Parke Troutman
@parketroutman.bsky.social
This is my personal account here, which is kinda random but trending towards gaming and Dungeons and Dragons at the moment. Have created a politics account: @parkeonpolicy.bsky.social| AuDHD | Goodreads: https://tinyurl.com/parkesreads
You know you're spending too much time staring at pixels when you think of photographs as IRL screenshots.
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
You know you're spending too much time staring at pixels when you think of photographs as IRL screenshots.
I’m very powerful. I can get people to do things without their knowledge. All I have to do is click “Join” for a virtual meeting and I can turn on leafblowers, convince neighbors to get into arguments with Alexa and even get dogs to go on barking benders.
October 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’m very powerful. I can get people to do things without their knowledge. All I have to do is click “Join” for a virtual meeting and I can turn on leafblowers, convince neighbors to get into arguments with Alexa and even get dogs to go on barking benders.
You know the kiddos are getting older when, on a camping trip, multiple moms wear their sons' old clothing.
May 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
You know the kiddos are getting older when, on a camping trip, multiple moms wear their sons' old clothing.
Quite the #Earworm: I would conservatively estimate that I've listened to Rose Betts's "Doodles" a hundred times today. This is just shooting joy straight into your veins.
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Rose Betts - Doodles (Official Video)
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April 1, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Quite the #Earworm: I would conservatively estimate that I've listened to Rose Betts's "Doodles" a hundred times today. This is just shooting joy straight into your veins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Bv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Bv...
A consequence of nerds taking over pop culture is that it’s so hard to schedule high school #DnD sessions because everyone has team sports.
March 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A consequence of nerds taking over pop culture is that it’s so hard to schedule high school #DnD sessions because everyone has team sports.
Reposted by Parke Troutman
17 yrs ago a student in my local history class found this newspaper reprint of a letter a GI wrote home in #WWII. Recently we reconnected and I asked about the letter, which they still had. Its take on why fight is so prescient in #2025. Worth zooming in for sure.
March 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
17 yrs ago a student in my local history class found this newspaper reprint of a letter a GI wrote home in #WWII. Recently we reconnected and I asked about the letter, which they still had. Its take on why fight is so prescient in #2025. Worth zooming in for sure.
Reposted by Parke Troutman
February 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Been worrying that the empty shelf on my newly organized #DnD wall would burn a hole in pocket. Voila! Assemble a budding shelf of @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social.
February 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Been worrying that the empty shelf on my newly organized #DnD wall would burn a hole in pocket. Voila! Assemble a budding shelf of @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social.
Today taught the high schoolers how to play one of my childhood favorites, #Axis&Allies. Cool to listen to them talk strategy. Much better than reading about “adults” talking about invading Greenland.
January 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Today taught the high schoolers how to play one of my childhood favorites, #Axis&Allies. Cool to listen to them talk strategy. Much better than reading about “adults” talking about invading Greenland.
Getting disenchanted with metallic paints and only time constraints keep me from trying NMMs. But dang, I’m finishing the teeth on this drake last because I keep feeling it’s about to bite my fingers. #minipainting
January 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Getting disenchanted with metallic paints and only time constraints keep me from trying NMMs. But dang, I’m finishing the teeth on this drake last because I keep feeling it’s about to bite my fingers. #minipainting
#UltimateDungeonTerrain also doubles as a cool wall hanging. #DnD
January 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#UltimateDungeonTerrain also doubles as a cool wall hanging. #DnD
Is there a real word for what I call #backstacking? While doing something, I discover more upstream tasks and subtasks. For example, I start organizing a shelf. I go to put something in a more permanent spot, which also needs to be organized. Then the place beside it looks dirty in comparison… #ADHD
January 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Is there a real word for what I call #backstacking? While doing something, I discover more upstream tasks and subtasks. For example, I start organizing a shelf. I go to put something in a more permanent spot, which also needs to be organized. Then the place beside it looks dirty in comparison… #ADHD
Listening to #FloggingMolly for hours and then my music player tossed in Frank Sinatra's Jingle Bells. That wasn't jarring at all!
January 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Listening to #FloggingMolly for hours and then my music player tossed in Frank Sinatra's Jingle Bells. That wasn't jarring at all!
Been exploring new genres of music in recent years. But can’t stream music this week, so I’ve been listening to music from when we downloaded mp3s. Some of it is gobsmackingly amazing. Lookin’ at you, #FloggingMolly. Even songs I didn’t particularly like are sending chills down my spine.
January 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Been exploring new genres of music in recent years. But can’t stream music this week, so I’ve been listening to music from when we downloaded mp3s. Some of it is gobsmackingly amazing. Lookin’ at you, #FloggingMolly. Even songs I didn’t particularly like are sending chills down my spine.
When in Rome, do what the Romans do --- as long as the Romans are watching. Otherwise, do whatever it takes to keep the homesickness down.
January 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
When in Rome, do what the Romans do --- as long as the Romans are watching. Otherwise, do whatever it takes to keep the homesickness down.
Just realized that if I made a #NewYearsResolution, it would amount to "Keep doing what I'm doing." I don't know if that means I'm happy or terrible at achieving my goals. 🤷
January 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just realized that if I made a #NewYearsResolution, it would amount to "Keep doing what I'm doing." I don't know if that means I'm happy or terrible at achieving my goals. 🤷
Ran a 4+ hour Dungeons and Dragons sessions for high schoolers today, without any real breaks. Exhausted but weirdly energized. Is that what being an extrovert is like? #DnD
January 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Ran a 4+ hour Dungeons and Dragons sessions for high schoolers today, without any real breaks. Exhausted but weirdly energized. Is that what being an extrovert is like? #DnD
Best question in 2024 from one of my (then middle school) Dungeons and Dragons players. During set up (for a session in Neverwinter), "Why do you have a box labeled 'Mob violence'?" #DnD
January 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Best question in 2024 from one of my (then middle school) Dungeons and Dragons players. During set up (for a session in Neverwinter), "Why do you have a box labeled 'Mob violence'?" #DnD
In #DnD, has anyone ever had labor issues with #FindFamiliar? The bat familiar of the wizard in my party is over the suicide scouting missions. The rules say that it has to “always obey your commands” but there’s a lot of wiggle room in “always.”
January 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In #DnD, has anyone ever had labor issues with #FindFamiliar? The bat familiar of the wizard in my party is over the suicide scouting missions. The rules say that it has to “always obey your commands” but there’s a lot of wiggle room in “always.”
When I first got a #BlueSky account over a year ago, I didn't have many extraneous followers. I just created an account to talk politics (@parkeonpolicy.bsky.social) and within seconds was getting random bot-like followers. Got some growin' pains going on here.
December 31, 2024 at 2:53 PM
When I first got a #BlueSky account over a year ago, I didn't have many extraneous followers. I just created an account to talk politics (@parkeonpolicy.bsky.social) and within seconds was getting random bot-like followers. Got some growin' pains going on here.