My birthday, Barnes and Noble Book Haul, and Double Stamp weekend were all the same time this year. Happy birthday to me!
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My birthday, Barnes and Noble Book Haul, and Double Stamp weekend were all the same time this year. Happy birthday to me!
I hope you enjoy it at least as much as I do!
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Ending 3
We went specifically to see ending C
Maybe it should have had a different title outside the US?
Such a wonderful memory.
I was a little disappointed it wasn't since that's the one I grew up on.
They listed which ending was showing which night.
That's always a bit of a bummer.
I recommend giving it a try!
We only had one ending in theaters, but I loved seeing all three together on the other versions over the years.
It's not random as they tell you which ending. At least at the theater I frequent.
LOVED her in Victor/Victoria!
I heard about this, and I am forever disappointed we can't see it.
Fantastic! Hope it goes well.
It was a different ending each night.
It is indeed the brilliant Tim Curry.
Out of the 5 of us that went, only 2 of us had seen the movie. I'm glad we fixed that.
Introduced my daughter to the Clue movie this evening as it's in theaters for its 40th anniversary. Remains one of my favorites. She really loved it too.
Great news from the courts!! See you later, Alligator (Alcatraz). 👏👏👏👏👏👏 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
Our hospice foster, Mr. Diggs, enjoying a short visit to our front garden. I'm amazed he is still with us after nearly 9 months. His medical issues persist but so does he. I love him so much.
Aw they really did. So cute!
My darling diva Disco is 9 years old today. Happy birthday to this solar powered wonder.
That’s right. Understanding the full horror of what Black people endured (and continue to do endure) has the effect of making Black American achievement even more impressive. Much of the post 2020 backlash is a reaction to white kids *earnestly* looking up to Shirley Chisholm or Harriet Tubman
I refuse to believe we are going to relitigate slavery. SLAVERY. It’s too much.
I will be forever lost with no map.
Today, 28 Michigan elected officials sent a letter to ICE Detroit Field Director Kevin Raycraft, urging him not to deport the Hmong refugees. It is devastating to hear the stories of refugees whose deportation would take away fathers, mothers, grandfathers, taxpayers, workers, community leaders.🧵
We were there too! Sad we missed you but I'm glad there were SO many people.
A thermos is a 魔法瓶 (magic bottle), and I will never not smile when I come across this word in the wild. #AmTranslating
“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
here's my updated top 30 manga of all time
The Amazing Readathon Roadblock!
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm
The Amazing Readathon Roadblock. Book I would give my last coin to read again for the first time. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.
On the 2025 American Manga Awards nominations webpage, if you click on each book cover, there will be a pop-up panel with interior pages and comments from our judges why they selected each book. For translation & lettering nominees, there are JP & EN pages to compare animenyc.com/american-man...
if there is one kind of game i do not want to play it's a platformer with a lot of Precise Jumping
Who’s ready for their local No Kings protest on 6/14?
Amazing Readathon Roadblock: Fried Rice Lunch with The Elusive Samurai
⚠️ Warning: The Trump administration is circulating footage from 2020 to make the situation in L.A. appear more chaotic than it is. This is an intentional effort to manufacture a larger crisis. Stay alert. Pay attention. The propaganda machine is in overdrive.
Amazing Readathon Road Block! Unlike the main character I dont respawn.
Amazing Readathon Roadblock: This whole series did emotional damage really.
Uhmm. No. Most do not, especially for older works. Emily Yoshimoto, daughter of Baron Yoshimoto gave a talk at IMART last year explaining her struggle to archive her father’s manga genga (original pages/illustrations)
Amazing Readathon Roadblock: Yellow Books on my TBR
Amazing Readathon prompt 1: Book with a Green Cover. I'm reading Jade City by Fonda Lee.
The Amazing Readathon begins today, so you will see additional bookish content and posts for all of June!
there is a Delicious in Dungeon themed “learning English” book so of course i HAD to get it
Another Japan bookstore buy: this book of drawing tips that breaks down tricky poses/common scenarios into easy-to-parse chunks of info
now available in English, “what’s manga?” — a book version of the displays at Kyoto Manga Museum that explains the history, cultural context and business of manga publishing in comics and illustrated text, from SEIGENSHA
My dog Fish thinks the extreme temperature changes are not fun and he is currently too cold. He is being really cute though.
have had to tell a few people that non-binary people can be masc-presenting. that this kind of gatekeeping disqualifies a lot of amab bodies. this kind of discussion puts qualifiers on who gets to be non-binary and it's gross.
I wish I could say I was surprised but I'm not. At least now it's in the open (if you're spending money on Harry Potter, watching Harry Potter themed stuff etc., please reconsider in view of where this money might be going?)
You’re not gonna believe who got to write 2000 words about Japanese theater? This is just an intro but there’s a lot to cover… I’ve talked to many who say they don’t even know Japan has much theater beyond traditional works but it’s not only bustling, it’s having a moment!
Take before and after photos! I would love to see the progress and change.
Sun-Maid Announces Girl In Logo Has Always Been Sentient Raisin Disguising Self In Human Flesh theonion.com/sun-mai...
In June, I'm doing The Amazing Readathon. It was so fun last year and I can't wait to do it again.
Did you know that ALL Fluxx versions now have a Solo Mode? Hmmm? 🤔 Did you? 😊💜 www.looneylabs.com/solofluxx
This feels like a crime or at the very least, an experience.
Almost done....almost done....almost done.....
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.
Too much power in one place. Maybe it's time.
Be part of shaping the future of Detroit’s historic Chinatown! 🏮 Join Midtown Detroit, Inc. on Monday, March 10 for the Historic Chinatown Streetscape Planning Community Meeting and help design the look and feel of this important space.
Come and get it.
We were so happy to see you too! Hope you had a great weekend.
Derek and I will be there! I'm glad you will be too!
I feel this. The urge to at the very least archly raise an eyebrow at some voters is very real and also utterly fucking aside the point. The past happened; we have things on fire right now. Litigating the past is a luxury item. Dealing with the present is a necessity.
GOOGLE MAPS GULF WATCH Is it still the Gulf of Mexico? [x] YES [ ] NO
look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options. Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Folks, I see a lot of you recently feeling free to use some variation of the "R" word for mentally disabled, including appending the last four letters as suffix to describe people you don't like. I'm not down with that, so if you do it in my comments, I'm gonna hide that shit at least. Be better.
There's nothing better than seeing someone get their most sincere wish.
Yeah, this is *super* fucked-up.
Luna and Venus looked so pretty last night
I assume there are a lot of people spending their afternoon downloading information from the CDC and other government sites
If letting kids pick their own pronouns is "unlawfully practicing medicine," have I got news for you about the people at the insurance companies that decide what procedures you can and can't have and what medications you're allowed to take
OpenAI right now
Seeing all these feckless Democrats in Congress flailing and asking "what do you want me to do" and I keep thinking: bare minimum, I want you to have the energy of a 76-year-old John Lewis staging a sit-in on the floor of Congress in opposition to the inaction on gun violence after Pulse. MINIMUM.
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
At a certain point it'll be easier just to list the countries we're not in a tariff pissing match with
This is what peak masculinity looks like in 2025
The Protectors of the Realm and the sleepy teenager.
Diggs is amazing. It's an honor to be able to love him.
Magneto was right
Today I was told to take out a line about being a mentor to students from diverse backgrounds and historically underrepresented groups from my biosketch for a proposal, because it might damage our chances of getting federal funding. How has it come to this? I feel absolutely sick.
Great shot and happy anniversary to you both!
Regarding the attacks on “DEI” at NASA especially..
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
Inauguration Day.
to recap: — Trump was *for* the TikTok ban — which the GOP Congress passed — and the GOP Supreme Court upheld — and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway — so that Trump could "save" it — and the media fell for it we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
In memory of TikTok, here is my all-time favorite I've ever seen, at Lincoln and Greenfield in my incredibly Jewish hometown of Oak Park, Michigan:
I will never forget this and I laugh every time. Maybe a few tears too
Our little hospice foster dog has been with us a little over a month now and his condition has become more stable. It can change anytime but for now things are good.
Hey. You actually don't need to post unmutable screenshots of the most graphic passages from the Neil Gaiman article. Thanks.
Sometimes our staff goes a little bit rogue and posts about the books they're most excited for...and that definitely includes the new omnibus editions of The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com!
Trump officially became a convicted felon when he was convicted of 34 felonies. Today just made him an unpunished convicted felon.
My realtor, who is one of the best people I know, is sending this mailer out in the Ypsilanti / Ann Arbor area, so please keep your eyes out for this if you're out there. But she pretty much covers SE Michigan and I highly recommend you hit Jo Cook up if you're even curious about homeownership.
This makes me so happy.
