Carl D Smith

I have not been social networking much, have I? Working on the next novel, listening to too many records I didn't own on January 1st, and watching baseball. How are you?

Baseball.

Baseball is the best

Hey @stephenking.bsky.social any chance you'll do more baseball books like Blockade Billy? It's outstanding.

Eggs unaffordable. Maple syrup tariffs. Wake up America, it's The War on Breakfast!!! Not good!

Crap. Am I cancelled?

Is Rashida Jones gonna slap Will?

Do you think it bothers OnlyFans models when you don't take the bait of their random Instagram "like" on your baseball card post?

I HIGHLY recommend. It is not A24 "elevated" horror, and it's not Blumhouse popcorn. It definitely is in its own dreamy, artistic lane.

I prefer synth Trent. Always will. I'd love to see him and Al put ego and marketability aside and do a great 2025 retro throwback EP of darkwave synth bliss.

Gulf of pendejo

And Nirvana was 1992. Nuts!

It's absolutely nuts that the iconic White Stripes performance on SNL was in 2002. 23 years ago. I feel like I can remember it incredibly viscerally still.

The only reason I would've been happy for a KC loss would've been so Mahomes could get back to dropping more Ayo Cheetah videos

Just about everyone I know has finally made good on their years-long threat to leave Facebook and Twitter. It was the longest eventual moral outrage boycott I've ever seen play out. So I guess I'd better start checking my BlueSky

I am a top 0.5% Spudboy

We are all Devo.

Bored and traveling for work. Should I go to bed at 8?

The anime OAV for the video game Wizardry is pretty fantastic.

Good one here, and right back at you man!

@ashonee.bsky.social bro, same re: pharmacy. I got (mostly) out and in my late 40s started a new career in IT. Hit me up to gripe anytime. It's for real a PTSD situation in retail pharmacy.

Hey @mattfinchmythmere.bsky.social have a great turkey day, or whatever you do!

I hope to be playtesting Delve Against, and I'm thankful for Swords & Wizardry.

I try not to diss on Metallica, I mean they are the metal Beatles practically, and their top stuff is untouchable and timeless. But the ratio of me seeking out their tracks vs, say Carcass or even Destruction, is pretty uneven

I try not to diss on Metallica, I mean they are the metal Beatles practically, and their top stuff is untouchable and timeless. But the ratio of me seeking out their tracks vs, say Carcass or even Destruction, is pretty uneven

No disrespect to people who aren't well listened or just really like the Big Four, but there is so much more. Even if you ignore the American coastal thrash, you have the Florida death metal scene, German thrash, the roots of European pagan metal, early doom and black progenitors, crossover...

On the topic of Spotify... the old music snob in me surfaces when I look at playlists and they are called "best of 80's and 90's thrash and death metal" and its a copy and paste of entire Metallica and Slayer albums.

Hesher's Ball Playlist · Carl Smith · 183 items · 2 saves

To combat my annual SAD/holiday blues, I surround myself with metal. This year I made a playlist to share. If you Spotify, and are a metalhead, check it out and I am always open to track suggestions. Share to other warriors for the metal. I am still adding to it.
open.spotify.com/playlist/3mA...