State of the TAM - 11th May
It’s been a rough day…
What’s Up
Jax, the writing staffie, has a bad tummy. He was nauseous and seemed uncomfortable when he got up yesterday morning. When he didn’t want to eat—not even Izzy’s ultra-tempting puppy biscuits—I shipped him off to the vets (I still can’t drive, which is driving me mad). He has a tummy bug and has been giving anti-sickness shots, probiotics, and something to settle his tummy.
So, I’ve been up to high do fretting about that. Being a dog owner on Facebook means the algorithms sent me a lot of info about new strains of parvovirus that the inoculations won’t protect them from and mystery new diseases! I swear, if we ever find out that Zuckerberg has SOMEHOW found a way to monetise anxiety I would not be surprised. In fact, it would explain a lot.
He seems to be feeling better today though. Which is why today you get a newsletter!
Oh in other news, someone emailed me last week and told me to ‘Get over myself’. For the record, I shan’t.
Pupdate of the Week
The patient. I did not put him in Angry Bean Prison (Izzy’s pen). He just decided that was where he was going and refused to come out. Izzy was unimpressed at being suddenly forced to share a room. She is, however, extremely impressed by the addition of a massive furry blanket to her domain.
Free Audio Chapter of the Week
'Late Shift' by TA Moore is a Night Shift short story and a prequel to Shift Less. Find out more about who Kit Marlow was before he joined the Night Shift, and how he became the man Cade Deacon gets to meet in the books! New Chapter up now!
Written by TA Moore
Narrated by Michael Fell
If you prefer to read rather than listen, you can get Late Shift in mobi and epub on the website.
The complete Night Shift series is available on Audible, also narrated by the awesome Michael Fell.
One time one time I was up in Belfast at Castle Court and I saw a woman with a monkey in a backpack! She was feeding it french fries and it would grab them with its little hands and just duck back down into the bag to eat them.
I doubt french fries are healthy for monkeys, but she still did it!
A parrot might even be better. I would want to stroke it SO MUCH.
This is fascinating and SLIGHTLY terrifying. Like pregnant women just walking around, desperately trying to provide the embryo inside them with enough specific nutrients to stop them from LEECHING THE CALCIUM FROM YOUR TEETH! It’s pretty metal.
I did know about the hormone that messed up all your tendons and stuff. Someone I worked with had the most horrific pelvic related time with her pregnancy. Like she’d just dislocate a hip from sitting.
Must Read of the Week
This is an old article, but man…I would have thrown the WORLD’S MOST DISTURBING DINNER PARTY! I still would. I’d regret nothing.
Is the hand rabbit? Do you think the hand is rabbit? Because it would need to very bony and picky to give the right, horrifying impact.
This London butcher is selling fake human meat, and it is INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIC
Have you ever wanted to live the life of an Argentinean soccer player? Is your main complaint about Sweeney Todd the fact that you can’t find reviews for that restaurant on Yelp? Did you find that one horrifying episode of Mythbusters intriguing, but in the end, insufficiently delicious?
Then get your rump roast to Wesker and Son butchers at London’s Smithfield Market, where they’re selling everything you need to host a Donner party. Human hands for the equivalent of $8? So cheap! Kids, we’re having ladyfingers tonight.
You can also go to the Picky Glutton for more pictures? But be warned, there is a penis in a bowl. So…didn’t want to spring that on anyone.
I wanna t-shirt!
It is! I cannot sing. I could hold a concussed tune in a bucket with a lid on it. But I still enjoy it. (I am actually slightly tone-deaf…which combined with the mild case of colorblindness and the fact I can’t taste the difference between sweet and bitter is just…weird. Like the world’s most lacklustre superpower, but you take it because it could be worse?)
Just cos :D