Category Archives: General

Teaser Tuesday & SciFi Month

Posted on November 18, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s tease is from Robert Heinlein’s Double Star! “Before my revered father died, he made me promise him three things: first, never to mix whisky with anything but water; second, always to ignore anonymous letters; and lastly, never to talk … Continue reading →

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Over Yonder

Posted on November 15, 2025 by smellincoffee

Woody is an aging defrocked priest in jail for — well, let’s not say, since that’s not fully revealed until the end. At any rate, he’s getting out with a bad heart and an ex-wife who is engaged to another … Continue reading →

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Midweek Meming

Posted on November 12, 2025 by smellincoffee

I didn’t post anything yesterday because of Armistice Day/Veterans Day: while some years I do not give it a great deal of attention, I’d been watching All Quiet on the Western Front the night prior and was more somber than … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday + SFM #5

Posted on November 5, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? All Systems Red, Martha Wells. An action-mystery short novel featuring a sarcastic robot helping colonists on another world. WHAT are you reading now? The Nazi Seizure of Power, though that will be a slow … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday, Teaser Tuesday, & SF Month Prompt 3

Posted on November 4, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s treble T is ten random picks from bookcases. Well, alrighty then. But first, a Tuesday Tease! “I do think of it as a person,” Gurathin said. “An angry, heavily armed person who has no reason to trust us.”“Then stop … Continue reading →

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October 2025 in Review & SciFi Month 2025

Posted on November 1, 2025 by smellincoffee

Well, so ends October! In Alabama cooler weather finally began drawing near, though it’s rare for it to come inside and take a seat so soon. The cold actually kicked the door down last night: it’s 38 (3 C) at … Continue reading →

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Moviewatch, October 2025

Posted on October 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

Rush Hour 2, 2001. I watched this a few times back in the day, but it’s been fifteen, twenty years I’d say. I remembered it for three things: one, a ridiculous fight scene in a massage parlor in which two … Continue reading →

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Ten Strange Ways to Die In Colonial Alabama

Posted on October 31, 2025 by smellincoffee

I’d intended to post this list earlier in the week for the Top Ten Tuesday freebie, but couldn’t remember the name of the book I was using, Alabama Mortality Schedule (1850, Seventh Census of the United States). I stumbled on … Continue reading →

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WWW Wednesday

Posted on October 29, 2025 by smellincoffee

WHAT have you finished reading recently? Against the Machine, Paul Kingsnorth. Quotations to be posted today. WHAT are you reading now? The Last Jeffersonian, a biography of Grover Cleveland I picked up a week or so ago at a local … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday + Halloween Freebie

Posted on October 28, 2025 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a Halloween freebie, and while that should make things easier, it doesn’t. I’m not much for Halloween: my family didn’t celebrate it as a kid, and while I’ve enjoyed quite a few costume parties in. So, I’m … Continue reading →

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