✴ - 2026 release

• glass animals - vampire bat
• father john misty - the old law ✴
• bruno mars - i just might ✴
  • what good is bеauty if your booty can't find the beat?
• tv on the radio - blues from down here
• doechii, sza - girl, get up ✴
• george harrison - got my mind set on you

• ✔ 01/15 red bulls; racing bulls (livery)
• 01/19: haas (car & livery)
• 01/20: audi (livery)
• 01/20: honda engine
• 01/22: mercedes (renders)
• 01/23: ferrari (car)
• 01/23: alpine (livery)
• 02/02: mercedes (car)
• 02/03: williams (livery)
• 02/08: cadillac (livery)
• 02/09: aston martin (car)
• 02/09: mclaren

✓ - denotes owned // ✔ - denotes read

• ✔ The Andromeda Strain, 1969
• ✔ ✓ The Terminal Man, 1972
• The Great Train Robbery, 1975
• ✔ ✓ Eaters of the Dead (alt: The 13th Warrior), 1976
• ✔ ✓ Congo, 1980
• ✔ Sphere, 1987
• ✔ ✓ Jurassic Park, 1990
• Rising Sun, 1992
• Disclosure, 1994
• ✔ ✓ The Lost World, 1995
• ✔ Airframe, 1996
• ✔ Timeline, 1999
• ✔ ✓ Prey, 2002
• ✔ State of Fear, 2004
• ✔ ✓ Next, 2009

posthumous

• ✔ ✓ Pirate Latitudes, 2009
• ✔ ✓ Micro, 2011

• abrogate v. repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement); evade (a responsibility or duty)
• bactrachian adj. pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
• chandler n. a dealer in supplies and equipment for ships and boats; a dealer in household items such as oil, soap, paint, and groceries (historical)
• execrable adj. extremely bad or unpleasant
• mammon n. wealth regarded as an evil influence of false object of worship and devotion; taken by medieval writers as the name of the devil of covetousness
• milk run n. a routine, uneventful journey, especially by plane
• peccadillo n. a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin
• scrofulous adj. of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammati...

over-the-counter (otc)

• advil - ibuprofen - fever; mild to moderate pain; painful menstration; osteoarthrities; dental pain; headaches; pain from kidney stones; inflammatory diseases
• allegra - fexofenadine - antihistamine
• claritin - loratadine - allergic rhinitis; hives; nasal decongestant
• dulcolax - bisacodyl - stimulant laxative
• flonase - fluticasone propionate - long term management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd); hay fever; nasal polyps; mouth ulcers
• nexium - esomeprazole - gastroesophageal reflux disease; peptic ulcer disease; zollinger-ellison syndrome
• prilosec - omeprazole - gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd); peptic ulcer disease; zollinger-ellison syndrome
• tylenol - acetaminophen/paracetamol - analgesic

prescription - ♫ - commercial has a unique jingle

sweet melinda, the peasants call her the goddess of gloom. she speaks good english, and she invites you up into her room. and you’re so kind and careful not to go to her too soon. and she takes your voice and leaves you howling at the moon.

• just like tom thumb’s blues, highway 61 revisited (1965)

he woke up, the room was bare. he didn't see her anywhere. he told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide. felt an emptiness inside, to which he just could not relate. brought on by a simple twist of fate.

• simple twist of fate, blood on the tracks (1975)

• supersonic transport
  • Concorde
  • Tupolev Tu-144
  • Boom Overture
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress
  • most famous: Enola Gay
• Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
• McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
• Boeing 747
  • Queen of the Skies
• Airbus A380
  • King of the Skies

• 100 of the world's worst invasive alien ...
• american civil religion
• animals in space: félicette; soviet space dogs
• chronology of the universe
• clear channel memorandum
• hedgehog's dilemma
• inflorescence
• lists
  • of animals awarded human credentials
  • of chemical compounds with unusual names...
  • of cognitive biases
  • of colors
  • of common misconceptions
  • of conspiracy theories
  • of deadliest animals to humans
  • of eponymous laws
  • of heresies in the catholic church
  • of inventors killed by their own inventi...
  • of lost lands
  • of most expensive paintings

shōwa era (1954 - 1975)

• godzilla (1954)
• godzilla raids again (1955)
• king kong vs. godzilla (1962)
• mothra vs. godzilla (1964)
• ghidorah, the three-headed monster (1964)
• invasion of astro-monster (1965)
• ebirah, horror of the deep (1966)
• son of godzilla (1967)
• destroy all monsters (1968)
• all monsters attack (1969)
• godzilla vs. hedorah (1971)
• godzilla vs. gigan (1972)
• godzilla vs. megalon (1973)
• godzilla vs. mechagodzilla (1974)
• terror of mechagodzilla (1975)

heisei era (1984 - 1995)

• the return of godzilla (1984)
• godzilla vs. biollante (1989)
• godzilla vs. king ghidorah (1991)

♪ - audiobook

january

• the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring, j.r.r. tolkien ♪
• art and architecture in italy, 1600-1750, rudolf wittkower
• ✔ rawhead rex, clive barker, steve niles, les edwards, hector gomez - ★★★★★
  • his limbs were pumping with blood like a butterfly's wings, juicing with resurrection.
• the andromeda strain, michael crichton
• in the waves: my quest to solve the mystery of a civil war submarine, rachel lance ♪ - ★★⯪☆☆
• the fireman, joe hill

ko-fi

chart of the month

• 02/2023: rosy maple moth
• 04: lunar lad
• 05: window views (gaggle)
• 05: window views (stray cats)
• 05: window views (sunset)
• 06: daffodil - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 07: it’s eggs! - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 08: lunar flight a
• 08: lunar flight b
• 08: lunar flight c
• 08: lunar flight d
• 09: luna - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 10: big horn in the sky - 50x50, 75x75, 100x100
• 11: poppy nouveau i (50x50)
• 11: poppy nouveau ii (60x80)
• 11: poppy nouveau iii (100x100)
• 13: flock a - crows
• 13: flock b

🔁 - rewatch // 🖤 - love // 🔬 - documentary

january

• godzilla (1954) 🔁
  • godzilla was baptized in the fire of the h-bomb and survived. what could kill it now?
• titan: the oceangate submersible disaster (2025) 🔬
• evil influencer: the jodi hildebrandt story (2025) 🔬
• the devil on trial (2023) 🔬

• 01.01: delta air lines flight 191 (1985)
• 01.03: american airlines flight 96 (1972) (windsor incident); turkish airlines flight 981 (1974) (ermenonville air disaster)
• 01.04: south african airways flight 295 (1987)
• 01.05: air midwest flight 5481 (2003)
• 01.06: southern airways flight 242 (1977)
• 01.07: air india flight 182 (1985)
• 01.08: birgenair flight 301 (1996)
• 01.09: eastern air lines flight 401 (1972)
• 01.10: gol transportes aéreos flight 1907 (2006)
• 02.01: chalk’s ocean airways flight 101 (2005)
• 02.02: korean airlines flight 007 (1983) (ke007/kal007)
• 02.04: 1985 manchester airport disaster
• 03.03: pacific southwest airlines flight 1771 (1987)
• 03.04: united airlines flight 232 (1989)
• 03.09: korean air cargo flight 8509 (1999)

mammals

• hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius , (common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, river hippopotamus) ♡♡♡
• blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
• orca, Orcinus orca (killer whale)
• cat, Felis catus (house cat, domestic cat)
• raccoon, Procyon lotor (racoon, common raccoon)
• Baikal seal, Pusa sibirica (Lake Baikal seal; nerpa)
• beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas (white whale; sea canary)
• North American beaver, Castor canadensis

birds

• northern cardinal (common cardinal; red cardinal), Cardinalis cardinalis
• pink robin, Petroica rodinogaster
• Luzon bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba luzonica (bleeding-heart dove, bleeding-heart pigeon, punay)
• mourning dove, Zenaida macroura (American mourning dove, rain dove, turtle dove, Carolina pigeon, Carolina turtledove)

reptiles

• a haiku for every girl i've ever slept w..., by benedict smith
• an almost made up poem, by charles bukowski
• don't go far off, by pablo neruda
  • love in a time of climate change, by craig santos perez
• for women who are 'difficult' to love, by warsan shire
• howl, by allen ginsberg
• the love song of j. alfred prufrock, by t. s. eliot
• the owl and the pussy-cat, by edward lear
• the walrus and the carpenter, by lewis carroll
• the woman who could not live with her fa..., by margaret atwood
• ozymandias, by percy bysshe shelley

• animal collective, fireworks ▹ strawberry jam (2007)
• billie holiday, i'll be seeing you ▹ single (1944)
• bob dylan, don't think twice, it's alright ▹ the freewheelin' bob dylan (1963)
• bob dylan, if you see her, say hello ▹ blood on the tracks (1975)
• bob dylan, it ain't me babe ▹ another side of bob dylan (1964)
• bob dylan, it's all over now, baby blue ▹ bringing it all back home (1965)
• damien rice, the blower's daughter ▹ o (2002)
• david bowie, space oddity ▹ david bowie (1969)
• don mclean, american pie ▹ american pie (1971)
• eagles of death metal, i love you all the time ▹ zipper down (2015)
• elton john, your song ▹ elton john (1970)
• ewan mcgregor, alessandro safina, your song ▹ moulin rouge! music from baz luhrmann's film (2001)
• foo fighters, everlong ▹ the colour and the shape (1997)
• goo goo dolls, iris ▹ city of angels: music from the motion picture (1998)
• hozier, from eden ▹ hozier (2014)
• jeff buckley, hallelujah ▹ grace (1994)
• joy division, ceremony - live at birmingham university on 2 may 1980 ▹ still (1981)
• k-ci & jojo, all my life ▹ love always (1997)

Nile hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius

• Fiona (b. 01/24/2017) - Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Ohio, USA)
• Huberta (1920s/1930s) - South Africa to London, England
• Obaysch (1849? - 03/11/1878) - Nile River to London Zoo
  • Adhela (d. 12/16/1882) - female companion
  • Guy Fawkes (11/05/1872 - 03/20/1908) - offspring of Obaysch & Adhela
• Owen and his giant tortoise friend, Mzee - Haller Park, Kenya
• Donna (arrived 08/07/1956 - d. 08/01/2012) - Medley Park Zoo (Indiana, USA)
• Bertha (1952? - 07/2017) - Manila Zoo (Philippines)
• Lucifer (Lu) (01/26/1960 - 06/08/2025) - Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (Florida, USA) - his obituary

✔ - blanket // ✓ - snake

updates & photos here

• 20: proper purple
• 19: lavender
• 18: viola
• 17: lavender
• 16: viola
• ✔ ✓ 15: cloud blue
• ✔ ✓ 14: denim
• ✔ ✓ 13: cornish blue
• ✔ ✓ 12: denim
• ✔ ✓ 11: denim
• ✔ ✓10: denim
• ✔ ✓09: denim
• ✔ ✓08: cornish blue
• ✔ ✓07: green
• ✔ ✓ 06: denim
• ✔ ✓ 05: lavender
• ✔ ✓ 04: lavender
• ✔ ✓ 03: proper purple
• ✔ ✓ 02: viola

• a game of thrones, george r. r. martin
• atlas shrugged, ayn rand
• charlie and the chocolate factory, roald dahl
• mary poppins, p.l. travers
• of mice and men, john steinbeck
• the bridge of san luis rey, thornton wilder
• the clan of the cave bear, jean m. auel
• the heart is a lonely hunter, carson mccullers
• the wheels on the bus, paul o. zelinsky
• what to expect when you're expecting, heidi murkoff

• b.j. thomas - raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
• cy coleman - hey, look me over
• franz xaver gruber - silent night
• from mary poppins (1964) - a spoonful of sugar
• from the sound of music (1965) - my favorite things
• from willy wonka and the chocolate factory (1971) - the candy man
• neil diamond - holly holy
• norman greenbaum - spirit in the sky
• oasis - wonderwall
• paul mauriat - love is blue
• r.e.m. - it's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
• randy newman - you've got a friend in me
• the beatles - hey jude
• the beatles - love me do
• traditional - scarborough fair
• traditional - spanish ladies

film

• cat, from breakfast at tiffany's (1961)
• fat louie, from the princess diaries (2001)
• felix the cat, from feline follies (1919)
• figaro, from pinocchio (1940)
• fuzz aldrin, from moonfall (2022)
• jiji, from kiki's delivery service (1989)
• jones, from alien (1979) & aliens (1986)
• lucifer, from cinderella (1950)
• orion, from men in black (1997)
• rhubarb, from rhubarb (1951)
• sassy, from homeward bound (1993)
• thackery binx, from hocus pocus (1993)
• the cast of the aristocats (1970)
• ulysses, from inside llewyn davis (2013)

television

• fat cat, from chip 'n dales rescue rangers (1989 - 1990)
• scratchy, from the simpsons (1987 - )
• snowball, from the simpsons (1987 - )
• sylvester j. pussycat, sr., from looney tunes, first appearing may 20, 1939

✓ - denotes owned // ✔ - denotes read

• Carrie, 1974
• ’Salems Lot, 1975
• The Shining, 1977
• Rage, 1977
• The Stand, 1978
• The Long Walk, 1978
• The Dead Zone, 1979
• Firestarter, 1980
• Roadwork, 1981
• Cujo, 1981
• The Running Man, 1982
• ✔ ✓ The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, 1982
• Christine, 1983
• Pet Sematary, 1983
• Cycle of the Werewolf, 1983
• The Talisman, 1984
• The Eyes of the Dragon, 1984
• Thinner, 1984
• It, 1986
• The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Thr...

• below 20° | white
• 20° - 23° | cream
• 24° - 27° | silver
• 28° - 31° | grey
• 32° - 35° | proper purple
• 36° - 39° | viola
• 40° - 43° | lavender
• 44° - 47° | cloud blue
• 48° - 51° | denim
• 52° - 55° | cornish blue
• 56° - 59° | royal
• 60° - 63° | green
• 64° - 67° | tea green
• 68° - 71° | lemon
• 72° - 75° | citron
• 76° - 79° | mustard
• 80° - 83° | gold
• 84° - 87° | copper
• 88° - 91° | carnation
• 92° - 95° | poppy
• 96° - 99° | peony

arthropoda

• black carpenter ant, camponotus pennsylvanicus
• black swallowtail butterfly, papilio polyxenes
• brown marmorated stink bug, halyomorpha halys
• cloudless sulphur butterfly, phoebis sennae
• common eastern bumble bee, bombus impatiens
• common walkingstick, diapheromera femorata
• confused eusarca butterfly, eusarca confusaria
• dog-day cicada, neotibicen canicularis
• eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, papilio glaucus
• fall webworm, hyphantria cunea
• german wasp, vespula germanica
• harlequin, asian, or multicolored asian lady beetle, harmonia axyridis
• house centipede, scutigera coleoptrata
• house cricket, acheta domesticus
• leaf-footed bug, leptoglossus oppositus
• oriental beetle, anomala orientalis
• small cabbage white butterfly, pieris rapae

aves

ALABAMA (AL) - the yellowhammer state; the heart of dixie; the cotton state

• ❝audemus jura nostra defendere❞ - (we dare defend our rights)
• capital: montgomery
• bird: yellowhammer, colaptes auratus
• flower: camellia, camellia japonica l.
• 22nd to join the union

ALASKA (AK) - the last frontier

• ❝north to the future❞
• capital: juneau
• bird: willow ptarmigan, lagopus lagopus
• flower: forget-me-not, myosotis
• 49th to join the union

ARIZONA (AZ) - the grand canyon state; the copper state; the valentine state

• ❝ditat deus❞ - (god enriches)
• capital: phoenix
• bird: cactus wren, camphylorhynchus brunneicapillus