Brian Minsker

@bminsker

Astros fan, Deadhead, board gamer, geek, husband of Dr. Barbara Minsker, dog concierge to Buddy. Back in Texas (Dallas) after 40 years in the wilderness. Opinions are my own.

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Brian Minsker@bminsker· 24d

Good morning, Womble. I'm just starting Everybody's Perfect by @jowalton.bsky.social and have enjoyed the little bit I've read so far.

The cover of Everybody's Perfect by Jo Walton. A woman in a dark red hooded cloak wears a golden mask and holds a bird mask in her hand. Masks for a dog, lion, cat, and bearded man surround her head and shoulders.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· 25d

This is @annaleen.bsky.social's fault again (and they were delicious, though my stretching technique needs work).

A bowl of homemade Biang Biang Noodles with bok choy and baked tofu.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· 26d

Distracted boyfriend meme, with the boyfriend labeled Morty looking back at the girl labled Freshly Peeled Orange and the upset girlfriend labeled Cinnamon Roll

Brian Minsker@bminsker· 29d

Show me a comic page you love; no explanation needed. @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social

Comic titled Jetpack Solves Everything from poorlydrawnlines.com.
Panel 1: A man and woman standing next to each other. She says, "Brian, we need to talk." He replies, "That doesn't sound good," and she says, "It's not. We..."
Panel 2: He blasts off with a jetpack while she says, "Really, dude?!"
Panel 3: She yells, "You can't keep jetpacking away from your problems, Brian!"
Panel 4: Brian in his jetpack zooms across the sky with the caption, "But he totally could, and it was awesome."

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Jul 5

Good morning, Womble. I'm working on the third Pandemonium book by @mikecarey.bsky.social, Outlaw Planet. I'm also working on my graphic novel backlog with The Deptartment of Truth Volume 5 by @jamesthefourth.bsky.social, @martinsimmonds.bsky.social & @adityab.net

The cover of Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey. A silhouetted figure with a cape walks away from the viewer through red scrubland towards a gap between two mountains. The sun is just peaking up from behind the mountain on the left, and a moon appears over the mountain on the right. A tagline reading, "Vengeance always comes with a price" is above the title.

The cover of the graphic novel The Department of Truth Volume 5 by James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds, and Aditya Bidikar. A blurry painting with JFK and Jackie in the limo in Dallas 1963 in the top two-thirds of the cover. The bottom third has a blurry painting of a crowd with a woman in a bright red dress, bright white face, and an X in the place of each eye.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Jun 21

Good Morning, Womble. I finished up The Faith of Beasts by James S.A. Corey last night (even better than The Mercy of Gods, which I liked a LOT) and just started the The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @stephengrahamjones.com

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Jun 14

Good morning, Womble. I'm reading the second Captive's War book by James S. A. Corey, The Faith of Beasts.

The cover of The Faith of Beasts by James S. A. Corey. Two spaceships above a planet, one shooting a beam of some sort at the other.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 31

Good morning, Womble. I'm currently reading Villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social. Just finished the first third of the book that deals with the fallout from Hench, and I'm looking forward to finding out what comes next.

The cover of Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. A dark blue silhouette of a woman in a business suit with a cane surrounded by silhouettes of four superheroes. Her shadow silhouette depicts her with a billowing cape and her cane held as a sword against a magenta background.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 24

Good morning, Womble. I'm finishing up Alan Dean Foster's Jed the Dead. It's a pleasant, quirky little story, marred only by the glut of typos/OCR scanning errors on practically every page.

The cover of Jed the Dead by Alan Dean Foster. A green alien sits in the back seat of a convertible, its arms sticking out in front of it and a green glow shining out from its head. A man in a cowboy hat and bandana drives. A desert landscape is in the background.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 23

A Star Trek: The Next Generation title card showing the Enterprise orbiting a planet with the text, "Riker's Furry Holiday"

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 20

An image of Professor McGonnigle from Harry Potter saying, "Why is it when something happens it is always you three?" but with the word three replaced with the word eight.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 17

Good morning, Womble. I'm currently reading Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and,yes, it's affecting me much like you'd expect, but it's so good I can hardly put it down.

The cover of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. A burning candle sits on top of the upturned lens of an SLR camera with wax dripping down over the camera body.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 10

Buddy during the solar eclipse in Dallas, April 2024.

A brown and white dog laying on the pavement wearing solar eclipse glasses.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 10

Good morning, Womble. I'm reading Platform Decay by @marthawells.com. Murderbot doesn't get to sit on the TBR pile very long. Really enjoying this one, especially the emotional check-ins.

The cover of Platform Decay by Martha Wells. A spacesuited being leaps over a deep drop-off to a ladder.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 3

Good afternoon, Womble. I'm continuing on with the Witches series from Discworld with Maskerade.

The cover of Maskerade by Terry Pratchett. Two witches sit watching a theater stage lit with the silhouette of a woman and a large being with horns. Roses float out from the stage.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· May 1

Post your warning sign

A rectangular yellow sign with the laser warning symbol, a starburst with a line shooting out to the right inside a triangle. Underneath it, the text reads Do Not Look at Laser With Remaining Eye

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Apr 26

Good morning, Womble. I'm back to the Discworld witches series with Lords and Ladies.

The cover of Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. Shadowy figures dance inside a circle of standing stones around an ethereal light at its center. Three silhouetted figures, two in witches hats, watch from outside the stone circle. Bees fly in the air above them all.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Apr 20

Having a good old time with Little Feat at the Majestic in Dallas for The Last Farewell Tour.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Apr 19

Good evening, Womble. I'm reading Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by @deathbybadger.bsky.social and, needing to reduce the TBR graphic novel pile, also reading Mooncakes by @wendyxu.bsky.social and Suzanne Walker.

The cover of Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire. A black vase that is shaped so that the negative space around it looks like two faces looking at each other, one with an X for an eye. A one-eyed cat sits atop it next to an apple amid the basil plant.

The cover of Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker. A young witch holds a plate of pastries stands next to a young female werewolf (humanish with wolf ears and tail).

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Apr 16

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):

A brown and white dog lies on a carpet with a red heart-shaped stuffed toy between his front paws.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Apr 16

No notes. 10/10

A screen shot of the trending topic "Bluesky Issues," with the message "Hmm, some kind of issue occurred when contacting the feed server. Please let the feed owner know about the issue."

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Apr 15

Drop your crime fighting Catholics

The cover of Robert Kirkman's Battle Pope #8. A muscular pope in white with a red cross on his chest runs down a street firing a gun at the demons and golem chasing him. A hippy-looking Jesus sits on his shoulder, the pope's gun-free hand holding onto his ankles.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Apr 12

Good morning, Womble. Going cozy this week with Brigands & Breadknives by @travisbaldree.bsky.social and really enjoying being back in that world.

The cover of Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree. A rat person sits on a wagon seat while an orange-haired goblin stands in front of a pot hanging over a campfire. A one-eared elf stands polishing a sword in the background next to a horse with mountains in the distance.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Mar 29

Good morning, Womble. I'm taking a break from reading the Discworld witches books, but still sticking with witchcraft, reading Lessons in Magic and Disaster by @charliejane.bsky.social

The cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders. Yellow text of the author and title overlay a purplish background of dry, cracked ground with a scattering of daisy plants at the top.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Mar 25

"The New York Times called it disgusting!"

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Mar 22

Melinda's Original Habanero Hot Sauce for every day use (on my eggs every morning). Not as spicy as you might expect, well-balanced between heat and flavor so you can taste the pepper as well as what you're putting it on.

A bottle of Melinda's Original Habanero Hot Sauce

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Mar 21

Umm....

A Facebook post from Algonquin Park saying, "Pine martens soo cute that you want to pet them (100 emoji) Until they open their mouths (horrified face emoji)" followed by several photos of martens, a couple of whom have open mouths showing sharp teeth.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Mar 12

can this be a solution? (I realize we have a little work to do on scaling the technology.)

A map of the Middle East showing the Strait of Hormuz with two Star Trek transporter pads on either side of the strait.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Mar 7

At least they're fully on the furniture.

A brown and white dog lying in a wing chair with his head out on the hassock in front of it and one leg hanging down between the two.

Brian Minsker@bminsker· Mar 7

Not sure that's much of an improvement: