Julie Barrett
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(she/her) Writer of words. Maker of things. Taker of photographs. Servant to cats.
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All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names…
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names…
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Carry him gently to my fairest chamber,
And hang it round with all my wanton pictures.
Balm his foul head in warm distilled waters,
And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet.
And hang it round with all my wanton pictures.
Balm his foul head in warm distilled waters,
And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet.
December 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Carry him gently to my fairest chamber,
And hang it round with all my wanton pictures.
Balm his foul head in warm distilled waters,
And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet.
And hang it round with all my wanton pictures.
Balm his foul head in warm distilled waters,
And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet.
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Today's the Cozy Up With Fantasy sale, and if you're following me for some other reason but haven't read my books, you can get the first book in my cottagecore cozy fantasy series, Tea and Empathy (along with many other books) today for .99. www.cozyupwithfantasy.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today's the Cozy Up With Fantasy sale, and if you're following me for some other reason but haven't read my books, you can get the first book in my cottagecore cozy fantasy series, Tea and Empathy (along with many other books) today for .99. www.cozyupwithfantasy.com
Scam alert: Just got a text from someone claiming to be in "social media research" who had supposedly called me last week about a "media opportunity" with a major magazine. "Only pay if published." That tells me the one paying would be me.
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Scam alert: Just got a text from someone claiming to be in "social media research" who had supposedly called me last week about a "media opportunity" with a major magazine. "Only pay if published." That tells me the one paying would be me.
Do not stare into the void, I beg you.
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Aspic Advent - Day 12...
Aspic Advent - Day 12...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Do not stare into the void, I beg you.
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the small language model arrived
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
the small language model arrived
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You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
You're in a car accident. So you call all the ERs from the ambulance and see who's offering a special. Hell, maybe you can ask hospital B to beat hospital A's price. It'll be like car dealerships. "How much can you spend a month, Randi?" "What will it take to get you into this ER today?"
Day 11 of the Aspic Advent reminds you that gagh is best eaten while living.
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Aspic Advent - Day 11...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Day 11 of the Aspic Advent reminds you that gagh is best eaten while living.
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Look all I’m saying is if three weirdo strangers showed up to see my baby carrying a bunch of spices and going on and on about how ‘tender and mild’ he looks, we’d have a problem
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Look all I’m saying is if three weirdo strangers showed up to see my baby carrying a bunch of spices and going on and on about how ‘tender and mild’ he looks, we’d have a problem
I'm still doing the Aspic Advent thing over at my journal. Today's is something the cat left behind:
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Aspic Advent - Day 10...
Aspic Advent - Day 10...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm still doing the Aspic Advent thing over at my journal. Today's is something the cat left behind:
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This is a man who has never had to buy school supplies for a child. I have. And oh, once upon a time I was in charge of procuring and selling them (at close to cost) when the Kid was in elementary school. Kids lose pencils. They get stolen. The pencil sharpener will occasionally "eat" one.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is a man who has never had to buy school supplies for a child. I have. And oh, once upon a time I was in charge of procuring and selling them (at close to cost) when the Kid was in elementary school. Kids lose pencils. They get stolen. The pencil sharpener will occasionally "eat" one.
And yet it was perfectly fine to report on Joe Biden's health.
Trump says reporting on his health is "seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean 'THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.' They are true Enemies of the People, and we should do something about it."
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
And yet it was perfectly fine to report on Joe Biden's health.
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
How many Sharpies does he go through? Has he even used a pencil?
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
How many Sharpies does he go through? Has he even used a pencil?
Everything of mine on the list is either shorts or non-fiction, so I'm fucked. As usual.
For those of you who think the so-called settlement from Anthropic is good, you should know they stole millions of works, but are only paying for novels. No shorts, non-fiction etc. And if you're a non-US writer, like me, you get nothing even with a US copyright because non-US authors don't count.
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Everything of mine on the list is either shorts or non-fiction, so I'm fucked. As usual.
Because running to keep up with gate changes isn't enough.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Because running to keep up with gate changes isn't enough.
So we can get in a packed metal tube when we're all stinky!
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So we can get in a packed metal tube when we're all stinky!
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It's the weekend, baby
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It's the weekend, baby
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Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
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I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Little SEDANS that should fit four at most but when you open the door 27 clowns spill out. HOW??? They will DUST THEMSELVES OFF as they leave the car. The HORN will make the little eeooh-eeooh sound. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Little SEDANS that should fit four at most but when you open the door 27 clowns spill out. HOW??? They will DUST THEMSELVES OFF as they leave the car. The HORN will make the little eeooh-eeooh sound. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
I just got hit with an AI book marketing scam email. And this tells you how this supposed person with vast experience in marketing (AI y'all!) fails. All they had to do was actually look at the Amazon listing and take a look. Instead they scraped the description and added a few superlatives.
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I just got hit with an AI book marketing scam email. And this tells you how this supposed person with vast experience in marketing (AI y'all!) fails. All they had to do was actually look at the Amazon listing and take a look. Instead they scraped the description and added a few superlatives.
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Picard writing tip: Getting your point across is more important than following archaic rules. It's okay to boldly split infinitives.
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Picard writing tip: Getting your point across is more important than following archaic rules. It's okay to boldly split infinitives.
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.
As long as we're doing advent calendars, here's mine:
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Aspic Advent - Day 1...
Let the festivities begin!...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As long as we're doing advent calendars, here's mine:
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