P. Hightower
@teyrnon.bsky.social
Starving Writer, Introverted Storyteller, Pen-and-Paper Gamer, Foolish Idealist, Far Horizon Romantic, Lover of Weird Conversations, & Armchair Philosopher
October 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
That feeling when you've figured the problem out enough to solve the current issue, but not sufficiently to know how to keep it from happening again.
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That feeling when you've figured the problem out enough to solve the current issue, but not sufficiently to know how to keep it from happening again.
Lest we forget, you should always remember to turn your jacket inside out when entering an enchanted forest. I can't stress enough the importance of this basic precaution. That said, you absolutely should not have an iron nail anywhere on your person. That's just asking to be pelted with acorns.
October 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Lest we forget, you should always remember to turn your jacket inside out when entering an enchanted forest. I can't stress enough the importance of this basic precaution. That said, you absolutely should not have an iron nail anywhere on your person. That's just asking to be pelted with acorns.
That feeling when someone tells you the etymology of something is completely enigmatic and inexplicable, but you spend fifteen minutes in a library and discover that it's entirely explicable and well-documented.
October 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That feeling when someone tells you the etymology of something is completely enigmatic and inexplicable, but you spend fifteen minutes in a library and discover that it's entirely explicable and well-documented.
I'm having trouble getting into the spooky spirit this year. Does anybody have any inspirations for finding that wholesomely creepy mood?
September 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm having trouble getting into the spooky spirit this year. Does anybody have any inspirations for finding that wholesomely creepy mood?
I don't know who needs to hear this today, but a flamethrower is not a tool for melting butter! For the love of all that is good, put that thing down and just microwave the butter on a plate for 15 seconds!
September 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this today, but a flamethrower is not a tool for melting butter! For the love of all that is good, put that thing down and just microwave the butter on a plate for 15 seconds!
How often do you discover you forgot to charge your phone at the most inconvenient time? Mine is down to 6%.
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
How often do you discover you forgot to charge your phone at the most inconvenient time? Mine is down to 6%.
How subtle is too subtle?
August 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
How subtle is too subtle?
What is the most Southern Gothic thing you can think of?
August 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What is the most Southern Gothic thing you can think of?
Coming up with a good name for a fictional bookstore proved much harder than I anticipated.
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August 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Coming up with a good name for a fictional bookstore proved much harder than I anticipated.
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If you see a guy running full speed, and he shouts at you to run too, do you run or do you wait to see what he's running from?
August 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you see a guy running full speed, and he shouts at you to run too, do you run or do you wait to see what he's running from?
My main surprise in seeing articles about AOL ending dial-up service is learning that AOL is still around.
August 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My main surprise in seeing articles about AOL ending dial-up service is learning that AOL is still around.
Whisk me away to: Alien Vistas, Bustling Starports, Thriving Space Stations, Floating Cities in the Sky, Galaxy-Spanning Empires, Sufficiently Advanced Starships, Forlorn Ruins of Dead Civilisations, Primeval Forests on Distant Worlds
August 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Whisk me away to: Alien Vistas, Bustling Starports, Thriving Space Stations, Floating Cities in the Sky, Galaxy-Spanning Empires, Sufficiently Advanced Starships, Forlorn Ruins of Dead Civilisations, Primeval Forests on Distant Worlds
A 1750-calorie cupcake? Yeah, that's a hard pass for me.
August 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A 1750-calorie cupcake? Yeah, that's a hard pass for me.
"You can start at the beginning."
"Which beginning?"
"Which beginning?"
August 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"You can start at the beginning."
"Which beginning?"
"Which beginning?"
Okay, I'm seeing lots of ads for coffee-like products that aren't coffee, and all they're doing is convincing me to stick with real coffee.
August 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Okay, I'm seeing lots of ads for coffee-like products that aren't coffee, and all they're doing is convincing me to stick with real coffee.
I gazed into the abyss and listened to the howling murmurs.
It sounded crowded, so I drew a curtain on it and walked away.
It sounded crowded, so I drew a curtain on it and walked away.
August 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I gazed into the abyss and listened to the howling murmurs.
It sounded crowded, so I drew a curtain on it and walked away.
It sounded crowded, so I drew a curtain on it and walked away.
Random thought for the day: Has anybody else ever wondered how often the word forearmed turns up outside the phrase "forewarned is forearmed," these days?
July 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Random thought for the day: Has anybody else ever wondered how often the word forearmed turns up outside the phrase "forewarned is forearmed," these days?
You walk into a room and spot a diorama of the room complete with a figure that looks like you standing over a diorama. How do you react?
June 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
You walk into a room and spot a diorama of the room complete with a figure that looks like you standing over a diorama. How do you react?
I was going to say I was thinking about Halloween early this year, but then I remembered it's already June, so we're just about on schedule.
June 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I was going to say I was thinking about Halloween early this year, but then I remembered it's already June, so we're just about on schedule.
Remember folks, if someone is telling you how to use a time machine, pay close attention and don't hesitate to ask questions when you don't understand something. There will almost certainly be a test later.
May 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Remember folks, if someone is telling you how to use a time machine, pay close attention and don't hesitate to ask questions when you don't understand something. There will almost certainly be a test later.
If you see a mouse on a space station, it's probably surviving because someone is feeding it.
May 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If you see a mouse on a space station, it's probably surviving because someone is feeding it.
I recall the camera I used as my general-take-along camera in the 90s having a red-eye reduction flash mode. People did not appreciate it when I used it. If I recall correctly, it was a long strobing thing ending with a high-intensity final flash. I don't think it worked all that well.
May 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I recall the camera I used as my general-take-along camera in the 90s having a red-eye reduction flash mode. People did not appreciate it when I used it. If I recall correctly, it was a long strobing thing ending with a high-intensity final flash. I don't think it worked all that well.
Sometimes I think auto-deleting every instance of the word "very" every time the <enter> key is pressed would be a great feature for a word processor.
April 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sometimes I think auto-deleting every instance of the word "very" every time the <enter> key is pressed would be a great feature for a word processor.
Have you ever gotten feedback from a beta reader that made you wonder what they had read because it clearly wasn't your story?
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April 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Have you ever gotten feedback from a beta reader that made you wonder what they had read because it clearly wasn't your story?
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