WM Akers

Today’s reader might keep in mind that I wrote Neuromancer with absolutely no expectation that it would be in print twenty years later. I knew that it was to be published, if I could finish it and if the editor accepted the manuscript, both of which seemed constantly unlikely, as a paperback original—that most ephemeral of literary units, a pocket-sized slab of prose meant to fit a standard wire rack, printed on high-acid paper and visibly yearning to return to the crude pulp from which it had been pressed.

This section from Gibson's introduction to Neuromancer is both essential context, and one of the best descriptions of the cheap sci-fi paperback experience I've ever read.

Reindeer Games fucking sucks and this podcast fucking rules.

www.buzzsprout.com/2237163/1420...

I care not for your Christmas.

Chess-themed polycule romance called "Mate In Three"

My god, he thinks.

I own a sandwich.

I can EAT THAT SANDWICH.

Tomorrow can you draw dildos holding hands?

Gherkins Perkins
Wears a jerkin
Makes his money selling merkins

The job is hard
But he ain't shirking
He gets stressed out
When he's not working

A good moment indeed. And kind of stressful—like I have to sketch it all out as quick as I can before it literally bursts out of my chest.

Me:

*Puts something off for two months.*

*Spends 30 minutes taking care of it.*

*Feels so relieved he takes the rest of the day off.*

A pen and ink drawing of a Phalaenopsis orchid.

Practicing drawing flowers in pen and ink. Worried I might have made the largest orchid blossom too thirsty but nah that's just their vibe.

McCormack and Richard Tauber are singing by the bed
There's a glass of punch below your feet and an angel at your head
There's devils on each side of you with bottles in their hands
You need one more drop of poison and you'll dream of foreign lands

And the Calder museum is coming next year! There are so many ways to not be bored in Philadelphia.

I'm gonna start blogging a little on my Patreon -- random stuff whenever there's ideas trapped in my head that need to get out.

Today it's a few thoughts on why the third act opening in Basterds fucking rips.

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Yeah Amtrak is absolutely ridiculous unless you're booking way in advance. It's a shame because there's great stuff at the Art Museum right now! I hope you're able to make it up eventually—the exhibition of recent Korean art is beautiful.

What's y'all's preferred format for journaling? Do you do it by hand or some other way?

Doing my own little part to combat the tidal wave of insipid content that has drowned the Internet by making a really dumb podcast about really dumb movies.

I've been working my way through three small jars of ink since 2010 so…power to you!

My wrapped numbers are going to be in the cellar this year because I switched back to CDs. I feel good about this.

What's your favorite movie about killing Nazis?

I watched Inglourious Basterds last night for the first time since it came out and boy, it rips.

What fucking movie should I watch tonight?

I'm craving SPECTACLE!

This is the most insanely beautiful thing I've ever seen.

Do you like baseball? If so, I humbly recommend my tabletop baseball sim Deadball!

Something I haven't said in at least 20 years: I need to get a couple more Cure CDs.

Me, on my death bed, googling "Where is Boston Legal streaming?"

Lurt Bancaster.

I've cut 2000 words out of my fucking manuscript and I'm only 1/4th of the way done. Feeling like a god.

But wait! There's more!

I mean I assume there is. I'll just wait and find out I guess.

Ugh the first line of the hed got me excited because I thought it was about Doctor Who

I also like the site. I like it so much I recommended it on my damn podcast.