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Rick

@locktowndog.bsky.social

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No spring chicken anymore. Artist. Art historian just short of a degree. Still working on it. Lazy servant to a stubborn doggo. Pagan, mindful heathen with animist/buddhist tendencies.

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 3h

They were mainstays, when I was... younger.

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 3h

D2066
Elfshot.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 4h

her: Do you have an iPhone?

me: No. But I have an iHop. It's about 7 miles from here.

her: I don't get it.

me: ...(internally slapping myself on the head)

Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 4h

Oh joy.

a man with a mustache is wearing a blue jacket and a polka dot shirt .

ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a blue jacket and a polka dot shirt .

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 5h

Having to restrict my charitable donations... for now.
Retirement and my last house are too close.
🥺

Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 6h

The dead squid painting is a failure.
Starting over.
The sky was too pink, the proportions were off, the squid was maniacal, the wet sheen on the sand was too white.

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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 8h

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 9h

Why are there a dozen loud crows perched on my roof?

And why did several Navy helicopters immediately fly overhead?

Is this a Drump thing?

Sure seems like a Drump thing.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 11h

“She'll die.”
“Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.”

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 15h

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "don't forget to be a fuckin' human being"

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 16h

WTF

Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 16h

Numb. But I can feel a pinch, etc.
So slightly better maybe?
(shrugs)

Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 16h

27F.
Freezing my patootie off.

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

open.spotify.com/album/1jWmEh...

The Doors

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 1d

F441.4.4
Forest-spirits
with wings
and
with backward-pointing fingers
and toes.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 1d

How is it that the people who have no bottom to their vileness are such ginormous assholes?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

Sketch, 2023 - me

Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

Edgar has lost himself in a wolf video.
Pfft.
Keep daydreaming, idiot.

charlie brown is sitting in a chair with a sad look on his face and says `` good grief '' .

ALT: charlie brown is sitting in a chair with a sad look on his face and says `` good grief '' .

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

Feels like it.
Or I'm in deep doo-doo.

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

Lies. Cannot be proven.

Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure it's a pinched nerve from sleeping "wrong".

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

No painting today.
Can't stand for more than 5 minutes.
Can't feel my left arm.
But can still didgeridoo in a pink shirt, ya bastards.

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Rick @locktowndog.bsky.social · 1d

me: Go find me a shirt.

Edgar: (brings me a toy)

me: You're useless. A shirt. I can't go into public half naked with a toy... anymore.

Edgar: (brings me a couch cushion)

me: Goddammit. Nevermind.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 1d

🦄 Whales /.
Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1843..

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Illustration of two narwhals, also called sea unicorns, depicted lying on an icy shore with a backdrop of snow-covered mountains. Both whales have long, spiral tusks extending from their heads, and their bodies are covered in spots. Small seabirds are flying nearby. The image is a detailed 1843 engraving, labeled "THE NARWHAL OR SEA UNICORN," highlighting the narwhal’s distinctive single tusk that inspired its nickname.

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