Monthly Archives: February 2021
Return of the River
Posted on February 28, 2021 20 Comments
A week ago we had several inches of snow on the ground, the product of a winter storm, and now, thanks to higher temperatures and rain, it’s all gone. But it has to go somewhere. Fortunately for us it didn’t go into our basement; our land is such that in times of heavy rain and/or […]
Krissy, Femme Fatale
Posted on February 27, 2021 14 Comments
Of course she’s going to ask you to do crimes! And you’re going to. Because you just can’t help yourself. She promises to write when you’re doing time in the stony lonesome, but you know better. And the hell of it is, you’d do it again in a heartbeat. You’re a sucker for a femme […]
Watching Despite Myself
Posted on February 27, 2021 27 Comments
I am not someone who has ever thought of anything as “too mainstream.” I am not someone who has ascribed to the stereotype of a hipster by refusing the things in life that other people enjoy. Or, at least, I thought I wasn’t that person, until I realized the other day that maybe I am that […]
New Books and ARCs, 2/26/21
Posted on February 26, 2021 16 Comments
Another February is almost in the books — but not before we have time for another stack of new books and ARCs! What here is calling to you? Share in the comments.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate: Choose Your Character!
Posted on February 25, 2021 8 Comments
(NOTICE: This post assumes that you have played Super Smash Bros Ultimate or are at least up on the gameplay and characters.) I used to hate Super Smash Bros Ultimate. In fact, I used to hate all Smash games. This was due to me only playing them one time, losing super badly because no one […]
The (LGBT) Numbers Are In
Posted on February 25, 2021 92 Comments
Polling company Gallup reports that the number of Americans identifying as LGBT is up to an all-time high, at 5.6%, and that this identification is especially high amongst the younger generations. Most surprisingly to a lot of people, I think, has been the rise in the number of (declared) bisexuals, which you can see from […]
Adventures In Banoffee Making!
Posted on February 24, 2021 37 Comments
I was thumbing through the pages of the newest Bon Appetit magazine, when I saw the most intriguing recipe. I stared in awe at the Chocolate-Biscoff Banoffee Pie and knew immediately I had to make it. So, off to the store I went. I was shocked by how much of the recipe’s ingredients I already […]
The Canonical Sequel FAQ
Posted on February 23, 2021 1 Comment
Pretty much on a daily basis, I get asked on social media whether there will ever be a sequel to [insert one of my books/series here]. To reduce the amount of typing that I have to do each time this is asked, I now present The Canonical Sequel FAQ, which will tell you — at […]
The Big Idea: Juliette Wade
Posted on February 23, 2021 3 Comments
Sometimes it feels like the choices we make don’t matter, and that in the grand scheme of things, the small things we do don’t make a big difference. Author Juliette Wade assures us in her Big Idea that even small things can ripple when we’re all connected. Read on to see how this plays a […]
Showcasing My Collection: Stickers, Volume One
Posted on February 22, 2021 14 Comments
Welcome, everyone, to this sticker-tastic post! Today I will be showing y’all a little bit of something I recently started collecting, that being stickers (if you hadn’t already guessed by the title and the previous sentence)! I started collecting stickers about three months ago. Since then, I have obtained over 170 stickers! I have a […]
A Vague But Official Pronouncement About a Thing
Posted on February 21, 2021 1 Comment
I know there is a thing! I know some of you want me to engage with the thing! I know this because you’ve sent me emails about the thing and I see the subject headers! I then delete the emails unread because I do not wish to engage with this thing! Engaging with this thing […]
A Month of Biden
Posted on February 21, 2021 52 Comments
It’s been a month and a day since Joe Biden became president, and I think the greatest endorsement I can make of the man in that role is that for most of that time I haven’t thought much about him at all, and when I have, it’s mostly to go, “Oh, yeah, makes sense why […]
Winter Sunrise, 2/21/21
Posted on February 21, 2021 4 Comments
There are worse ways to start a day, and a week. Have a fabulous Sunday, folks. — JS
Sugar Contemplates Winter
Posted on February 19, 2021 10 Comments
And winter, it seems, contemplates her back. Hope you are safe and warm wherever you are today, folks. — JS
I’m Donating Blood Today So Here’s A Post About Blood and Organ Donation!
Posted on February 18, 2021 73 Comments
(Warning: Picture of me donating blood below, in case that will bother you.) One thing you may not know about me is that I am a big believer in donating blood and being an organ donor. I have attempted to donate blood at least twice as many times as I have actually donated, usually because […]
The Big Idea: Rucker Moses & Theo Gangi
Posted on February 18, 2021 3 Comments
They say that parallel universes exist; what about universes that are pockets and echos? Authors Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi take you on a tour of their version of other realities in this Big Idea for their newest novel, Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found. THEO GANGI: A few years back, Emmy nominated screenwriters Craig […]
The Only Acceptable Reason For it Currently Being -4 Degrees Outside
Posted on February 17, 2021 22 Comments
That is it. That’s all. And still, I took the picture by hanging myself out a window, not by going outside. I’m willing to go only so far for art and natural beauty. Be safe out there, kids. Most places in the US, it’s cold. — JS
Another Installment of My Thoughts On “WandaVision”
Posted on February 16, 2021 31 Comments
Since I posted about the first three episodes of WandaVision, I have decided to post about the next three, and in the future I will post about the last three! And that’s all you get because there’s only nine episodes. So let’s just jump right back in! Of course, SPOILER WARNING. In my previous post, I […]
The Big Idea: Michael Johnston
Posted on February 16, 2021 6 Comments
You know how it can feel like one day is like the next, one month like the next, and each year like every other year… until it isn’t? Well, author Michael Johnston’s about to take that to the next level in his newest novel, Silence of the Soleri. MICHAEL JOHNSTON: I wrote a novel inspired […]
The Tale of the Epic Journey of a Cat Who Wished to Venture Into the Great Snowy Unknown, As Told In a Photograph, This February 16, 2021
Posted on February 16, 2021 11 Comments
Or, as it is to become known in legend and myth: The Great Nope-ening of 2021. Or perhaps, The Cat Who Went All the Way to the Edge of the Porch and Lived to Tell the Tale. Only time will tell. — JS
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