Michael Kiggins

In the spirit of @gabino.bsky.social, here’s your afternoon mood.

Some very Miskatonic bumperstickers. Unpronounceable by humans, feared by nine of ten dark lords. But don’t listen to that tenth dark lord. Dude uses hotel shampoo, I mean.

If your rideshare shows up with these bumper stickers, do not get into that car

Now that’s an awkwardly phrased relative clause.

centuries pass and still it sings. what a gift it is, how time flattens under the weight of a practiced voice. how irreplaceable

Sounds about right.

Today the first and perhaps the only duty of the philosopher is to defend man against himself: to defend man against that extraordinary temptation toward inhumanity to which -almost without being aware of it-so many human beings today have yielded. GABRIEL MARCEL

I’m pretty sure I’m not the Thing.

She’ll keep digging alright, all the way to hell.

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Stay safe, Jordan.

Same. I’m about to move a car and maybe drag tree limbs to the street.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Happy birthday, Ian! You’re looking hot.

Sorry for the bad news, Donny.

I hope your rib gets better and you can see it soon. I like it more than 28 Years Later. The way DiCosta balances the tonally different plot threads until those meet is really well done.

This movie is soooo good and I hope it will pick up some steam.

A few of my friends are in the same boat. Take care of yourself.

This is a cover my novel And the Train Kept Moving. It features the silhouette of a man in a pea walking across a steel truss bridge.

Thanks for these, Gabino. Here’s my debut novel, And the Train Kept Moving.

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Is it because I've been up since 4:30 a.m. and grading final papers all day or the wintry dark outside the kitchen window that made me think it's too late to cook dinner? Have I lost hope because I have so much left to grade or because *checks time* it's not even 8 p.m.? God, I need some pasta.

Don’t know if you’ve see this one, @meakoopa.bsky.social

God, that’s a good one.

Leonard Koscianski, American (1952- ), Birds of a Feather, 2024, oil on canvas, 42 x 26 in, private collection

That and/or they heard from their mega donors.

Tried to like this for the second time today.

So… this is not good.

I hope you’re doing as well as can be expected.

Me, I’m a revision pig.

The whole cast is amazing.