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Matt Kingston 🎯

@hitormiss.org

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NYC, college administrator, castalbums.org collector, Disney parks fan, & old skool blogger. Married to @tinmanic. http://pronoun.is/he

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jan 20

Sigh, this is going to be a tough four years. But it will end and time marches forward.

I built a Skeetbot to count down to the end of the Trump administration #inauguration #countdown

Countdown to end of Trump presidency @trumppercent.bsky.social · Jan 20

The Trump presidency just started.
There are 1461 days remaining
trumppercent.com

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 3d

D’oh typo! “Met” my husband

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 3d

Meet my husband through our blogs & Friendster and we just celebrated our 22nd anniversary

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 3d

LIBERATION #TonightsBill no playbill photo because I have to lock up my phone when I go in

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 3d

My husband and I still refer to this show as “Throw Baby From the Train”

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 13d

Our neighbors put in a “catio”

Jeff 🏳️‍🌈 @tinmanic.bsky.social · 13d

Our neighbors behind us have put in a cat balcony.

Semicircular cat balcony in an apartment window with a dark gray cat sitting in it

Close up of the cat balcony in an apartment window with a dark gray cat sitting in it

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 19d

As a local, I’m not even planning to see that much stuff this fall. I only have tickets to two shows right now and have even passed up what I’ve seen on TDF. Definitely not being the “Completionist“ that I’ve been in previous years.

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 29d

Sometimes it feels like I’ve done nothing BUT watch short run shows. The rarer case is when a show that feels like it was made just for me actually gets to have an ending (like CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND)

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 29d

Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 29d

It can also translate signs into other languages, which is handy when traveling (and feels like sci-fi to me)

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 29d

If you have an Android, the Google Lens app does the same type of thing

www.croma.com/unboxed/how-...

www.croma.com

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · 29d

Do you have an iPhone? If you touch and then long press the button in the bottom right corner, it allows you to copy the text from an image. You still have to clean it up a bit but it’s a big help for transcription

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Sep 11

I'm now officially "count out your medication with a daily pill organizer" years old (i.e. 51).

Photo of my new pill organizer next to an empty water glass

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Sep 7

Booked my COVID-19 vaccination appointment for this coming Sunday. I hope nothing changes in the next week that reverses access 😬

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Aug 28

Josh Sharp’s ta-da #TonightsBill

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Countdown to end of Trump presidency @trumppercent.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Trump presidency is 15.0% over
There are 1242 days remaining
http://TrumpPercent.com

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Aug 11

CLUE, which I saw in its original run and didn’t even get to see the best ending until the VHS release.

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Aug 5

Pebble watches are actually coming back with new hardware: store.repebble.com

Get your new PebbleOS watch

Pre-order your new PebbleOS smartwatch today

store.repebble.com

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Aug 2

Have never read the novel, but I enjoyed the 2012 film. It’s staged like a play.

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jul 20

At Little Island for THE GOSPEL OF COLONUS #TonightsBill #NoPaperProgram

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jul 17

I’m assuming this is due to increased attempts to block AI bots. I’ve ramped up efforts to block bots from absolutely slamming my webserver but it’s resulted in some users seeing messages like that.

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jul 14

Love Tina’s crocs!

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jul 3

I still want to hear the score Guettel wrote (even though I’m sure it wouldn’t have worked either)

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jul 2

I keep shouting at the TV whenever I see these commercials. I play that freeminum game (Royal Kingdom) and I can’t imagine they actually earn enough money to pay for these celebs. Maybe the celebs just like playing too and get in-game credits?

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jun 28

Runners up include the THREE INVESTIGATORS series and the works of John Bellairs (and the Edward Gorey illustrations)

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Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jun 28

I have a hazy memory of the two boys’ friendship and apparently I’m not the only person to have read something into it?…

everydayheterosexism.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-wonderful-flight-to-mushroom-planet.html?m=1

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet

David Cameron, whose mother wrote the "Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet."

everydayheterosexism.blogspot.com

Matt Kingston 🎯 @hitormiss.org · Jun 28

What's a book—or series of books—that you loved as a kid that almost nobody seems to read or even remember nowadays?

THE WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET, a 1954 children's novel (and sequels) by Eleanor Cameron. These were probably the first sci-fi I checked out from my local library

Cover of the book, with 2 boys following an alien under a giant mushroom and the earth in the sky behind them.

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