Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999)

Pipes (Windows 98)

And the woman did speak unto the hound, saying, What do you mean, normal men, and the hound answered the woman, saying, We are just innocent men. And great was her emotion

"I just did your maths"
- Scrivens 3:16

Assorted Haiku Haiku #2511   Tourists wait in line to enter Machu Picchu. Oh, look! A high queue. Haiku #564127   how dare you suggest I have a short attention spanish omelette   Limeraiku   There once was a young limerick from Kew who turned into a haiku. The Constraints of Haiku   Tied up all night with a haiku dominatrix and her three-line whip.   Shakespearean Haiku   Shall I compare thee To a summer’s day? Alright – Thou art pretty hot.   How to Write a Haiku   The last line should flow seamlessly from the first two – hippopotamus.    Brian Bilston  

It’s International Haiku Day apparently and so for today’s poetry offering, here are a few assorted haiku.

Good thing I watched today: this week's AEW Dynamite. Huge episode, banger matches and an actual honest to goodness Moment that Mania will have none of this weekend.

Bad thing I watched today: the trailer for the new Street Fighter film. It's not even out yet and it looks horribly dated.

Once heard a youtuber pronounce "demolish" as "demmelish" as in the first half of the word "demolition".

That was really upsetting.

I'd like to put this work on a pedal stool.

I actually ticked these both off on Friday. What a gruelling schedule.

Solid predictions! I'm a little torn on the main event but I think I just want Kenny to win.

• Find a way to fall in love with what you’re working on.
• Imposter syndrome is real and it’s an SOB. It’s also wrong. Again, let those compliments you get be true.
• Maintain something that resembles a social life. This gets lonely.
• Have a hobby outside of your art.
• You have a valid voice.
3/3

• Big pieces sell the small pieces.
• Expensive pieces sell the less expensive pieces.
• New work sells your old work.
• Original paintings sell prints.
• Don’t sell anything for less than $20.
• Don’t correct people when they compliment your work.
2/3

THINGS I’VE LEARNED FROM 30 YEARS IN THE ARTS:

• The only way to get better is to consistently make art.
• Never stop learning.
• Never stop trying new things.
• Say no if you just don’t want to do something (unless you actually have to).
• Own your work.
1/3

This makes sense to me. Andrade needs just one more big win to get up there, Darby is always a good opponent for that push.
Tough to predict how it all plays out though. I'm just gonna assume...Don Callis.

sign reads “JESUS 6:00 PARKING LOT”

about time someone called that motherfucker out

"Your specific mum" sounds even more devastating an insult than merely "your mum".

At WMXI, a kid from Home Improvement would've beat Bob Backlund at chess, and then choked him out.

a picture of a staircase with the hashtag risky business ALT: a picture of a staircase with the hashtag risky business

This but whisky

Something something turn your spaceship off and on again

Dr Manhattan from the Watchmen comics sitting on a rock on Mars

It is 1994. I am 9 years old. My dad has just walked in the room and announced that the WWF pro wrestling I am watching is "all fake".

It is 2026. I am 41 years old. My son has just walked in the room and told me that the worked punches and kicks being thrown by The Demand's Toa Liona "look fake".

Just had a roller coaster 90 seconds finding out there's gonna be a new Masters of the Universe film, getting mildly excited for it, finding out Jared Leto is in it, and then feeling myself nope out.

APRIL FOOL, copilot has no purpose at all.

2010 – we’d never go home if you left it up to me We Are Scientists, 'Break It Up'

I wrote something for my Midlife Mixtape about not knowing where my next legendary night out was coming from.
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#MidlifeMixtape

A to-do list scribbled on a notepad: Play stardew valley. Haircut maybe.

Just found this inside an old notepad. I can only assume my schedule was hectic.

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Tbf though it's always a good time for a Chuck Norris joke, here's my favourite:

Chuck Norris once threw a grenade that killed six people. Then it exploded.

Oh my gosh, what horrible timing. I just started a re-listen of an old favourite podcast, The New Generation Project Podcast, and I've just got to Survivor Series 1994...
...where Chuck Norris was the special guest enforcer in the main event.

I ADORED Firefly and Serenity. But I don't see how there's any more cause to make more at this moment than there was in the early 2010s. Too much has happened and too many people involved are scumbags now.

If you're looking for an animated Western series set in space yada yada Cowboy Bebop #Firefly

Hell of a card, this.