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Many of you certainly know this already, so apologies for over-explaining, but for neophytes: Fun Boy Three (important by themselves) were a splinter group of The Specials, which had one of the very best songs of the early 1980s with Ghost Town: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2o...
There are many ways in which I feel 2026 is 1982 times one million. Let's listen to the wisdom of Fun Boy Three: “No nuclear, the cowboy told us, and who am I to disagree?/‘Cause when the madman flips the switch/The nuclear will go for me.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=on-y...
If you're nominating for the Hugo or Locus Awards, I'd love for you to consider this story of mine! I'm also eligible for the Astounding Award this year :)
My favorite missed opportunity is how Scorpions' "Rock You Like a Hurricane" was *supposed* to be titled "Fuck You Like a Hurricane," and the buzzkills at their record label nixed it. ultimateclassicrock.com/scorpions-ro...
Ditto. I love how the first half plays like a low-budget mid-tier 1980s teen film with faint sci-fi hints, like something on the level of Teen Wolf, and then it evolves into inexplicable, overheated, surreal grotesquerie. Magnificent.
Aggressively weird!
Don't forget Ninjez, the bot with hinges...
God, yes. And every teen girl bathroom in the 1980s smelled like Love's Baby Soft and Pert.
You know those TV shows that you watched religiously decades ago, but are so lost with time that you now think it might've been a fever dream? Yeah, I have a *bunch* of those. Today, I've been googling "Bots Master," just to confirm that it actually existed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLKY...
Oh, that's good!
Tell a movie's plot through other characters played by the actors:
James Bond teams up with Marilyn Monroe to investigate the murder of Captain Von Trapp. Suspects include Laurie Strode, Sonny Crockett, Captain America, and General Zod.
When I was a burned-out and disaffected film major at USC in the very early nineties, I wrote a poem titled "I Hate Citizen Kane." I was just trying to feel something. I get it. I would like to tell the bluecheck bozo: This, too, shall pass, and ideally pass quickly.
Great film, though I always thought it should end with Melanie Griffith ditching our hero in the Nevada desert (ideally leaving him with a Pepsi) and flying off with Cherry herself.
Yes! There definitely are whiskeys made with oat mash. (I would *assume* there are oat vodkas as well, since vodka-making is a process that can be kinda done with anything, but I haven't investigated.)
Aw, no. Sad news. (He friended me on Facebook because of my Liquid Sky review, which still blows my mind.)
![Luella Harris
To: Cherie Priest ›
4:49 PM
Quick Thought on Your Book
Hi [Author's Name],
I recently came across your book and spent some time looking through how you're positioning it online. First off, congratulations on putting your work out there, that's no small thing.
While going through your launch and visibility approach, I noticed a couple of interesting opportunities that could potentially expand your reach beyond your current audience.
Out of curiosity, are you currently focusing more on organic promotion, or have you explored any structured marketing strategies for consistent sales?
I'd love to hear what's been working for you so far.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2ssvkga34xug334b66hvrje/bafkreicbci3xuxvumpu62rpmlavmyzerru6gmwiiuekpivr6zxckusjvee)
Luella Harris To: Cherie Priest › 4:49 PM Quick Thought on Your Book Hi [Author's Name], I recently came across your book and spent some time looking through how you're positioning it online. First off, congratulations on putting your work out there, that's no small thing. While going through your launch and visibility approach, I noticed a couple of interesting opportunities that could potentially expand your reach beyond your current audience. Out of curiosity, are you currently focusing more on organic promotion, or have you explored any structured marketing strategies for consistent sales? I'd love to hear what's been working for you so far.
well this is just lazy
🤣 I know! I have no idea who he is, but I refuse to take any advice from him, just based on that screenshot.
Juvenile, yes, but I immediately clocked that too.
Triptych of Facebook Reels: 1) a judgy woman with the caption "I can tell you have FATTY LIVER just by looking at you." 2) a judgy man with the caption "7 Things Women with Undiagnosed Autism thing are Normal but are actually signs of Masking." 3) a super-judgy man with the caption "Gen X should be ashamed."
I logged into Facebook for the first time in a while, and I was immediately greeted by a barrage of suggested (yet very pointed) Facebook Reels that are being EXTREMELY JUDGMENTAL of me.
Watched it? Hell, I've reviewed this movie. It's even more magnificent than the poster would lead you to believe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEy5...
On season one of Top Chef Just Desserts, the eventual winner, Yigit Pura, was born in Turkey but spoke unaccented American English. He was very handsome and charming and cool, but there was one episode where he got pissed off and started yelling, and he suddenly became Balki Bartokomous. Glorious.
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
We had an elderberry bush in the backyard of my childhood home, and my sister and I used to eat handfuls of raw berries every summer. I can't imagine the amount of cyanide in my system from that.
Sadly, we have learned nothing from WarGames.
It Only Tuesday
It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/
Mine had a Waldenbooks AND a B Dalton. That's been my gold standard for malls ever since: two bookstores.
YES. I hate getting everything via mail order. My kingdom for a good mall, anchored on the ends by department stores, with a bookstore (ideally two), a record store, a video store (a girl can dream), a movie theater, and a food court on the top level.
Oh, man, I'm so glad you found it, because that one *burned its way into my brain.*
