Monthly Archives: January 2021
The Difference a Day Makes
Posted on January 31, 2021 22 Comments
Two pictures, from just about the same viewpoint on my porch, 24 hours apart. Can you spot the differences? What you don’t see in this photo is that my driveway is already ploughed; sometime in the night whilst I slept my neighbor hooked his snowplow to the front of his pickup and scraped the snow […]
Small Business Saturday: Kannchy
Posted on January 30, 2021 2 Comments
Hello everyone and welcome to another Small Business Saturday! In case you haven’t seen my other Small Business Saturday posts, this is where I promote a small business/artist that I like and am highly recommending to you. As always, I will go ahead and mention that the brands I post about are ones that I […]
Spice Welcomes You to January’s Last Caturday
Posted on January 30, 2021 11 Comments
She hopes it’s a good one for you. — JS
New Books and ARCs, 1/29/21
Posted on January 29, 2021 13 Comments
Is it already the end of January? Just about! But we can’t leave the first month of the year without a stack of new books and ARCs that have come into the Scalzi Compound. What here would you like to take with you into February? Share in the comments. — JS
Five Things, 1/28/21
Posted on January 28, 2021 69 Comments
Oooohhh, let’s look at what’s out there today: Republicans decide to double down on craven know-nothing fascism: Well, I mean, this isn’t really a surprise, now, is it? A few weeks ago I wrote about how the general GOP plan, with regard to even relatively simple moral and ethical issues, is “But… what if we […]
The Big Idea: Mark Matthews
Posted on January 28, 2021 2 Comments
Author Mark Matthews’ Big Idea today brings you a semi-true story about werewolves. Except they’re not actually werewolves, at least not by name. Read on to see how his newest novel, The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, takes the terrifying concept of werewolves and makes it real. MARK MATTHEWS: The Hobgoblin of Little Minds is a […]
I Was Gonna Complain About Something Today, But This Video of an Acapella Group Doing Windows Sounds is Much Nicer
Posted on January 27, 2021 10 Comments
See what I mean? Enjoy your evening, folks. — JS
The Big Idea: Jeff Wheeler
Posted on January 27, 2021 2 Comments
With great power comes great responsibility. But what if you don’t know what those powers are, or how to use them? What if you had to figure everything out on your own? Author Jeff Wheeler explores the idea of what it’s like to go through things alone, read on to see how this shapes his […]
Views On “WandaVision”
Posted on January 26, 2021 43 Comments
If you have Disney+, I’m willing to bet you’ve seen WandaVision. I’m also willing to bet that you have a ton of questions, and if you’re anything like me, you struggle with patience. Putting out one half hour episode a week?! They must be kidding! Alas, they aren’t, and Friday can’t come soon enough! WandaVision is […]
The Big Idea: Katharyn Blair
Posted on January 26, 2021 1 Comment
How did Katharyn Blair know she was on to something compelling for her novel Unchosen? It involves her office, and something she was thinking of, waiting for her in it. KATHARYN BLAIR: So everyone thinks you’re the prophesied “chosen one.” Probably because you told them you were (you had good reasons, seriously). Now you’re humanity’s […]
Five Things, 1/25/21
Posted on January 25, 2021 52 Comments
I’m back on my novel-writing thing now, but for you — just for you! — I took a quick look at the news and world to see if I had thoughts on any of it. Here’s what I’ve got for today: Rob Portman retiring from Senate: He’s Ohio’s Republican senator, and he says he’s retiring […]
How I’m Spending My Sunday
Posted on January 24, 2021 20 Comments
I’m playing with Photoshop and seeing what I can do with photos from the late 1800s! Photoshop these days has a lot of nifty capabilities baked in (including an automatic “colorize” feature, and the ability to replace backgrounds without having to mask it out) and combined with a bunch of filters I have to play […]
Showcasing My Collection: Enamel Pins, Volume Three
Posted on January 23, 2021 13 Comments
Hey, everyone! Hope you’re having a great weekend, or whatever day it is when you happen to read this. Let me welcome you to the third installment of me sharing some of my pins with you! Let’s just jump right in. First up, we have this pin my cousin gave me for my birthday: If […]
Two Days In
Posted on January 22, 2021 61 Comments
We’re now 48 hours into the Biden Presidency, so obviously it’s time for a checkup on how things are going. Once again to assist me in the task, I am bringing out my Fictional Interlocutor. Say hello to the people, F.I. Hello! Beautiful morning in America, is it not? It is indeed sunny and the […]
I Forgot to Update Earlier, So Again, Here’s a Picture of a Cat
Posted on January 21, 2021 13 Comments
Look, it was a busy day! Hope it was a good one for you. — JS
The Big Idea: Alexander Weinstein
Posted on January 21, 2021 3 Comments
Is love feasible in this bleak world we live in? Is connection possible in a world where everyone seems so blatantly disconnected from each other? Author Alexander Weinstein says it is! Read on to see how he expresses a hope for love in this world in his newest release, Universal Love. ALEXANDER WEINSTEIN: In the […]
Housekeeping 1/20/21
Posted on January 20, 2021 18 Comments
Small note here that thanks to the lovely people at WordPress, there are a couple minor improvements that have been implemented here today. The first is that now each post has a byline up top, so that you’ll know who is writing a piece even without our pictures and our initials at the end. I […]
A Brief Installment Of Plant Based Food Reviews
Posted on January 20, 2021 69 Comments
As some of you may know, I used to be a vegetarian. In fact, I was a very strict vegetarian for about five years before I stopped on my eighteenth birthday. I don’t know why I stopped; some part of me just got bored of it, I guess. I just was tired of putting in effort. […]
So Begins the New Year and Era
Posted on January 20, 2021 29 Comments
Because, after all, it was not 2021 until noon today. Now it is. And while there was much good to take away from the inauguration of President (!) Biden (!) and Vice President (!) Harris (!), this is the moment that will stay with me, from Amanda Gorman. All the tears I wasn’t yet crying […]
The Unlamented Man
Posted on January 20, 2021 99 Comments
First and always, a liar. Then a con man, a thief, and a grifter. A man who never saw a venture he couldn’t make fail, which is why he was always starting new ones: It was easier to jump to a new ship than stay with the sinking one. A cad, a harasser, allegedly a […]
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