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Eric Cloninger
@ericcloninger.bsky.social
Human. Mostly water. Rational redneck. Breaker and Builder of Things. Occasionally amusing.
Why do the Carolina Panthers exist other than to be the NFL's Washington Generals? Clay Bennett should buy the team and bring them to OKC.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Oklahoma has mountains?

my72mgb.com/blog/oklahom...
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Do you know what's better than #TNF on #AmazonPrime? U.S. Deputy Marshall Raylan Givens on Plex, courtesy of my seedbox. 🏴‍☠️

How can I stream a TV show from the EU with better frame rates than the NFL on AWS' network?

It's not incompetence, it's malfeasance.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France.

#lestweforget
Here rests, in honored glory, an American Soldier. Known but to God.

Better men answered the call than those who sent them off to foreign lands to die. #memorialday
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Bagels and Brits
A small Saturday Morning gathering of British car enthusiasts.
my72mgb.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Tonight's rabbit hole. Random live music performance on YT where the main act brings on a guest.

Guest starts playing guitar.

Wait, what hollow body guitar has a strat neck? What is with those pickups? Who is this guy?

Down we go, Alice. What a weird tea party it is.

Hint: #phish
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
What keeps you up at night? Tonight, it's "What made Prince, Prince"? The dude was much more than the sum of his albums. What made that weird brilliance? What made SRV? Or von Karajan. Or... what made any of us?

Luck. And chemistry.

There, it's settled.

Thank the gods for luck, and chemistry.
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I'm excited to discover @raffic.bsky.social on bsky. As a parent in the 90s/00s, I was grateful to have "Eeples and Beeneenees" on the ride to Memaw's house. Now that I'm a Pops, I want another generation dancing in unrestrained joy to Willoughby Wallaby Woo.

Merci, beaucoup.
November 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Ok, we got a #worldseries #game7 tomorrow night. Happy to have the final game in the #truenorth where Reichsführer Cheeto Fingers can't just show up on stage and despoil the trophy.

Whoever wins, wins. They have earned it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Good job #bluejays with that opening ceremony, for all the reasons spoken and unspoken in the performers that were chosen. Appreciate our friends in the #truenorth for their support and resistance.

Still, I'm rooting for the National League team. But, let's play 7.
October 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Trying to figure out if bsky is another node on the dead Internet, driven by LLMs and low men from @stephenking.bsky.social Gunslinger 'verse.

The only voices that seem to be real & not generated by Agencies & Markov chains are me & @flavorflav.bsky.social. Coz you can't simulate our kinda weird.
October 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Been a #Rush fan forever. Have a ton of OG vinyl. Saw them in ... 1994? Would love to see them with their new drummer and just enjoy a tiny bit of magic just one moment more.

But, Ticketmaster.

Nope.

Not doing that.

Ever.
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
At the #BadPlace, I had a troll account named @OkcMariners posting shit talk during Hot Stove season. Got banned for being a pest, but there was no malice involved. Just poking at Seattle fans.

If they blow a 2-0 LCS lead, I may have to resurrect the account on bsky as the Ghost of Edgar Martinez.
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
With all the shit that's happened this year, I would be perfectly happy for the #bluejays to win the #worldseries. Deny Pedo Don the chance to befoul the trophy with his stubby, lecherous fingers.

But I can't.

Were they a National League team, though... We'll see.
October 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Google's decision to force uninstall #android apps from other stores is a signal it's time to get away from their ecosystem.

It's been a few years since I used custom ROMs. Time to start back up.

Playing with #grapheneOS as an experiment. We'll see how it works with my banking and medical apps.
September 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The more I watch Thursday Night Football, the more I think I'd rather have a colonoscopy.

Instead of mediocre football on an inferior streaming service, I'm watching excellent guitar videos with Andy Timmons and Keith from Five Watt World.
September 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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All revved up with somewhere to go. Hope to see lots of other LBCs at Brits in the Ozarks.
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Is anyone else experiencing Death by #2FA? I'm a fan of adding layers of verifiable security to user accounts, but some of them are done so badly. All these happened in the last 2 hours.
September 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Went to the grocery store, post office, bank, and hardware store this morning. Talked to a cousin for 30 minutes on Main Street. Son-in-law worked in my office for 3 hours this afternoon.

Wife gets home and immediately asks why my shirt is on inside out.
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Hey @bsky.app can I offer some suggestions to your mobile app team on usability? Switching accounts is way too weird, and I'm not pretending to be a dog on the Internet or POTUS or Zelon Husk.
August 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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New gearshift knob for Pearline

my72mgb.com/blog/new-gea...
August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Sound System Cleanup

my72mgb.com/blog/sound-s...
August 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Coffee and Cars, OKC August 2025

Also, attending Brits in the Ozarks next month.

my72mgb.com/blog/coffee-...
August 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Pre-Show Shining Up

my72mgb.com/blog/pre-sho...
August 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
You know when your friend is mad because you never told them about something awesome?

Well, here goes...

Laoganma Chili Crisp. Rhymes, with "How Grandma". You can find it in most Asian groceries. Walmart carries it.

It's a slow burn that releases wonderful endorphins and makes your scalp sweat.
July 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM