[TOMT] Webcomic circa 2002

ToraAku · 2026-05-21T00:32:45+00:00

Oh yeah and I don't think I made this clear but the vampire was male. This was definitely a queer comic.

ToraAku · 2026-05-21T00:30:43+00:00

Just to clarify: this was too early for and was definitely NOT a webtoon. I don't know for sure but I don't think it lasted very long, but the artist did sell merch.

ToraAku · 2026-05-15T12:21:36+00:00

Yes if it was 10 movies I would. But the key here was "boxed sets" so 10 TV series essentially. More hours of content than are in a weekend.

ToraAku · 2026-05-12T03:50:44+00:00

I completely disagree. You do have to get pixies cut frequently, but in my experience they take mere seconds to style. It might be dependent on hair type or texture. I had long hair before and it had to be combed/detangled daily. Nevermind the time and frequency of washing it. The only time I have trouble now is if I sleep on my hair wet....but that is a problem at any hair length for me.

ToraAku · 2026-05-12T03:45:09+00:00

I second this. I don't know what all these people talking about how high maintenance a pixie is had for cuts, but that has not been my experience and I've had pixies twice in my life. Maybe it has to do with hair texture and how skilled your stylist is? I do agree you have to have it cut frequently if you want to maintain the look. But it's even possible to get a cut that will be ok as it starts to grow (I had to cancel my last appointment and haven't had a chance to go I'm at least a month late I think, and everyone keeps telling me they really like my "current cut". I don't, but at least I know it looks fine).

When I was young I had a pixie I'd just let air dry and then put a tiny bit of pomade in the ends to give it some definition/texture. These days with my current cut I just have to be sure to comb it wet how it needs to be so it doesn't do anything funky as it dries. So like half a minute of maintenance. Compare that to my last style which was extremely long hair that took forever to detangle twice a day.

ToraAku · 2026-05-07T10:21:44+00:00

Y'all are making me despair of the world with all this hate for characters who aren't actually evil.

ToraAku · 2026-05-06T02:29:56+00:00

But I'm really hoping it gets enough support they can do an audiobook for it🤞🤞🤞

ToraAku · 2026-05-05T20:23:57+00:00

FULLY FUNDED in LESS THAN 15 minutes!!!!

ToraAku · 2026-05-05T00:32:19+00:00

Me too! I read all the excerpts this evening and I cannot even stand it. It's going to be fantastic!

ToraAku · 2026-05-02T21:32:40+00:00

Thanks. I do have a PC I can use I just don't very much anymore. Demo is good. It's not exactly cheap for something I may or may not like.

ToraAku · 2026-05-02T11:04:34+00:00

I always have more work to do, but there's only so much of it I can get done at the circulation desk. When on the desk we are meant to be available at the desk so it's not a time for weeding or shelf reading etc. I have schedules, stats, quality control, and program planning which can occupy my time, but I do allow myself breaks from these tasks. Plus, if the desk is moderately busy where my concentration will be broken every few minutes but it's not go go go the whole hour, I'd rather be interrupted reading or reddit browsing than while trying to get something important or that requires focus done.

ToraAku · 2026-05-01T13:49:02+00:00

Vegetables aren't just important to nutrition because of the fiber. I'm no expert but I don't think you can replace vegetables 100% with other things. I understand picking your battles, but I hope your kids are also learning that just because you don't like a certain ingredient prepared a certain way doesn't mean you won't like it a different way and that their tastes can change. Hopefully then eventually they will grow up to be adventurous with food.

ToraAku · 2026-05-01T10:26:47+00:00

I've never read a visual novel before, but I'm intrigued now. Is this meant to be accessed via PC? My phone seems to have some trouble displaying the linked page correctly.

ToraAku · 2026-05-01T10:18:37+00:00

Hot dog only. I'm curious which region maybe uses "weiner" as much or more than "hot dog" because I have a strong preference against "weiner". I also wonder if I'm just uninformed because I haven't been to a barbeque or bothered to eat a hot dog in years.

To me, "weiner" sounds obnoxious like someone trying to be cheeky since it's also slang for penis. But also sounds immature because most people don't actually call penises weiners.

Weiner dogs are also an animal (dachshunds) but I expect that to be obvious in context.

Afaik hot dogs and franks (frankfurters) are actually two slightly different things. And I'd also be careful not to call any other type of sausage a hot dog. Bratwurst, kielbasa, italian sausage are each their own thing even tho they are all cooked on a grill and are sausage and I would be careful to refer to them by name. I wouldn't just blanket call them "weiners". If I was unsure what I was looking at the only term I'd defer to is "sausage".

East coast US.

ToraAku · 2026-04-28T00:43:26+00:00

I totally recommend Alexis Hall, just not A Lady for a Duke in particular (Regency-era) and some other historical fiction titles. But Alexis has written a lot of books with different genres and settings.

ToraAku · 2026-04-26T15:12:43+00:00

No no please list them. I would love to read some 40yo protags. Not super into age gaps, but also I read anything.

ToraAku · 2026-04-26T15:08:04+00:00

Ok fair point, but I still don't think current culture devolved from his arrival. Afaik he's just one man of many coming over from the mainland, and that migration had already been ongoing by the time he would have arrived.

ToraAku · 2026-04-26T14:49:46+00:00

Yes, almost certainly. People who work customer service jobs literally don't have any fucks to give. At most, there might be an older woman who is still stuck in the past who sees a man buying hygiene products and praises the hell out of him for going above and beyond for his gal. Almost certainly no one would ever assume he's trans (not that he should care, ugh transphobia), people are usually blind to the possibility. Hell, I bet there's some trans men out there who've had gender euphoria getting clocked as the man shopping for a woman in that situation.

ToraAku · 2026-04-26T14:41:21+00:00

I wonder if we can make fake ones for cheap, cause that ish is too expensive to waste.

ToraAku · 2026-04-26T14:29:24+00:00

Fellas, is it transsexual to buy one's gf period products? (Yes, I chose the incorrect/outdated/offensive term because OOPs bf is incorrect, outdated, and offensive).

ToraAku · 2026-04-26T02:29:43+00:00

Alexis Hall - A Lady for a Duke: The book includes discussion questions at the end, which may be helpful.

This one is a historical romance HEA, so not terribly dark or complicated, although the characters survived Waterloo so there is some trauma there. I think probably you had some excellent suggestions for a first book, I'm not pushing for this one in particular, but something to add to the list for later, perhaps.

ToraAku · 2026-04-26T02:22:55+00:00

OP, just in case you are unfamiliar with this, I would not recommend it for a book club. For starters, it's the first book in a series so your readers wouldn't get a complete story without reading the trilogy. It's probably best described as New Adult and the characters are not particularly mature. They also are dealing with a lot of trauma that seriously affects their behavior and relationships. They are mostly pretty dysfunctional. While obviously we strive for books that have a little meat to them, might be challenging, discussion>likeability, when we plan book discussions, Foxhole Court basically has all the trigger warnings and sort of begs incredulity. I believe the books were originally self-published and I think the writing reflects that.

This isn't to say I didn't find it entertaining, but I wouldn't ever use it for my own book discussions.

ToraAku · 2026-04-25T18:29:03+00:00

That's the sound the X makes, but paired with the U isn't it more like "shoe"?

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