One wonders if this might lead to authors being able to get their rights back? Hmmm…
January 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
One wonders if this might lead to authors being able to get their rights back? Hmmm…
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Tonight in the December Comfort Watches: Apollo 13, perhaps the best film ever for competent people doing competent things competently, both on screen and off of it:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Nine: Apollo 13
Apollo 13 is a film that sits atop a small but diverse and, for some people, extremely enjoyable sub-genre of film: Competence Porn. This has nothing to do with actual pornography (well, I guess it…
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December 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Tonight in the December Comfort Watches: Apollo 13, perhaps the best film ever for competent people doing competent things competently, both on screen and off of it:
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A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called Nick Cave Troll
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
December 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A Lord of the Rings Cover Band called Nick Cave Troll
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I can’t believe someone who won the FIFA Peace Prize would act like this.
December 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I can’t believe someone who won the FIFA Peace Prize would act like this.
This is deeply true. :/
Realize I got into a funk about writing the last couple weeks because of a couple of Publishing shenanigans. Gotta focus on what you can control, Hurley. And it ain't publishing.
Trad publishing can def build you up, but just as often, it will break your heart.
Trad publishing can def build you up, but just as often, it will break your heart.
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is deeply true. :/
Though in my experience, royalty amounts under $100 get “held over” until there’s more than $100. So you can get royalty statements showing your books are still selling, by you have to *wait*.
“But don’t authors make a living from royalties?”
(Tho: nice.)
(Tho: nice.)
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Though in my experience, royalty amounts under $100 get “held over” until there’s more than $100. So you can get royalty statements showing your books are still selling, by you have to *wait*.
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We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
September 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
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the John le Carre interview film The Pigeon Tunnel: his absolute loathing of Kim Philby never ceases to delight. This time I noted his throwaway line about Philby's 'addiction to betrayal':
"if you'd given him your cat to look after for a couple of weeks he'd have betrayed the cat somehow"
"if you'd given him your cat to look after for a couple of weeks he'd have betrayed the cat somehow"
June 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
the John le Carre interview film The Pigeon Tunnel: his absolute loathing of Kim Philby never ceases to delight. This time I noted his throwaway line about Philby's 'addiction to betrayal':
"if you'd given him your cat to look after for a couple of weeks he'd have betrayed the cat somehow"
"if you'd given him your cat to look after for a couple of weeks he'd have betrayed the cat somehow"
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A Higgs Boson walks into a Catholic Church and says, "Sorry I'm late." The priest smiles. "That's okay. We couldn't have Mass without you."
June 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A Higgs Boson walks into a Catholic Church and says, "Sorry I'm late." The priest smiles. "That's okay. We couldn't have Mass without you."
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Jimmy Carter has passed away. My wife says he was the last decent man in politics.
December 29, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Jimmy Carter has passed away. My wife says he was the last decent man in politics.
December 9, 2024 at 10:56 AM