Tade Thompson

70-80% of our body shape is genetic. We might as well accept it.

Hot Cthulhu

Innsmouth Nudes

Embrace your belly.

Think of it as a camel's hump, if that helps.

It doesn't stop you from being muscular if you so desire.

Contrary to what you may have been told, it doesn't stop you from being physically* fit.

[*yes, I know the waist size correlation, but metrics aren't everything]

Cthulhu and the fisherman

Decided to redo this...

Yes, that.

I've not tried that, but it sounds like it should work.

I just worry about what it would do to the tip. It might throw the two prongs out of alignment.

Ink drills

Pen test.

Two nib pens, blue and red

Remember, when you buy new nibs, they have a thin coating of grease.

If you dip them in ink, it won't flow well.

Two methods to remove the grease:

1. Soap and warm water.

2. Saliva. Yep, you spit on the nib, wait a bit, then wipe it clean.

I favour method 1.

Duck leg, spinach, cherry tomatoes on a plate

Dinner

Wait, so, there was no plan for US citizens to be evacuated from the Middle East *before* declaring and prosecuting a war?

Really?

Very possible, but depends on work and sprogs.

I want to, though.

I just realised that this was SEVEN years ago!

No, Claude is not anxious.

Anxiety requires two components:

1. Awareness of the possibility of annihilation of self.
2. An autonomic nervous system.

Mimicry of the words of an anxious person is not being anxious.

A dog can be anxious. Your plagiarism machine cannot.

Fantastical elements should be gatekept out of SFFH.

Nobody is getting romance cooties on your space cowboys. And even if they are, so what? Who gives a shit? The more, the merrier. Nobody can force you to either buy or read.

But my interview answer: "I'm not responding to this."

/end.

I barely believe in genres as it is. I don't think we should have them, but that's just me. I could be wrong.

I know there's been some discourse (TM) about Romantasy. I don't care. If they're books, I support them. If they're doing well, yay! Read more books.

I don't think anything with 2/

Today, in an interview, someone asked me what I think of Romantasy.

1. I don't really know what Romantasy is, except for what I derive from the words 'romance' and 'fantasy'.

2. The question was heavily weighted as if there was something wrong with Romantasy, and that I should have an opinion. 1/

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I find the film tolerable. I've never watched it a second time, but it's a good effort.

I love Perfume.

So.

I see we're slouching towards a land war in Asia...

Boom!

I hope so, because that's what it sounds like to me.

The Callback of Cthulhu.

A vehicle that radiates derision.

Congratulations!

Well, the SC just agreed with the lower court, so same thing.

I wonder if the US Supreme Court ruling on AI copyright has anything to do with the delay.

Twelfth Night.

Relationships in space