L. Prang & Co. - A large trade card depicting a moonlit view of cats on a shingled roof with a brick chimney - 1876-1890 - via NYPL (edited)
I ❤ John Bellairs. This is my favorite book from my childhood, this and “Face in the Frost.”
Listening to the audiobook sadly by myself. #livingmybestlife
For what was ever understood,
By humankind, but flesh and blood?
By humankind, but flesh and blood?
“
| — | Jonathan Swift, “A Receipt to Restore Stella’s Youth” (1725) |
On the influx of porn bots.
A lot of people are talking about how these porn bots are filling up comment sections and following blogs and being a general menace.
But there’s something you might not know about those porn accounts.
I remember, not too long ago, I was looking through my newer followers and saw what I thought was a porn bot. It specialized in fat black guys with average-sized dicks. Fairly unremarkable for porn bots, of which I, like all of you, get lots. Most of the time I just block them and move on, but I was being lazy so I didn’t bother to do anything. I just ignored it.
Fast forward to about a week later. I got a message in my inbox saying how much they loved my stories and how they wish they could buy one of my books someday.
It was from the owner of the porn blog.
Now, I almost blocked that account. Remember, the cursory glance of that blog yielded nothing but a simple formula:
Body: fat
Skin: black
Dick: mehBut there was a person behind that blog, damn it. And they were really nice. And from that point forward, I haven’t blocked a porn account – because you can’t judge a book by its cover.
And that’s it, really.
Not sure why I’m telling you this story.
