capnmariam
@capnmariam.bsky.social
Displaced Arts & Scientist / Notional Reference Librarian / (Ad hoc)³Everything. Formally yours, etc.
https://capnmariam.mystrikingly.com/
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(ARTH111) Ancient Greek and Barbarian Art and Architecture [B]
(PHIL100) Free Will and Moral Responsibility [B+]
(NES354) The Islamic Book [B]
(ABEN110) Metal Fabrication Techniques [B+]
(S&TS350) Atomic Consequences [A-]
(...The bulk of my 160 credits were chemistry and biology, though.)
(PHIL100) Free Will and Moral Responsibility [B+]
(NES354) The Islamic Book [B]
(ABEN110) Metal Fabrication Techniques [B+]
(S&TS350) Atomic Consequences [A-]
(...The bulk of my 160 credits were chemistry and biology, though.)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Victorian Authors: Thomas Hardy
Educational Psychology
Introduction to Astronomy (we had a planetarium!)
Radical Political Theory
Intermediate Latin
Victorian Authors: Thomas Hardy
Educational Psychology
Introduction to Astronomy (we had a planetarium!)
Radical Political Theory
Intermediate Latin
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college (Gen X Edition):
Race and Ethnic Relations
History of the Middle East
History of Modern Russia
Music History: Baroque
Student Teaching at a Junior High in Pottstown, PA
Race and Ethnic Relations
History of the Middle East
History of Modern Russia
Music History: Baroque
Student Teaching at a Junior High in Pottstown, PA
February 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
(ARTH111) Ancient Greek and Barbarian Art and Architecture [B]
(PHIL100) Free Will and Moral Responsibility [B+]
(NES354) The Islamic Book [B]
(ABEN110) Metal Fabrication Techniques [B+]
(S&TS350) Atomic Consequences [A-]
(...The bulk of my 160 credits were chemistry and biology, though.)
(PHIL100) Free Will and Moral Responsibility [B+]
(NES354) The Islamic Book [B]
(ABEN110) Metal Fabrication Techniques [B+]
(S&TS350) Atomic Consequences [A-]
(...The bulk of my 160 credits were chemistry and biology, though.)
" ...But, Doctor P, I am Peter Pagliacci.”
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
" ...But, Doctor P, I am Peter Pagliacci.”
The completion of one (5 month!) experimental component of a bigger project leads to something of a Hans moment.
youtu.be/i9wSLYfh0Wk?...
youtu.be/i9wSLYfh0Wk?...
Hans Gruber Alexander Wept | Die Hard (1988)
YouTube video by Ultimate Action Movie Club
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
The completion of one (5 month!) experimental component of a bigger project leads to something of a Hans moment.
youtu.be/i9wSLYfh0Wk?...
youtu.be/i9wSLYfh0Wk?...
Kevin Grisham will live forever or as long as we keep him alive in our hearts of hearts, even penning new works like "The Order Portal".
(cf. RotL612)
(cf. RotL612)
Disambiguations for Future Self:
Juror #2: Hoult
The Juror: Marsden
The Great: Episodic Hoult
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road: Marsden
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women: Neither
Rural Juror: Kevin Grisham Novel
Juror #2: Hoult
The Juror: Marsden
The Great: Episodic Hoult
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road: Marsden
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women: Neither
Rural Juror: Kevin Grisham Novel
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Kevin Grisham will live forever or as long as we keep him alive in our hearts of hearts, even penning new works like "The Order Portal".
(cf. RotL612)
(cf. RotL612)
I know I sometimes see what I want (and, yes, I did spring for vision insurance this year because I know I was unlikely to maintain 20/10 vision forever and I AM feeling it slip,)
…but YOU gotta admit that a "Numberwang" movie with Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, and John Slattery would be hella tight.
…but YOU gotta admit that a "Numberwang" movie with Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, and John Slattery would be hella tight.
January 24, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I know I sometimes see what I want (and, yes, I did spring for vision insurance this year because I know I was unlikely to maintain 20/10 vision forever and I AM feeling it slip,)
…but YOU gotta admit that a "Numberwang" movie with Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, and John Slattery would be hella tight.
…but YOU gotta admit that a "Numberwang" movie with Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, and John Slattery would be hella tight.
As someone who set (/set off) the security alarms at my old lab, there was a little nostalgia this morning in tripping the external system of a shuttered business & hearing its siren song of Yᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀᴇsᴘᴀssɪɴɢ!Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ. Tʜɪs ᴀʀᴇᴀ ɪs ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ sᴜʀᴠᴇɪʟʟᴀɴᴄᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ!
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
As someone who set (/set off) the security alarms at my old lab, there was a little nostalgia this morning in tripping the external system of a shuttered business & hearing its siren song of Yᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀᴇsᴘᴀssɪɴɢ!Pʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴇᴀ. Tʜɪs ᴀʀᴇᴀ ɪs ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ sᴜʀᴠᴇɪʟʟᴀɴᴄᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ!
My delight w/ my nieces trying to antagonize me by eating spaghetti w/ their hands maybe cannot be fully understood without the knowledge that I don't even know if I HAVE forks in my apartment.
Baby girl, you are rebelling against the sea!
And you just picked up a fork because it helps!
I win!!!
Baby girl, you are rebelling against the sea!
And you just picked up a fork because it helps!
I win!!!
January 19, 2026 at 2:19 AM
My delight w/ my nieces trying to antagonize me by eating spaghetti w/ their hands maybe cannot be fully understood without the knowledge that I don't even know if I HAVE forks in my apartment.
Baby girl, you are rebelling against the sea!
And you just picked up a fork because it helps!
I win!!!
Baby girl, you are rebelling against the sea!
And you just picked up a fork because it helps!
I win!!!
Babysitting by most might not involve a first night Samuel L. Jackson in the Negotiator montage of battening down the hatches but that is because all the windows here make this house feel creepy and exposed. AND they make it too bright to watch movies! It's for all of us! Today was easier, right?
January 18, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Babysitting by most might not involve a first night Samuel L. Jackson in the Negotiator montage of battening down the hatches but that is because all the windows here make this house feel creepy and exposed. AND they make it too bright to watch movies! It's for all of us! Today was easier, right?
If Entertonement were still around (RIP, Entertonement), I'd already have a button that would blurt out the great utterances from the English Dub of this morning's "Culinary Class Wars" episode drop.
(I read the captions for minority reports, but that just adds discrepancy joy when it gets weird.)
(I read the captions for minority reports, but that just adds discrepancy joy when it gets weird.)
January 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
If Entertonement were still around (RIP, Entertonement), I'd already have a button that would blurt out the great utterances from the English Dub of this morning's "Culinary Class Wars" episode drop.
(I read the captions for minority reports, but that just adds discrepancy joy when it gets weird.)
(I read the captions for minority reports, but that just adds discrepancy joy when it gets weird.)
Anthony Edwards : Die Hard with a Vengeance :: Carlo Rota : Relay.
(My belief that, despite being uncredited, both of these men are wildly in the background on train scenes is unwavering.)
(My belief that, despite being uncredited, both of these men are wildly in the background on train scenes is unwavering.)
December 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Anthony Edwards : Die Hard with a Vengeance :: Carlo Rota : Relay.
(My belief that, despite being uncredited, both of these men are wildly in the background on train scenes is unwavering.)
(My belief that, despite being uncredited, both of these men are wildly in the background on train scenes is unwavering.)
Public Service Message:
It remains the greatest gift wrapping hack to use aluminum foil.
(Apropos of a nephew's birthday today but I suppose potentially seasonally useful.)
Leave a sharpie in the aluminum foil box in the car and you can even make it a little fancy as you are ready for whatever!
It remains the greatest gift wrapping hack to use aluminum foil.
(Apropos of a nephew's birthday today but I suppose potentially seasonally useful.)
Leave a sharpie in the aluminum foil box in the car and you can even make it a little fancy as you are ready for whatever!
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Public Service Message:
It remains the greatest gift wrapping hack to use aluminum foil.
(Apropos of a nephew's birthday today but I suppose potentially seasonally useful.)
Leave a sharpie in the aluminum foil box in the car and you can even make it a little fancy as you are ready for whatever!
It remains the greatest gift wrapping hack to use aluminum foil.
(Apropos of a nephew's birthday today but I suppose potentially seasonally useful.)
Leave a sharpie in the aluminum foil box in the car and you can even make it a little fancy as you are ready for whatever!
Fully half of my reveries are induced by misreading things BUT sometimes it is also is the result of seizing on a typo.
It's been too long since I have been in an owl cafe but how I wish there were at least as many mass hootings(*) as their terrible alternative.
*The sound of owlcafe snacktime.
It's been too long since I have been in an owl cafe but how I wish there were at least as many mass hootings(*) as their terrible alternative.
*The sound of owlcafe snacktime.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Fully half of my reveries are induced by misreading things BUT sometimes it is also is the result of seizing on a typo.
It's been too long since I have been in an owl cafe but how I wish there were at least as many mass hootings(*) as their terrible alternative.
*The sound of owlcafe snacktime.
It's been too long since I have been in an owl cafe but how I wish there were at least as many mass hootings(*) as their terrible alternative.
*The sound of owlcafe snacktime.
Much as we talk a lot about the fact that "Closing Time" is about childbirth and beyond, maybe it is time for the discourse to address the fact that "When You Were Young" is definitely about Santa Claus.
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Much as we talk a lot about the fact that "Closing Time" is about childbirth and beyond, maybe it is time for the discourse to address the fact that "When You Were Young" is definitely about Santa Claus.
About a week ago I had made a casual reference to Irrational Exuberance and the person next to me understood it and this has been gently threaded through the score of my life since. (May it be a little revolutionary gift to you as well.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOw...
The Yatta Song Now, with subtitles! Be afraid Be VERY afraid
YouTube video by Jędrzej
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
About a week ago I had made a casual reference to Irrational Exuberance and the person next to me understood it and this has been gently threaded through the score of my life since. (May it be a little revolutionary gift to you as well.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOw...
Look, there is no rule that says you can't use the scrubber to start "The Two Popes" 1 hr & 59.5 minutes in to formally see the two popes and then watch Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as 2 popes watching soccer together.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dt7u8
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dt7u8
The Two Popes (2019)
Dailymotion video by Motion Image
www.dailymotion.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Look, there is no rule that says you can't use the scrubber to start "The Two Popes" 1 hr & 59.5 minutes in to formally see the two popes and then watch Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as 2 popes watching soccer together.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dt7u8
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dt7u8
If you liked
"Lie To Me",
you may also like
"Tell Me Lies".
--The Hulu Recommendation Engine, potentially doing the televisual equivalent of judging books by their covers.
"Lie To Me",
you may also like
"Tell Me Lies".
--The Hulu Recommendation Engine, potentially doing the televisual equivalent of judging books by their covers.
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you liked
"Lie To Me",
you may also like
"Tell Me Lies".
--The Hulu Recommendation Engine, potentially doing the televisual equivalent of judging books by their covers.
"Lie To Me",
you may also like
"Tell Me Lies".
--The Hulu Recommendation Engine, potentially doing the televisual equivalent of judging books by their covers.
We have hit the part of the evening where the chemist parents are looking up drugs and discussing the synthesis.
"I bet this starts with acetonitrile, believe it or not."
"I believe it!"
"MARIAM, there is nothing like creation. But I will give you $10 if the synthesis is more than 5 steps."
"I bet this starts with acetonitrile, believe it or not."
"I believe it!"
"MARIAM, there is nothing like creation. But I will give you $10 if the synthesis is more than 5 steps."
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We have hit the part of the evening where the chemist parents are looking up drugs and discussing the synthesis.
"I bet this starts with acetonitrile, believe it or not."
"I believe it!"
"MARIAM, there is nothing like creation. But I will give you $10 if the synthesis is more than 5 steps."
"I bet this starts with acetonitrile, believe it or not."
"I believe it!"
"MARIAM, there is nothing like creation. But I will give you $10 if the synthesis is more than 5 steps."
I am glad that I splurged for some vision coverage next year because I just got a little starstruck frisson about peripherally seeing the Philly Phanatic in this Panera and it took me a half second to realize it was just an elderly fella with a greenish bag, greyish puffy jacket and a teal ball cap.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I am glad that I splurged for some vision coverage next year because I just got a little starstruck frisson about peripherally seeing the Philly Phanatic in this Panera and it took me a half second to realize it was just an elderly fella with a greenish bag, greyish puffy jacket and a teal ball cap.
Look, a true "Black Friday Week" would be 43 days long: just over 6.14 normal weeks if you don't mind starting and ending on progressively more Black Fridays, like
F₁ssmtwr|F₂ssmtwr|F₃ssmtwr|F₄ssmtwr|F₅ssmtwr|F₆ssmtwr|F₇.
Consequently, I feel like we gotta note:
Epiphany's gotten really commercial.
F₁ssmtwr|F₂ssmtwr|F₃ssmtwr|F₄ssmtwr|F₅ssmtwr|F₆ssmtwr|F₇.
Consequently, I feel like we gotta note:
Epiphany's gotten really commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Look, a true "Black Friday Week" would be 43 days long: just over 6.14 normal weeks if you don't mind starting and ending on progressively more Black Fridays, like
F₁ssmtwr|F₂ssmtwr|F₃ssmtwr|F₄ssmtwr|F₅ssmtwr|F₆ssmtwr|F₇.
Consequently, I feel like we gotta note:
Epiphany's gotten really commercial.
F₁ssmtwr|F₂ssmtwr|F₃ssmtwr|F₄ssmtwr|F₅ssmtwr|F₆ssmtwr|F₇.
Consequently, I feel like we gotta note:
Epiphany's gotten really commercial.
I know you wanna put a dash in "Co-op" because it helps people pronounce it more like "coöp" without keyboard fanciness: but as it is from "cooperative", that is an extraneous hyphen.
The chickens are united to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs aspirations. Don't overthink it.
The chickens are united to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs aspirations. Don't overthink it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I know you wanna put a dash in "Co-op" because it helps people pronounce it more like "coöp" without keyboard fanciness: but as it is from "cooperative", that is an extraneous hyphen.
The chickens are united to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs aspirations. Don't overthink it.
The chickens are united to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs aspirations. Don't overthink it.
While just shy of 7 years old, "Godzilla Carols" are kinda timeless.
(scribd did some gross things with it over the years [ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ : *I* did not tag it "Christian Music" but it doesn't let me fix its garbage "AI" errors], but one must kinda... deal.)
www.scribd.com/document/396...
#godzilladay
(scribd did some gross things with it over the years [ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ : *I* did not tag it "Christian Music" but it doesn't let me fix its garbage "AI" errors], but one must kinda... deal.)
www.scribd.com/document/396...
#godzilladay
Written by Bnprime Illustrated by Capnmariam | PDF | Christian Music | Folk Songs
THEY NEED NO SEASON.
www.scribd.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
While just shy of 7 years old, "Godzilla Carols" are kinda timeless.
(scribd did some gross things with it over the years [ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ : *I* did not tag it "Christian Music" but it doesn't let me fix its garbage "AI" errors], but one must kinda... deal.)
www.scribd.com/document/396...
#godzilladay
(scribd did some gross things with it over the years [ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ : *I* did not tag it "Christian Music" but it doesn't let me fix its garbage "AI" errors], but one must kinda... deal.)
www.scribd.com/document/396...
#godzilladay
Every Spirit Halloween store listing begins with what it formerly was and each time I think about that I am tickled anew.
stores.spirithalloween.com/search.m.html
(I had never been in one before this morning when I was looking for a specific bit of discount matériel and it may have worked out.)
stores.spirithalloween.com/search.m.html
(I had never been in one before this morning when I was looking for a specific bit of discount matériel and it may have worked out.)
stores.spirithalloween.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Every Spirit Halloween store listing begins with what it formerly was and each time I think about that I am tickled anew.
stores.spirithalloween.com/search.m.html
(I had never been in one before this morning when I was looking for a specific bit of discount matériel and it may have worked out.)
stores.spirithalloween.com/search.m.html
(I had never been in one before this morning when I was looking for a specific bit of discount matériel and it may have worked out.)
Pal @terry-border.bsky.social had recommended to me "Portrait Artist of the Year" (which he may have recommended in our unreleased podcast about competitive arts programs but having not listened again to that recording I forgot) and it is delightful.
S2E4: Greg Davies as subject!
S2E4: Greg Davies as subject!
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Pal @terry-border.bsky.social had recommended to me "Portrait Artist of the Year" (which he may have recommended in our unreleased podcast about competitive arts programs but having not listened again to that recording I forgot) and it is delightful.
S2E4: Greg Davies as subject!
S2E4: Greg Davies as subject!
The Impromptu Marmathon is Back! Quindecennial success!
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The Impromptu Marmathon is Back! Quindecennial success!
BBCAmerica playing "The Running Man" feels gently pointed in terms of scheduling programming as a kind of "That's you guys" messaging.
But also I'm not mad about it.
But also I'm not mad about it.
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
BBCAmerica playing "The Running Man" feels gently pointed in terms of scheduling programming as a kind of "That's you guys" messaging.
But also I'm not mad about it.
But also I'm not mad about it.