My author copies of PULP FIN DE SIÈCLE arrived in the mail today! It's always nice to be able to add a new member to my humble family of titles.

Currently Reading: PULP FIN DE SIÈCLE by me (Purple Bearded Uncle)

Various Failures

Currently Reading: THE OBLATE by J.-K. Huysmans (Dedalus) This is the second time I've read this book, though the first time I've ever read this particular translation

Currently Reading: THE BROKEN SPEARS: THE AZTEC ACCOUNT OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO by Various/Edited by Miguel León-Portilla

Neo-Decadents vs. AI. My own contributions to this series are usually 50% serious, 50% joking around, but this time the gloves come off and I let my hair down (so to speak). neopasseism.substack.com/p/ai?utm_sourc…

You know it's the end of November when I put up my annual Cat Nativity Scene. The Bradford Exchange only sent me one figurine this year (the Traveling Musician), which is for the best because I'm running out of space (and also, these things are expensive).

2025 Reading List Monthly Update: November onyxglossary.blogspot.com/2025/11/2025-r…

Currently Reading: LIKE YOU HAVE A CHOICE by Ivan Niccolai

Finished my reread of THE OBLATE (and thus also finished my reread of the 3 Durtal Catholic novels written by Huysmans that I began earlier this year)

Currently Reading: PASSIONS AND TEMPERS: A HISTORY OF THE HUMOURS by Noga Arikha I feel I'm going to REALLY enjoy this book, what with my long fascination with the humours, that has only increased in recent years what with my readings into medievalism & Shakespeare

Currently Reading: CONSCIOUSNESS: A NEO-DECADENT MANIFESTO by Siobhán M. La Grippe (Church Ghost)

I recently found out that years ago there was an OCTOPUS PIE Christmas video of sorts vimeo.com/8303495

Neo-Decadents exhume the corpse of David Foster Wallace and do naughty things with it. I felt this one went on a little long ,but I suppose with a critique of the prose of DFW, it's only fitting that it gets a bit over-wordy neopasseism.substack.com/p/david-foster…

Currently Reading: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway This is actually a reread. I first read the book in 10th grade, around 1996, so it's been almost 30 years

Aaron Lange interviews Justin Isis, one of my favorite people to argue/disagree with! All joking aside, there are some areas on which we stand on common ground. neopasseism.substack.com/p/justin-isis-…