It’s been quite a while since I did a Teaser Tuesday post, even though the whole reason I started posting on Tuesdays was that I discovered “Teaser Tuesday” is a thing and I figured I could fall back to it on weeks when I didn’t have anything else to write about, so I decided it was about time to trot one out ― not because the book I’m currently reading is any great shakes, but it has a couple of interesting things to recommend it. That book is a Skip Langdon mystery1 called Death Before Facebook, by Julie Smith; or at least, that’s what it’s called now.
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It’s 2001 and yes I would like a piece of cotton candy.
That Was The Year That Was (In Music): 2025 Edition
Last week I posted my 2025 reading report from Goodreads; this week, it’s time for my 2025 listening report from Last.fm. What was playing this year? If you guessed it’s largely the same as what was playing last year, you won’t be too far off.
Let’s take a look at the big report, shall we?
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Well I may not have written any books this year, but I did read a few, and as it always does, Goodreads compiled a list of them, making a nice little ― or not so little ― tapestry of covers, along with a few details. You can check out the list at Goodreads here, or look at the screen shots below. The advantage of visiting the list at Goodreads is that you can interactively click on individual books to see their entries; the advantage of viewing the screen shots is you get to go make a nice hot cup of tea while waiting for them all to finish loading. Let’s review a few notes about this year’s list!
Continue reading “That Was The Year That Was (In Books): 2025 Edition”It’s 1998 and some muppets are getting a belly rub.
It’s 1995 and the cabin was like this when we got here, I swear.
It’s 1996 and just wait ’til they get a load of this deck full of counterspells.
It’s 2001 and we just discovered that February in Santa Monica is a lot different from February in New York.
It’s 1993 and you should probably wear a tight-fitting hat in there.
It’s 1994 and we have hostages.
The cats endured their captivity for 16 and 20 years, respectively.
Viscosity 