
February 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
i need to build more bookshelves but i have no clue how to arrange everything in a way that doesn’t get thrown completely askew when we buy new books! this doesn’t even include the other 100+ books in the kids rooms that they bought themselves, or all the science books below in cabinets.
no read. only pet.
February 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
no read. only pet.
next up, grabbed this off the cover blurbs. so far, 240 pages in, it’s pretty neat! hell of a way to hype up an upcoming video game, which i will surely be buying.
February 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
next up, grabbed this off the cover blurbs. so far, 240 pages in, it’s pretty neat! hell of a way to hype up an upcoming video game, which i will surely be buying.
finishing up “the frugal wizard’s guide to surviving medieval england” by brandon sanderson today, bought it off the cover and title alone, and it went places i did not expect at all. very very engaging, strong recommend.
February 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
finishing up “the frugal wizard’s guide to surviving medieval england” by brandon sanderson today, bought it off the cover and title alone, and it went places i did not expect at all. very very engaging, strong recommend.
we put some suet caged out with our feeders and get these fellas every day. also, if you're into birdwatching, we got our bird-obsessed son a bird buddy camera feeder. it takes pictures and videos and helps identify what it sees. we got a video of this chickadee yesterday.
January 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
we put some suet caged out with our feeders and get these fellas every day. also, if you're into birdwatching, we got our bird-obsessed son a bird buddy camera feeder. it takes pictures and videos and helps identify what it sees. we got a video of this chickadee yesterday.