The end of an era, driftwoodwise

If anyone can be held primarily responsible for shaping my sense of humor, that blame must fall on Tom Lehrer. RIP.

There was no question!

Wynton Marsalis held the door for me while I was leaving a deli, with my hands full of sandwiches.

Can confirm!

Holy crud! To quote Kilgore Trout: MAKE ME YOUNG!

I'd love more nostalgic pics if you have a place to upload them. I don't have any webspace at the moment, but maybe GDrive or something?

The DIY tech and maker movement owes a debt to engineer Limor "Ladyada" Fried, the founder of Adafruit Industries. She has helped ordinary people get hands-on with high tech tools, equipment, and electronics for 20 years. #womenshistorymonth

Working on it

I'm guessing the Cool King is like the Burger King, but, you know, cooler

My giants? Might be

I switched to StoryGraph! It's great.

Excuse me, Mr. Culver. I forget what these peppers represent.

I for one would like to hear the partial song you wrote about it

Even I believe this, and I'm pretty damn cynical.

Right?? I've created so many high-intelligence low-wisdom no-impulse-control characters at this point that I probably should discuss it in therapy.

I don't know why my YouTube feed is filled with Diane Morgan clips and Primus videos, but I could not be more pleased.

THE REPLICATORS ARE REPLICATING REPLICATORS THAT REPLICATE FAX MACHINES THAT ARE CRANKING OUT PICTURES OF REPLICATORS

Picture of questionably constructed gingerbread house

Perhaps the real meaning of Peanuts Gingerbread House Kit is the friends we made along the way

I still use my !fixed mug.

I actually think it's kind of great that Star Trek depicts a utopian future in which people fly around in space having meetings all day.

A TNG scene. We're in the Enterprise conference room, where Picard is holding a meeting with Data, Troi, and Dr Crusher. Barclay is also there, for unknown reasons. Maybe he wandered into the meeting and just sat down, and everyone was too polite to mention it. That happened to me once. I was visiting an office location I didn't normally go to and I wasn't quite sure which conference room I was supposed to be in. I walked into one and sat down and it took me five minutes to realize I was in the wrong meeting. From the perspective of the people in that room, halfway through that meeting, a stranger walked in, sat next to the boss, took notes for five minutes, then walked out without saying a word.

At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

My rule of thumb: socks first, then shoes.

Samesies

Hey hey! How are things?

So I log on for the first time in ages and one of the first things I see is @flavorflav.bsky.social posting about meeting @alyankovic.bsky.social and I'm like why haven't I been checking this thing all along??

It's been a while since I've been on Bluesky, so catch me up: How many Star Trek actors do we have now?

Sure, I’d be up for that!

My characters are all high intelligence, low wisdom, super impulsive, and do their best to force the DM to rewrite the campaign.

I've shaken up my usual video game preferences and played some 'AAA' titles over the last year: Horizon: Zero Dawn, Horizon: Forbidden West, and Red Dead Redemption 2. I'm amazed at how far narrative and character development have come in the last 10 years. Indie games paved the way for this IMO.