Herne

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Ranting Canadian, Print Designer & Production Curmudgeon, and Occasional Smartass. Mostly here for the dog, cat, and baby goat pics… Opinions are my own.

A photo of the cover of THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH by Jo Miles along with a sticker stating "I'm a friend of the Yeneheh" and a bookmark from Horned Lark Press stating, "People who read speculative fiction want a better world. Let's make one together."
An amusing photo of a Canadian black bear investigating a Canada Post community mail box.
A Twonks comic strip. In the first panel, there's a group of 5 people getting ready to have a meeting and the leader of the meeting says, "Let's go round the room and introduce ourselves." In the second panel the leader says, "Starting with you," and looking at the person sitting in the chair next to them. In the third panel the person in the chair looks down and sees a "skip intro" button, and, with a small smile, presses it. In the fourth panel everyone is smiling now and the leader of the meeting says, "OK, let's start the meeting."
A photo of a carved alabaster cat curled up with its head resting on its outstretched back leg.
The front cover of A DARK AND DISTANT HOME by Skyla Dawn Cameron, hardcover edition.
A photo of two packages of Arnott's TimTam cookies. One is dark chocolate and one is double coated.
The cover of "The Graham Kerr Cookbook" by The Galloping Gourmet. Vintage cook book from the late 1960s.
Cover image of Kevin Hearne's book THE GREAT BIG BEAR, with a signed bookmark featuring the Iron Druid Chronicles, and stickers. One comical sticker of a boxer with the words, "No Squirrels!", one sticker of an Irish Wolfhound with the words, "Ask me about gravy" and one sticker of the Mothman with the words, "Mothman flapjacks."
A four-panel Anakin-Padme Meme: 1st panel, Anakin says, "A judge has ordered the Trump Administration to pay companies back for the illegal tariffs collected." 2nd panel, a smiling Padme says, "And those companies are going to refund the consumers who paid those tariffs on what they bought, right?" 3rd panel, Anakin stares at Padme. 4th panel, a more serious Padme repeats, "Those companies will refund the tariffs back to consumers… right?"
Cover image of novelet by Charles de Lint entitled "ICE Out" featuring a crow standing on top of a black combat vest with the word ICE printed on it.
Cover image of a book called NIGHTSIDE CITY by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Published 1989.
A screenshot of some quotes, supposedly made by Charles Darwin in his letters to others. "I am very tired, very stomachy & hate nearly the whole world." -- Charles Darwin to Thomas Huxley, 10 Sept, 1860 "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything." -- Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1 Oct, 1861
A cartoon by raesidecartoon.com showing an image of the Toronto CN Tower buried so deeply in snow that two people at the top think it's their car buried in the snow. The man is digging with a shovel while saying, "This looks like my car… I recognize the aerial."
A photo of LEGO time machine from Back to the Future with Doc and Marty minifigs shown.
A comic strip written by James Miller (jamesmarkmiller.bsky.social) In the first panel, a young girl who is looking at a unconscious bird on the ground says, "Oracle, how can I live forever?" In the second panel the Oracle is gently holding the bird and says, "Be difficult to forget." In the third to sixth panels the girl says, "How?" "Should I create art?" "Should I be famous?" "Or powerful?" The Oracle has been working on the bird while the girl was talking, the bird glows with magic. In the final panel they release the bird, now flying away, and the Oracle says, "You should be kind."
Screenshot of Pierre Poilievre's post from Twitter (presumably) saying; Congratulations to President Trump on successfully arresting narco-terrorist and socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro, who should live out his days in prison. The legitimate winner of the most recent Venezuelan elections, Edmundo Gonzalez, should take office along with the courageous hero and voice of the Venezuelan people, Maria Corina Machado. Down with socialism. Long live freedom.
Originally a photo of the Washington monument lit up on all sides with a “250” in red and blue stars but now an altered photo that says "25th" as in "25th Amendment"
Originally a photo of the Washington monument lit up on all sides with a “250” in red and blue stars but now an altered photo that says "25th" as in "25th Amendment"
Photo of Ceiling Cat
A photo of Paul Mason, aka Fashion Santa, from his Instagram feed.
The White House spray painted gold
Book covers of THE TAIGA RIDGE MURDERS and WAVERLY JONES 4: SILENT ALL THESE YEARS by Skyla Dawn Cameron
Photo of a frying pan filled with a Hamburger Helper casserole as described in text.