Brian
@dabolts.bsky.social
Father of kids that somehow turned out great. History buff, Chargers fan and Padres fan (so comfortable with tragedy). Occasionally lifts heavy metal objects, heavy being a relative term.
For work I do software, but old school desktop/DB type stuff.
For work I do software, but old school desktop/DB type stuff.
I remembered to get the suitcase down for my wife.
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I remembered to get the suitcase down for my wife.
Seahawks winning the Superbowl, then getting bought by Bezos.
a black and white photo of a woman laughing with her mouth wide open .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman laughing with her mouth wide open .
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Seahawks winning the Superbowl, then getting bought by Bezos.
January has been fucked up for two years running. I ride my bike around the neighborhood and at the end of January there are always kids headed to the school for Baseball tryouts. These kids are saving January every year for me.
February 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
January has been fucked up for two years running. I ride my bike around the neighborhood and at the end of January there are always kids headed to the school for Baseball tryouts. These kids are saving January every year for me.
Found out ICE picked up our gardener. He has been working with us for 10 years, two teenaged kids. So much for 'worst of the worst.' Not sure how these bastards sleep.
January 27, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Found out ICE picked up our gardener. He has been working with us for 10 years, two teenaged kids. So much for 'worst of the worst.' Not sure how these bastards sleep.
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I hope everyone realizes that Minnesota moms bring more logistical prowess than any of those insurgencies - perhaps on order the Ho Chi Minh Trail level of logistics, but at the tactical level.
Insurgents are incredibly unimpressive when it comes to logistics.
Insurgents are incredibly unimpressive when it comes to logistics.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 27, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I hope everyone realizes that Minnesota moms bring more logistical prowess than any of those insurgencies - perhaps on order the Ho Chi Minh Trail level of logistics, but at the tactical level.
Insurgents are incredibly unimpressive when it comes to logistics.
Insurgents are incredibly unimpressive when it comes to logistics.
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Battle of Waterloo Minute by Minute In 60 Seconds
credit: Mapsinanutshell (Youtube)
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credit: Mapsinanutshell (Youtube)
More about the battle: brilliantmaps.com/waterloo-...
January 26, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Battle of Waterloo Minute by Minute In 60 Seconds
credit: Mapsinanutshell (Youtube)
More about the battle: brilliantmaps.com/waterloo-...
credit: Mapsinanutshell (Youtube)
More about the battle: brilliantmaps.com/waterloo-...
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this knight: he is a good one
Ian McKellen performs speech about immigrants by Shakespeare from Thomas More (23/4/2016)
YouTube video by TFotF
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January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
this knight: he is a good one
What we 'reply all' to echoes through eternity.
January 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What we 'reply all' to echoes through eternity.
There was a woman at the gym working out in a full length dress. Have to admit, I respect it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
There was a woman at the gym working out in a full length dress. Have to admit, I respect it.
There is a family of spiders in the back of our mailbox and I enjoy greeting them every day. Pretty sure our neighbor thinks I'm quite mad.
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
There is a family of spiders in the back of our mailbox and I enjoy greeting them every day. Pretty sure our neighbor thinks I'm quite mad.
Every year around Christmas the Y has a Poinsettia dinner and they close off the squat racks for like a week to set up. Is it even Christmas if there is no squat rack?
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Every year around Christmas the Y has a Poinsettia dinner and they close off the squat racks for like a week to set up. Is it even Christmas if there is no squat rack?
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande has been gathering dust on my bookshelf for about ten years. My wife saw it and now when I don't check my todo list she whacks me in the head with it, so ... very effective!
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande has been gathering dust on my bookshelf for about ten years. My wife saw it and now when I don't check my todo list she whacks me in the head with it, so ... very effective!
Smaller guy next to me at the gym hitting three plates easily; I need to figure out when he comes and pick other times.
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Smaller guy next to me at the gym hitting three plates easily; I need to figure out when he comes and pick other times.
Thinking the ultimate Advent Calendar for Dad's would be a new tool every day. But obscure tools, ones you need like once or twice in your life. It would make you a king among your peers. "You needed a pickle fork? Should have just asked..."
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thinking the ultimate Advent Calendar for Dad's would be a new tool every day. But obscure tools, ones you need like once or twice in your life. It would make you a king among your peers. "You needed a pickle fork? Should have just asked..."
I saw this woman in a walking boot working out at the gym. I mean if I have a hangnail I am skipping leg day.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I saw this woman in a walking boot working out at the gym. I mean if I have a hangnail I am skipping leg day.
Told a young woman her front passenger side tire was very low on air, so think I have achieved peak boomer. In my defense her tire was really low and it worried me.
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Told a young woman her front passenger side tire was very low on air, so think I have achieved peak boomer. In my defense her tire was really low and it worried me.
Joe Alt out for the season.
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Joe Alt out for the season.
lol, Herbert will not talk to the TNF crew and they ran off to the studio.
October 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
lol, Herbert will not talk to the TNF crew and they ran off to the studio.
Replaced our garbage disposal.
bugs bunny is standing in a boxing ring and says just call me champ
ALT: bugs bunny is standing in a boxing ring and says just call me champ
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October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Replaced our garbage disposal.
I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
a painting of a mountain with the word dolby on the bottom right
ALT: a painting of a mountain with the word dolby on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
Bandy flashback there.
September 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Bandy flashback there.
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Things that make you go hmm...
July 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Things that make you go hmm...
When my daughter was in college she volunteered at a suicide hotline. Then she worked at Americorp teaching reading at an under resourced school. Now she is a school psych at a bilingual school that is losing mental health grants. This administration has cut everything she has worked for.
Trump administration to cancel $1bn in Biden-era school mental health grants
Trump administration to cancel $1bn in Biden-era school mental health grants
Funding will not be continued next year after bill signed in 2022 helped schools hire more mental health workers
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When my daughter was in college she volunteered at a suicide hotline. Then she worked at Americorp teaching reading at an under resourced school. Now she is a school psych at a bilingual school that is losing mental health grants. This administration has cut everything she has worked for.