I have literally never smelled old spice deodorant before buying it I choose based on the packaging. Currently, Nightpanther! It has a panther with lightning and skulls on it.

I’m obsessed

My most recent fave is Meet Me At the Surface by Jodie Matthews, but you said you don’t do horror so check out On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden! It’s an awesome sapphic SF graphic novel.

Ever since I was a child I have had a healthy terror of brightly coloured creatures. I would refuse to be within 6 feet of a poisonous frog exhibit. NEON MEANS I DIE. NEON MEANS I STAY AWAY.

They also carry a good variety of Jarritos INCLUDING GUAVA. Which is the best.

NO GOOD MEXICAN FOOD??? Go to Corazon de Maiz. Right in the Byward Market. It’s amazing.

Dunno if this is just a Canadian/Quebec thing but when I was in elementary school we would just run around throwing paper fish at each other and yelling “Poisson D’Avril!” (April Fish). I have no clue why this was a thing, but I like it better than the other hijinks.

It is! You can usually get it in SF bookstores (Bakka Phoenix always had it, at least). Maybe the Merril Collection gets issues too?

I’m reading Dead Silence by SA Barnes! I am hopeful that there will be space zombies.

Awesome! Looking forward to it.

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