Craig Hillman
@craighillman.bsky.social
Artist/writer into horror, science fiction, musical comedy
Ooh! One of my favorite cryptids (to photoshop into photos) is the Kallana, so seeing the skeletons of/info about its real-life counterpart is pretty exciting.
December 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ooh! One of my favorite cryptids (to photoshop into photos) is the Kallana, so seeing the skeletons of/info about its real-life counterpart is pretty exciting.
I often think he feels as though he's a player in a winner-takes-all dick-measuring contest-cum-Risk* game with other Masters of the Universe, and worry that, faced with his looming mortality, he'll want to go out with a bang. (*I honestly believe this is why he wants Canada and Greenland so bad.)
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I often think he feels as though he's a player in a winner-takes-all dick-measuring contest-cum-Risk* game with other Masters of the Universe, and worry that, faced with his looming mortality, he'll want to go out with a bang. (*I honestly believe this is why he wants Canada and Greenland so bad.)
$Million idea: The PL"AI"N Brown Wrapper (tm). A mailing sheath imprinted with some AI-generated Lorem Ipsum gobbledygook, or maybe just one big iconic m-dash. Crunch the numbers, Sharks, and get back to me!
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
$Million idea: The PL"AI"N Brown Wrapper (tm). A mailing sheath imprinted with some AI-generated Lorem Ipsum gobbledygook, or maybe just one big iconic m-dash. Crunch the numbers, Sharks, and get back to me!
I still call the refrigerator "the icebox".
December 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I still call the refrigerator "the icebox".
"Ligature marks on decedent's neck appear to spell 'TEAM BUILDING'..."
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"Ligature marks on decedent's neck appear to spell 'TEAM BUILDING'..."
the airbag setup is concerning
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the airbag setup is concerning
In 1990 I went to a weekday matinee of the Woody Allen movie Alice at the Paris Theater (near the Plaza) and ex-mayor Ed Koch and a male companion were sitting in the row in front of me. I thought: "Wow, this has to be the most New York experience ever!" And then Yoko Ono sat down right next to me.
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In 1990 I went to a weekday matinee of the Woody Allen movie Alice at the Paris Theater (near the Plaza) and ex-mayor Ed Koch and a male companion were sitting in the row in front of me. I thought: "Wow, this has to be the most New York experience ever!" And then Yoko Ono sat down right next to me.
I like the more saturated/graduated blue and puffy butterfly. But the edges make me want to scrape it off with my fingernail like a sticker price tag.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I like the more saturated/graduated blue and puffy butterfly. But the edges make me want to scrape it off with my fingernail like a sticker price tag.
"I'm afraid your cancer screening came back positive."
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"I'm afraid your cancer screening came back positive."
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
Reposted by Craig Hillman
Yeah. Something looks creepy wrong there.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Yeah. Something looks creepy wrong there.
Your alt text makes no mention of the bat-shaped thing (what...IS it?) on the Ozzy burger, and I'm not sure if I'm grateful for that or not.
September 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Your alt text makes no mention of the bat-shaped thing (what...IS it?) on the Ozzy burger, and I'm not sure if I'm grateful for that or not.
The way it keeps one guessing, and then second-guessing, is exquisitely suspenseful. (I think "It can't be... It can't be... Can it?" became a sort of mental mantra of mine by the end.) A terrific ride, and a fun time capsule of 1953 in its way.
August 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The way it keeps one guessing, and then second-guessing, is exquisitely suspenseful. (I think "It can't be... It can't be... Can it?" became a sort of mental mantra of mine by the end.) A terrific ride, and a fun time capsule of 1953 in its way.
It's a wonderful contrivance too, isn't it; expressly using the non-visual medium of the novel to mask a villain who'd otherwise be instantly identifiable. And Levin was only 23 when he wrote it, damn him. I've enjoyed all his stuff, from the less loved to the astonishingly good. A true genre giant.
August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's a wonderful contrivance too, isn't it; expressly using the non-visual medium of the novel to mask a villain who'd otherwise be instantly identifiable. And Levin was only 23 when he wrote it, damn him. I've enjoyed all his stuff, from the less loved to the astonishingly good. A true genre giant.
Ugh. Enough with the therapy animals in hospitals. Imagine thinking "Man, I sure hope my surgeon washed his hands" as they wheel your gurney past a horse's ass. (At least these are mini horses, not like that full-sized one that was visiting the terminally ill in France a while back. Nightmarish.)
July 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ugh. Enough with the therapy animals in hospitals. Imagine thinking "Man, I sure hope my surgeon washed his hands" as they wheel your gurney past a horse's ass. (At least these are mini horses, not like that full-sized one that was visiting the terminally ill in France a while back. Nightmarish.)
I'd say you've the magic down pat. Your poetry has inspired me to try my hand (only increasing my awe at what you do.) I like the 30-40 letter guideline, which I'll need to apply henceforth; Q.E.D. my own go at a weather-themed anagram, yielding these 2 clunky drafts, of which I prefer the shorter.
July 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'd say you've the magic down pat. Your poetry has inspired me to try my hand (only increasing my awe at what you do.) I like the 30-40 letter guideline, which I'll need to apply henceforth; Q.E.D. my own go at a weather-themed anagram, yielding these 2 clunky drafts, of which I prefer the shorter.
You amaze, Mr. Etherin. I love the terse beauty of this one and I wonder: When you are constructing anagrammatic phrases, do you have a preference as to their length? Is shorter sweeter? When I try, it often feels like constant adjusting/overloading to get the lines to sync, to their detriment.
July 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You amaze, Mr. Etherin. I love the terse beauty of this one and I wonder: When you are constructing anagrammatic phrases, do you have a preference as to their length? Is shorter sweeter? When I try, it often feels like constant adjusting/overloading to get the lines to sync, to their detriment.
When he got past "slick slogans" I relaxed like someone watching an ice dancer land a jump.
July 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
When he got past "slick slogans" I relaxed like someone watching an ice dancer land a jump.
The way he pronounces "Cuomo" (with a closing vowel sound not unlike the French "comment") followed by "under ā rock" perplexes me. The first I don't recall ever having heard pronounced that way; the second sounds like a hostage cold-reading their captor's ransom note in a proof-of-life video.
July 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The way he pronounces "Cuomo" (with a closing vowel sound not unlike the French "comment") followed by "under ā rock" perplexes me. The first I don't recall ever having heard pronounced that way; the second sounds like a hostage cold-reading their captor's ransom note in a proof-of-life video.