This story from 2015 by Naomi Kritzer:
“So Much Cooking” by Naomi Kritzer
[ photo credit: “chicken soup” by seattleang is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 ]
Tag: pandemic
‘How It Started’ vs. ‘How It’s Going’, but automated
| How It Started | How It’s Going |
DISCLOSURE: This is totally automated, ’cause that just feels a lot more honest to me right now. Images are from Lorem Picsum, which makes this sorta gag incredibly easy, and is a great tool when you’re mocking up a website/design and just need the graphical equivalent of lorem ipsum.
DOUBLE DISCLOSURE: Yep, I made this exact same hacky joke back in May, ’cause y’all doing the exact same “clever” shit you did 5 months back.
I’m not locked up in here with you; you’re locked up in here with me!
“My plans vs. 2020,” but automated
| My plans | 2020 |
DISCLOSURE: This is totally automated, ’cause that just feels a lot more honest to me right now. Images are from Lorem Picsum, which makes this sorta gag incredibly easy, and is a great tool when you’re mocking up a website/design and just need the graphical equivalent of lorem ipsum.
Kind of a coin-toss what I love about this most…
… but I think it’s maybe that this patent was issued in 2007, and still looks so damned olde-tyme Cold War Fallout™ goofy. Patent diagrams are their own artistic genre, and I love it:
Incidentally, as it turns out bra pads actually make pretty decent DIY face masks for coronavirus.
(all props to Harper’s for the image)
Like what I do? Wanna support it? You’ve finally got options!
I’ve finally sorted out my micropayment/subscription situation. Here are a couple easy ways to support my kinda weirdness:
- KO-FI: Think of this as a “virtual tip jar.” If we were to bump into each other at the cafe, and you’d wanna buy me a coffee or beer and chat—well, this is a way to do that. My personal guarantee to you: Basically every penny I get this way gets converted first into coffee/beer, and then to words.
- PATREON: If you’d like to support my brand of madness on a recurring basis, Patreon makes that easy. Even at the lowest tiers, supporters get access to previously unpublished fiction. That currently includes my novella And Lo She Dwelt in the Great Sadness—which will likely prove diverting to folks frustrated by our current political situation. New stories will be added in coming months.
Thanks!
P.S. Wash your hands!