Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him)

rogue academic. word maestro. grammar savant. monsters. folklore. posthuman. queer. post-apocalyptica. intersectionally odd. un/gender.

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

I got a new case for my iPad.

Saga met it yesterday.

It did not go well.

Tomorrow I'll get the old one out of the recycling so I can introduce her to the new one. Then maybe my dog and my iPad can be in the same room.

Stay tuned.

#TheSagaOfSaga #AutisticDogLife #GSDThings

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

@JeremyCShipp This is a brilliant idea.

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Oh the days when she was just a shy, little baby writer and now look ☺️

Check out Grace Donny's new (first!) release. It'll def get stuck in your head but in the best way 🎶🎵🎶

https://t.co/wgRecaS1pG

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

When you're having a time out for you over-tired, over-stimulated autistic dog and Alexa thinks you say "play cat noises."

#TheSagaOfSaga #DogsOfTwitter #GSDLife #GSD #AutisticDogLife

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Thing Amazon thinks I'd like:

100 mini glow-in-the-dark ducks.

🤷‍♂️

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Apparently the assortment of toys on offer were deemed unsatisfactory.

#TheSagaOfSaga #GSDLife #GermanShepherdTwitter

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Someone threw a fit because she didn't have to wear the medi-shirt anymore.

So we put it back on her.

I don't know what this dog.

#SagaOfSaga #AutisticDogLife #GSDLife #GSD #DogsOfTwitter

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Monster is displeased with most aspects of the post-spay recovery but she's decided sleepover parties in the living room might be worth all the hassle.

#TheSagaOfSaga #DogsOfTwitter #GSDLife #GermanShepherdTwitter #GermanShepherd #GSD

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

I was so not prepared for how much a GSD sheds.

Birds are happy, though. 🪺

(For reference, this is only half of the initial amount, which was after only about 5 min brushing. Few minutes after the video, all the hair had been carted off.)

#birds #nesting #coolnaturethings

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

@kitbauserman I am super interested in this. I'm all about folk culture. Can you send more info? [email protected]

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Dignity personified.

#TheSagaOfSaga #GermanShepherdTwitter #GDSLife

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Guess whose birthday? Saga turned 1 today!

She hasn't gotten her pose skills quite down yet, but she is only 1.

Life with a photographer will get her in shape.

#TheSagaOfSaga #DogsOfTwitter #GSDLife #GSD

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

I witnessed the same thing, but from the Doodle side. Lemme tell ya, facing off a GSD ready to pounce is super creepy.

She just stood there for a full minute without moving, and me in her sightline.

#GSDThings #TheSagaOfSaga #CanineAutism

[HasLeftTheBirdCage @LoraHughes7]

GSD attack! For Mlle DoodleFace, these exchanges always end with her signature smile. For Saga, they end with her paw on DF's head. Best buds. @leksikality

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Second trip to groomer a success!

She let them brush her bum with no problem AND walked through a puddle for the very first time!

Not even joking. You should have seen how excited I was the 1st time she peed outside the garden (not til 8 mos).

#SagaOfSaga #CanineAutism #GSD

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

@LoraHughes7 It's her collected short stories.

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

"Ensorcellate the eye" is a fantastic phrase.

I need to use more words like "ensorcellate."

I can see now that getting through Angela Carter's Burning Your Boats is going to be a lot of forlorn sighs and wistful gazing.

#LeksReadsThings #ShortFiction #RequiredReading

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Play hard. Kill your human. Sleep hard. Repeat.

#GSDLife #SagaTheAutisticDog #GSD

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Monster's new meal setup (raised bit). Someone may have dropped her original bowl and broken it. 🫣

She hasn't barked at it, at least, so apparently it's allowed to stay.

We'll see if it's determined fit for use. 🤞

#AutisticDogLife #PuppyChallenges #GSD

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

Quite possibly one of the best paragraphs ever written.

[Leks Drakos, PhD (he/him) @leksikality]

@JeremyCShipp This is the best thing about your books. So many authors try to giveeverything an explanation and I've seen it ruin so many otherwise very good stories.