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"Do I need an app that uses a blockchain?"

"No."

"But what if…"

"No."

David got his fingers on it and reseated it.
"Can I get a #hand in here?" he called.
There was silence. Then he heard the click-click-click of Captain Tau's nails on the deck. Tau nudged him with his muzzle.
"A paw will be fine. Just tell me if the screen is still flickering." (2/2) #wss366

A screen flickered on the bridge of Angel's Wings. Then it flickered again. David sighed. He had noticed the problem previously, but it was starting to get worse. He crawled under the console, removed the service plate, and reached up through the wiring to find the connection harness. (1/2) #wss366

The slug set off on its muscular #foot around the track. Twenty-minutes later, it returned to the start and the attendant helped Bebe down.
She walked with a strange gait back to David. Standing with her legs apart, she pulled on his sleeve.
"Bebe needs fresh panties," she whispered. (2/2) #wss366

"Bebe wants to ride a pony!" Bebe said.
"It's a molluscan zoo," David said. "They don't have ponies. You can ride the giant slug, though."
"Bebe will ride it!" she crowed.
An attendant helped Bebe mount the giant, purple slug. It regarded her incuriously with its eye-stalks. (1/2) #wss366

I visited the Peace Pagoda again today and spent an hour in quiet reflection. https://stevendbrewer.com/leverett-peace-pagoda/

That pony has devil eyes.

pinpinglo falas, aliĝas la aliaj… jam mararmeo / a pine-needle falls and joins the others… already a flotilla #hajko #haiku #esperanto

@westerling aka "Vernal Pool" favorited my post "Wet Time in Watch City".

"How apropos," I thought.

We had a slow, wet start, but sold some books at the Watch City Steampunk Festival yesterday. https://stevendbrewer.com/wet-times-in-watch-city/

The next morning, Totemo and Lambda arrived promptly at the field site and prepared to collect data. Mr. Rokunai arrived a few minutes later. He glanced at Totemo.
"Did you have a nice anniversary?" he asked politely.
"It was… extraordinary," Totemo replied.
Lambda wagged her #tail. #wss366

"The cornbread would be better with butter and honey."

"What wouldn't?"

"Touche."

Daniel and I have been struggling to remember to do things while selling books, so we've decided we're "rain damaged".

When she pulled the covers down, Totemo realized Miss Dairy had a dakimakura with her picture on it. Miss Dairy quickly flipped it over so that the nude side was facing down.
"Come on!" she called. "I'm ready!"
Totemo took a deep breath, disrobed, and climbed into bed with Miss Dairy. (3/3) #wss366

Totemo entered and, at first she thought, "How normal." Then she turned and realized that the back wall was an enormous picture of her #face. Miss Dairy pressed a button and turned it off.
"The real thing is so much better!" she purred. She slipped off her clothes and climbed into bed. (2/3) #wss366

"It's getting late," Totemo said. "We should go."
"No!" Miss Dairy said. "Please stay. Stay over with me!"
She took Totemo's hand, and pulled her toward the bedroom.
Lambda hopped up on the love seat and curled up. She ruffed quietly at Totemo.
"You wish me courage?" Totemo wondered. (1/3) #wss366

I was excited to be offered a place on the program at Worldcon in Seattle, but recent events about Worldcon have left me in a quandary. I will probably still attend, but I'm dismayed and discouraged by what's happening. https://stevendbrewer.com/worldcon-participation-quandary/

#WritersCoffeeClub Have you ever realized you’d included an unintended shibboleth in your own work?

Yes, all the time. I think I've caught most of them and either removed them or left them in for lack of a better alternative. I can think of a couple of recent examples. Here's one: In *A Familiar Problem*, Rory said, "It smacks of sophistry." But this a world where humans were transplanted during the ice-ages: no ancient Greek civilization. So I changed it to, "It smells like bullshit."

"How could I forget!" Totemo laughed. "That was…" She paused, then looked at Miss Dairy anew. "Wait! That girl! That was you?"
Miss Dairy nodded.
"But you must have…"
She nodded shyly again, but then looked up at Totemo with adoration. "That's why you've always been my hero!" (2/2) #wss366

Miss Dairy joined Totemo on the love seat again
"Did we ever meet at Gyarakushīsukautos camp?" Totemo asked.
Miss Dairy turned bright red, looked down and started to stammer. "I'm sure you wouldn't remember."
"Oh, come on! Try me!"
"Do you remember the '#Ferret Incident'?" (1/2) #wss366