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Derek Lyons

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Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 9h

Too easy!

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 9h

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 1d

Railfanning in Stevens Pass, I've gone from shorts-and-sandals weather in Seattle to long pants-and-a-medium-jacket weather by the time we got above Baring. And there was snowpack on the back roads at Stevens Summit.

In July.

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Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 1d

Friends place I used to play D&D at aeons ago, his cat would crawl into my jacket, stick it's head out the cuff, and sleep for days. Learned I couldn't forget to make sure the jacket was properly hung up... I mean, have you ever tried to remove a cat who didn't want to be removed?

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 2d

Ouch! Sorry to hear that Scott. We missed the worst of it over here, only a few blinks and one half-a-second full outage.

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks!

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 4d

Still hoping someone will write about what the boomer force (small though it was) was up to during the Crisis. I keep meaning to dig into the SSPO chronology and work out how many boats might have been available.

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Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 5d

You're a busy guy recently....

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 5d

Many, many years ago when we were young and drank far too much for our own good we named our con parties after Star Trek and booze.

The only two I remember after all this time are:

Star Trek: The Wrath of Cognac
Star Trek: The Search for Stroh's

Dave, Charlie, Micheal... I miss y'all so much.

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Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 6d

Mint is worse than blackberries... And almost as bad as kudzu. Let it escape containment, and you'll be dealing with it basically forever.

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Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 7d

*chuckle in The Sims*

Seriously, $100 is nothing for a dedicated simmer... You'd pay more than that just for the three big expansions published this *year*. And to date, there's been 18 expansion packs. (And that's not mentioning game packs and the various kits.)

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 8d

Wonder what she was doing in Bremerton... Shouldn't be anyone left in overhaul as Louisiana was the last.

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 9d

Can confirm.

Source: Am from Seattle (sorta, kinda).

Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 10d

All the "the two best words in sports - Game 7" posts are fucking liars, no one in Toronto or Seattle is sleeping tonight and they will spend all tomorrow in a low grade panic attack

Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 10d

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨TERRIFYING GAME 7 KLAXONS 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 9d

"I saw Elvis making a MegaMail transfer!"

Sadly, I lost my file of MegaMail* signature lines years and years ago. This is the only one of hundreds that I actually remember. I wonder how many would still be funny/culturally relevant today?

*A store-and-forward forum system similar to FidoNet.

Dr Ben Wolfe @benwolfevision.bsky.social · 9d

In trawling through deep archives - to find my personal statement and CV from 16 years ago when I applied to PhD programs - I found a file of old one-liners from various long-defunct blogs.

And I've been laughing hard enough at my desk to squeak.

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 10d

My Saturday, baking bread and tending a huge pot of soup.

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 11d

If you see this, QTP with a sword.

The Insignia of USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN655). The insignia as a whole is a symbol of the organized intellectual strength that Henry L. Stimson possessed. The four stars represent the four presidents under whom he held cabinet positions. The crossed swords represent his belief that to keep peace you must be strong to resist aggression and also the two tenures of office as Secretary of War. The torch is the torch of dignity and statesmanship that characterized the life of Henry L. Stimson.

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 11d

Smaller articles are fine too!

Derek Lyons @derekl1963.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah, I hate book like that... If there's enough errors in stuff I *do* know, then how can I trust the stuff I don't?