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#WordWeavers 6/18 - If your book came with a small toy, what would it be?

A board game where the rules and dice make your pawn fall off the board, off the table, go outside, get mauled by a bear, then get [---spoilers---] and [---more spoilers---].

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If they keep the Ghostbusters franchise going, eventually they'll be hunting the ghosts of the original Ghostbusters.
Is James Bond a Time Lord?

The word "excellent" is derived from the Christian practice of giving up using Microsoft Excel for 40 days to commemorate Christ's sacrifice.

It is a period of great productivity.

The date of lent is calculated using an obscure Excel macro on a field that didn't originally have anything to do with dates, but Excel converted it to one anyway.

Is it possible for something to "go viral" on Fedi?

Neuroatypical Gothic:

- You want to watch a movie. You put it on. Two hours have passed. You haven't watched the movie. There are five new tasks in front of you. You want to watch a different movie.

- There is an object in your hand. It is extremely important that you don't lose it. You look down. There is nothing in your hand. Why are you looking at your hands?

- You don't know your friend's name. You have been friends for months. They just told you their name. You don't know their name.

- Someone asks you what you just said. Did you say something? You said so many things. You are talking too much. You said nothing. You said everything.

- There is something you're forgetting. You check. You check again. There is nothing you're forgetting. There is something you're forgetting.

- There is a task that needs to be done. It should take ten minutes. You check the clock. It's been five minutes. You check the clock. It's been three days.

#PennedPossibilities 9 Did your MC fit in with the family they grew up with? If not, why?

No. I mean, that's the point of the story. Gravel is a dog raised by cats, unable to fit in either society. Struggling to find his niche in the world.

I need help

This reminds me of something I posted on a previous social media account.

“You’ve Got Mail”: a romantic comedy about a little bookstore being overrun by a huge bookstore/DVD store

“You’ve Got ‘You’ve Got Mail’”: a dark comedy about a huge bookstore/DVD store being overrun by an online mail-order megastore.

“You’ve Got ‘You’ve Got “You’ve Got Mail”’”: a tragedy about an online mail-order megastore being supplanted by streaming services.

“No One’s Got ‘You’ve Got Mail’”: a farce about how all movies have become unavailable because companies withhold them for the tax write-offs. ← YOU ARE HERE

“You’ve Got Mail-full-1080p.mkv”: a documentary about the valuable role that pirates are performing as librarians and archivists.