Naomi J. Williams
@naomijwilliams.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, editor, thrift-store shopper, train enthusiast, Sacramento Kings fan. Biracial Japanese-American. She/her
Banner image: stone bridge at Kōsanji Temple, Japan
Banner image: stone bridge at Kōsanji Temple, Japan
Today in #SillyPangrams: PENDITENCE. That’s when someone is about to apologize but hasn’t yet, or when you’re waiting for an apology that isn’t forthcoming, as in “Her marriage was a 25-year exercise in *penditence*.” #FakePangrams #NYTSpellingBee
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today in #SillyPangrams: PENDITENCE. That’s when someone is about to apologize but hasn’t yet, or when you’re waiting for an apology that isn’t forthcoming, as in “Her marriage was a 25-year exercise in *penditence*.” #FakePangrams #NYTSpellingBee
Today’s #SillyPangram: GOALHEN. This alternate for “Tiger Mom” never really caught on, maybe because it was easily confused for “Soccer Mom.” #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Today’s #SillyPangram: GOALHEN. This alternate for “Tiger Mom” never really caught on, maybe because it was easily confused for “Soccer Mom.” #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams
Got this book, Twinless Twin, by Dean Marshall Tuck, in today’s mail from University of Nebraska Press. Didn’t order it, don’t know the writer or anyone they thank or anyone who blurbed it. But thanks to whoever sent it to me!
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Got this book, Twinless Twin, by Dean Marshall Tuck, in today’s mail from University of Nebraska Press. Didn’t order it, don’t know the writer or anyone they thank or anyone who blurbed it. But thanks to whoever sent it to me!
WARRIORBAN: Huh. This is some kind of anti-war strategy. It definitely has nothing to do with how a Sacramento Kings fan might feel about Golden State lol #SillyPangrams #NYTSpellingBee
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
WARRIORBAN: Huh. This is some kind of anti-war strategy. It definitely has nothing to do with how a Sacramento Kings fan might feel about Golden State lol #SillyPangrams #NYTSpellingBee
Today’s silly pangram: UNWONTONING (alt. UNWONTONNING). Obscure, gerund form of UNWONTON, meaning to remove wontons from or fail to put wontons in soup, often confused with UNWANTON. #FakePangrams #NYTSpellingBee
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today’s silly pangram: UNWONTONING (alt. UNWONTONNING). Obscure, gerund form of UNWONTON, meaning to remove wontons from or fail to put wontons in soup, often confused with UNWANTON. #FakePangrams #NYTSpellingBee
Also bought, to keep, not use, this instantly recognizable Chris Ware-designed sheet commemorating postal workers. The same mail carrier is in every stamp as she delivers mail through town (& seasons — her clothes change!) until she goes home for night. So charming. #USPS #PostageStamps
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Also bought, to keep, not use, this instantly recognizable Chris Ware-designed sheet commemorating postal workers. The same mail carrier is in every stamp as she delivers mail through town (& seasons — her clothes change!) until she goes home for night. So charming. #USPS #PostageStamps
Walked to local post office on Alhambra for stamps. Love their friendly staff. Bummed to learn they were all sold out on the Good Night Moon stamps, but got Hank Aaron & Baby Wild Animals instead. (No thanks to Sponge Bob & Wm F Buckley!) #USPS 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Walked to local post office on Alhambra for stamps. Love their friendly staff. Bummed to learn they were all sold out on the Good Night Moon stamps, but got Hank Aaron & Baby Wild Animals instead. (No thanks to Sponge Bob & Wm F Buckley!) #USPS 1/2
Lots of fun choices this morning, but I’m going with PODGROAN, which is when a group of whales makes a sound in unison but can also mean any sort of collective sigh, especially in exasperation, as in “His dad jokes were always met with a podgroan.” #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams #NYTSpellingBee
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Lots of fun choices this morning, but I’m going with PODGROAN, which is when a group of whales makes a sound in unison but can also mean any sort of collective sigh, especially in exasperation, as in “His dad jokes were always met with a podgroan.” #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams #NYTSpellingBee
Today’s silly pangram: GUYTIEING.
*Obviously* this refers to the act of tying a guyline, not whatever your dirty mind has imagined. #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams
*Obviously* this refers to the act of tying a guyline, not whatever your dirty mind has imagined. #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today’s silly pangram: GUYTIEING.
*Obviously* this refers to the act of tying a guyline, not whatever your dirty mind has imagined. #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams
*Obviously* this refers to the act of tying a guyline, not whatever your dirty mind has imagined. #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams
Not sure what this means but I can think of some people it might apply to. #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Not sure what this means but I can think of some people it might apply to. #NYTSpellingBee #FakePangrams #SillyPangrams
Every day I play @nytimes.com Spelling Bee & entertain myself with fun pangrams that aren’t actual words #SpellingBee #Pangram #FakePangrams
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Every day I play @nytimes.com Spelling Bee & entertain myself with fun pangrams that aren’t actual words #SpellingBee #Pangram #FakePangrams
Amused/dismayed by how much I relate to this at this morning’s Commuter piece @electricliterature.com by @rlmaizes.bsky.social (and yes, I had to “Click to enlarge” in order to read it 😂) electricliterature.com?p=301992
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Amused/dismayed by how much I relate to this at this morning’s Commuter piece @electricliterature.com by @rlmaizes.bsky.social (and yes, I had to “Click to enlarge” in order to read it 😂) electricliterature.com?p=301992