Rob Barrett

Wasn't expecting to learn today that I am three degrees of separation from Epstein ...

Of course, Goom led @jeffparker.bsky.social to create one of the most indelible moments of 2000s superhero comics. From 2005's "Goom Got Game" (Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man #4):

Mark Ruffalo's teeth deserve an Oscar.

OK, that was unhinged in the best way possible.

Jacob’s Ladder as woke is not the vibe I was expecting but the vibe I needed

Going to see it in less than an hour, glad to hear a good review

"Perpetual Mourning" teaches so well.

All ready for my English Honors seminar on "The More-than-Human Middle Ages."

Razzleberry dressing INTENSIFIES.

My store is closed for the holiday, so I must wait! Argh!

I've continued to play Basic D&D and its various descendants over the 4.5 decades I've been a gamer. Top Secret was probably my second RPG, and that's one that I haven't revisited since the 1980s.

Terry Pratchett's "wyrd sisters": Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick.

You will be visited by three spirits.

The three spirits:

Finished @garthnix.bsky.social's Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz. Enjoyable sabre and sorcery fantasy. Now to stat them up for the Barbarians of the Lemuria RPG.

I'm pairing it with Terry Pratchett's "Troll Bridge": young Conan the Cimmerian, old Cohen the Barbarian

I'm teaching "Tower of the Elephant" in a colleague's fantasy course in January, and I'm going to ask the students to read the story in a scanned copy of the original Weird Tales issue so that they have the story's immediate context to hand.

My "unicorns as horrific larva" sense was tingling.

Watching the trailer for A24's upcoming 2025 Death of a Unicorn film and then looking over at @cstross.bsky.social's 2014 Equoid novella (which I enjoyed very much). Hmm ...

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We did.

It's always projection with these people.

Ryan, thank you and Carlos for one of my favorite issues of FF ever.

The D&Der in me is cringing at the sight of these poor dice.

What is Timon doing in Beastmaster, I ask you