Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Thoughts That Go Through A Bookseller's Head: Wow, these stickers are really easy to get off. This is what you get when you spend and extra cent on stickers! 010
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Australia is the kind of place where you can see a sign that reads “Cavoodle for sale”, misread it as “Crocodile“ and not find it strange. And then sidestep a spider the size of your palm on the way to a public toilet. 010
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Sometimes at 4am I wonder if having a car as first prize in a marathon would be hilarious or insulting. I mean, who wants to run that far when you can just drive. Listen to some tunes. Get drive-thru. Buy a six-pack. Pick up hitchhikers. You know, fun stuff! 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Trainee barista made my latte this morning. *waits with a worm on his tongue* 100
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Since I removed my biography section I get about two people ask me if I have a biography section. I can't wait until I have space for it again so I can have people not buy the biographies. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Do you think he just has his pants thrown out when he shits them or does some poor bastard have to clean them? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It was an interesting re-read. There's a lot in there, and there's probably some stuff that shouldn't be in there. I'd probably have shed a few hundred pages, got rid of the Other crap, and probably two main characters. But, hey, I'm not Stephen King by any stretch. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026That guy looked genuinely confused that I didn't have any travel books about Japan. Like, every bookshop should have them, why don't you? confused. Can't help you there, chief. 010
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Reading the latest New Scientist bookazine on mental health and the article I just read is on happiness, and it seems (to my untrained eyes) to take a happy state as the default setting, and the "solutions" seem more focused on maintaining said state, which is not really that helpful... 010
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That feeling when your barista utters the words "I may have put four shots in that one"... 110
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I know what you're thinking: 'Did he order six hundred or only five hundred dollars worth of books?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Now let me get this straight - you put the lime in the coconut, you drink 'em both up? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Back in the day we had simple fact checking tools. We would only take advice from men. So, when I'm watching my TV and a man comes on and tells me how white my shirts can be - but! - he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me, obviously nothing he says is factual. 001
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What's the deal with Amazon Haul? Is it Amazon's Temu? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wouldn't it be nice if we could all retire when we were 40 rather than killing ourselves at the grindstone until we die before retiring? Is that a thing? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New Dressing Gowns release! #TheDressingGownsthedressinggowns.bandcamp.comRich People Really Aren't All That Cool, by The Dressing Gownstrack by The Dressing Gowns 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"It's good to see a shop with real books," says woman who leaves five seconds later without touching a book." 100
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026drewsanderson.substack.com/p/journalism...drewsanderson.substack.comJournalism Never RepeatsOr How We Are Drinking Barista Coffee And Forgot About The War 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not going to lie, but this looks very sexy. Not sexy enough to buy it, but very sexy nonetheless. 001
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If Germans are anything like they are portrayed on Duolingo they have a real thing for asparagus and even have an asparagus king! 010
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe I'm a little biased, or maybe it's something else (who knows what that the brain hides) but if a kid wants to buy some books and you're trotting out reasons why he can't have books, but can have ice cream and lollies, maybe you should let him have the books, or not take him to a bookshop? 020
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think that guy was genuinely annoyed that I made him leave his cold, sticky drink outside rather than letting him in to drip it on the floor and over the books. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Apparently there are people that have no idea what a cube is. All this time I've been assuming that people know basic geometric shapes but it seems some don't. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Something about ripping pages and covers from books that makes me a little sad... 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026That woman has not headed the "never go full conspiracy" advice. In fact, I believe she has taken it as a challenge... 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nothing against Stephen King, but I don't think "hacker" and "Commodore" really belong in the same sentence... #It 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I think that woman stole her hair from the '80s... 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was looking on DTRPG (as you do) and I thought I'd look through the Shadowrun PDF and it looks like they have the BBB for every edition except 2E. Am I blind, or did they not convert this to PDF? #Shadowrun #AmIBlind? 100
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Inside you are two wolves: One has one hand in its pocket, and the other one is flickin' a cigarette. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Not going to lie, the Prime streaming site has to be the worst thing ever for actually searching. There are like zero options available. Alphabetic? No. A particular subscription? No. I was curious about something on HBO and thought I'd see what else was on there and just gave up. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So, I'm rereading It, and I can clearly see the actors who played the adults in the original miniseries. Plain as day. And, even though I have watched the remake, I have no memory of who played the adults. Not even one. Hmmmm... 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For some reason, on my MacBook, Goodreads will take the ISBN I type in, find the book, and then just randomly pick a version of the book to use. Like, I have to tell the fucker - No, the ISBN I gave you is from the back of the fucking book I am holding in my hand, so just us it. Fucker. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Minfred is loading up on cat biscuits and water - must be a good chunder on the cards for this morning. Are Australians the only people that use chunder? #Chunder 001
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Minfred has had a busy morning. Snuggles, bird watching (scrub turkey), puking in front of customers, scratching the crap out of the litter tray. She's going to need a few hours solid sleep after that! 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Had a guy in chasing Masonic books. Obviously seeking the Philosopher's Grail or the Holy Stone. He didn't know the Handshake of the Third Arm, so I sent him on his way. As we speak Rosicrucian Ninja are on their way to "have words" with him... 001
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Do people still use the expression: Face like a cat's arse or are we calling it Duck lips these days? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Is Verizon based on the German word verreisen? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My nose is telling me it can smell pipe tobacco. Who the hell smokes a pipe these days?!? Of am I have an Olfactory hallucination. 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm beginning to wonder if any of the people in this story are "real", and, if so, how many... 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The thing about belief in the afterlife is that the believers will never know if they are wrong. 020
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just need to finish reading one more book for the year to hit my target and then it'll be time for Operation "Hobbitus Ille"! 010
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Looks like the ABC is compiling a list of 100 Top Books By Australian Authors. There are some truly awful books listed there that people can vote for. There are also some good ones. Be sure to vote for the good ones! 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If your gimmick is politics in pyjamas, I expect some pyjamas! 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Christ on a cracker, can these people that feel the need to narrate their entire life aloud find somewhere else to do it? Preferable out of earshot. Do they, as Ford Prefect suggested, have to talk lest their brain start working? Or is their head in need of words echoing to fill the space?!? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I am reading this and laughing. Oh, how I am laughing. If you were reading this, you would be laughing, too. And JB ( @birmo.bsky.social ) would be sitting there upon his solid gold hovercraft smiling, a BLT in one hand, and a potato scallop in the other. 010
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Do we have anything circulating like the penny-dreadfuls these days? 000
Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If nothing else the rejection feedback is getting better... 000
