J. Sullivan

Starting my 3rd year ignoring the time change--I think I deserve Junior Time Lord status.

And that's the life he led (and physics is all the better for it).

Image: The library of an ancient castle. A full moon shines through a gothic window. A vampire creeps up behing a carpenter. Caption: "It had not been easy, but the Count was glad that he had resisted drinking the carpenter's blood until his beautiful new bookshelves were complete."

A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com

"And the best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
It's only life after all"

From "Closer to Fine" by the Indigo Girls.

Annual vaccine shots--quite painless. Removing the sticking-plaster (Band-Aid if US) afterwards, not so much...

A man with a beard stands with hands in his pockets wearing a grey jacket with medals and a poppy pin, against a blurred backdrop of a field of red poppies.

Silhouetted figures of people, including a woman with a dog, stand in a row against a backdrop of a poppy field.

Royal British Legion:

We’ve officially launched the Royal British Legion’s 2025 Poppy Appeal.

Set against the backdrop of a stunning immersive poppy display, veterans and their families - whose lives have been rebuilt with RBL’s support - joined us to share their stories.

Panels 1 and 2 Interior. "I love autumn!" Says a book to its owner. "It's so romantic! Let's put on a big scarf, go to the park, and read on a bench as the orange leaves fall around us in the low sun." Panel 3 Caption: Soon. Image: they are now outside sheltering under an unbrella in torrential rain. "Shall we go home?" says the reader. "Yes please. I'm getting soggy." says the book.

...and another.

Title: The leaves Image 1: Two leaves hang from branches. "Would you like to hear my new poem?" Says one "Is it another one about the inevitability of death?" replies a smaller leaf. Image 2: "It's autumn! What else am i going to write about?" says the poet leaf. "Well, we've all turned this lovely reddish colour." says the small leaf. Image 3: "Actually, that could make a very nice poem. Thanks!" says the poet. Image 4. The small leaf begins to reply but is blown away by a gust of wind. Image 5: Later. The solitary poet leaf recites a poem: "The year dies. I cling hopelessly. In the end all things fall."

A cartoon about autumn....

YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu | Sweden 🇸🇪 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2025

It translates to 'Do not cover' which is the warning label attached to every sauna heater. Reference 2025 Eurovision entry from Sweden at about 2:05 minutes:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK3H...

While bicycling through a cemetery today, I wondered how many (if any) Finns (🇫🇮) considered putting 'Ei saa peittää' on their grave markers.

A view of the International Space Station floating in the stars above the earth. A cat in a space suit floats outside. An astronaut within the station looks out of a window and says "In? But I just let you out." Text underneath reads: From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - Order it at www.tomgauld.com

One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish. It's also available as a print at www.tomgauld.com/

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@heline.bsky.social Just finished watching your reaction to Bara bada bastu. Haven't smiled that much in a long time--thanks!

Your secret chocolate

Ain't that the truth.

Given the current state of affairs--this is rather uplifting...

My hand holding a book. 'How to Make Life Better When it Feels Like it's Getting Worse' by Simone Lia + Fluffy Pulcino

I read this at the weekend and it is amazing!
I would say “if you only read one self-help book written in collaboration with a rabbit this year, then this should be it”
…but that underplays the fact that it’s a brilliant graphic novel as well. Well done Fluffy and @simonelia.bsky.social!

Well, this make much more sense than most of what I was taught (with the exception of Ohm's Law).

Finally found which app was downloading 'game of the week' onto my phone (Android).

AppService [ASUS] is now in the land of wind & ghosts (along with 33 others).

Nothing to forgive (let me know if you need advice on disabling the selfie phone camera😉).

Between the trail (former RR right-of-way) and the adjoining properties to the east (on the west side is the old Highway 13) there's about 20 feet of forest, but within that there are still the old telegraph poles with cross-arms with their glass insulators.

Cool...Was that working for the Milwaukee Road or the decommissioning to make the trail?

The Mississippi River Trail heading towards St. Paul. Trail used to be the Milwaukee Road railway.

76 deg. F & light wind--great day for a ride.

It was disturbing enough when someone started making French Maid outfits for them.

If it grows a pair of legs--I'm locking my door!

Que the Latin lesson from "Life of Brian".

What does this say? "Romans go home". No it doesn't...

A character walks into a shop. The sign reads: “Books” Across the floor of the bookshop, past the bookshelves, is a stair down with a sign reading: “Used Books” Across the used books floor is a stair down marked: “Antiquarian Books” Across the antiquarian books floor is a stair down marked: “Forbidden Books of the Elden Ones” Stalactites hang. Strange tomes sit on plinths. Unearthly creatures scuttle in the gloom. A figure stands before a cash desk where a cyclopean, tentacled staff member says: “Yes, we do have the new Stephen King but it's back up on the ground floor.”

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

A Peterson 80s pipe about to be filled with Maple Street tobacco (plus lighter & pipe tool).

Finally; a cool, crisp evening. Some Maple Street in a Peterson bulldog. Life is (more/less) good. #pipesmoking

The trick is to keep otters* at a safe distance.

[* This includes census enumerators]