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Bluesky a band: Killing A Joke

I just typed, "Capitalism can eat a dick." And I think I know my new mantra for 2027

Maturing as a software engineer doesn’t mean writing fewer Horrors, it means knowing when to write A Horror and how to construct the proper containment zone around it

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn't a selfie.

Have to give a presentation Wednesday. And I finally cracked how I’m gonna do it. After sweating the thing for a whole week.

Favorite movie haiku: Third in the series. Yeah, I watch it for the plot. Busty Backdoor Nurse (real answer?) Gave a foot massage Whose motorcycle is this? Marcellus Wallace Guest Star: Tom Tom Club Everything looks impressive His evergrowing suit

Still makes me laugh. Every year.

I'm 99% sure it was this. I also remember a Drive-In with my Dad and Step-mom that had a double feature of Star Wars and Grease.

"Instead of supporting the same old status-quo politician who shepherded our village through two wars, three plagues, and five natural disasters, I’m voting for an unpredictable murderer whose scorched-earth policies will bring real change." buff.ly/cUVfdDF

Imagine if it happens before this ships. You’ll get to remember the joy that day brought every day for a whole year. (You likely will anyway, but you can decorate!)

"The Rhetoric From The Left"

I sure hope James Talarico wins, but fuck I regret my phone number entering the donation database.

Talking to good ole dude here has been the high point of my day.

Finally a use for my 2nd screen.

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

logging on

I'm playing the role of capitalist pig-dog under duress today.

wtf. I was right to dread this.

I realllllly do not want to go back to work tomorrow.

Home. And we didn’t tell the house/dog sitter how to flip the thermostat to heat… so it’s 60 in here. I like it a lot.

It’s a big damn lake. And it’s beautiful and there was a dog beach, but we didn’t go to it.

It’s a big damn lake. And it’s windy.

Drove to Michigan. Test drove a car. Had a bite to eat and a cider. Lovely chill bday. Tomorrow we’ll tourist around and enjoy the brisk weather.

This made me cackle. I hope this sells a bajillion copies.

Day 23 (one to go!) Tilting at Windmills. Long ago I used a chance encounter with a windmill in a game to start calling myself Quixotic. I was familiar with the story, but it was being a goofball online that lead me to become fixated. And an easy gift to ask for, “draw me a windmill”

Maps are delightful. (I am in this skeet)

Day 22. Old stuff. I enjoy things that make me feel small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

Day 21 of DougDays (was yesterday, so I'm doing 2 today). When you discover the partner of someone you respect is fully awesome in their own regard. Then, you realize that they know they won the lottery too. (PS: Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan are the ones that prompted this) bsky.app/profile/digd...

I have a feeling I may be talking to HR today. I am so tired.

Capitalism. In particular concentration of 'news dissemination' falling into fewer hands, all driven by data and ad sales. An informed public was an accident of education and competition amongst 'news' organizations. Under-girded with incentives for accuracy. It lasted a few generations.

motherfucker. I forgot about the Secret Lair release of Labyrinth themed cards today. I blame hunger

I love fall. Foggy mornings remind me of neighbors that are easy to miss.

Day 20 Taskmaster. This show regularly makes me laugh, always makes me smile. The joy of this show makes paying for YouTube premium feel “right” The New Zealand and Australia versions are enjoyable too.

Not making the advent of Doug list is being awakened at 430am by a dog that needs out, and a total inability to get back to sleep. -shake fist- guess I’ll just listen to some music and read a bit. The horrah.

Day 19. Graphic novelizations of books. I mean, I love fully original ones too, but graphic novel versions of amazing books feel like really cool covers of songs you love.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Wife is working. Had a long nap.Dog has been walked. My night is sorted.

Greyhound bodies are weird, example #4080

Advent of Doug, Day 18. Earworms. But particularly, this one earworm that has never failed to replace any unwelcome earworms currently infecting me. (You're welcome)

So much truer than it was 12 years ago.

Day 17 Words that encapsulate feelings and meanings in magical ways. They're not "untranslatable", they're just really good words, yo' Palimpsest, Saudade, Quixotic, Zwischenraum, Callipygian

I sure hope my coworkers that keep presenting these clearly AI generated lists of goals, requirements and dependencies know that my gentle ribbing of the obvious mistakes is actually me noting who to never, ever fucking trust.

Day 16 As Gen-Xers, We were told we'd become more conservative as we aged. Like nearly everything Boomers tried to teach, that was wrong. I have gotten softer as I've aged, and, as always, Vonnegut has a line for it: (image stolen from "a little book of humanism")

Day 15, DougDays, Advent of Doug, EgoPosting, what have you.. I was going to post some trite Mark Twain travel quote, but you know what convinced me that even if I *haven't* traveled enough it's worth considering Bourdain's shows. I'm putting it on my list of things to rewatch right now.