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Shut up! Stop What You’re Doing and LOOK AT THIS!!!

This is a real product that actually costs $25 and it’s awful. LICKI Brush. Lick Your Cat. BONUS: According to many reviews, many cats seem to hate this pricey, perverse thing. Heck, the cat featured on the sales page looks like s/he hates it:

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The Far-from-Obligatory Annual Award Eligibility Post

It’s that time of year again. If you’re the kinda person that nominates stories for the Hugo, Nebula, etc. Awards, I’ve got exactly one qualifying story for you to consider this year: “All Hail the Pizza King and Bless His Reign Eternal” (F&SF, July/Aug 2020) (review, review, review) If you are a person who might nominate stuff and need a copy, I can send you a...

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Beats per Week: “THXDAVE”

The triumphant return of Beats per Week: a “weekly” project I haven’t updated in over three years. Darkened Violins ·

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Happy MLK Day Everybody!

I sorta love that this is from Sandler’s fifth (and final) year on the show and he still flubbed his opening line.

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Don’t wanna get into why I’m reading up on Little “Saint” Hugh of Lincoln Today…

but for those looking for insights into why the Defeated PotUS is obsessed with an absolutely anti-factual narrative of a rigged election, this is worthy reading, especially the “Royal Intervention” sub-section: The difficulty remains as to why King Henry and his servant John of Lexington would have believed the accusations in the first place. … While the decision to act belonged to the King...

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This time of year, it can be so hard to tell the difference between a celebration and a cry for help…

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I stand corrected! (or “On the True Meaning of DIE HARDnukah🕎”

Actually, Die Hard — a story about a desperate insurgency against a vastly superior invading force, requiring the near-miraculous marshalling of limited resources —is a Hanukkah movie— Jacob Brogan (@Jacob_Brogan) December 14, 2020 My thoughts on Die Hard and Xmas, from ~2013: “DIE HARD (its Origins), Violence, Redemption, and Xmas (Plus a Bonus Writing Tip!)“.

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Go Watch *Monsters*

I had no idea they even had free feature-length movies on YouTube. Anyway, go watch Monsters. It’s just as good as I remember it being in the theaters; back then it felt like it was mostly about U.S. foreign/immigration policy with a smattering of Chernobyl anxiety (this was back in 2010). Now, in the midst of a plague year, it feels like it’s sort of about a lot more. Also...

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Behind every totally secular🎄, not-at-all-Christian☃️, honest-to-goodness this is for *everyone*🎅🏿 seasonal symbol…

is a Swastika. #justsayin’.

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