I almost commented on this political post but then realized I'm not really qualified to say the thing I was going to say so I didn't post the comment and then the Old White Guy Police Force showed up at my door and kicked me out of the club! They revoked my Man Card and everything!

I just hope everyone has a good time and that France somehow loses again. #fifa #worldcup

"What Did Helen of Troy REALLY Look Like?" We don't know because SHE'S FICTIONAL! We don't have 800 articles about what Galadriel "really" looked like because SHE TOO IS FICTIONAL! Although you bet your ass if they cast a Black woman instead of Cate Blanchett you'd hear a lot of opinions about it.

I ate and went shopping. I did all my work and didn’t yell at anyone. I kept my humanity. Mostly. I tended to our dogs and our plants. I made it through a day then another day and then it was a week. I guess I’ll keep on doing that. I’m tired. But I’m here. Fuck you, entropy. See you tomorrow.

We buried my mom on Friday, I got there two hours before she passed. She wasn’t aware at all but I’m glad I was able to be with her regardless. Back home now and nothing seems real. The world doesn’t stop for our grief and that feels wrong, even though I know it’s just how it is.

itsjusttheticket.blogspot.com/2026/06/npo-... #FlashGame #BrowserGames #creativity #review #RoadTo20K #goal #goals #betterlatethannever, Ticketholders! A month after I first wanted to, here are my "early" impressions (and kind of a #tutorial) for @heromachine.com Phoenix Edition. Enjoy!

Sitting in a hotel lobby and this guy walked in off the street straight to the back where the restrooms and kitchen are. He looks hard, big beard, tats, piercings, all black. So I’m inventing a new game, “Homeless Street Tough or Head Chef”?

This is a great article, definitely gave me food for thought.

You can tell #AI isn't really sentient because Claude just used the term "butt-flush" (regarding two HTML blocks that stack on top of each other) and it didn't even giggle once.

Good advice my brother gave me once when I was a teenager struggling with self-esteem issues: "There are people lining up down the street waiting to tear you down, you don't need to help."

A nice photo of our #dogs Finn and Cooper my lovely wife took the other day. Such good boys! Finn is thinking “Why are you not throwing a stick” and Cooper is thinking “You need to chill out on the whole stick thing, bro.”

Jesus, CNN, given the state of the world can't we just take a win for once?!

I’m only ever on Facebook for my business page, and I don’t interact much with content there other than what page members post. Yet Facebook consistently pushes right wing talking points and posts to me even after consistently blocking accounts like Matt Walsh. The algorithm is biased, folks.

Pet Peeve: People asking "Is 9am a good time for this meeting for everyone" without specifying a time zone when we have people in five different time zones spread across three countries invited to the meeting.

My wife wrote a shopping list once and it said "Goat Creamer" and I was 90% sure it was supposed to be "Oat Creamer" since as far as I know Goat Creamer is not a thing you can buy at Smith's, but I've been married long enough I asked four other women there if they had ever heard of it.

I wish my younger self would have spent more time internalizing the lesson of this great song rather than just singing along with it. To wit, spend less time agonizing over Doing The Thing and just DO THE THING! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUgw...

A nice birthday message from Kalamuna, the company I work for! One of our designers put the image together which is awesome, I've never looked that cool in real life! She even got Cooper and Finn in there along with Finn's magically-manifested tennis ball!

We had a great birthday morning on a gorgeous day in the #WasatchBack. #Utah is pretty amazing!

Is it healthy to eat an all-meat or meat-heavy keto diet? Last year, a study concluded that certain people don't need to worry about high cholesterol, but that study was a giant steaming pile of garbage that was finally retracted. Also Jordan Peterson may be dead lol 🧪 skepchick.org/2026/05/eat-...

I think "Now I Have The Complete Picture" would be a good book explaining the impact of #AI on society. The second edition could be "But wait ..."

"AI isn’t taking over the jobs people don’t want to do, it’s taking the jobs wealthy CEOs don’t want people to have." – DaringDoodleDude via Reddit

Exactly this. I saw it happening live, with my own eyes, in real time. Yet the Republicans are acting like we are all nuts for remembering it the way it actually went down. I can never forgive them.

My AI keeps making up fake facts about boats. I guess you could say it's hullucinating. #DadJokes

Me: Surely the #Gemini AI tool built in to #Google Docs can handle a simple task like applying the existing formatting to new pasted content! I mean, Google created both Gemini and Docs so it ought to be trivial! Ha ha! Me a few minutes later: Oh. Oh, no.

On the one hand, this show is dumb and only barely watchable. On the other hand, there are a LOT of them. So, binge time!

I don’t know, man, sometimes I get the feeling TV shows are just there to sell ads, you know? Crazy cynical but i cant shake the feeling.

With many thanks to all the folks who've requested these kinds of items and who've waited patiently for literally years, and especially to AMS and Colby Primeaux for timely reference and guidance, I'm happy to launch tw https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/17/hm3-sunday-smackdown-new-wrestling-items/

I'm working on the Luchador masks lots of folks have requested over the years and I'm struggling a bit because I don't know that world at all. Here's what I have so far, what direction should I go from here? Should I https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/17/i-could-use-some-luchador-wrestling-help/

Dblade continues to impress, this time with two new helmets that are built with 3 individual items each. 6 Items total. Here's a preview of the individual Items along with a preview of them placed together for the full effect. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/16/headgear-military-new-items/

When you have a very VERY niche hobby, it's weird to get super excited about an idea and then have nobody to share it with.

Cracking good artist Dblade has whipped up a great set of new Item Right/Left -> Energy for all your sci-fi Indiana Jones needs. Please thank him in the comments for his ongoing excellent work! https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/14/whip-it-real-good/

I keep telling people "I'll add it to The List" when asked for specific items. But what IS The List?! Well, now you don't have to wonder, because here it is. If you want to add something(s) to it, let me know. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/13/the-hm3-item-request-list/

Several folks have reached out since the relaunch observing that there were some oddities with colors on a number of items. THANK YOU to those people!! https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/13/hm3-alpha-transparency-fixes/

I've just released what I hope is a fun new set of items, Head->Monsters. It features a variety of different kinds of complete (eyes, noses, ears, mouths, etc.) heads in several different styles. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/12/i-did-the-mash-i-did-the-monster-mash-61-times/

Small update 2 weeks in on #Mounjaro. The food noise is much better, though not gone. Which is great. The biggest change, though, is that I actually feel full when I'm full. That's not happend in decades. It's good but weird.

Dblade continues to do great work adding to the Nose set, I just pushed his updates to the live site: These are available for your monster-creating convenience now in both male and female Nose sets. Enjoy and please thank Dblade https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/11/more-monster-noses-via-dblade/

I've just released 9 new items in the Tops - Female - Bustiers set. Enjoy! https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/07/call-me-pushy-because-here-are-some-new-bustiers/

With thanks to All-Star HeroMachiner DBlade, who's already responsible for a dizzying number of existing items, we have more new noses available. These seven "monster" noses should be there now after the previous DBlade set of alien items. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/07/on-the-nose/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "Tops" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-tops/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "Shoulder Right/Left" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. I'm only showing the "Right" ones but they each should have a mirror available on the Left as well. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-shoulder/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "Patterns" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-patterns/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "Nose" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-nose/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "Neckwear" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-neckwear/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "Mouth" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-mouth/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "Legwear" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. Note that sometimes there's only a "Right" item, like Female Outerwear 27. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-legwear/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the "ItemRight/Left" items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. I'm only showing the "Right" ones but they each should have a mirror available on the Left as well. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalogl-item/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the Insigna items currently available in HeroMachine 3 Phoenix Edition. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-insignia/

For your browsing convenience, here are all the items as of today for the Headgear slot. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-headgear/

For your browsing convenience, here are the items avilable for the Head slot. https://www.heromachine.com/2026/05/06/hm3-item-catalog-head/