James
@docmcgraw.bsky.social
much too old to be joining a new social network but here we are
yeah my Greek wife made us five chops each and I slipped into a post dinner coma
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
yeah my Greek wife made us five chops each and I slipped into a post dinner coma
let the radioactive terror gods have this
February 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
let the radioactive terror gods have this
“don’t fold your underwear” sounds like a thing a cool kid would say in an 80s family sitcom meaning “don’t freak out”
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
“don’t fold your underwear” sounds like a thing a cool kid would say in an 80s family sitcom meaning “don’t freak out”
fascinated by this creature
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
fascinated by this creature
don’t eat daffodils though they’re poisonous!
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
don’t eat daffodils though they’re poisonous!
oh yes the line was about the novel within a novel that Garp wrote, The World According To Bensenhaver
February 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
oh yes the line was about the novel within a novel that Garp wrote, The World According To Bensenhaver
Garp gave me the line “a pornographic soap opera” which came in handy 20 years later when I read A Little Life
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Garp gave me the line “a pornographic soap opera” which came in handy 20 years later when I read A Little Life
Murray makes this point about Deathtrap Dungeon (plot: a nobleman built a big deadly dungeon and offered a prize for anyone who can make their way through it)- that it works cos that’s the one setting where the tropes of this kind of book would make sense.
February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Murray makes this point about Deathtrap Dungeon (plot: a nobleman built a big deadly dungeon and offered a prize for anyone who can make their way through it)- that it works cos that’s the one setting where the tropes of this kind of book would make sense.
I can recommend turnto400.blogspot.com for a very funny reread of the Fighting Fantasy oeuvre, albeit one that’s updated on a GRRM-like schedule.
Turn to 400
The Fighting Fantasy re-discovery blog in which YOU are not the hero. You are just a reader.
turnto400.blogspot.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I can recommend turnto400.blogspot.com for a very funny reread of the Fighting Fantasy oeuvre, albeit one that’s updated on a GRRM-like schedule.
gove probably on the pro beeb side cos he wants them to bring back The Wright Way
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
gove probably on the pro beeb side cos he wants them to bring back The Wright Way
this gentleman is seen
with a maid of seventeen
a taking of his dolce farniente
and wonders he’d achieve
for he asks us to believe
she’s his mother and he’s nearly five-and-twenty
with a maid of seventeen
a taking of his dolce farniente
and wonders he’d achieve
for he asks us to believe
she’s his mother and he’s nearly five-and-twenty
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
this gentleman is seen
with a maid of seventeen
a taking of his dolce farniente
and wonders he’d achieve
for he asks us to believe
she’s his mother and he’s nearly five-and-twenty
with a maid of seventeen
a taking of his dolce farniente
and wonders he’d achieve
for he asks us to believe
she’s his mother and he’s nearly five-and-twenty
“in hushed tones but also loud enough that I could hear and hey where is my black coffee anyway”
February 3, 2026 at 5:49 AM
“in hushed tones but also loud enough that I could hear and hey where is my black coffee anyway”
I say, I happen to be walking here!
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I say, I happen to be walking here!
“…who’s flying the plane!?!?!?”
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
“…who’s flying the plane!?!?!?”
My dad was a big rock and roll fan- after his funeral my uncle said “he’ll finally get to meet Buddy Holly, a shame he’ll never meet Jerry Lee Lewis”
February 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
My dad was a big rock and roll fan- after his funeral my uncle said “he’ll finally get to meet Buddy Holly, a shame he’ll never meet Jerry Lee Lewis”
I don’t like either *puts on plastic crown and climbs atop inflatable throne beneath KING WEIRDO awning*
February 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I don’t like either *puts on plastic crown and climbs atop inflatable throne beneath KING WEIRDO awning*
okay you’ve got two strikes left
January 30, 2026 at 5:35 PM
okay you’ve got two strikes left
feels like a classic “if everyone would just”
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
feels like a classic “if everyone would just”
I used to go to school with a guy called early (surname was earl) maybe it’s that guy
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 AM
I used to go to school with a guy called early (surname was earl) maybe it’s that guy
If he does have a snake you can have a bit of fun with the concept of a plumber’s snake
January 28, 2026 at 10:12 PM
If he does have a snake you can have a bit of fun with the concept of a plumber’s snake
those weird guys at the worm store?
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
those weird guys at the worm store?