Neil Serven
@neilserven.bsky.social
Fiction & essays, novel in progress. Co-owner @federalstbooks.bsky.social . Candlepin bowler. Language stuff. A lot of crank air. Used to write the dictionary.
Western Massachusetts.
Western Massachusetts.
This is the warm fruit thing again?
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is the warm fruit thing again?
Think what you like, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Think what you like, Charlie Brown.
Cezanne painting.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Cezanne painting.
My school had vacuum tubes built into the hallway ways for cleaning the chalk dust off erasers.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My school had vacuum tubes built into the hallway ways for cleaning the chalk dust off erasers.
Lorenzo Music, who was the voice for Garfield on TV, volunteered at a suicide hotline. Distressed callers would get distracted because the person they were talking to sounded like Garfield.
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Lorenzo Music, who was the voice for Garfield on TV, volunteered at a suicide hotline. Distressed callers would get distracted because the person they were talking to sounded like Garfield.
Day 17: Horse #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
The Sundays, "Wild Horses"
"Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7GE...
The Sundays, "Wild Horses"
"Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7GE...
The Sundays - Wild Horses (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BebotExpress
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Day 17: Horse #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
The Sundays, "Wild Horses"
"Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7GE...
The Sundays, "Wild Horses"
"Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them someday"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7GE...
Day 18: Park #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
The Cowsills, "The Rain, The Park, & Other Things"
I saw her sitting in the rain
Raindrops falling on her
She didn't seem to care
She sat there and smiled at me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhu...
The Cowsills, "The Rain, The Park, & Other Things"
I saw her sitting in the rain
Raindrops falling on her
She didn't seem to care
She sat there and smiled at me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhu...
The Cowsills - The Rain The Park And Other Things (4K/Lyrics)
YouTube video by Michaels Hit Music
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Day 18: Park #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
The Cowsills, "The Rain, The Park, & Other Things"
I saw her sitting in the rain
Raindrops falling on her
She didn't seem to care
She sat there and smiled at me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhu...
The Cowsills, "The Rain, The Park, & Other Things"
I saw her sitting in the rain
Raindrops falling on her
She didn't seem to care
She sat there and smiled at me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhu...
You are now required to bring the raccoon model with you on your book tour.
I hope it is named “Hue.”
I hope it is named “Hue.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
You are now required to bring the raccoon model with you on your book tour.
I hope it is named “Hue.”
I hope it is named “Hue.”
Day 19: Kid #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Hole, "Rock Star"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAT7...
"Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it do it do it do it do it
For the kids"
Hole, "Rock Star"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAT7...
"Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it do it do it do it do it
For the kids"
Rock Star
YouTube video by Hole - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Day 19: Kid #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Hole, "Rock Star"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAT7...
"Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it do it do it do it do it
For the kids"
Hole, "Rock Star"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAT7...
"Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it for the kids, yeah
Do it do it do it do it do it
For the kids"
Was the verb too woke?
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Was the verb too woke?
I am alive in my current form! This form of me expired in July 2021.
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I am alive in my current form! This form of me expired in July 2021.
I think it’s literary past tense. Even the people still there are in past tense! We’ll all be past tense eventually, Coco.
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I think it’s literary past tense. Even the people still there are in past tense! We’ll all be past tense eventually, Coco.
(I think the description comes from our old podcast bio. I haven’t bowled competitively since Covid, and I miss that, too.)
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
(I think the description comes from our old podcast bio. I haven’t bowled competitively since Covid, and I miss that, too.)
I love that Schwarzenegger's "Encyclopedia" gets shelved in the same case.
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I love that Schwarzenegger's "Encyclopedia" gets shelved in the same case.
Garfield died on a Monday. He hated Mondays.
Learned last night that we’re getting a Netflix miniseries on the Garfield assassination with Michael Shannon as Garfield and Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, and how are we not all talking about this? www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Where is the Darwinian logic there.
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Where is the Darwinian logic there.