Sam Cowan

Ripley, a tripod cat, lays on top of a Brother color laser printer, lookign towards the viewer. Ripley is mostly white with black, gray, and brown markings, and is a very good girl. The printer looks a little big for a home office; it has a green WiFi light, and there are stickers on it that are mostly obscured due to the framing of the shot. (It’s a pretty good printer.) The printer is sitting on a light faux-wood looking desk with a white office wall behind it.

I guess I post every 3 months? Well, to close out 2025, here is Ripley lounging on my printer. You can’t tell but she is laying on a sign that says “BEWARE OF CAT,” created by friend and fantastic artist @pencilmancer.bsky.social. Get his stuff! www.etsy.com/shop/Pencilm... #catsofbluesky

A brown corrugated cardboard box sits snugly inside a slightly larger brown corrugated cardboard box. Inside the inner box is a parcel (books!) wrapped in large bubble wrap, and surrounding that a bunch of biodegradable packing peanuts. A small but chonky black and white cat, Minx, stands behind the box, looking at it with interest. Behind Minx a small part of a brown paper grocery bag from Raley’s can be seen, with small bite marks in it from Minx’s small teeth.

Once again, forgot I made this page. I don’t want to just repost Dim Shores stuff so here is unique content. Look how Chiroptera Press packaged my order. Outer box, inner box, packing peanuts, large bubble wrap around the books, and finally shrinkwrap on each book. Absolutely outstanding.

#Sacramento turned out for #nokings. Saw a few signs saying "The only Kings we want are on the basketball court" and lots of other clever and funny messages. Many signs were related to #ICE raids, and I saw a few for #Palestine too. Just like Sac itself, lots of people of all ages and colors. ✊

Book reviewers, get on it. I haven’t read it yet but it is S.P. Miskowski, that should be all you need to hear.

Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds in the TV show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He is sitting in a darkened car, looking into the back seat and holding an egg in his right hand.

Three cats by a closed screen door. Ripley (black and white tripod cow cat) appears to be napping on an insect-patterned rug near the door with one paw resting on the sliding door track. Sia (brown and black tabby cat) sits attentively with her tail wrapped around her legs, looking at something in the backyard. Minx (black and white Manx cat) lays on the bottom level of a small beige cat tree with her forelegs crossed, looking at whatever it is that has Sia's attention (probably a bird).

This is our cat family (L-R): Ripley, Sia, and Minx. Ripley and Sia are good girls, Minx is a reincarnated chaos demon. #Blueskycats