Rip Torn as Max the Priest in "The Beastmaster". To this day, I'm still terrified of Rip Torn.
Sleeping Village Reviews@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · yesterdayIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
Enya CHANT Pure Moods *Celtic* Moods Enigma Bond The Irish Tenors
Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · 19h agoAnother element of 1990s nostalgia that often gets ignored is how the USA was gaga for Celtic and New Age music. Remember those CD kiosks in the big box stores?
"My Cousin Vinny" is a forever favorite movie and today, thanks to wisdom gained from dozens of rewatches, I remembered to Google whether the vehicle my characters are about to blow up has a solid rear axle or an independent rear suspension.
A seller on Poshmark has a store sample of my wedding dress for sale and I do NOT need it (mine is hanging in my office closet) but I am sorely tempted. For the record: our 20th wedding anniversary is this coming March.
We've been married almost 20 years and tonight, for the first time ever, after he said something was my fault, he referenced a beanstalk. My husband just threw my favorite deep cut back at me. I married the right person 😂
I have come to the point in my Buffy rewatch that contains the first mass-media documented use of "Google" as a verb. I feel old
Sometimes I can forget an episode of TV was shot/first aired pre-9/11 until there's a scene in an airport and a whole bunch of non-traveling characters are hanging out at the gate
Or! OR!! Diwali starts November 6 this year and is also a "colored lights on the house" holiday. We have neighbors that celebrate Diwali and only kind of do Halloween who I bet will have lights up very soon.
Ryan North@ryannorth.ca · 3d agoJust drove past a house with tons of Christmas lights up. Folks, I regret to inform you that Halloween is no longer holding the bulkhead against the holiday season. Early October had been breached; late September is sure to fall next. By this time next year we may be witnessing a Christmas in July
As someone who worked in HIV/AIDS services and education in the 90's, I cannot fully wrap my mind around how wonderful this is. Holy damn.
SpryOldLorax@spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 4d agoGREAT NEWS !! Thanks to SCIENCE — specifically, Dr. Fauci — a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV will not reopen in 2027… because there aren’t any HIV infected kids to attend anymore! More of the story in the Alt-Text:
Ok! I had heard most of the songs, but not all of them. And I had definitely never seen that ending!!
Manda Cherry@mandatheginger.bsky.social · 6d agoI've reached S6 of my Buffy rewatch- and as someone who was fooled by the finale fake out when the show switched networks, I realize that I don't think I've ever seen "Once More With Feeling" in its entirety before. So... this is going to be an adventure.
I've reached S6 of my Buffy rewatch- and as someone who was fooled by the finale fake out when the show switched networks, I realize that I don't think I've ever seen "Once More With Feeling" in its entirety before. So... this is going to be an adventure.
I was on the offramp from 405S to West Valley Highway on the way to grab mcnuggets before picking Seanan up from the airport when I thought there must have been a big truck in my blind spot making the ramp jiggly. Turns out it was AN EARTHQUAKE. Guess I can no longer say I've never felt one....
I truly have the best friends in the whole world. Today I'm especially grateful to know @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social and @seananmcguire.bsky.social 💕
It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...
Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....
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OH HOORAY!!!
Tordotcom Publishing@tordotcompub.bsky.social · last wk.Nonsense and candy and the families we choose in the origin story of a beloved character in A Song of Sugar Sparrows, the next installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series by @seananmcguire.bsky.social. Coming Jan. 12, 2027!
Sometimes you fail to read the fine print and accidentally order 3+ pounds of red & pink Starbursts.... Not mad about it, though
Y'all. The band is from NOLA and they opened with IKO IKO and I stg it was like being back home for three minutes. My NY husband did not know what was happening.
Literally me with SHADOWRUN. I am *still* pinching myself. Wonder and awe and joy are definitely worth factoring into a decision.
Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · last wk.3) Does the thought of writing Finale Fantasy make you run around the house yelling “HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!!!” at the top of your lungs? Do it. Life is short.
So apropos of nothing in particular, let’s talk about media tie-in novel pay vs. original work pay, shall we? Let’s say you write a novel. It’s set in your own world, your own characters, and titled The Original. You get a book deal! Look at you go!
UPDATE: the venue emailed back. We have seats! I'm so excited to be seeing this band for the first time in 25+ years.
Manda Cherry@mandatheginger.bsky.social · last wk.The life of a disabled girl: going to a GA concert tonight, failed to look into accommodations prior to today, was supposed to have emailed before the day of the show to ask about accommodations. Oops. Emailed today anyway & was super apologetic. Fingers crossed it all works out.
The life of a disabled girl: going to a GA concert tonight, failed to look into accommodations prior to today, was supposed to have emailed before the day of the show to ask about accommodations. Oops. Emailed today anyway & was super apologetic. Fingers crossed it all works out.
Of the 4, Babylon is my favorite, but none of these were life changing for me. I hope they are the perfect songs for someone.
Manda Cherry@mandatheginger.bsky.social · 2w agoOne of the perks of living on the West Coast is getting midnight Taylor Swift drops at 9:PM.
A different accent to answer each question, all punctuated with "In Soviet Russia" jokes.
Nick Kodama 🌳👻@nickkodama.bsky.social · 2w agoHey. If the nyt invited you to be part of a focus group what would you do as a bit?
One of the perks of living on the West Coast is getting midnight Taylor Swift drops at 9:PM.
I love that hockey is back. But I don't love this part of the season where we have a bunch of new players I don't know.
The newest wave of TikTok book discourse is completely unhinged but it's got people talking about @tkingfisher.com 's upcoming release so I'm kinda loving it 😜
Do I have a cold or is it just autumn? An autobiography
TIL Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has a favorite drag queen and she's also one of mine.
