Lead image: Looks like one of those guys who swallowed too much colloidal silver.

Books?

It’s for the best, I think.

Halcyon 6. I loveloveLOVE the Space Quest-y 8 bit graphics and many, many Star Trek jokes.

The Bolling Brook

Something or other about a rough beast, it’s hour come round at last, slouching toward Bethlehem, etc, etc.

Dude (or ma’am) I just want to say i am reading this 8 hours into a shift at ambulance dispatch. I am in a roomful of old couches occupied by sleeping EMTs. It is 4 AM and I am PEEING MY PANTS laughing. Thank you. You are doing good work.

I’ve had the idea that the next generation will be largely asexual just because their reaction will be, “Sex? Ew, isn’t that the thing Trump used to do?”

What is this, some kind of a tube?!

Niko and the Sword of Light is already objectively better than Game of Thrones.

This has been fun.

Nah what?

What does that even mean?

It’s funny how so many Americans (probably those without passports) seem to think that people can just up and leave the US and go and live in another country.

Financing weapon procurement has been completely socialized, of course.

No, I am saying I have no such freedom as to skip away, fancy free, to take up residence in another country. Every inch of the world is someone’s country and every country has visa or residency restrictions, so no, it’s meaningless to say, “You can just leave.” Because no, one cannot.

Yes you did:

Can’t believe no one posted this yet . . .

No, that’s not the way citizenship works.

I have to say I’m really skeptical of the various books-for-Africa (or other ‘developing countries’ places) organizations. I do not understand how it’s possible to transport large amounts of books to Africa economically, nor have I ever gotten much clarity on where and what kind of institution is receiving these…