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Drew Melbourne
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Neurodivergent geek author of A DARK HOLE DARKLY, the Percival Gynt space-fantasy series, and the graphic novel ARCHENEMIES.
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THIS is Dancer, FYI.

2/2.
A very cute grey-brown can inside a Chrismas Tree-shaped cat tree.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Oh, cool! The new trailer for KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS just dropped.

I love those novellas! Finally a GAME OF THRONES spinoff that isn't hip deep in inces--

youtu.be/P3MckKNEO4I?...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?
Still from the new trailer for HBO Max's adaptation of George R. R. Martin's KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS. Bunch of medieval looking dudes outside in front of a fire as the voice over declares "Targaryens, they're incestuous aliens."
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Dancer: Now would be a nice time to have a quiet nap by myself.

Kitten:
Two grey-brown striped cats laying on a bed. Smaller one snuggled and sleeping next to larger one who just lays there considering life choices.
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Zoom in and enhance.
Byline reads "By Jeff Wise, a science journalist and PRIVATE PILOT."
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Mahna
Mahna
Pope looks like he's signing into a microphone
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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AI asking AI if AI is awesome:
Q: How does the AI Super Upscaling technology enhance picture quality? (1 answer) A: The AI Super Upscaling technology automatically enhances picture quality regardless of the content you are watching, whether it's sports, movies, or your favorite lat... * This question and answer was generated by AI based on customer and product data.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Gray-brown stripey cats: One by a window, staring at camera, one in a cat street, staring at me, one in a cat tree, sleeping.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Two cats, mom and daughter, brown and gray stripey, balled up and sleeping next to each other on a blue blanket.
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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"Obscure Troubled Teenage Jesus" in TMNT Font
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Happy Monday, Democrats!
In the Mamdani for NYC font style: "Primary their asses" in orange block lettering against a blue background.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I am a shill.
"Wicked For Good" in the fun Zohran for New York City font.
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Hello Election Day, my old friend...
Outside a polling location, Springfield 1-1, which the sign specifies as "beige" for reasons lost to time. Chair. Table. Polling materials. Brick wall.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Took me a while to find the GIF! It's from the end (one of the ends!) of the movie CLUE!
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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An ADHD Awareness Month and/or Halloween Public Service Announcement:

Sometimes the answer is both!!!
A Venn Diagram: Ghosts > Who opened all my cabinets? < ADHD
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Seriously thinking about instituting a no lightsabers in the bathroom policy.
A lightsaber (Darth Vader's, from a costume) discarded at my black-socked feet on the bathroom floor.
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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And my kiddo's contribution:
Tiny lego reconstructions of my books Inevitability of Fire (red with white studs) and Conspiracy of Days (blue with a cloud and a black circle) in Lego on a gray stand.
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Okay. So after resolving not too, I miiight have put together a little Lego thing for the author fair today:
A Lego diorama of a foppish man with big black hair and a pocket watch and a robot with wheels and pincer arms. Backdrop has, like, sparks and grabber arms. On a window sill. The window sill's not part of it.
October 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Just three cats enjoying some sunlight.
Three cats on a bed as sun comes in through the window.
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Trying to Google what seem like very straight forward questions that lots of people must have had over time and getting back AI slop + absolute shit results, and it's like
The Simspons meme of Principal Skinner wandering "Am I out of touch? No, it's children who are wrong." But rewritten as "Am I bad at Googling? No, it's Google that's wrong."
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Okay, NOW I think I have everything sorted for the author fair on Sunday!

(At the Queen Theater in Wilmington, DE if you're local.)

Big thanks to Christine at FedEx for her help getting the signage printed properly!!!
White text against an outer space background: Trapped between a dark past and an incandescent future, Percival Gynt will either save the universe or damn us all*. Shows covers of Percival Gynt and the Inevitability if Fire (fiery with a ring of white stars) and Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days (a round smart phone looking thing against a partly cloudy sky) both marked down from $16.95 to $15. Below that it reads: The fate of everything, in two volumes. For fans of Doctor Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy, and everything, everywhere, all at once. *Or... both? Probably both.
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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I think I'm all set for the author fair on Sunday! I have books, giveaways, all the hardware and whatnot, and signage will be ready for pick-up tomorrow.

Also I am definitely DEFINITELY forgetting something.

If you're in Delaware on Sunday you can stop by and find out what!
Fall 2024 Delaware Author Fair sponsored by Huxley and Hiro, this Sunday, October 26th, at The Queen Theater in Wilmington DE. Early access $10 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. comes with a sticker and poster. $5 admission 12 to 3. Pumpkins, furry animals, etc. pictured.
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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And that's it!!! I think our winners are gonna be these (mine, wife's, kiddo's).

What are yours???

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My pick: Demon cat and bird from K-Pop Demon Hunters Wife's pick: Daniel Tiger from PBS Kids Kiddo's pick: Minecraft Chicken Jockey
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Stitch ate a cantaloupe?!? Also: Really good Minecraft Chicken Jockey.

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Tom & Jerry (cat and mouse, scarecrows) are pretty good I like Stitch (the blue alien from Lilo & fame) but this is mostly store bought stuff. A really good Woody Woodpecker! Beak sculpted from straw! This is a really accurate Minecraft chicken jockey! Burlap square Minecraft guy on burlap square chicken. Probably the kiddos favorite!
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Nice use of plants/flowers on the owl, but don't think it all comes together.

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"The Beast" from... Over the Garden Wall??? Very spooky with elk ears and a lantern and dark furs and such The owl from Winnie the Pooh with some fun use of flowers and plants for plumage Two more Minions with a very nice Gru scarecrow from Despicable Scarecrow Me I don't know how I feel about these Bluey and sister (dogs/scarecrows) as grannies from Bluey as just heads??? (But the word balloon that says "Nice parking, Rita" is a nice touch.)
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM