#from his latest Bluesky post

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Glazed and Confused

Pairing: Lando Norris x Potter!Youtuber!reader

Summary: when lando fails to make a simple mug, fans direct him towards your YouTube channel

a/n: I took 1 hr long class on pottery and quit. Don’t like the feel of it, have mostly forgot literally everything about it so…🤷🏻‍♀️

a/n 2: I really struggled to get lando’s voice down and don’t really think I did. Oops 😬 will work on that for next time (also plz ignore that changing of the handles. I try to keep them accurate but again I’m not on those social media platforms so…)

a/n 3: I tried to make sure that this reader was never gendered or given a race — there’s one photo near the end that depicts 2 white smaller hands but I think that is the only time. Please let me know how I did, if you could

Pottery Made Easy has posted

potterymadeeasy

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pottermadeeasy: my newest video (mugs and bowls, pt 2) is now up! In it I show you ways to add a little flourish and decorations to the pieces you made from part 1!

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user1: thank you your majesty! Easy to understand and so so easy to follow!! (unlike my professor 🙄😬)

user2: right? If they either stopped mumbling or spoke up…

user1: might be asking too much of someone born in the 1800s 😭🙄

user2: unfortunately

user3: god your work is so gorgeous. Do you sell anything?

potterynadeeasy: occasionally! I’m based in Monaco rn and a friend owns a shop and sometimes they let me use a shelf or 2

user4: ohh! I’m in France. Plz plz plz make an announcement when you will next have some ready! I’d love to own a piece

potterynadeeasy: of course lovely 😊 vague plans are to have some ready in the next week or 2!

user4: seriously?!? Marking the calendar right now!

user3: you have no idea how jealous I am right now…

potterynadeeasy: dm me! I might be able to ship it to you depending on where you are!

user3: faints bless you

user5: landonorris here! They might be able to help you

user6: be so for real right now. It’ll take a miracle to help landonorris

user7: I hate to be a negative nancy but…yeah. That latest stream was bad bad landonorris

user8: I dont even know…that clay flew… landonorris

user9: would hate to be his cleaner…

lnupdates

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lnupdates: some of our favorite moments from Lando’s latest stream where he was attempting to make a ceramic mug…bowl? It was certainly an interesting one to watch

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user5: interesting is one way to put it. Tragic is another

user6: no but really…that was. I legit have no words

user7: he needs to watch potterymadeeasy! I love their videos

user8: oh? I haven’t heard of them

user7: they’re a Monaco based potter that has a lot of simple how to videos!

user8: just watched one of them! And god their voice…🥵

user7: oh my god right?!?

user5: but are they gonna be enough to help lando?

user7: well they certainly couldn’t make it any worse tbh

user9: you got this lando! Pottery isn’t something easy to pick up - you just gotta keep trying!

user10: yeah! There was definitely some improvement by the end

Bluesky

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landonorris

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landonorris: progress! these ones were mostly standing. I’m not done yet though - catch me tomorrow night giving it another go

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user11: those looked good! Most definitely an improvement!

user12: he’s almost there! It’s literally just the little things now

user13: oh how far we’ve come! In less then a year he’s gone from flying clay to something that could generously be called a bowl

user14: and an “artistic” vase!

oscarpiastri: definitely better then last time

landonorris: mate…

oscarpiastri: you don’t pay your cleaner enough

landonorris: mate!! get out of my comments

charles_leclerc: keep trying! Maybe one day you’ll get there

landonorris: yeah say goodbye to your Christmas present

charles_leclerc: 👎🏻

alex_albon: will be there! And will definitely be recording - gotta have proof 😂

landonorris: is it national bully lando day here or something?

user15: yes

user16: yes

oscarpiastri: yes

charles_leclerc: yes 👍🏻

georgerussell63: yes

alex_albon: yes!!

maxverstappen1: yes

danielricciardo: yes!

carlossainz55: yes!

landonorris: you freaking muppets!

user17: ok but am I the only one who noticed he kept looking to the side and like beaming?

user18: no but I thought I was going insane? Like he was so soft?

user17: yeah! definitely getting the feeling he wasn’t the only one there. Just who are you looking at?

user18: dare we say little lando norris has a partner now?

landonorris

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landonorris: haha! I did kt! A mug a vase and a bowl!! On to the next step - glazing! And you muppets didn’t think I could do it

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user19: woohoo! Congrats lando! Those look so so good!

user20: and those glazes are gonna be fire when they’re done. I use the same brand and colors he did and they turn out AMAZING

user19: ok don’t be shy drop the names plz

potterymadeeasy: those look great!

landonorris: thank you! Had a great teacher 😉

user21: ariana (potterymadeeasy) what are you doing here?

user22: thoughts are being thunk

user23: unthunk those thoughts right now

user22: sorry…thots are being thunk rn

user23: nurse she’s out again!

user21: really? Under my comment thread?

user24: I’ve connected the dots.

user25: you’ve connected shit

user24: no I’ve connected them

user25: god get a life

charles_leclerc: congrats!

carlossainz55: it only took a few months…

alex_albon: a couple of different throwing wheels

georgerussell63: and 3 different cleaning companies

landonorris: I’m gonna run you all over with my car

mclaren: legally this is a joke

landonorris

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landonorris: first round of my ceramics are currently cooking in the kiln. Starting a new batch and stretching my creative skills

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user26: holy shit those look INCREDIBLE

user27: I’m so shocked! I just started watching the old streams so like in the course of a day he went from wet clay lumps to these masterpieces

user28: I’m so so proud of him - I’m currently trying to get into pottery and ceramics and watching him keep at it is so inspiring

user26: user28 you can do it! Persistence is key

oscarpiastri: man thinks he’s Picasso now…but for real congrats lando. Those look good! And functional too

landonorris: I’m only gonna give you the lumpy ones actually

oscarpiastri: I’m good thanks

landonorris: 🙃

oscarpiastri: honestly proud of you. You’ve come a long way

landonorris: thanks mate!

oscarpiastri: I’m also glad you can stop calling me crying about your latest fuck up

landonorris: you muppet!

danielricciardo: too soon to call dibs on that dragonfly mug?

landonorris: after the way you continuously kept laughing at me?

danielricciardo: in encouragement?

landonorris: 😑

danielricciardo: 🥹🧡?

landonorris: fine 🙄

user29: ok yeah good job on those designs and whatever but are we gonna mention those HEART MUGS?!

landonorris: 😂🧡😉

user29: get back here and answer some questions! What? Does? That? Mean?

landonorris: 🏃🏻‍♂️💨

user29: SIR!

maxverstappen1: i see you’re finished making my present but really? Matching heart mugs?

landonorris: not actually for you!

maxverstappen1: heart❤️ been broke💔🤕 so many times⏰ i don’t know❌🤷‍♀️ what to believe 🍃🙏

landonorris: …who are you and where is max?

maxverstappen1: I thought what we had was special

landonorris: not my favorite relationship anymore! Sorry 🧡

maxverstappen1: 💔

potterymadeeasy: those look good!

landonorris: I had a good teacher 🧡

potterymadeeasy: flatterer

landonorris: always 😉

User22: !!!

User23: shut up shut up shut up

landonorris

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landonorris: kiln unveiling and some upcoming projects!

listen. when I randomly decided that I wanted to learn how to make ceramic dishes, it was mostly because I wanted to make something with my own 2 hands — and when I wasn’t immediately good at it, I decided that I wouldn’t stop until I was.

Its been a long couple of months with a lot of struggles but I can finally say that I’m proud of how far I’ve come. It hasn’t been easy but the journey and the process has been fun and i genuinely can’t wait to see what comes next!

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user30: I’m? Crying? 😭

user31: omg same!!! To see how far he’s come and to hear that he’s finally proud of himself too…

user32: we’re excited for you too!

user33: excited? For what? Some more mediocre “Art” by some mediocre man?

user32: go fuck yourself. And get out of my comments. And off lando’s page

used34: user33 how about you go get some sun and maybe shove some kindness up yours! 🖕

oscarpiastri: seriously, congratulations. Those look incredible

landonorris: thanks mate! I do appreciate your support

oscarpiastri: and my cupboards appreciate your work

user34: 🩵🩵 ahhh he’s giving away his pieces

alex_albon: it’s been a fun ride watching you!

landonorris: thanks i think

alex_albon: no problem!

alex_albon: and could you send me the name of your newest cleaning crew? They most be ungodly good

landonorris: and there it is… cleaningcrew

alex_albon: anyway i could get a series of mugs inspired by albon_pets?

landonorris: I’ll need a lot of pretty good pictures

alex_albon: on it 🫡

landonorris: in fact I might need to visit in person

albon_pets: yay! We love ❤️ getting visitors

user35: UMMM?!? That 5th photo?!?

user36: IS THIS A SOFT LAUNCH? DOES LITTLE LANDO NORRIS FINALLY HAVE A PARTNER AGAIN?!?

landonorris: 🫢🤫

user36: YOU CANT KEEP GETTJNG AWAY WITH THIS

landonorris: 😂🏃🏻‍♂️💨

yourpriv: my love, I’m so proud of you! Putting yourself out there in the world to learn something new is never easy but you have done it with amazing persistence and talent.

landopriv: babe… you know I couldn’t do it without you

yourpriv: oh I have no doubt you would have gotten here on your own

landopriv: no. No i don’t think I would have. I’m a fast guy and I’m used to fast results. When I reached out to you, it was a last resort last string. If it didn’t work out with your help, I was honestly going to quit. You pushed me to get better, to stick with it till I made it.

yourpriv: 🥹🥹🥹

landopriv: I’m serious. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me — i love you 🧡

yourpriv: 🥹🥰🧡 I love you too hun

maxverstappen1: can’t lie — it was a fun ride watching you fail but I also can’t wait to see what you make next

landonorris: …thanks for your support 😑🙄😅

maxverstappen1: you know it!

landonorris

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landonorris: no time for a soft launch. Thank you honey for teaching me pottery and for designing such a bomb ass helmet!

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potterymadeeasy: Lando! We had a plan!

landonorris: 🤷🏻‍♂️

landonorris: love ya!

potterymadeeasy:…love you too!

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Replies

Related to our latest posts + some other shorter ones!

thestarlightfae asked:

Hi Ryu! Hi Katsu! Do you two happen to have a timeline for Vil? By timeline, I mean which of his designs correspond with which ages. Thanks!

Hi hi!

It’s kind of vague, to be honest; the only thing that’s been concrete from the start in our posts is that younger Vil probably had shorter hair. And then we usually jump straight to the freshman!Vil, and with him I am kind of inconsistent; my earlier comics and drawings of him have him with pretty much the same hairstyle that he has now (w/o his bun and his crown though), but these days I draw him with shorter hair as well. For some reason, I like this better than freshman!Vil having very long hair…

I also like to think that Vil only started braiding his hair during his 3rd year at NRC, to give himself more of a regal matriarch look?? But that’s just an idea I’m playing with in my head. In fact, I think the best way to describe it would be to imagine Vil having all kinds of haircuts throughout the years because there is no way he wouldn’t want to play around with this. But what I think and what I draw are two different things…

It’s just like with Crewel. I want his younger self to experiment with hairstyles a lot, but always end up drawing the same one lol

Anonymous asked:

ive seen malleus depicted as a shota, i think thats my favorite of the cast to shotafy next to idia. your thoughts?

Honestly, all of them are great, ever since that one ask I keep thinking about shota versions as the next birthday cards theme, it would be so cool lol

But yeah, Malleus’ upbringing was very complicated, and he looks very cute when he is still clearly very young, but already has this air of a prince about him. Not to mention all the potential difficulties growing up as a little dragon ahem………… I think I draw him this way pretty often, but I should do it more lol

I also love drawing Vil and Ortho and the Tweels and Azul and Rook; I think those are the ones I draw the most. Oh! Sebek and Silver as well.

originalblossomer asked:

Hi! I love your art very much! In fact, I love it so much, I registered on Bluesky exclusively to see more of you. I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you. Lots of love!💗💗

Ahhh this is so sweet!! Thank you so much for your kindness!! I hope you keep enjoying my stuff, and I’ll sure as hell keep posting hehe.

Anonymous asked:

Hello! I have to say that, even if i don't really support some of your ideas/ships, i've to admit that your artwork it's simply gorgeous and they inspire me as an artist. My question is, is there any ship that it's just a big no? Or that you find overrated that it just doesn't have any appeal :0?

Thank you so much, Anon! I’m glad that my stuff could inspire you in any way, that’s very cool to hear.

I don’t want anyone to feel bad, so that’s just my personal opinion and I know people who like those pairings follow me, but I really really really don’t care for Leona/Vil and Trey/Jade. There are a lot of Leona ships in general that I don’t really care for, but somehow Leona/Vil squicks even more than Malleus/Leona does.

Anonymous asked:

dont know if this is unpopular but i dont care at all about grim. i love the boys and that's what im there for. grim is a forgettable mascot to me. interested to hear any other takes.

We didn’t really care for Grim at first too, but during our rewatch started to appreciate him more, to be honest. He is not all that bad, and he is kind of cute sometimes.

To be honest, I kind of forget that he and/or Yuu exist a lot of times lol But I like Grim! Especially when he lowers his ears all sadly…

Anonymous asked:

I really love how sharp you draw rook's eyes, very pretty ❤️

Ahh thank you so much!!! <3 I love drawing his eyes! Hehehe

Anonymous asked:

For twst who has piercings and where?

Actually replied here!

Now the art-related asks, starting with the ones about the ADeuce drawing from yesterday:

Anonymous asked:

It look so… peaceful, no sex or anything erotic, only two pal doing homework .… at 2 a.m ?!

Maybe this is why Ace looks so done… he had other plans, but Deuce’s been doing his homework for hours now… it’s so late already and it’s still not over lol

Anonymous asked:

Where the collar? Eh?

THAT’S WHY IT’S TAKING THIS LONG! Poor Deuce is just waiting for Ace to leave so he can put his collar on and finally focus!!

Wow, these two aren’t getting anywhere huh They have a long night ahead of them…

Anonymous asked:

What his skin make of, silicon?

Probably! Very soft one, very pleasant to the touch.

Anonymous asked:

Ortho and Vil are so cute <3 love this little interaction! Ortho has the squishiest cheeks for someone without actual cheeks

Thank you, Anon <3 Ortho absolutely does have the squishiest cheeks! Vil should poke them and squish them as a stress toy lol

Anonymous asked:

OHH RYYYYYYYUUU! That shota jackvil is so GOOD! 💚 and I'm really in love with the way you draw shota Vil 👀💚.

Thank you so much, Anon!! I am happy you like it! <3

Vil is a little charmer lol I love drawing him being a sassy little guy that doesn’t quite fit in with the “normal” boys…

Anonymous asked:

I love how you draw azuls hair, It looks supper fluffy. Like if i were to touch it it would just spring back like memory foam type of fluff.

Thank you so much, Anon!! <3 I feel like I have good and bad days with Azul’s hair… so I am very happy it looks good!

The texture of the memory foam though, this is such a good way to describe it…

Anonymous asked:

Sometime, we don't need sex, just something wholesome like a nerd kiss a crystal star.

Facts.

It’s all about the contrasts…. For now this cute nerd can look wholesome in this outfit <3 For now.

Anonymous asked:

Those armpits.

I have serious problem

You’re not alone, Anon, the stargazer outfit is insane.

Anonymous asked:

That one hell goddess!!

If that was the goddess of Hell… I wouldn’t mind believing in it….

Anonymous asked:

There more you can kiss

This is why Idia didn’t go ask for those wishes in person, because people would start listing things that he can kiss.

Anonymous asked:

Mhmmm, pizza boy… i mean pizza. Yeah, pizza

The boy is also there! And he is waiting for his tip!

Anonymous asked:

*insert SpongeBob meme about the pizza here*

Also if that pizza isn't good, jade better be giving some other sort of food to make up for it.

Oh, he has some mushrooms in a bag in his pocket, do you want some? He wouldn’t mind sharing~

Anonymous asked:

After Lady Floyd we have Jade the delivery man

Anonymous asked:

Blessing us with fem tweels in separate accounts.. i can't thank you enough 🙏🏻

Thank you for appreciating the ladies, Anons <3 And Jade the delivery man lol

It was actually a coincidence, that Jade from the locked acc was supposed to be posted much earlier than that, but the timing ended up being perfect lol

I am glad you’re enjoying it!

Anonymous asked:

I don't know, Leona being too lazy to jerk off, yeah, that sounds so right to me... like so entirely correct...

I don't even have further thoughts on that, it's just like... yeah, that's true

(related to a reply from a week ago)

lol being lazy is art… not just anyone could get this lazy, you know…

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11/09-10/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte; Ruibo Qian; Vico Ortiz; Nat Torress; Lindsey Cantrell; Minnie Driver; And Now for Something Completely Different; Articles; Love Notes;

Sorry lovelies, I'm so very behind right now. I have so much I am trying to catch up on at home and work, and with all the moving parts going around, it's taking a lot to catch up. For 11/12 Ive got a lot more news since people have moved from twitter to bluesky and there's a lot going on. Will try to get that done tonight too if I can. Take care <3

== David Jenkins ==

Chaos Dad started his Bluesky career off strong!

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== Rhys Darby ==

Rhys was out in St Louis exploring some Mystery tunnels!

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The St Louis show ended wonderfully-- everyone seems to have had such a fantastic time! So jealous of all yall who got to go!

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== Taika Waititi ==

Guess what!? A new holiday short is coming out Nov 12 on youtube - Directed by none other than Taika!

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Something to mention however... as one of our crewmates, bbviago on twitter pointed out. 👀

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Taika was also out with Rita at the MTV EMA!

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== Samba Schutte ==

Samba had his Death by Cheese class on Saturday the 9th!

Here are some Class Notes if you're interested!

And some BTS he mentioned in the class.

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== Ruibo Qian ==

Our Pirate Queen <3

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== Vico Ortiz ==

Free show Nov 12 at 9:30 PM PST! (Sorry I'm late cause I'm posting this on the 12th!) More Info!

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== Nat Torres ==

Our beloved writer blessing us with some puppy content <3

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== Linds Cantrell ==

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== Minnie Driver ==

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== Love Notes ==

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[ohnohon]

*blows years worth of dust off this blog* Is anyone still alive?

Hi everyoneee! I took the biggest break from drawing because I got jobs in actual art and it killed all my love for it for a while but I have RETURNED! I’m drawing more fun and gay stuff than ever. Some fanart, lots of OCs and new stuff. I started uploading my new (mainly NSFW) work on bluesky, my username is ohnohon.bsky.social come find me and let’s be mutuals if you’re on there, but I will start posting on here again too. The saucy stuff will have to be censored on here, but I really would like to get the ball rolling again and put more art out there and get in touch with old and new mutuals again. I miss my art community :) Lots of love - Honey

Here’s one of my latest drawings as a little taster - Philemon and Zoticus being all cute ❤️ They’re a pair of satyrs created by Gorse and meeee.

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Underwater Love 🔱

A dramedy - and slices of life from the Boys. About music and magic, friendship and love.

Follow them 🧭 to wacky places 🧭 going on dramatic adventures   and 🧭 having weird encounters

Chapters: 1-6 📔 7-12 📔 13-16 📔 17-22 📔 23-29

The Boys

Saiwa 🔸 Kiyoshi 🔸 Vlad 🔸 Jeb 🔸 Ji Ho 🔸 Jack

🪷 Heights and Zodiac 🪷 Group Dynamics 🪷 Roles (below the cut in the linked post)

🗂️ The Resistance 🗂️ The Council

In chronological order: 🫛 Saiwa and Jack 🫛 Vlad and Jack 🫛 Saiwa and Vlad 🫛 Kiyoshi and Jeb 🫛 Saiwa and Ji Ho 🫛 Ji Ho and Jack 🫛 Ji Ho and Jeb 🫛 Ji Ho and Kiyoshi 🫛 Vlad and Kiyoshi 🫛 Vlad and Jeb 🫛 Saiwa and Kiyoshi 🫛 Jack and Jeb

(not updated yet) ❤️‍🔥 Ji Ho and Vlad (and Luci) ❤️‍🔥 Saiwa and Jeb ❤️‍🔥 Jack and Kiyoshi ❤️‍🔥 Noxee and Greg ❤️‍🔥 Leander and Wesley (and Vlad) ❤️‍🔥 Francine Spencer (Jeb's Grandmother) and Jules Rico

The Stables - a spin off about their Horses (and Goats)

There are stories woven around how the Boys found their horses: 🐎 Kiri and Kiyoshi 🐎 Diablo and Vlad 🐎 Yang Mal and Ji Ho 🐎 Lunatic and Jack 🐎 Tyalindo and Saiwa 🐎 Valerian and Jeb

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Full Image of my profile picture for Flavor. Also so I can shout out my good friend and partner in crime @coyoteworks for making this incredible commission of post-timeskip Sora for me and also for being cool. You should go follow them. Anyways on to the shameless self-plugging

My best of Ao3!

My latest work and current WIP is To These Hands Entrust The Crown, a post s5 Lego Monkie Kid continuation with plenty of sunburst duo and lots and lots of MK getting into trouble. Still fairly new, I have lots planned for this one, and I'll be doing my best to keep up with weekly updates, usually around Friday!

My previous WIP is To Be Or Not To Be (Human with You), a Genshin Impact fic following Aether and the Wanderer immediately after the Wanderer reclaims his memories as Scaramouche. Currently on hiatus, but not abandoned!

There is also a LOT of my old writing for the KH fandom archived on here, most of which is from right around the original release of KH3 in 2019, and a bit rough around the edges considering how old it is. If you read any of these, I recommend Wholehearted- it's a complete rewrite of the Darkqua fight, and one of my favorites of all those old works. I completely edited it from the ground up last year, so it's a bit easier to read than the OLD old stuff.

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I no longer use twitter, but I've decided to leave my account up so I have a way to find the art that people have made for me, mostly for my genshin fic. You can find me here:

I've made the switch to Bluesky, and plan to be WAY more active on there, especially if people want to hear me ramble about the writing process and get notified when I update my WIPs. Find that here!

And I am active on discord as well, but unless and until I suddenly explode in popularity and have reason to make a server, I don't think I'll be handing that out. But you can always feel free to DM me if you want to talk more about lmk, ffxiv, genshin, or my writing process! I'm always happy to make new friends.

[bills-pokedex]

To whom it may concern (Bebe and Cassius):

I'm sure we'll all well aware of the current event surrounding a certain Unovan(?) entrepreneur who stylizes himself as a genius. It is therefore unnecessary to show me news about his latest "innovative endeavors" for the express purpose of "watching [me], an inventor, age about ten years every time."

So to get it out of the way for the thirteenth and hopefully final time:

Yes, I'm aware.

No, I don't know how he got a stainless steel tank, a rocket cobbled together from spare parts, a self-driving car that occasionally ignites into a ball of flames while trapping its driver in thanks to multiple design flaws, or the brain chip past an ethics committee.

Yes, I am "salty" that I made one mistake with one of my inventions, and now I'm constantly scrutinized by the Pokémon Cutting-Edge Technology Research Institute's ethics committee.

No, I do not want the brain chip.

Yes, I want to study the brain chip.

The fifth point is out of morbid curiosity as to how it got past an ethics committee, not respect.

Hopefully, this clears things up.

Best, Bill

-

{From the Mun:

I found this in the drafts, and I thought it would be hilarious to bring this out and tack on an update post while I'm at it.

But the biggest thing is, I'm . . . actually leaving Tumblr. Now, the main reason for that is my main got super borked up. I've been told by my followers over there it's not shadowbanning, but I'm pretty sure it's random-ass shadowbanning. I cannot receive asks, I can't tag people, I don't have DMs, and I don't show up in notes. As for why, I can't fathom. For the most part, I've kept my nose pretty clean on that account, other than that one time somebody in the writeblr community kinda lost it and tried to use a bunch of random people as a scapegoat for drama reasons. Yeah, idk.

Anyway, the point is, I've submitted a ticket a few months ago and then . . . never heard back. And honestly, for personal reasons, I'm not really inclined on remaking.

Personal reasons being I'm gunning for writing an actual book, as you might know from my last-ish post? Like, non-Pokémon book. Though I'll admit some bits might be familiar to those of you who've hung around the blog for a while. Here's a hint: take powerverse, gender swap it, role swap it, and then stick it into FFXIV and add more steampunk. It's been cooking for the past year you haven't seen me, and I'm aiming to start pitching it to agents by the end of the year. If you'd like to follow along, if you're also a writer who would like to make more writing friends, or if you just like my writing for some reason and want to keep up with me, you can find me at jaxwolffwrites on both Bluesky and Twitter. Bsky moreso, but you'll get progress on this project on either of those other platforms.

Now, I will say this: just to be fair, I'm doing three things:

Closing the askbox. Admittedly, if you've been sending me asks for the past three months, I haven't seen them anyway. Sooooo I probably should've done that ages ago. Sorry about that.

Answering any ask I've saved to the drafts. Any ask. Please note that I don't know if the borking I've described above extends to this blog as well, so Bill won't be replying to replies or reblogs/tags. Apologies for that in advance. There are 49 posts in the drafts, and these will come out fairly slowly as I continue to keep up with my writing schedule on the other project.

Leaving this blog up as an archive. Assuming Tumblr doesn't nuke the main and the backup account that was created in an effort to avoid total nuking, and assuming Tumblr doesn't nuke this blog itself, I really want to leave this up so you can enjoy this pretty much forever onward. You all are the reason why this blog has gone on for so long, and I want to preserve this blog as a thank you for following me for so long.

So yes, after I clear the drafts, you'll likely see one last farewell from Bill and Lanette, and then that will be that. To everyone who's followed, thank you so much for following and supporting this blog over the years. As many ups and downs as running this had, I still look back on every moment as one fun adventure.

So thank you, and take care.}

[artobotsrollout]

Hey ya'll!! Good news!

The MTMTE notebooks now have volume 3 and 4!

You will also be able to order volume 1 and 2 if you missed it last time

Orders are invited in September, likely from September 1st - September 30th

People who placed orders before or otherwise emailed the MTMTE books email or signed up for the preorder will be contacted.

Also he's mentioned potentially making the newest scripts available too!

Please check out his post, screenshots below, for more info

Link to the post: LINK

James Roberts @jroberts332: Lots of questions about this, so:

I plan to invite orders for the MTMTE notebooks (both sets: Vols 1 and 2; and 3 and 4) in September --- probably first 1st to the 30th. I might make the latest scripts available too.

**I will post something on here, on Bluesky and on my Instagram**

James Roberts @jroberts332: If you bought Vols 1 and 2, or emailed the MTMTE Books account about placing an order, you'll automatically be contacted.

If you put your name on the preorder lists at TFCon and TFNation, you'll be contacted

James Roberts @jroberts332: I'm doing some things differently this year, having learned some lessons last time. These changes should cut down on delivery times and make everything run more smoothly. I'll explain everything when you contact me to place an order, or to enquire about placing one.

James Roberts @jroberts332: Some people are worried about missing out, so please spread this message far and wide-- TF message boards, Tumblr, etc. I'm conscious that people have deserted Twitter.

I don't want to have to extend the preorder window, which is what happened last time.

Thank youuuu

Spread this info further yall!

[haghottie420]

About the Stoned Hag Who Runs This Blog

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I won't shut the fuck up about: Smoking weed, my wife and Rust Cohle and Mary Hart making out Follow me on: Letterboxd | AO3 | Bluesky

Latest True Detective Fics:

My Disordered Road Always Led Straight Back into You | E | words: 8.5 k words | Rust/Marty; Audrey/OFC | Marty POV | Series: Part 2 of Long before you came Love was never the subject

Tag Selection: Weed, Smoking and Fucking, Bottom Rustin "Rust" Cohle, Anal Sex, Marty's Giant Dick mention, Domestic Fluff, Domestic smut, Barebacking, Exhibitionism, Emotional Sex, Riding, The mortifying ordeal of your daughter teaching you how to roll a joint in front of your hot partner Their favorite habit since making a home together has been smoking weed in the sunroom at twilight. Marty hates how many cigarettes Rust smokes, even after cutting back. The taste is always sour on his tongue when they kiss. But he’s been respectful of the fact that tobacco and nicotine are nowhere near as bad as the alcohol and the harder shit Crash was into. Besides, the number of cigs diminished compared to what he could put away in the front seat in ’95. Marty doesn’t keep alcohol in the house anymore, thinks both of their livers are penning them thank you letters for being spared cirrhosis. Rust was lucky to dry out in a coma and is doing his damnedest to stay off that particular wagon, so the smoke takes some of the edge off. Marty spirals upwards.

We Have a Great Wanting in Common | M | words: 20.2 k | Rust/Marty; Audrey/OFC | Outsider POV (Audrey) | Series: Part 1 of Long before you came Love was never the subject

Tag selection: Trauma, Should I even tag trauma or is that just implied in this fandom, Husband's work partner to lovers, the mortifying ordeal of discovering your two father figures are fucking, Original Butch Dyke Character, Non-linear narrative

Audrey doesn’t know how she ended up here—face throbbing, upper body bent over the steering wheel of her beat-up Honda in the driveway of her estranged father’s tiny rancher. She throws the burner phone back into her messy pile of clothes, heart is still pounding. The sweat covering her hands is now smeared all over the steering wheel and mixed with dried blood from her previously weeping wound. The inside of the car smells like copper and black ice air freshener. Audrey breaks the flat circle.

Currently working on:

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[h9o6]

[Progress] 2024 Year End RoundUp - Part 2/2

Hello! We are now two weeks into the new year. Can you believe it?

We are back with the part 2 of our 2024 year end roundup. Without further ado, let us dive right into it! [Image heavy post below]

Click here to read part 1 of our Year End RoundUp!

2024 July - Logo Designs and Side Characters Reveal

Later during our Kickstarter campaign, Hinata Yoyo made an English version of the game logo. We had to make certain adjustments to fit the language font, but we kept the little hearts on the word “Love” for a cute and heartwarming touch.

A side-by-side comparison of the Japanese and the English game logo.

We also shared the concept art of Hayato Arihara, Atsuya’s best friend who makes a brief appearance in the extended demo. He is laid-back but can be a class clown sometimes.

And here is the concept art of Tamami, a new classmate of Katsuya’s at the kindergarten. She has an important role in the story, so please look forward to her appearance in the game!

2024 August - Post-campaign Survey and Megumi Completed Character Sprite

After our Kickstarter campaign ended, we conducted a post-campaign survey to gather feedback regarding our game demo and our crowdfunding campaign. Thank you to everyone who filled the survey! We appreciate the constructive feedback and advice, as well as the heartwarming comments we received. We will work to integrate changes based on your feedback to create a fun and unforgettable experience!

At the end of August, the game artist Hinata Yoyo completed the character sprite of the main character, Megumi. We included her old sprite below for comparison―we think she looks very different!

2024 September - Key Visual Reveal and Atsuya Completed Character Sprite

Key visual of MY DEAR☆LOVE, featuring the five major characters in the game.

Near the end of September, we finished the character sprite of Atsuya, the sole love interest in the game. Here is a comparison of the old and new sprites. He sure received an impressive makeover!

2024 October - Revamped GUI

We started working on revamping the GUI of the game. We were inspired by old school Japanese games, namely from the PlayStation2 and Nintendo DS era, and diary notebooks from the Heisei-era (1989-2019) which were often decorated with cute drawings and stickers. This is a closer representation of what we want to achieve for the final game.

2024 November - Katsuya Completed Character Sprite

Sketches of Katsuya’s different expressions by Hinata Yoyo.

Last but definitely not least… Baby Katsuya got a makeover! His outfit has been changed to reflect the story text, when Megumi meets him for the first time at her summer job. There is an easter egg hidden in his shoes…can you recognize it?

What’s next?

Whew! This roundup turned out longer than we expected, but it shows that the past half-year had been very busy for us, and we are proud of what we have achieved in the short span of time.

As we have mentioned in previous updates, our project lead Hinata Yoyo has recently relocated to Japan, and we have found it difficult to work on the game consistently between the time difference and the heavy workload at our day jobs. Due to the slow pace of development, Ko-fi updates are now monthly instead of weekly. We will make an announcement once we have an estimate for a release date, so be sure to follow our X (Twitter) account or Bluesky account for the latest news!

Check out our Tumblr page for project status and other information!

We hope you enjoyed this roundup. Thank you for reading and see you again soon!

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If you like our work, please consider supporting us on Ko-fi! There are monthly subscription ranging from $3~$50 CAD! (about $2 ~ $37 USD)

Thank you for supporting an indie studio like us; it makes a big difference as we would be able to create freeware and budget-friendly games for everyone! Stay tuned and stay hydrated!

[andmaybegayer]

Bringing myself up to speed on Cohost since I mentioned them earlier but primarily interact with like five people who use it through RSS.

I said Cohost looks in a bad place financially, that's mostly in reference to their financial statements as of 4 months ago:

https://cohost.org/staff/post/1690393-h1-2023-financial-up

At this point they were losing a little over $40k a month, and taking on a lot of debt to keep functioning.

Their latest financial report seems to have them balancing out their very imbalanced finances, which I think is a combination of new choasters realising they should pay for this and Bluesky absorbing more normie users looking for non-twitter destinations.

I like Cohost's design and flexibility (see @lexyeevee's CSS crimes) but I don't love that they're still very much a walled garden. It's a very accessible walled garden, I'm subscribed to RSS feeds from friends through it which is something Bluesky and Twitter don't do, but it is no fediverse. I know I say that from Tumblr. Glass house, stones, etc. We have RSS here too you know!

if people keep paying for cohost at this rate it'll probably be fine. Bluesky taking the bulk of the heat off of them might let them escape the five point palm exploding heart situation they walked into when they opened free registration during the Twitter exodus. Handling a small subset of weirdos is sustainable in a way that mass social media isn't, ask SomethingAwful.

[theuniversitychallengereview]

Not So Smart Meter

On Friday our smart meter told us we had been charged £9 for heating, which spurred me into fiscal action. Well, I say it spurred me into action; I haven’t actually done anything, but it did alarm me. More so for some reason than any of the other do of money I have spent over the past 6 months. £100 at Asda, £37 on the bus to Glasgow. All fine, apparently. But £9 for a day of heating! That’s one step too far.

It turns out that this is because we had put the thermometer display thing in our bedroom, which had the radiators off (it gets too hot at night) so the system was desperately trying to heat up a room over which it had no power. This realisation calmed me down a bit (it was only £4 yesterday), but I’m still going to post my Patreon here for the first time in a while.

Get more from The University Challenge Review on Patreon

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I write reviews of old episodes over there, and they tend to be a bit more in-depth (read — even longer and more self-indulgent) than the ones here. The latest one is due out tomorrow and is on the quarter-final between Bangor and Imperial from 2012/13. Subscribe for as little as £1/month (that’s 11% of one day of heating if you forget you’ve turned the radiators off in the bedroom.)

Turn the internet off.

I’ve been doing Local Month of Writing a Novel this month (as explained in a previous edition of this blog), and most days it has taken me upwards of 2 hours to get the 1667 words down.

Today, I turned the wifi off and blasted through 2000 words in one hour. This could just be due to the fact that I struck a rich vein of inspiration, but it’s also definitely at least partly due to the fact I wasn’t periodically on the Fantasy Football Reddit, or Twitter, or Bluesky, or Instagram, or YouTube, or…

Its incredibly simple, but if you cut off access to these timesinks then you cannot access them. Meaning that you get through your work a lot quicker, leaving you plenty of time to write tips on how to get through your work a lot quicker.

Anyway, onto this week’s episode, the second repechage match, between SOAS and Durham.

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Here’s your first starter for ten.

Unfortunately at this point I’m going to have to turn the internet back on because I need to rewatch the episode. Here’s hoping I can avoid clicking on the Youtube shorts tab. Wish me luck.

Brookfield-Pertusini introduces herself by saying she is ‘quite literally reading English literature’, which I personally find to be a bit cringe, but perhaps I am just becoming an old man.

Nash hits back for Durham with pheromones, but he talks himself out of five points on the bonuses because he doesn’t believe that the football team Villarreal could possibly be from a town called Villarreal.

Provinces gives Hasler his first points of the night, then both sides miss the picture starter, on the word turnip in different languages. Roberts hears the word Ra and buzzes with Egypt, winning Durham the picture bonuses, of which they take one.

Rajan calls, and Nash is first to pick up with telephone on the next starter. They are thirty points clear, but Lambert sneaks in with Trojan horse to keep SOAS close.

Another for Hasler gives SOAS the lead going into the music round, but Brookfield-Pertusini is quickest to recognise the Peep Show theme song and steals it back.

Brookfield-Pertusini, who, as we remember, is studying English literature, takes the picture starter by recognising a wordless version of the cover of The Bell Jar. She is good on the bonuses too, but mistakes Normal People for Conversations with Friends. A mistake I made too, because I thought Normal People was red, which it often is, but not in the original printing.

Makaton gives Dorn her third starter, and further ten-pointers from Lambert and Hasler give SOAS a fifty-five-point lead with two minutes to go.

It would have been a sixty-point lead had Dorn been allowed her answer ‘af Klimt’ when the correct answer was ‘af Klint’. I think this demonstrates sufficient knowledge, and presume that it was disallowed because of the artist Gustav Klimt. But she said the ‘af’ so it is clear she knows who she is talking about. Very harsh, in my opinion.

And very important.

Nash keeps Durham in the game with ER, and they do a very good job of answering the bonuses very quickly, passing quickly too when they don’t know. Roberts takes another with Richard II, and a hat-trick put them ten points adrift.

Ten points which disappeared with scattering from the skipper. A single bonus would win them the game, but the gong beats them to it.

Tiebreak.

A question with the answer slipstream was dropped by both teams.

A second question was also dropped by both teams but cut from the show — thanks to Bluesky user trainingmontage for pointing me in the direction of the YouTube comment by one of the SOAS team.

A third question with the answer llama is buzzed on by SOAS’s Lambert, but unfortunately he says alpaca.

A fine guess. I don’t know how much more obvious the rest of the question would have made it that the answer was llama not alpaca, but it was a good tactic to be first on the buzzer here. It’s just a shame that he was wrong. And a shame that ‘af Klimt’ was disallowed.

SOAS 145–150 Durham

Incredible comeback from Durham. As Youtube commenter Ramboost007 says, they remind us that in UC 55 points is just a 3-possession lead.

Tough to take for SOAS, but a very entertaining show for the viewer.

See you next week for the first of the second-round matches.

For now, I’m off to check my smart meter.

[schraubd]

A Thread on the Bluesky Meta

Within the past few days, I've signed up for both Threads and Bluesky. Both also are letting me slowly wean off my Twitter addiction (I'm basically only posting blog links to Twitter these days). At the moment, all three apps have advantages and disadvantages.

(One things that falls into the "disadvantage" column for all three is that none of them right now appear to support letting me automatically cross-post links to my blog entries onto their site. Twitter used to allow for this but eliminated the feature as part of its overall crusade against its own usability. Threads and Bluesky don't seem to have been integrated yet into IFTTT or other similar sites. First site to offer that feature will get a huge leg up in the David sweepstakes).

Threads

Pros

Instagram tie means it has a pre-existing userbase that can scale quickly. This makes it easier to at least initially fill out a follower list. And while nobody is thrilled to jump from an evil billionaire to a somewhat-less evil billionaire, if we're bloodless about it the Meta backing makes Threads the most likely to actually slay the giant. It's no accident that its launch has yielded a visible dent in Twitter's daily traffic.

Cons

Very clearly launched ahead of schedule to take advantage of Twitter's latest disaster (the "metered" tweet fiasco), and so a bunch of really basic features don't exist. No desktop app is virtually a dealbreaker for users like me, and that's just one example. Once you get past your Instagram network, it's actually quite difficult to find your friends, and the app is absolutely obsessed with pushing random "influencer" types into my timeline that I absolutely do not care about and which only serve to gum up the conversations I'm actually interested in following. This may be intentional -- Threads people have suggested that they self-consciously are trying to avoid centering their business around news/commentary -- but that makes it less attractive for me.

Bluesky

Pros

Definitely has the most "Twitter-like" feel without the baggage. That it has both a functioning mobile and desktop version automatically gives it a huge leg up for me. While obviously still in progress, it has most of the features I'd want in a site, and my feed at least looks mostly populated by the types of conversations I want to see. Likewise, when I search for new accounts, it seems to make a modicum of effort at recommending folks I'd want to engage with. Is as of now probably the site I most want to succeed of the three.

Cons

Still growing very slowly via the invite-only model, and the smaller userbase means it's inherently less active. I finally got an invite to Bluesky upon telling a friend I had joined Threads, and in the course of him fulminating about all the ways Bluesky was superior I guilted him into giving me an access code. That doesn't seem scalable, and microblogging social media sites depend on scaling.

Twitter

Pros

Even now it still probably has the greatest range of users and commentary, and of course I already have a pre-existing base of followers which I'm loathe to leave behind. I don't consider myself a major audience chaser, but even I feel a bit of a sting going from 4,000 followers to several dozen, and I don't relish building it back up from scratch. As more than one person has noted, the basic structure of Twitter circa 2021 is what a ton of people want to see replicated, and even as Musk has made it his mission to regularly lop off useful and helpful features and practices, everything that has for now escaped his cullings is comfortingly familiar.

Cons

All the Nazis, obviously. And the crypto scams. And the push to promote far-right conspiracies and bigotry via "verified" promoted accounts (if a blue checkmark no longer means "you are who you say you are", and does mean "you have paid Twitter a fee so it will boost your content", that is the very definition of a "promoted account"). And the searing hatred Musk has for his own customers, regularly intervening to make the user experience worse for no discernable reason other than pique.

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[satureja13]

It's time for Saiwa to rearrange their sub unit aka The Boys. Even though Ji Ho already promised Jeb that he will help to keep them together, Saiwa took him aside. Saiwa: "Ji Ho, when the Bond is cut - are you still determined to leave us?" Ji Ho: "Yes, there is still the Prophecy. And the Council will be after us as long as Vlad and I will be together. Even if the Bond is cut. There will be no proof of it for them and they will still fear us bringing 'great evil' upon them... Better you four continue without me. I hope you will be able to use the power of the meteorites without me when Rubyn is successful with the experiments."

Saiwa: "Have you already decided who will claim and protect you from the other vampires when the Bond between you and Vlad is cut?" Ji Ho: "Yes. You know Genji offered me his help and I think this is the best solution. He is my first bonded and I hope he doesn't even need to claim me again... uhm ... fully... and we could skip... uhm... 'tightening the Bond', you know? I'm sorry." Saiwa: "I understand."

Jeb and Jack: "WHAT?" Vlad: "GENJI!?! After all we went through because of Genji?! I even died! I went through hell! Because of him our world turned upside down! Because he claimed Ji Ho all out of the blue! And now he's going back to him?" Saiwa: "Vlad. You know any other vampire would have to claim Ji Ho. This would spare him. And you know that all this wasn't Genji's fault. Ji Ho doesn't really have a choice in this."

Saiwa: "Can we now please agree to the new terms and conditions? Being honest to each other, no stupid secret single actions and acting as a team to stay together? I'm hungry." Jeb, Jack and Vlad: "Agreed."

Jeb: "See? I told you we would make it ;) " Saiwa sighs.

Later that evening Jeb and Ji Ho are working on their songs and Ji Ho showed Jeb his progress on his Siren's Songs. Ji Ho had no one who tought him about them while he grew up in the Slums of Sulani. But he had been able to cast a spell to drag Vlad (and Leander) out of their hell. So he's not quite starting from zero. Though it's difficult to try to get a connection to them without being in the water.

Later, Jeb and Saiwa went for a walk. Jeb, making a move: "Don't worry! I will protect you from the wild animals of the Jungle!" Saiwa: ? Iguana: ??

Saiwa: "And who will protect you from me?"

Jeb: "Nothing can keep me away from you, Vanië."

Jeb: "I love you."

I'm so happy they are finally together again! ^^'

Hello there! Thank you for reading until the end of the post! Not many do that and I really appreciate it 💕 As a little thank you I want to offer you my first bluesky invite codes!

bluesky is a twitter alternative with an awesome, welcoming, drama free Sims community. For the time being you can only create an account there when you get invited by a user. So I've been there for ~10 days now and I got my very first invite code and if you are interested to create an account there and share your Sims stuff, let me know! I will get more codes over the next weeks so don't hesitate to message me or leave a comment below this post.

From the Beginning  ~  Underwater Love ~  Latest 🌴 'The Expedition' from the beginning ▶️ here 📚 Previous Chapters: 🎤 'Putting the Boys Back together' from the beginning ▶️ here 🥀 'Disbandment of the Group' from the beginning ▶️ here

[spaciousreasoning]

A Full Friday

Today at 6 a.m., when Nancy woke me up, after taking care of the cats, for my 7 a.m. dental appointment. The cleaning went just fine and I came home to start the day in a normal way at about 8 a.m.

The morning blood sugar was up to 143. Then we did our coffee and brain games. Among other things, we finished the week with a perfect score for the “On the Record” game at the Washington Post. A bit later we had oatmeal for breakfast.

There was more messing around with the GSP website. Dale Ann tried installing the certificate manually, but even after waiting around to see if it took we had no luck. I also saw notes about the nameservers being incorrect, but there was still no response whatsoever from the hosting company about anything. Fr. Steve approved the switch to GoDaddy. I checked the terms and conditions for moving forward.

I finally deactivated my “X” (formerly Twitter) account. According to a chart I was keeping, I had not posted anything since February 2021. I’m not in any hurry to join BlueSky, though plenty of people I know have. Some social media just doesn’t seem that important or necessary to me.

We cancelled our coffee meeting with Rector Ann for today, since Nancy was still in pain from her fall yesterday and did not feel like being social.

I ran to Costco for gas ($2.96 per gallon) and a few groceries. I also picked up the new Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich, “Now or Never.” It’s been a minute since I read one of these, but since I like holding a real book in my hand from time to time it seemed like a good purchase.

Kathleen stopped over for a visit. She had some chips and cheese and a fudgesicle. I ate my leftover Jersey Mike’s for lunch, along with more of the chips I bought at Costco.

Sam checked in from Edward Jones with Nancy about some account details that needed adjusting.

About 2:30 p.m., Kathleen went home, Nancy lay down for a nap, and I went for a walk. I put in 3.06 miles in 54 minutes, using the same route we had started yesterday when Nancy had her fall. I got 6,800 steps, and an average pace of 17:40 per mile. There was no rain, and it was not too cold. I worked up a sweat under my flannel shirt inside the flannel-lined jacket.

We started up the spaghetti sauce about 4:30 p.m., cooking garlic and mushrooms. We put them aside and cooked the hamburger, then put it all together with marinara sauce and some more spices. We made some garlic toast while boiling the noodles, and we ate dinner and finished cleaning up about 7 p.m.

Our streaming menu began with the Thursday night Colbert which included his wife doing “First Drafts” for Thanksgiving cards, followed by a new comedy special from Jim Gaffigan, another episode of “Coroner,” and, finally, the latest from “NCIS” to take us to bedtime.