Bookzombie

@bookzombie

He/him. Lifelong reader, mainly SF & Fantasy, owner of a ridiculously large TBR pile! Part of the Nerd Therapy D&D playcast. Married since 1990 to my best friend, Penny. Owned by two cats (Lilo and Stitch).

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Bookzombie@bookzombie· Mar 27

Coco says hello!

A young brown and Springer Spaniel with tongue hanging out and a certain amount of Spaniel Side Eye

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 31

Well, this is how Coco is rounding off 2025!

A brown and white Springer Spaniel puppy sprawled out and asleep between my blue jean-clad legs.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 27

We also recently acquired one of those!

A Springer Spaniel puppy sitting on a lawn. He has a white front and a mainly brown head and ears, with a white muzzle and a white stripe between his eyes.
He is wearing a red collar and a blue harness.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 19

The UK editions have completely different covers, I'm pleased to say!

The cover to the novel Devices and Desires by K. J. Parker
The cover shows a pencil drawing of a complex mechanism on a cream coloured background.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Nov 18

The bookzombie at 59! Not looking too bad, I reckon, all things considered!

A late middle-aged white man with blonde-to-gray wavy hair, which is long enough to reach his chest. He is smiling into the camera. He is wearing a purple long-sleeved t-shirt.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Nov 6

We'd been talking about getting a dog for - literally! - years, and this opportunity fell into our lap! So we are very happy. Not sure how the cats are going to feel, yet...

A small puppy in a large pen.
The puppy is a male Springer Spaniel, white with large brown patches. His ears and around the eyes eyes have brown fur, but there's a white stripe across the middle of the head, with adorable brown freckles!

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Jun 26

As I have no car maintenance skills, does anyone know what this is? It fell off the underside of the car as we were pushing it somewhere safe!

Part that fell off the car when it broke down.
It's a circular metal flange, about 3 inches or so in diameter. It has six holes drilled in it.
It also has a second, smaller cylindrical piece welded underneath (not clear in the photo)

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Feb 24

We ended up buying the biggest roll-up felt jigsaw mat we could - which is just big enough - and have been assembling it in the only floor space big enough: in our bedroom!

A large partly assembled jigsaw puzzle on a green felt mat, on top of a red carpet. There are two sets of cartoon style ship's sails facing each other, the left blue, the right pink. There is also a number of balloons of various sizes, and a pink sign at the top left giving the title 'The Kiss'

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 27

Penny and I have put on our big boy pants, screwed our courage to the sticking point and ... started the 6000 piece jigsaw puzzle that my brother in law got me for my birthday!

A green baize mat is on top of a red carpet. On top of the mat is a large box full of jigsaw pieces, with the cover leaning nearby.
There are some pieces scattered over the mat, and several wooden trays are nearby with evidence that some sorting of pieces is being attempted.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 18

I like TeeTurtle a lot. Although I'm in the UK, I tend to buy a bunch each year from them. In fact, I'm wearing one right now!

A middle-aged aged white man wearing a t-shirt. The t-shirt has a cartoon of a racoon. Underneath is some text that reads 'Chaotic Neutral. Might help you fight, might steal your stuff.'

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Nov 18

Compare and contrast. The bookzombie at 57 vs the bookzombie at 58.

A smiling white man with long blonde/grey hair pulled back. Taken on 18th November 2023 on my 57th birthday

A smiling white man with long blonde/grey hair pulled back (more untidy than last year!) Taken on 18th November 2024 on my 58th birthday

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Sep 19

Lilo is cleaning my slippers. Again. Why does she do this?

A small tortoiseshell cat lying on the floor, licking a grey slipper.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Sep 16

In the first 10%, it appears!

A page celebrating 10 million users, ranking where I came. According to this, I joined on July 26th 2023, and was user number 387, 221

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Sep 6

A black-and-white picture of me, a middle-aged white man, with a Canadian gnome plushy on my shoulder. The gnome has a pointy knitted hat covering his eyes, with a round nose and a long white beard.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Aug 17

Stitch would like it known that he approves of the current weather

A mainly white cat lying on his back in fairly long grass with his feet in the air enjoying the sun.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Jul 5

So this has been what I've been doing to keep my hands busy during the election coverage

Lego model of the Tantive IV from Star Wars (it's the one Leia was on at the beginning of the first film, if the name doesn't mean anything!)

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Jun 11

This is the view colleagues get when I'm on a video call with them. Could I be more of a geek stereotype?!

Desktop camera view of my 'office'. A middle-aged white man with a Rhode NT1A microphone on a shock mount to his front right. There's a bookshelf behind, on which can be seen some candles, dice bags, and a couple of plushies (Cornifer from Hollow Knight, and the Soup Dragon from The Clangers!)
Along the right wall can be see a full wall-length set up bookshelves, double stacked.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· May 31

39 and up Bluesky, drop a pic with your age. 57.

Middle-aged white man accompanied by a Canadian troll.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· May 25

Not necessarily my best selfie, but it's one of the few recent ones where I don't have my hair tied back!

Middle-aged white man with shoulder length wavy, fair-fading-to-grey hair.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Apr 20

It's mainly been tidied up around the back, so there's not a lot of difference to be seen! I have been advised to start using conditioner, now it's this long.

The same middle-aged white man with very slightly shorter fair-to-grey wavy hair.
It's like the 'after' of a spot-the-difference puzzle...

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Apr 3

Today, we visited the National Space Centre in Leicester, so had to wear this t-shirt (and @alwayscoffee.bsky.social, this is another teeTurtle one!)

A t-shirt, black background with stars and a cartoon astronaut clutching their knees, and underneath, the text 'Houston, I Have So Many Problems '

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Mar 1

Ours has given up the fight!

A small tortoiseshell cat on the book of a sofa staring vacantly into space

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Feb 12

Lilo's the first tortie we've ever had, and she is very cute!

Lilo, a small tortoiseshell cat sitting on a pine-effect desk, looking at the camera.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Jan 28

Here's photos of Lilo and Stitch, taken a day apart, both wanting me to stop working so that I can give them my attention!

Stitch, a white cat with black patches, sitting on a desk in front of my other screen, wanting attention...

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Jan 11

This was me after putting headphones on, but without tying my hair back before D&D on Sunday!

A middle-aged man with a microphone to the left with headphones on and his hair spreading out like wings around the cans.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Jan 5

I'm also 57 and my hair is the longest it's ever been! It does have quite a grey, but it doesn't show in most lights because my hair colour is a sort of ash blonde. It doesn't, unfortunately, fix the problem that I've been A weird looking dude...

Middle-aged white man with shoulder length wavy hair.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 31

The hot tub is a bit more scary in red light though.

Two middle-aged white people in a hot tub in red light, with expressions of shock and horror on their faces!

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 31

So we are spending the last bit of 2023 in the hot tub! It has lights that cycle through colours, so the photo is in one of the brighter colours.

Two middle-aged white people sitting in a hot tub in a blue light, both with big grins

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 24

I stubbed my toe badly this morning, and tonight, it looks like the picture. From the bruising - and previous experience - I've almost certainly broken it. Penny has 'buddy tied' it to the next toe, as advised by her doctor neice.

Photo of my left foot. The little toe is bruised down the right side, and bruising can just be seen in the area of the foot underneath the two smallest toes.

Bookzombie@bookzombie· Dec 24

Here's Lilo from a few days ago. Hope it helps!