my take on cruise ships is that passage across the ocean is not supposed to be comfortable, you should be spending the trip in lurching terror of the sea's dread majesty, your ship does not need a casino or the cursèd irony of a swimming pool, you should beg poseidon for mercy

right wingers telling on themselves like

Fall in love as summer winds down with our As You Like It, a screwball romantic comedy with songs inspired by 1930’s crooner, Al Bowlly. Discover a world of vivid characters and romantic possibilities 🥰 Check out iscla.org/festival-2024 for tips on picnics, parking, and more!

If culture fully defines Chrstian as meaning a conservative nationalists, then millions of people like me will find their faith ignored, forgotten, and objectified.

Yet another performance of this show which circumstance dictates I must miss. Go see it for me? Maybe if enough people see it on my behalf it will count as though I actually saw it myself. :(

Loved what you saw on the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival stage? Now's your chance to learn from the best! ISC co-founders David Melville and Melissa Chalsma are breaking down the ISC approach to Shakespearean verse and prose structure.

I remember being 23 and feeling super discouraged, but just in case anyone needs to hear it, I quit my job as a market research analyst (I went to university for marketing) and went back to school for animation at 23, and I didn't work as a background artist until I was 30.

Covid 1: anosmia, exhaustion, subsequent brain fog Covid 2: no anosmia, exhaustion, brain fog, loss of many proper nouns Covid 3: no anosmia, mild exhaustion, brought back my vocabulary and cognitive function? Like, overnight? Very strange.

Erryone out here tryna be Mignola.

Sometimes you just want to get on a boat and sail away from it all... We've got a tale of what happens when you pay £1,000 (in 1910) to do so! Adventure awaits on what will eventually become known as The Worst Journey in the World, this OCTOBER 8th! 🐧

It's my US book birthday! Doesn't it look handsome! New and improved (bigger text, updated annotations) and under $20 here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-wo… If you're feeling flush, maybe pick one up for your local library as well! Or donate yours when you're done with it ...

Twitter is becoming increasingly unusable – I check in occasionally in case I've missed a message, but mostly I'm at The Blue Place, where my handle is Tealin (or worstjourney if you only want Antarctic/book news). See you there.

Aw gee thanks ... what is a fabric unit though?

To anyone who's also drawn to tales of polar exploration, volume 1 of THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD is available now from Iron Circus Comics and I got to interview Tealin is on Bluesky about her plans for the graphic novel series:

Canadian poppies are now available from #CanadaHouse! Stop by our Canada Gallery on Pall Mall to get yours and donate to The Royal Canadian Legion. 🇨🇦 #CanadaRemembers

In defence of BBC radio drama, which has made me who I am, and of Drama on 3 in particular: twirlynoodle.com/blog/2025/2/13… It's the best of the best and ought to be celebrated, not thrown away. BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC The Society of Authors Sam Jackson #SADatTheBBC

Over on The Other Place, I've compiled a thread of drawings inspired by radio dramas over the years: bsky.app/profile/tealin… My career has been symbiotic with BBC radio, and dramas are the best for staying on task, even if my pencil wanders. The Society of Authors BBC #SADatTheBBC