Derek Lyons
@derekl1963.bsky.social
Anime and other random things.
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Ready for the culinary guild end of year potluck and treat exchange... Homemade liquors for sampling and 60ml bottles for the exchange, and my wife's famous brown sugar cookies.
Not pictured, the french bread pizza with mushroom ragu that I'll bake right before we leave.
Not pictured, the french bread pizza with mushroom ragu that I'll bake right before we leave.
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ready for the culinary guild end of year potluck and treat exchange... Homemade liquors for sampling and 60ml bottles for the exchange, and my wife's famous brown sugar cookies.
Not pictured, the french bread pizza with mushroom ragu that I'll bake right before we leave.
Not pictured, the french bread pizza with mushroom ragu that I'll bake right before we leave.
Don't remember the experience, but the consequences have stuck with me.
Batman (1989), with a girl I'd met a couple of days before who also wanted to see it but who (like me) didn't want to go alone.
And we were very clear - this was Not. A. Date.
We celebrate our 36th anniversary next summer.
Batman (1989), with a girl I'd met a couple of days before who also wanted to see it but who (like me) didn't want to go alone.
And we were very clear - this was Not. A. Date.
We celebrate our 36th anniversary next summer.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Don't remember the experience, but the consequences have stuck with me.
Batman (1989), with a girl I'd met a couple of days before who also wanted to see it but who (like me) didn't want to go alone.
And we were very clear - this was Not. A. Date.
We celebrate our 36th anniversary next summer.
Batman (1989), with a girl I'd met a couple of days before who also wanted to see it but who (like me) didn't want to go alone.
And we were very clear - this was Not. A. Date.
We celebrate our 36th anniversary next summer.
I get this when I travel... Travel is fun, but I hit a point where I want my own bed, my own coffee machine, and my familiar coffee mug.
“How exciting it is to travel.”
He thought, curling up in his hammock.
“How wonderful it is to be home.”
It was good to be in his own bed.
He thought, curling up in his hammock.
“How wonderful it is to be home.”
It was good to be in his own bed.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I get this when I travel... Travel is fun, but I hit a point where I want my own bed, my own coffee machine, and my familiar coffee mug.
Good one indeed!
You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for... 🔭
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Good one indeed!
TVアニメ「ワンダンス」ノンクレジットオープニング映像｜BE:FIRST「Stare In Wonder」
YouTube video by Asmik Ace
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Would people think I was crazy if I said I was looking forward to Medalist almost as much as Frieren?
Don't care, it was surprisingly good. You should check it out.
Don't care, it was surprisingly good. You should check it out.
Medalist returns to the ice one year later!
Medalist Season 2's 1st Video Reveals More Cast, Opening Song Artist, January 24 Debut
Girl group HANA performs opening song "Cold Night"
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December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Would people think I was crazy if I said I was looking forward to Medalist almost as much as Frieren?
Don't care, it was surprisingly good. You should check it out.
Don't care, it was surprisingly good. You should check it out.
Landslides, flooding, gales, heavy rains, all-in-all a fairly typical Puget Sound winter.
(We're under no warnings here, and sit pretty high up. Crossing fingers.)
(We're under no warnings here, and sit pretty high up. Crossing fingers.)
Special Weather Statement issued December 9 at 4:34AM PST by NWS Seattle WA
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Landslides, flooding, gales, heavy rains, all-in-all a fairly typical Puget Sound winter.
(We're under no warnings here, and sit pretty high up. Crossing fingers.)
(We're under no warnings here, and sit pretty high up. Crossing fingers.)
Anime you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Streamline, Manga Ent., or Toonami.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Anime you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Streamline, Manga Ent., or Toonami.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
For anime, hard mode would be "no Ghibli or Shinkai", but that's not in the rules as written. So, I'm going take advantage of that loophole.
For anime, hard mode would be "no Ghibli or Shinkai", but that's not in the rules as written. So, I'm going take advantage of that loophole.
December 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
For anime, hard mode would be "no Ghibli or Shinkai", but that's not in the rules as written. So, I'm going take advantage of that loophole.
For anime, hard mode would be "no Ghibli or Shinkai", but that's not in the rules as written. So, I'm going take advantage of that loophole.
Why yes, yes I did have a plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies for breakfast. Why shouldn’t I?
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why yes, yes I did have a plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies for breakfast. Why shouldn’t I?
Well freakin' deserved. An amazing film.
The Colors Within has been nominated for Best Animated Film at the Seattle Film Critics Society Awards.
The Colors Within Anime Nominated for Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
Film nominated for Best Animated Film; 2025 SFCS Awards to be held on December 15
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December 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Well freakin' deserved. An amazing film.
The "Blue Marble", still one of the most amazing and evocative photographs ever taken.
Today in 1972, as Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, and Ron Evans were rocketing toward the Moon, one of them looked back and took this iconic photograph, the first to capture a fully-illuminated round Earth and the only one taken by a human being.
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The "Blue Marble", still one of the most amazing and evocative photographs ever taken.
My year on YouTube... Quite the year!
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
My year on YouTube... Quite the year!
Everything I need to do today at some point seems to involve making a mess in or cleaning up the kitchen.
a girl in a maid costume is standing in front of a table
ALT: a girl in a maid costume is standing in front of a table
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December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Everything I need to do today at some point seems to involve making a mess in or cleaning up the kitchen.
I may have gone a bit overboard experimenting with liqueurs for the culinary guild holiday party…. From left to right, ginger, coffee, chocolate, and orange.
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I may have gone a bit overboard experimenting with liqueurs for the culinary guild holiday party…. From left to right, ginger, coffee, chocolate, and orange.
True, but also somber and disturbing. Because those grandmas were my grandmas, my older aunts, etc...
It’s weird to think that the entire generation of grandmas who would get those curly, helmet–like perms like a Estelle from Golden Girls have almost entirely departed this mortal plane by now. Much like a floppy disk icon, the iconography has outlived what it represented.
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
True, but also somber and disturbing. Because those grandmas were my grandmas, my older aunts, etc...
>.<
(And jealous that I didn't think of it first...)
(And jealous that I didn't think of it first...)
the butlerian jihad, of course, implies the existence of a maidian jihad
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
>.<
(And jealous that I didn't think of it first...)
(And jealous that I didn't think of it first...)
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I am in trouble. Wonderful, echoing, melodious trouble... But trouble nonetheless.
I am in trouble. Wonderful, echoing, melodious trouble... But trouble nonetheless.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I am in trouble. Wonderful, echoing, melodious trouble... But trouble nonetheless.
I am in trouble. Wonderful, echoing, melodious trouble... But trouble nonetheless.
Absolute truth!
Who else could do this in *one continuous take*?
Who else could do this in *one continuous take*?
Just a reminder that Hayami Saori is the greatest voice actor in anime.
#早見沙織
youtu.be/iNPK6DzQCzY?...
#早見沙織
youtu.be/iNPK6DzQCzY?...
I Don't Understand! | When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace
YouTube video by Crunchyroll
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November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Absolute truth!
Who else could do this in *one continuous take*?
Who else could do this in *one continuous take*?
Now I want some simmered daikon...
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Now I want some simmered daikon...
Birthday dinner. First time having otoro grade tuna and OMG good. Also scored a Luffy character stand for turning in 15 dishes.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Birthday dinner. First time having otoro grade tuna and OMG good. Also scored a Luffy character stand for turning in 15 dishes.
Making the base for ice cream for my birthday tomorrow. Slight tweaks to the recipe, but staying mindful of Savage’s Law - “If you don’t write it down, you’re just screwing around.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Making the base for ice cream for my birthday tomorrow. Slight tweaks to the recipe, but staying mindful of Savage’s Law - “If you don’t write it down, you’re just screwing around.”
Honestly, the best episode of the series...
Today we're continuing our rock festival through the weekend, as Lilisa and Otoha share their first live performance alongside a poor, unsuspecting orchestral group. Let's return to the battleground of Rock is a Lady's Modesty!
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November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Honestly, the best episode of the series...
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
October 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".