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  • the geese have made actual plans

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    the geese have made actual plans

    crafts, icebox pie, and two actual dates on the calendar. meet silly goose girls night, with upcoming gatherings at hilltop public house… Tune in & read →

    the geese have made actual plans. there is a calendar and everything.

    silly goose girls night is a project built around crafts, food, friendship, and making room for a little more play. their feed moves between projects you can try at home and real-life gatherings in montgomery, alabama. the name sets a fairly manageable dress code for your personality.

    their mission statement puts the emphasis on creativity, laughter, and an inclusive community, with women giving themselves permission to play. not every hobby needs to become a small business. sometimes scissors can just be scissors.

    first, the dates that have not already happened

    if you’re around montgomery, there are two things on their published calendar:

    • saturday, october 31, 2026, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.: find their table at the hilltop halloween market at hilltop public house, 3 north goldthwaite street. their latest announcement says they’re making things for the market and will have candy for the kids. stop by and meet the geese.
    • saturday, november 14, 2026, 10 a.m.–noon: make & mingle at hilltop public house. the calendar announcement describes a laid-back social: everyone is welcome, and you can bring a craft or project you’re working on and meet some new people. your unfinished project has been invited out.
    Silly Goose Girls Night calendar: October 8 pop-up at Lorraine's, October 31 Hilltop Halloween Market, and November 14 Make & Mingle at Hilltop Public House.
    the organizers’ calendar, which also includes the now-past october 8 pop-up. graphic: silly goose girls night.

    those details are from their public announcements, checked october 22. follow the account for updates before heading out; the november listing doesn’t specify a ticket price or registration requirement.

    they have already put the scissors on the table

    their first official event was the october 8 modgepodge collage night at lorraine’s bake shop. the event listing supplied the practical part: collage supplies, a canvas, and time to make something together. their next-day recap shows people working around the craft tables and thanks lorraine and bill for hosting.

    this is the useful thing about the photos: you can see the activity rather than being asked to imagine an abstract concept called community. paper, scissors, glue, other people. an unusually literal way to make connections.

    photos and original recap: silly goose girls night. the october 8 event has already happened; this is a look at what they’ve been making, not a current ticket offer.

    the stickers can finally stop waiting for the perfect surface

    one of their at-home projects takes a familiar problem—stickers too good to commit to anything—and turns it into a miniature gallery wall. their july 19 carousel walks through framing favorite stickers, including travel souvenirs, in little frames.

    a small project, an excuse to sit together, and something to put on the wall afterward. the sticker collection has received a promotion.

    and yes, there is pie

    the food side is similarly approachable. their cream cheese icebox pie reel uses a graham-cracker crust and a blended filling, then lets the refrigerator do its part. the full method is in their original post below. leave time for chilling; the pie does have one scheduling requirement.

    between the craft projects, recipes, and local gatherings, there are several ways into this particular flock. try something from the feed, send a project to the friend you’d make it with, or put one of the montgomery dates on the calendar.

    start with @silly_goose_girls_night on instagram. their official link page also connects to facebook and tiktok. at the time of writing, its eventbrite button still points to the october 8 event, so the instagram announcements above are the useful place for the next dates.

    featured image: the sticker-framing project, silly goose girls night. all embedded posts are credited to and linked to their original account.

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    the circle has updated its relationship status to hulu

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    Vega or Chun. That’s the rules as a gay boy, I think.

    To me, he’s sort of got this cat feel to him, where everything is superior and if somebody wants to talk to… Tune in & read →

    To me, he’s sort of got this cat feel to him, where everything is superior and if somebody wants to talk to him, it’s like, “Oh God, do I have to turn and look at you?” Everything’s such an effort because he’s so superior, so self-involved. Everything for me came from this elegant, cat feel. If anything, maybe like a Catwoman thing?

    Source: Orville Peck Interview

  • i have been getting up and atom this entire time

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    i have been getting up and atom this entire time

    apparently it’s “up and at ’em,” not “up and atom.” i have been operating under a nuclear interpretation of mornings for years. Tune in & read →

    Illustrative photograph: Szűcs László, “Alarm clock on a chair” · CC0.

    apparently it’s “up and at ’em,” not “up and atom.” i have been operating under a nuclear interpretation of mornings for years.

    in my defense, “up and atom” sounds like something people would say. get up. become energy. do a little science about it. what part of that is less reasonable than getting out of bed to confront an unspecified them?

    finding out you’ve misheard a phrase is such a rude little software update. everybody else installed the correct version years ago and you’re standing there with a perfectly functional alternate language.

    i’ll be retaining atom. mornings need all the help they can get.

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    this frog has been waiting for a snack for about 2,000 years

    a container needs an opening. a frog has a mouth. someone in Colima put those two facts together, and the useful part… Tune in & read →

    A brown Colima ceramic frog vessel with a wide open mouth, raised eyes, and small front feet.

    this frog vessel at the Met comes from Colima, Mexico, and dates to somewhere between the second century BCE and the third century CE. about two thousand years old, and still making the face you make when someone says they only ordered fries for themselves.

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  • the halloween games shelf would like me to open the door myself

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    the halloween games shelf would like me to open the door myself

    five games from my halloween shelf: one cursed box, several zombie situations, and an online appointment with somebody who chose violence. Tune in & read →

    the halloween shelf · 4 / 6 · games
    five picks from my Trove games shelf.

    watching a horror movie lets you criticize somebody else for opening the door. playing a horror game gives you the door, a button prompt, and an opportunity to become the problem personally.

    the five picks on my Halloween games shelf lean heavily toward survival, pursuit, and zombies with very little respect for your schedule. here is how they split up, depending on whether you want a solo nightmare or friends who can hear you make a poor decision.

    Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival: the box is clearly a bad idea

    From my media collectionClive Barker's Hellraiser: RevivalDeveloper: Saber Interactive • Publisher: Saber Interactive • Platform: windows • Year: 2026View on Trove

    Revival puts Hellraiser into first-person action-horror, with the Genesis Configuration puzzle box and Pinhead central to its premise. Trove’s listing identifies it as a single-player game from Saber Interactive. this is the shelf’s concentrated, self-contained nightmare lane.

    the useful distinction is the format: a solo horror campaign rather than a recurring multiplayer match. expect the franchise’s adult horror territory; a puzzle box appearing in the description is not evidence that this is a relaxing puzzle game. consult the linked listing and official game site for current platform and purchase details.

    Left 4 Dead 2: friendship, with emergency instructions

    From my media collectionLeft 4 Dead 2Developer: Valve • Publisher: Valve • Platform: windows, linux • Year: 2009View on Trove

    Valve’s co-operative horror shooter takes its survivors through cities, swamps, and cemeteries in the American South. its campaign structure gives a group something concrete to do together: get through the place currently doing its best to kill you.

    this is the straightforward group-night pick. the goal is shared, the danger is immediate, and communication has a practical purpose beyond narrating your own competence. choose it when you want the Halloween gathering to include teamwork and an entirely avoidable argument about who wandered away.

    Dead by Daylight: somebody has to be the problem

    From my media collectionDead by DaylightPlatform: PCView on Trove

    the core setup is one Killer against four Survivors, as the official character guide lays out. unlike the shared side of Left 4 Dead 2, the threat here is another player with their own plans for your evening.

    pick this when you want repeatable horror matches and the tension of being pursued by someone who can make decisions. the asymmetry is the hook: the two sides inhabit very different versions of the same encounter. a useful arrangement for people who think a Halloween party needs assigned roles.

    Call of Duty: Black Ops II: yes, specifically the zombies

    From my media collectionCall of Duty: Black Ops IIDeveloper: Treyarch • Publisher: Activison • Platform: PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U • Year: 2012View on Trove

    Black Ops II is the apparent outlier until you get to Zombies. the game includes that mode alongside its military campaign and other multiplayer offerings, which gives this 2012 shooter an obvious route onto an October shelf.

    treat this as the Zombies branch of the evening. the point of including it here is the survival-horror-adjacent session inside the larger package. if you are organizing a group, check everyone’s platform and edition first; the shelf is a selection of games, not a promise that every old copy can connect to every other old copy.

    Dying Light: the pavement is overrated

    From my media collectionDying LightDeveloper: Techland • Publisher: Techland • Platform: windows, mac, linux • Year: 2015View on Trove

    Techland’s first-person open-world survival game puts scavenging, crafting, and infected streets into the same assignment. Trove lists both single-player and co-operative features, making it a useful bridge between a solo October project and a shared session.

    choose this for a larger place to explore rather than a single evening’s playlist of matches. gathering supplies and planning a route add another layer to dealing with the infected. apparently surviving the apocalypse still involves errands. the official Dying Light site is the place to check the current editions and platform details.

    that is the games shelf: one cursed box, several zombie situations, and an online appointment with someone who has chosen violence as their role. arrange snacks before the chase starts.

    part 4 of the halloween shelf: six category roundups from my public Trove picks, checked october 18, 2026. browse the complete shelf. featured image: Halloween Games shelf card combining the five game covers in this article from my Trove shelf. original game cover artwork: respective publishers, including Valve, via Trove; used for commentary. Facet illustrations are site mascots.

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    a sitcom made a fake song and now it’s my problem

    “Hiccups (Body Go Crazy)” from Adults has absolutely no business requiring this much of my attention. i respect a comedy that understands… Tune in & read →

    “Hiccups (Body Go Crazy)” from Adults has absolutely no business requiring this much of my attention. i respect a comedy that understands a fake song should still commit to being a song. the bit has escaped containment.

    Official music video from FX Networks for Adults. Source.

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    justice for sides! this is Frotting 101

    At a time when our understanding of pleasure outside of penetration continues to expand, many are realizing that frotting is essentially mutual… Tune in & read →

    At a time when our understanding of pleasure outside of penetration continues to expand, many are realizing that frotting is essentially mutual masturbation on steroids. And while it isn’t entirely risk-free, frotting generally carries a lower risk of transmitting STIs than penetrative sex.

    link for more: Them

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    candy corn has a history

    a minute of candy corn history from Candy is Dandy Shorts, for anyone who needs some background before the annual argument. Tune in & read →

    a minute of candy corn history from Candy is Dandy Shorts, for anyone who needs some background before the annual argument.

  • the halloween comics shelf has a serious woods problem

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    the halloween comics shelf has a serious woods problem

    zombies, missing memories, hungry forests, monster hunters, and pop-star gods. the five comics on my halloween shelf. Tune in & read →

    the halloween shelf · 3 / 6 · comics
    five picks from my Trove comics shelf.

    the trees are having a terrible run of publicity on this shelf. children disappear into them. ancient things wait inside them. the local wildlife has features it should really have disclosed earlier. even leaving town won’t solve everything, because elsewhere the dead are walking and the gods have become pop stars. plenty to work with.

    these are the five comics on trove’s halloween shelf: a zombie epic, two deeply unwelcoming forests, a monster hunter, and some divine celebrity trouble. they offer different kinds of darkness, so here’s where to start depending on whether you want survival, a mystery, a short plunge into the woods, or mortality with stage lighting.

    the walking dead

    for a long stay at the end of the world

    From my media collectionThe Walking Dead (2003)Writer: Robert Kirkman • Publisher: ImageView on Trove

    robert kirkman’s series starts with rick grimes trying to find his wife and son after the dead have overrun the world. image’s series page makes the scale clear: the ordinary systems people depend on have collapsed along with everything else.

    it’s the survival choice, where getting through today leaves the fairly substantial problem of tomorrow. the familiar zombie premise provides a way into questions about family, safety, and living alongside other frightened people. start at the first issue and give the comic room to establish its own world. recognizing the title from television doesn’t mean you need to treat the page as homework.

    the low, low woods

    for missing memories and a town with terrible secrets

    From my media collectionThe Low, Low Woods (2019)Publisher: DC ComicsView on Trove

    carmen maria machado and dani send el and octavia into the mysteries of shudder-to-think, pennsylvania, after the two wake in a movie theater with hours missing. the surrounding woods contain rabbits with human eyes and other deeply unreasonable sights, while abandoned coal mines burn beneath the town. dc’s collected edition gathers all six issues.

    choose this for body horror, uneasy friendship, and the fear of discovering what happened when your memory went blank. the setting alone makes a convincing case for moving, although packing boxes is probably insufficient preparation for a place called shudder-to-think.

    wytches

    for the family fresh start that immediately needs reconsidering

    From my media collectionWytches (2014)Publisher: ImageView on Trove

    scott snyder and jock bring the rooks family to litchfield, new hampshire, hoping to get away from a traumatic past. something ancient and hungry is waiting in the nearby forest. that is the invitation in image’s first collection, which contains issues one through six.

    this is a direct route to creature horror with family fear underneath it. the promise of a fresh start gives the danger something specific to threaten: people trying to feel safe again. pick it when you’d like a contained six-issue entry point and a reminder to ask considerably more questions about a property’s woodland views.

    something is killing the children

    for a monster hunter who believes the kids

    From my media collectionSomething is Killing the Children (2019)Comic · 2019View on Trove

    james tynion iv and werther dell’edera introduce erica slaughter to a community shattered by killings. children describe monsters in the woods; the adults aren’t sure what to believe, including whether this stranger can help. the publisher’s introduction to issue one is a useful spoiler-light starting point.

    go here for an investigation with a dangerous outsider at its center and a threat the town can’t comfortably explain away. the title is being very direct about the stakes, so violence involving children is part of the decision. erica’s arrival offers a possible answer, which is more than the local reassurance department has managed.

    the wicked + the divine

    for glamour with an expiration date

    From my media collectionThe Wicked + The Divine (2014)Comic · 2014View on Trove

    every ninety years, twelve gods return in human form. two years later, they’re dead. kieron gillen and jamie mckelvie turn that premise into a world where divinity and pop stardom occupy the same space, as image’s series overview explains.

    this is the shelf’s supernatural pop-fantasy option, for when you’re drawn to worship, fame, and the prospect of having everything briefly. the countdown gives the glamour a dark underside without requiring another trip into the trees. an excellent change of scenery. the mortality situation remains poor, but at least somebody has considered the outfit.

    part 3 of the halloween shelf: six category roundups from my public Trove picks, checked october 18, 2026. browse the complete shelf. featured image: Halloween Comics shelf card combining the five comic covers in this article from my Trove shelf. original cover artwork: Image Comics, DC Comics and BOOM! Studios, via Trove; used for commentary. Facet illustrations are site mascots.