doctor who but with longer seasons and shorter episodes, something in between a soap opera and the old version of the show, leans into effects not looking “real”

specifically there’s a story by Michael Bishop called “The House of Compassionate Sharers” that made a big impression on me & I never see people talking about it. I hope to find more things like that

freshet is one of the great words

that image sums up Stephen King’s politics I think

most frustrating thing in the world, to me

also a big memory is reading Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on a high school trip of some kind and feeling like the floor was dropping out of the universe from how much it diverged from my sense of what a piece of fiction could be like

like what if everyone made a loud and nasty sound that hits you in the head? what if classical music sounded a bit more like shape note singing?

I really believe that choirs (or at least some of them) should be trying to sound more like choirs from the 30s or earlier — a horrible weirdo opinion!

VILLAGE FOOL: In my reverie I saw a cruel Dutch tyrant flyting most arrogantly with a warlord of the east
LOCAL PARSON: here in the village, lad?
VILLAGE FOOL: no, sir. On Youtube
LOCAL PARSON: nonsense. I've no tube upon me