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Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · Apr 5

Looking to balance out my Bluesky feed with more non-politics stuff. Accounts to follow or starter packs for the following would be appreciated:
-NY Rangers
-NY Yankees
-Japanese language (vocab/kanji/expression of the day)
-Archaeology
-80s pop culture

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 42m

Alas, I read it so heavily that the binding cracked and all the pages fell out.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 43m

Saw this when it was broadcast and then begged Mom to buy me a tie-in trade paperback heavily illustrated with cels from the film that we saw in the book section at a department store (Remember those?).

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4h

I think Rainforest Crunch and Wavy Gravy were the two flavors that put B&J on the map, culturally speaking.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4h

Did anyone on here actually send away for this?

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 7h

This weekend’s laundromat reading: Elfquest: The Original Quest, Book 3 by Wendy & Richard Pini @elfquest.bsky.social.

Me holding the above mentioned book while at the laundromat.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 19h

Reading/To Read:

-Hirayasumi, Vol 2&3 by Keigo Shinzo
-Elfquest: The Original Quest by Wendy & Richard Pini
@elfquest.bsky.social
-JLA: The Hypothetical Woman by Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
-When The Earth Was Green: by Riley Black @restingdinoface.bsky.social

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 22h

It looks like you gave yourself colloidal silver poisoning.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 1d

Isn’t privatizing the commissaries a conservative goal?

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 1d

Yes.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 1d

“Most say the sky is blue, but others say the sky is green. As journalist, it is our duty to present both sides objectively without looking out the window to actually see what color the sky is.”

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 1d

Is one of those the one in Brick?

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 1d

Ayooooah!

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 1d

Been ages since I've lived to Japan, but diet soda was absolutely not a thing. A friend of mine came to visit and darn near had a freakout when he couldn't get Diet Pepsi. (He used to drink 6+ a day back in college).

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 1d

I don't have IG on my phone for Reasons. Will you post pics here once you return stateside?

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 2d

You can serve up Seattle Dogs to the ICE folks. That should send them running screaming for the city limits

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 3d

For a lot of teens, driving the Batmobile would be an awesome experience. Driving the Batmobile with Batman in the passenger seat would be a terrifying experience.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 3d

I don't see Chris Sarandon on that title card!

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 3d

"Baymax is here to help."

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4d

"Did you bring enough for EVERYBODY?"

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4d

After opening post-pandemic, Brooks’ switched to a buffet mode. $25 for a half-chicken and AYCE sides and salads. A la carte is only for takeout. Normally I just get chicken to take home. However, I think I got my money’s worth in hush puppies with cinnamon honey butter.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4d

Like most chicken joints in Central NY, Brooks’ uses the Cornell chicken recipe and char-grills its chicken. Brooks’ has other barbecued meats, but you’d be a fool to try anything but the chicken.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4d

Brooks‘ House of Bar-B-Q in Oneonta Had good chicken barbecue with my aunts on a road trip. Brooks’ has been there since 1961 and is a third generation family restaurant.

Roadside sign for Brooks House of Bar-B-Q in Oneonta, NY. Sign features animated neon of a cleaver-wielding chef chasing a chicken.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4d

Miller is actually only the DEPUTY chief of staff. He technically works for Susie Wiles.

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4d

Parker House Hotel, right? Since Ho Chi Minh was a pastry chef there, he probably made plenty of Boston Cream Pies (and Parker House Rolls).

Bill Moakler @bmoakny.bsky.social · 4d

I used to do that as a kid to my mom's consternation until I found a dead bug in the brine floating amongst the peppercorns.