It seemed like the obvious thing to do. Surprised no one else was doing it.
05.03.2026 04:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@gregvaneekhout.bsky.social
Writer of Happy Town, Voyage of the Dogs, Cog, Weird Kid, California Bones, etc. Californian by birth, Indo by ancestry. Repped by Holly Root at Root Literary. www.writingandsnacks.com he/him
It seemed like the obvious thing to do. Surprised no one else was doing it.
05.03.2026 04:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When Sea World still had a petting tank I summoned several dolphins with wet hand farts. It was unnerving, tbh.
05.03.2026 03:02 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In any case, youβre several steps up.
05.03.2026 02:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well, I thought Iβd escaped war and political violence but that was probably naive.
05.03.2026 02:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One was a POW/slave laborer who went on to work for the phone company. The other was a clerk for an export company who was beaten to death in an act of political violence. I write children's books.
05.03.2026 02:00 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0How tiny are your fingers????
04.03.2026 21:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not going to admit how much time I just spent trying to remember which of my phone apps functions as a telephone.
04.03.2026 18:42 β π 33 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Fellow writers, can you help one of our own? @terihall.bsky.social was laid off from her job and got a brain tumor diagnosis at the same time. Her GoFundMe has very modest goals and any amount would help.
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Late-night confession: I never skip
βFat Lipβ and never will.
Iβm in a rain forest.
There are hippos.
They have soft fur.
They love me.
I am happy.
Now they have shed their fur.
It was just a disguise.
They are regular hippos.
I am in trouble.
Daydreams suck.
How many bombs to kill an 86-year-old who was likely to keel over at any moment?
28.02.2026 22:16 β π 15 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Scruffy black and white terrier mix giving side eye.
She's afraid I'm going to make her stop lazing around and clean the gutters.
28.02.2026 16:33 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0Exactly this. A great apple pie makes mw happy, but for a chicken pie I will do a crime.
28.02.2026 15:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0savory pie > sweet pie
28.02.2026 06:56 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I was more a fan of his short stories than his novels and have zero desire to revisit them.
27.02.2026 19:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Okay, you put in your time.
27.02.2026 15:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Get over yourself and listen to some 38 Special. Donβt be precious.
27.02.2026 05:21 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh, no. I'm sorry, Bo.
26.02.2026 03:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Came across the phrase "cognitive DDOS" to describe our present culture.
Understood instantly what it meant.
They won't even bring me pizza.
26.02.2026 00:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I just called 911 about it.
25.02.2026 22:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well, I am a brave boy.
25.02.2026 17:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm on Day 2 of my new guitar being in San Diego but not delivered to me yet and if you say thereβs a more pressing problem anywhere in the world I must inform you that you lack empathy.
25.02.2026 16:32 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Digs just make everything so much better.
25.02.2026 05:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They seem to have found a friend.
25.02.2026 05:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Super cute scruffy black and white terrier mix reclining on blanket.
Everybody needs a puppy sometime.
25.02.2026 04:08 β π 141 π 6 π¬ 5 π 0Golly, these participants all suck.
24.02.2026 19:40 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is permission to not have an opinion on something just because other people do.
24.02.2026 00:39 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0I didnβt know this was still a thing!
23.02.2026 16:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I remember when I was a kid and our TV broke and a guy came over in a van with tools and parts and he fixed it.
23.02.2026 16:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0