This is a post to say, 

HEY, FOLLOW ME HERE:

http://stevehuff.tumblr.com

Apparently I made the tumblr above in December, 2007, and immediately forgot it. In fact, I thought some other dude was squatting on it. Today I realized that other dude was me. So this is just to say, GO THERE. 

I decided to use the old tumblr because I realized it was mine, it fits with other online IDs and because tumblr is like the fucking mob, just when you think you’re out, THEY PULL YOU BACK IN.

REMINDER: CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO GO TO AND FOLLOW MY NEW BLOG.

THE MYSTERIALIST.

Daily Huff will not be deleted or anything but this is probably one of my last posts here. I’m not leaving Tumblr, though. I am, as the serial killers in Thomas Harris thrillers often portentously announce, “BECOMING.“ 

Seriously, though—as exasperated as I get with this platform, I must admit I’m hooked, overall. 

BUT: the way Tumblr is set up can be exasperating. My favorite blog that I run, for instance, is a secondary blog attached to this primary Daily Huff account—my paranormal Tumblr, The Occultist. Even as I’ve consciously ignored Daily Huff, I’ve regularly updated Occultist with stuff I like, find interesting, strange or fun. The last two usually go together for me.

I would like to make Occultist my primary account and follow everyone from there and post whatever there… but I’ve done a lot of poking around that’s one kind of operation Tumblr doesn’t make easy. You pretty much can’t do that sort of conversion here. (NOTE TO TUMBLR: You CAN do that sort of thing on Posterous and Blogger. Just saying.)

Recently, in a totally separate bit of brainstorming, I hit upon the name Mysterialist. It’s a real, rather archaic word that means something similar to The Occultist. But without the Nazi implications some more historically-attuned folks might see in the latter. 

Hence the new blog. Which will be my blog blog. I don’t intend to do much personal blogging from now on, but if I do, it will be there. Occultist-type material will be there. Whatever the hell I want will be there. 

So please go follow: THE MYSTERIALIST.

Here, anyway. It’s because:

• I’m frustrated with some limitations on Tumblr
• Have felt stymied as to blogging subject matter
• I’m very annoyed by shit like what’s going on today. Seems to happen to Tumblr on a weekly basis
• I’m finally trying to take the advice given to me by the most successful writer I’ve ever had anything like personal conversations with, who told me I was giving away the farm for free.

I’m writing, but it’s tweets and stuff I’m not putting online yet. 

Healey Willan: Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One (by QVEtube)

Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.  

For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.  

The flowers appear upon the earth.  

The time of singing of birds is come.  

Arise my love, my fair one, and come away. 

~ From The Song of Solomon 

4/27/11 - Tuscaloosa Tornado (by jason835a)

Possibly one of the most unnerving, awe-inspiring tornado videos I’ve seen. At about 4 minutes in you’ll want to yell, “IT’S BEHIND YOU, GET THE FUCK OUT.”

Tuscaloosa Super-Tornado - 2 Views Side-by-Side - April 27, 2011 (by Sheilaaliens)

Split-screen views of the Tuscaloosa tornado. I would make fun of the one dude narrating, but his reaction is pretty understandable.

Tuscaloosa Tornado - 15th St Area - 042711 - 3.wmv (by md9897)

The Tuscaloosa twister may end up being a tri-, maybe even quad-state tornado. The same supercell has been producing EF 4/5 level twister(s) for more than 5 hours. It’s a true monster of a storm. 

… I’m fine where we are, but you guys, this is fucking serious.

As I write, local weather is reporting a mile-wide tornado moving into SW Floyd County, GA.

Untitled (by Crimson Tide Productions)

The storm system that produced this monster, crushing Tuscaloosa, is moving into Georgia right now.

My wife wrote a book. I read it and think it’s excellent, and it’s in a genre I don’t normally read—YA. It’s just $3 and you can read it on your Kindle and help the Huff family buy soda and pay bills in the bargain. Cuz that’s pretty much all we do: buy soda and pay bills.

I understand some folks were creeped out by my previous smiley avatar, so I decided to change him up to this guy, drawn by my talented and often hilarious stepdaughter Sarah. I hope this is an improvement.

Nyan Nyan Cat (by danielvutran)

You don’t really realize what a truly genius level troll this video is until you look at the run time.