Jess Nevins

Hahaha

I had forgotten he lost a son.

You're right.

I print, when I have to, at work. Because we have an IT department that is paid to fix the printers, and I know their number.

Exactly! The investment would be steep--to work such magic would require hundreds of thousands--but once it was perfected, you'd make it all back in a day or two!

Oooh--pay someone to invent a printer that actually works.

Yeah, really. Go to a favorite artist and say, "Here's a check for $35,000. Make me a comic."

Ha! Excellent.

That would be great!

Practically writes itself!

Ah, if only I had the money to lose running a publishing house.

Dang. Awful.

Sure, but, say, "Reviewer #2's Comments to Johann Faust" or "Reviewer #2's Comments to Victor von Frankenstein" or "Reviewer #2's Comments to Crawford Tillinghast" would make for entertaining (and saleable!) literature.

Yeah--they seem to skate by no matter what they do.

My "best" was really personal--I'd clearly offended them.

Am I daft, or would an anthology of "Responses by Reviewer #2" not be a great deal of fun, esp. to write for?

Darkhoarse @darkhoarse.bsky.social

An anthology of past commentary from Reviewer #2?

4 hours ago

Sports talk, so look away if you're averse.

At what point does Andy Reid get some criticism for making awful people a part of his team, as long as they can play football? Now one of the Chiefs' is up for animal cruelty.

Oooh, sold!

Turned in a manuscript today and am feeling the usual postpartum blues.

What should I read to distract me?

I liked Picard, but that was Old Fun. Discovery is New Fun.

Thank you!

And trained. And told ahead of time that childcare is now a part of their jobs. And paid commensurately.

hahahaha

I blame my muse for that sort of thing. Stupid inconvenient muse.

Bob Haney wrote it.

He was the Spectre for a while. That will mess with anyone

Poor guy. Gets a bad rap.

New Elena Ferrante novel?

Why don't they build all of Gotham City out of the black box?

I have, actually, been awaiting someone with the "courage" to re-enact John Howard Griffin's "journey" in 1961 which led to BLACK LIKE ME (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_L...) .

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social

What the holy fuck is this

1 day ago

Fast and the Furious. Perfectly mediocre.

Me too! My desert island book series.

Wow!

I have repeatedly told him about the horrors of the lee shore, but does he listen?

The boy has begun playing The Return of the Obra Dinn, and suddenly my years of reading Patrick O'Brian are directly useful to me as a parent!

I'll front $1,000.00 for this movie. Who's with me?

I like getting my son's versions of things. :-)

Looking forward to the books their kids write about them.

Mine refuses to discuss it with me.

Salagadoola menchicka boola
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo
Put 'em together and what have you got?

Matches the symptoms--but I'll get myself tested just to be sure.

Beginning stages, I think, and only my fingertips. Could be a lot worse

Ha!

dammit.

Just realized why my fingers are tingling so much now. It's the start of carpal tunnel. Gah.

Fortunately ours has the memory of a gnat and has already forgiven us.

This time.

No collateral damage this time!

You know what's fun? Cutting badly tangled patches out of the coat of a Maine coon.

The Aztecs knew how to defend against a three point shooting team

That's like saying a three-minute-long rock single is inherently superior to a half-hour-long classical piece. Pace isn't the be-all and end-all, and besides, sometimes a slower pace best fits a story.

Agreeing with what you're saying, of course.