Katman Du

11 Aug

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...all opinions are my own and not those of my employer, any local, state, or federal government, my doctor, or the guy I slip a 20 to every now and then to trim my tree-climbing toenails with an angle grinder.

Plumber convinced the new property managers to spring for a whole new toilet

*please tell me those brown marks aren't dooky water rings* First train layout in history that needed a biohazard cleanup

Katman Du@katmandu.bsky.social

The Miskatonic river channel handled its first flood (lolsob) (there’s gonna be a lot of Cthulhu refs)

youtube.comOrgy - ''Blue Monday'' (Music Video) HDYouTube video by Orgyvideos

Oh! Forgot the *very* 90s Orgy cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJZT...

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I still think this one is the bestest cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLb...

youtube.comOrkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC ArtsYouTube video by BBC

Got the same addressable LED strip in my PC case plugged in to a motherboard header; but the built-in patterns are few and weaksauce. Might motherboard manufacturers be convinced to include a WLED controller with full integration with, say, chip temps and such? I don't wanna have to handroll it

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Papa installed some pyro technics. 🎶

I think this pattern is center-out, with blue the primary color, and sound frequency reactive going from blue for the bass tones to white-green for the high frequencies

...or... maybe reverse that Dunno. Too altered ATM.

youtube.comBlue MondayYouTube video by Flunk - Topic

The Many Covers of Blue Monday (1 of *85*); this one by Flunk www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypfO...

The fact that there are so many covers of this song shows how groundbreaking it was

Hey, spellcheck, "strobing" is a word. No, I didn't mean "stroking" or "stringing" or "st-robing", whatever that is. ...nice try, tho

Flen/Poppy Cougar 🐥@flenflenflen.bsky.social

Papa installed some pyro technics. 🎶

Temp sensor integration, because let's say you're playing a graphically intensive game and the CPU or GPU temp spikes? The LEDS switch from what they were doing to a strobing red as a warning. Yes, I'm the dork that used Rainmeter a lot when it came out.

youtube.comBlue MondayYouTube video by Flunk - Topic

The Many Covers of Blue Monday (1 of *85*); this one by Flunk www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypfO...

youtube.comOrkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC ArtsYouTube video by BBC

I still think this one is the bestest cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLb...

youtube.comMagnum's 'Inappropriate' Shorts! | Magnum P.I.YouTube video by Magnum P.I. Official Channel

I mean, there's some sexism going on here, but... Comically short and tight shorts in the 80s? Even us guys who were 10yo at the time had no choice; that what the style at the time Now that I have old man balls(TM) I want to wear these every day and see who meat-gazes or fans their face

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-guys *Omigawd, I think I just touched his balls... am I gay now?!?* I regret nothing. And still have the flight suit. And the Farmer John 1/4" neoprene wetsuit I wore when I was 18... but that puts some real pressure on the giblits these days. *owchie*

Oh! And the leather motorcycle pants with knee pucks from my early 20s. I got *ALL* the fetishes covered!

youtube.comMagnum's 'Inappropriate' Shorts! | Magnum P.I.YouTube video by Magnum P.I. Official Channel

Told the story about how BCSO SWAT was wondering about the utility of stowing a flight suit in your trunk for call-outs and I volunteered to wear my UGAPD EOD nomex and conductive fiber one to see what they thought about it... I had gotten fatter since then, and... well, it was tight in the crotch

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Lots of meat-gazing followed by placing sunglasses in front of their eyes Training session was an abandoned house that neighboring GCPD let us use; so there was a break-and-rake of a window with hoisting team members through When I had to be hoisted, I think I might have horrified some of these-

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Howl Depot

Yes, I have replaced wax seals many times before. But it's always been a nasty, wet job wrestling a heavy ass toilet around and you know what? This is a rental. The landlord can damn well hire someone to do it. Drawback to that is that they might hire Joe Shit the Ragbag to so it.

Katman Du@katmandu.bsky.social

Aaah, good, the wax seal on the master bath toilet just gave way. What’s directly under it in the basement? The model train layout, of course!🤦

Also: Precautions for when I wake up at 3am and have to pee NOW

Thread up, but... FFS, yes This guy gets no sympathy from me. I miss LE, but am really really glad I'm not in anymore; because shitheads like this ruin it for everyone.

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"misgivings" it'd be better if his misgivings were in the forms of criminal charges under 18 USC 242, but here we are

I spent my career trying to navigate the wishes of the Chief/Sheriff and not violating constitutional rights; and every time I'd see a news article where "This cop did some heinous shit" I'd wince, because I knew that just reinforced the animus against LE. Cops are their own worst enemy.

Katman Du@katmandu.bsky.social

Aaah, good, the wax seal on the master bath toilet just gave way. What’s directly under it in the basement? The model train layout, of course!🤦

I should show you the entire manifold replacement because of a leaky tub faucet the previous landlord did; it's a frikin' nightmare that I would be ashamed to have my name attached to. But Joe did it; and the landlord paid him pennies, so not surprised it's "Whelp, aint leakin'!"

(Narrator: "One month later, it was leaking again; in addition to looking like shit"

Quick tip for these officers (unless they're just as racist as the parents)... You know that bullshit call you just got sent to? Five magic words: "This is a civil matter" and nope out. Stay near that kid and his family, tho; because these racist white fucks are likely to start some shit.

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FLORIDA — Insane: Winter Park police called on 3 year old for being too good at soccer because 5 year olds couldn’t get the ball from him. (H/T @the_public_defender2) More: blacksportsonline.com/2026/10/poli... Their TikTok account: www.tiktok.com/@nevadaney10...

Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster is on sale and Matt just got it; watching him play it is throwing me back to the 90s

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Hm. Angel Studios (film). I'm going to treat their movies as hostile unless there's a compelling reason not to. And am going to look askance at actors who start in them (yes, even you, Andy Serkis). No, I haven't seen the Animal Farm he directed; and I suspect it will just piss me off.

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Aaah, good, the wax seal on the master bath toilet just gave way. What’s directly under it in the basement? The model train layout, of course!🤦

See you in 6 to 8 hours

When Matt and I were first dating, he showed me Adventure Time and the “Makin bacon pancakes” song. So I made him bakon pancakes the next morning. We agree that waffles are the superior conveyances of butter and syrup; so I’m makin bacon waffles

katsden.netDiary of a migraineurMonday, October 18, 2004 Sitting in bed with the laptop, as I usually am when posting here, watching TV (“Silence of the Lambs” on Skinemax; I’ve thought all of the movie adaptati…

I'm proud of this sentence from that 'blog post, tho; because I think it captured my thought process at the time "It’s taken me the better part of an hour to write this ; I have to chase my thoughts down from wandering all over the map and nail them down with the keyboard."

Katman Du@katmandu.bsky.social

Here's what I wrote in 2004, 34 years old... Tho, Stadol? Maaaan... opiods are a bitch and I am attracted to them. Stadol played a part in my ignominious exit from LE; tho it was my own damn fault. Did binge-watch "How It's Made" when on that shit; that show was tailor made for opiods.

youtube.comWhat Those Zigzags Actually AreYouTube video by Dr Painkiller

Katman Du@katmandu.bsky.social

I had migraines from age 14 to ~40, same as my dad. The worst started with the aura (scintillating scotoma; I saw an orange herringbone pattern), numbness that started in one finger and moved across my hand over an hour, and then a nausea induced headache. Best description and diagnosis I've seen:

youtube.comWhat Those Zigzags Actually AreYouTube video by Dr Painkiller

youtube.comEvery Emergency Vehicle Siren Explained + SoundYouTube video by Blunt Explainers

Wail on the dark untraveled county roads, yelp when traffic appears, piercer at the intersection with LOTS of angry air-horn in there. Unfortunately, electronic air-horns can't hold a candle to FD ones; so jealous www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwB_...

I used to play the siren buttons like a piano at intersections. Knew an anglophile cop who used Hi-Lo all the time; and, honestly, if any tone is gonna make drivers go "Huh? WTF is that?" and pay attention in the US, it's be that one But I'd rather have a true air horn. No one ignores that shit.

Did the thing at the place with the stuff

Matt found my 1975 paperback (courtesy of my older sisters) of Fahrenheit 451, and said “that’s the most badass cover for this book ever” and.. i don’t disagree