one (1) vaudeville ghost
@vaudevilleghost.bsky.social
writer (essays, sf, poetry), classical fencer, jaded bike messenger, friend of eggbug. you probably know me as rcrantz ICE must be destroyed longer stuff: vaudevillegho.st
sure wildfire smoke sucks and all but at least my tom waits impression has never been better
seattle is very proud of its new mascot
I am not sure how I lost this Overqualified letter while rebuilding the website, but it is found again! www.patreon.com/joeycomeau/p...
had to rescue a spider who had gotten trapped in the bathtub. after a moment's agitation it seemed pretty chill about being ferried to safety
new post! as is traditional, i had most of this written, like, a month ago but didn't post it until someone else asked basically the same question and i was like 'oh yeah i should post that'. www.vaudevillegho.st/how-do-you-f...
how do you find this stuff?
A pal asked me, "How do you find his stuff?" which . . . fair question, actually!
vaudevillegho.st
"Not very Jimothy of you" needs to become the go-to shaming phrase for the entire Seattle area
the guy in the "noah was a conspiracy theorist" t-shirt dealt me actual psychic damage
i have been very excited for iroiro to drop their debut single and now it is here iroiroband.bandcamp.com/album/once-s...
Once (Single Mix), by IROIRO
2 track album
iroiroband.bandcamp.com
Every time I re-watch The Wicker Man (2006) it takes me all day because I keep pausing to do more exciting things like the dishes, checking the mail, or taking out the compost.
saw a jogger today wearing a red white and blue shirt bearing the text "wtf is a kilometer" possibly the most american shirt imaginable
i see these little guys all over the place
Seeing folks talk about NITW being a quintessential game about America which is a common misconception- it actually takes place in ancient rome
every time someone complains the graphics aren't good enough in a video game another ghastly uncanny valley homunculus is born
seeing the world's normalest looking old ladies carrying "billionaires hate us all" protest signs always gives me life
today in scenes from a dead mall: pacific place has set up massive TV screens to show the world cup, with a very bad sound system blasting loud enough to be heard (but not good enough to be understood) through the entire building the crowd gathered was not big enough to make the mall look alive
photo from a few weeks ago, vantage, wa
shout out to the woman in the "wait i'm goated" t-shirt in papyrus font
i spend a lot of time thinking about a quora post where some guy was absolutely livid about people saying "you're good" in response to an apology, like "how dare you declare yourself the judge of my moral worth????" (in his estimation, the correct response to an apology is to apologize back)
serious question: how much of sports fans' "fans of (team i don't like) are morally defective" thing is a bit
just a reminder that the appropriate reaction to corporations advertising their products to you is seething contempt
This is just the first mockup but I decided to make myself a tshirt so people will stop fucking talking to me about how much they love AI
algoslop headline about how crowds are "back" in downtown seattle "and spending more"--yeah dog prices have like tripled of course they're spending more