Talk me out of trying to read the KJV cover to cover next year.
Seriously, save me from myself.
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I got a contract on a short story!
It's not a great contract, but it is a real one, where I make money. Yay!
A (Near) Year of Reading Shit
I think I've mentioned that I did the Goodreads reading challenge this year. Every quarter, they put out a half dozen or so catagories of books that (publishers have paid them to promote) you read from, you get an internet stamp, etc. I've read all kind of stuff. Some I had on my to read list for a while, one or two I read for the blog, some that wasn't on my TBR but was in my area, and some that was totally out. It's good to get out of my comfort zone. Most of it was absolute trash. The 90s Star Wars novels aren't high art, but most of them are at least reasonably free of obvious editing mistakes, blatant dicontinuity, etc. The amount of Big 5 books that look like first drafts is fucking embarrassing. I've heard there's a lot less editors/development going around these days, but we're talking stuff I'd hope a half decent amateur crit group would catch. I'm going back to grumpily reading the classics. Any probably trying the Malazan series.
Not in the middle of something!? Everytime We Touch!? I love interrobangs!?
After being in the middle of Fruits for so long, it's kind of weird to not be on something. I think I'm going to go back to the stuff I skipped in Volume 2. It was cool to finish Vol 1, I'll take another stab at it. Just jamming out to "Everytime We Touch" covers and folding laundry. BEHOLD THE OFFICIAL MILLENNIAL PROM THEME: Can we call exclamation marks BANGS? What are you BANGING so much in your emails, Jan‽
I made myself a note to blog this. So here I go?
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/nx-s1-5937919/move-over-beer-in-rwanda-a-bar-might-pour-you-a-glass-of-milk https://www.npr.org/2026/08/27/g-s1-139914/milk-rwanda-milk-bar https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/world/africa/rwanda-milk-bars.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bar
Brian Clevinger
The other day, I stumbled across Atomic Robo . I'd read a couple of the print issues, but I was pleasantly surprised to see if still being published in the old school 2 page a week webcomic format online. Good stuff, working my way through the archive. Brian (the writer) also did the first web comic I ever followed: 8-Bit Theater .