Yay, Murderbot! :)

Stay strong, Shir. My mother always says, "This too shall pass away".

flea, have you posted about Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation or any of the adaptations? Wang Yibo plays one of the leads in the live-action version.

I have been increasingly tempted by Tumblr in recent years.

In between Marske, Wells, and Kingfisher all releasing books within, like, a week of each other, I’m overwhelmed with texty goodness.

Right? It’s been glorious! I hadn’t read Marske until now, I’m so glad I didn’t wait any longer!

Yeah, Ursula is definitely at least furry-adjacent; Digger was a full-on anthropomorphic epic webcomic before it was a graphic novel, and she has been wonderfully furry-supportive both at Further Confusion and at BayCon when I've seen her there. And Kevin (her husband) is a real sweetheart with a soft spot for all furry creatures and chickens everywhere.

We have cause for celebration this day as today is Consuela's birthday! I hope you have a delightful day and that the year to come includes an abundance of happiness.

Happy birthday, Consuela!

Happy Birthday, Consuela!

Happy birthday Consuela!

Happy birthday, Consuela!!!

I’m making cookie swap cookies and working today. I can’t make a nice looking cookie to save my life. But I think they’ll be tasty? Shortbread cookies with cranberry curd.

Happy Birthday, Consuela!

Shortbread cookies with cranberry curd.

Those sound fantastic!

We got our various Christmas wreaths up yesterday evening -- it's a learning process post-back surgery for Tim to figure out what he can and can't do anymore. For instance, I had to bring the giant* wreath down from the attic, not because it's heavy, but because it's unwieldy and Tim doesn't want to risk a fall on the stairs (whereas I would presumably survive a fall with only my dignity injured -- though I didn't fall, so I don't know).

*(Giant wreath is made from thick industrial plastic that was in a child-sized MRI machine, so pretty dang big. It has loads of red and gold lights wrapped around it and is very pretty in the dark. And because it's so big, we don't really feel compelled to put up any other outdoor lights.)

Today, the goal is putting up and decorating the tree. Eggnog is ready to be deployed. If the tree is all up and decorated by the time I go to bed, I might keel over from shock. (Every year there's some kind of Christmas light-related problem Tim has to solve. And by "problem," I mean "sometimes I'm pretty sure some of the issues are just things he made up because he likes to tinker.")