Aaron Rath
@aaronrath.bsky.social
Author. Likes books, words, space, history, computer games, Transformers, some philosophy, mountains, and the beach.
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With a second entry, Quirkz Handbooks are now officially a series. Look out, Complete Idiot's Guides for Dummies, there's a new player in town.
If you live anywhere vaguely northish, go outside and check the sky. Friends in unlikely places like Indiana and Colorado are seeing the aurora tonight.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If you live anywhere vaguely northish, go outside and check the sky. Friends in unlikely places like Indiana and Colorado are seeing the aurora tonight.
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This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
My newest book, a funny and nostalgic look at some of my biggest obsessions, beer and video games, is now published. Both print and ebook versions available.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games - Kindle edition by Rath, Aaron. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games.
www.amazon.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My newest book, a funny and nostalgic look at some of my biggest obsessions, beer and video games, is now published. Both print and ebook versions available.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
Can we all just agree that commercials do not need to tell you "don't use this product if you're allergic to it?"
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Can we all just agree that commercials do not need to tell you "don't use this product if you're allergic to it?"
Publication date is November 6.
Now available for preorder! The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
Now available for preorder! The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games - Kindle edition by Rath, Aaron. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games.
www.amazon.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Publication date is November 6.
Now available for preorder! The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
Now available for preorder! The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY1VMCKT
With a second entry, Quirkz Handbooks are now officially a series. Look out, Complete Idiot's Guides for Dummies, there's a new player in town.
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
With a second entry, Quirkz Handbooks are now officially a series. Look out, Complete Idiot's Guides for Dummies, there's a new player in town.
The publication date is set. My next book comes out Nov 6!
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games is the first personal project I've put out since 2019, and the first Quirkz Handbook since 2017.
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games is the first personal project I've put out since 2019, and the first Quirkz Handbook since 2017.
October 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The publication date is set. My next book comes out Nov 6!
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games is the first personal project I've put out since 2019, and the first Quirkz Handbook since 2017.
The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games is the first personal project I've put out since 2019, and the first Quirkz Handbook since 2017.
Do unto the dishes as you would have the dishes done.
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Do unto the dishes as you would have the dishes done.
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So later this autumn I'm going to be teaching this one-and-done class...
September 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
So later this autumn I'm going to be teaching this one-and-done class...
1552 days later, it finally happened Wordle in 1!
I think I'm free now.
I think I'm free now.
September 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
1552 days later, it finally happened Wordle in 1!
I think I'm free now.
I think I'm free now.
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After the long drought since Easter, we are finally back in chocolate-covered marshmallow season. Here until next Easter. About time!
August 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
After the long drought since Easter, we are finally back in chocolate-covered marshmallow season. Here until next Easter. About time!
Very weird timeline conjunction:
August 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Very weird timeline conjunction:
Took care of a project today that's been on the to-do list since I moved in 5 years ago. Took me all day, but feels good. Just a little paint touch-up tomorrow to wrap it up.
August 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Took care of a project today that's been on the to-do list since I moved in 5 years ago. Took me all day, but feels good. Just a little paint touch-up tomorrow to wrap it up.
Farthest I’ve been, up down left and right
N: Reykjavik, Iceland
S: Oaxaca, Mexico
E: Stockholm, Sweden
W: Port Orford, OR (US West coast edge)
N: Reykjavik, Iceland
S: Oaxaca, Mexico
E: Stockholm, Sweden
W: Port Orford, OR (US West coast edge)
Farthest I’ve been, up down left and right
N: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
S: Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
E: NYC, NY, USA
W: Brookings, OR, USA
I need to get out of North America
N: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
S: Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
E: NYC, NY, USA
W: Brookings, OR, USA
I need to get out of North America
Farthest I’ve been, up down left and right
N: John ‘O Groats, Scotland
S: San Juan, Puerto Rico
E: El Gouna, Egypt
W: Vail, Colorado
Damn, my West game is weak af
N: John ‘O Groats, Scotland
S: San Juan, Puerto Rico
E: El Gouna, Egypt
W: Vail, Colorado
Damn, my West game is weak af
August 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Farthest I’ve been, up down left and right
N: Reykjavik, Iceland
S: Oaxaca, Mexico
E: Stockholm, Sweden
W: Port Orford, OR (US West coast edge)
N: Reykjavik, Iceland
S: Oaxaca, Mexico
E: Stockholm, Sweden
W: Port Orford, OR (US West coast edge)
Halfway through my reflexive "You know, 'the la' is redundant, and you only need la--" I realize that "the latrine" is not actually in the same category as "the La Brea tar pits" and "the La Trattoria."
July 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Halfway through my reflexive "You know, 'the la' is redundant, and you only need la--" I realize that "the latrine" is not actually in the same category as "the La Brea tar pits" and "the La Trattoria."
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Ooh! Oh! I ... guess ... it's ... already available for preorder?
PREORDER MY LATEST DUMB BOOK! IT IS (CURRENTLY) CALLED "TRUE COLOR"!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914...
PREORDER MY LATEST DUMB BOOK! IT IS (CURRENTLY) CALLED "TRUE COLOR"!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914...
July 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ooh! Oh! I ... guess ... it's ... already available for preorder?
PREORDER MY LATEST DUMB BOOK! IT IS (CURRENTLY) CALLED "TRUE COLOR"!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914...
PREORDER MY LATEST DUMB BOOK! IT IS (CURRENTLY) CALLED "TRUE COLOR"!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914...
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Still accepting pitches for this @barrelhouse.bsky.social book series. But please read the description of what we're looking for! (hint: it's not your novel, though I'm sure your novel is lovely)
www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
Submissions — Barrelhouse
www.barrelhousemag.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Still accepting pitches for this @barrelhouse.bsky.social book series. But please read the description of what we're looking for! (hint: it's not your novel, though I'm sure your novel is lovely)
www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
Three dollars?! I have 103.5 hours on this game. That's like 30 hours per dollar of enjoyment, and then some.
You will enjoy it more than half a latte. You will enjoy it more than a fifth of a sandwich. You will enjoy it more than one sixth of a movie. It's a really, really good deal.
You will enjoy it more than half a latte. You will enjoy it more than a fifth of a sandwich. You will enjoy it more than one sixth of a movie. It's a really, really good deal.
69% off West of Loathing
(Shadows Over Loathing also on sale for the lowest price ever.)
store.steampowered.com/developer/Asym
www.nintendo.com/us/search/#c...
(Shadows Over Loathing also on sale for the lowest price ever.)
store.steampowered.com/developer/Asym
www.nintendo.com/us/search/#c...
June 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Three dollars?! I have 103.5 hours on this game. That's like 30 hours per dollar of enjoyment, and then some.
You will enjoy it more than half a latte. You will enjoy it more than a fifth of a sandwich. You will enjoy it more than one sixth of a movie. It's a really, really good deal.
You will enjoy it more than half a latte. You will enjoy it more than a fifth of a sandwich. You will enjoy it more than one sixth of a movie. It's a really, really good deal.
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oh hey my book is $3 on kobo right now! 👀
I just found @swordsjew.bsky.social’s book Wild Faith on Kobo for all of $2.99. I went looking for it for some explanation of Our Times. I expect it won’t make me happy.
(Kobobooks\.com. I have one of their readers for those moments I want my readings alternatively surveilled. And for bargains.)
(Kobobooks\.com. I have one of their readers for those moments I want my readings alternatively surveilled. And for bargains.)
June 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
oh hey my book is $3 on kobo right now! 👀
Might have found the perfect author photo for my book about beer and video games. Here I am pictured with what I call my gateway drug, Honey Brown beer, and lots of Magic: The Gathering cards (as a precursor to Hearthstone).
June 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Might have found the perfect author photo for my book about beer and video games. Here I am pictured with what I call my gateway drug, Honey Brown beer, and lots of Magic: The Gathering cards (as a precursor to Hearthstone).
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Aah, the inaugural issue of Paper Airplane is out! Think "Highlights" for adults. I've got an article AND A CRAFT PROJECT in here for you.
All proceeds--all of them, for reals--benefit the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Do good! Have fun! MAKE CRAFTS! PaperAirplane.pub
All proceeds--all of them, for reals--benefit the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Do good! Have fun! MAKE CRAFTS! PaperAirplane.pub
June 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Aah, the inaugural issue of Paper Airplane is out! Think "Highlights" for adults. I've got an article AND A CRAFT PROJECT in here for you.
All proceeds--all of them, for reals--benefit the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Do good! Have fun! MAKE CRAFTS! PaperAirplane.pub
All proceeds--all of them, for reals--benefit the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Do good! Have fun! MAKE CRAFTS! PaperAirplane.pub
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My next book! The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games. It is exactly what it sounds like: lightly humorous personal essays about a lifetime of beer and video games and the things that come with them. ~140 pages. Beta readers wanted. Any interest in giving it a read? Let me know!
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
My next book! The Quirkz Handbook of Drinking Beer and Playing Video Games. It is exactly what it sounds like: lightly humorous personal essays about a lifetime of beer and video games and the things that come with them. ~140 pages. Beta readers wanted. Any interest in giving it a read? Let me know!