I wish we had cigar lounges around here. I miss 'em!

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It's been very cold and snowy this weekend, so of course thoughts have turned to Large Fuzzy Cuddleable Men

Suddenly tons of fireworks going off and then I remembered… oh yeah, football

Tea time

Serious thoughts of calling out “sick” for a few weeks and booking a flight to Minneapolis to help shut the city down and protest like hell, but I know in my heart I’m too much of a coward for that. All I can do is barrage my senators and representative every. Fucking. Day.

It’s easy to want to give up hope, but it’s times like this that I recall the Stockdale Paradox. James Stockdale was a POW during the Vietnam war and had a view that I think is useful to remember now, the immorality of that war aside. We will have justice in the end, but only if we demand it.

Another ICE shooting in Minneapolis this morning, and no I’m not going to share the video. Saw it on r/Minneapolis in Reddit, I’m sure it’s still there. This is absolutely vile.

I'm sure everyone who likes watching maker videos already knew about him, but I only very recently found "Watch Wes Work" on YouTube and for the last couple weeks I've really been enjoying his stuff. www. youtube.com/c/WatchWesWork

Wade “DankPods” Nixon has the laugh of an angel.

Midwesterners will laugh a lot at our severe weather alert.

To everyone in the cold snap: Stay safe please :(

Me, a physical book supremacist: "Yes... ha ha ha... YES!" www.westernmassnews.com/2026/01/22/r...

I am “I beamed my contact information from my Palm Pilot to another friend’s Palm Pilot at a furry convention and neither of us had cellphones on us” years old.

That Jesus fellow from the New Testament that I’ve heard so much about had a thing or two to say about protesting in a place of worship.

Sure, Dairy Queen, whatever you say

These caricatures in a supermarket in Kyoto, Japan of families eating meals around the world are all reasonable. Spare for the US panel of course 🍕🍔🍟🥞🥩🌭🗽🇺🇸

Thankfully, I found someone local to talk to about things, and next week I’m seeing a career guidance therapist to talk about what on earth I can do to get out of working in tech (without doing anything rash), and explore what the heck I actually want in life.

The main reason I pulled my monthly contribution to NPR last year was their constant sanewashing of Trump. Their news organization completely dropped the ball during the 2024 campaign. They still haven't owned up to how, in an effort to be "neutral", they enabled him, and I'm still mad about it.

I carry this 1 Ruble coin with me everywhere as a memento mori, a reminder that great empires can fall seemingly overnight. When I was a kid, the USSR felt permanent, a great power that would exist in a global framework forever… and then, very suddenly, it was gone. It’s happening again.

I’m kind of glad I’m not going to NFC now because I don’t think I could show my face there without dying of embarrassment.

There is 0% chance the US comes out of this “owning” Greenland, and about a 50% chance that Trump triggers the complete destruction of the US economy. Europe holds all the cards here and Trump is too much of an imbecile to know it. He needs to be removed from office yesterday. This might do it.

The rest of the world reading Trump's Norway letter...

I have to wonder what I’d be like if the furry fandom had been this popular when I first found it… I only knew of four other furries in the entire state of Connecticut when I lived there in the early 90s, and maybe 15 in all of New England.

What am I even supposed to do with this, my dumb idiot kobold engineer?

At some point I really want to do a viewing party for "The Big Bus", a way under-rated and largely forgotten disaster movie parody from 1975. It has some of the same bones as "Airplane!", but came out five years earlier and bombed at the box office. Not as madcap, not quite as funny, but good!

busy people

Genuine question for people who may have done this kind of thing before: I need to figure out how to get out of tech this year. I don’t want to do anything rash, so I’d like to talk to a life coach or career coach or maybe a therapist (do they do this kind of thing??) Any advice?

My generation was characterized in the media as lazy slackers. Millennials were destroying everything. Gen-Z was seen as oversharing and too online. Gen-alpha is portrayed as the brain rot generation. I’m old enough to see the trend here, and it goes all the way back to the invention of writing.

And a pirate #raccoon to finish off the night. Trying to push myself out of some comfort zones while dipping back into traditional art. Sketching is quite therapeutic. #sketch #fantasy #pirate #furry

Torment Nexus CEO Bob Grizzle begs users to stop calling it ’malevolent’ and ‘excruciating‘. “Torment is changing everything, and this negative attitude about endless suffering isn’t doing anyone any good,” said Grizzle, noting that users will “love the seared flesh opportunities we‘re creating!”

I am taking one full suit commission for late 2026. Interested? Toss me an email with a reference of the character and what you are willing to pay. #fursuit [email protected]

WHO RUN BARTER TOWN???

Hey, Brits, when I’m putting cream and jam on my scone, should I put the cream on first and then the jam, or the other way around? Surely this is an easy to answer question that will not lead to controversy or debate!

I made currant scones, and I think they turned out well! I used the leftover liquid from making clotted cream in them.

I had to go to the hardware store nearby in an unincorporated rural town with a population of about 2,500 people, and there was a huge anti-ICE protest along the way. Maybe 100 people? Folks are angry. The signs were pointed, not jokey like No Kings. It’s very good to see.

Score! I found a porno mag stuffed into the rafters while I was prepping for insulation. Great place to hide it from your wife, I guess.

“Don’t talk to me or my son ever again”

I have a Pavlovian response to Mexican music genres like norteño or banda or corridos and so on… they trigger a powerful urge for Mexican food because I mostly hear those genres at Mexican restaurants. I am a simple creature.

I would encourage people to spend less time on social media. I know, I know, not exactly a revolutionary suggestion. But it's very good for mental health, I promise! Dip your toes into the stream from time to time, don't live in the stream. Discourse is bad for the soul. Dunking is bad for the soul.

I just had to explain Fippy Darkpaw to Higgins because he never played EverQuest back in the day. Ahhhh memories.

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Pink Floyd has five distinct stages: 1. Syd Barrett thinks gnomes are neat! 2. Wandering lost in the desert experimenting with sound. 3. Breakout commercial success. 4. Roger Waters is furious at the world. 5. Thank God we got rid of that Roger guy! I can find things to enjoy about all of them.

This is the first time my weight has started with a 1 since early high school.

We need fewer work days and more play days.

I am finally pretty happy with my welding beads! I made a little I-beam out of flat bar :D Next time I’m cutting metal I want to cut this in half and see if the weld penetration is acceptable.

I can’t believe it’s the year 2000, it feels so futuristic!

My truck has achieved 200,000 miles (I wish I could say I put them all on it but I bought it with a zillion miles already on it)

may your holidays be cozy and warm 🦝❤️🦝