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Karl Coleman

@snarl71.bsky.social

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Cape Cod native. Formerly just another gaijin living in Tokyo, currently just another local living in the People’s Republic of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 50s, work in higher education, passionate about travel.

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Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Aug 21

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2019. Randy and I are in Provincetown for the Carnival parade today.

Here I am the last time we attended six years ago. #ptown #provincetown #provincetowncarnival #pbg #ptowncarnival #massachusetts @snarl71

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Aug 14

TBT - Throw Throwback Thursday: 2012.

Standing atop the Mori Tower in 六本木、東京。

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jul 31

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2011. Fourteen years ago TODAY on our honeymoon, Randy and I stayed at this SPECTACULAR rental unit atop the Waipi’o Rim on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Looking back at this photo it almost looks too perfect but it wasn’t. This was us standing in front of our private house.

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jul 27

A step back in time at #lyndellsbakery

By the way, the chocolate drizzled cream puffs are phenomenal.

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jul 20

Today was this kind of Saturday. @snarl71 #pooltime

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jul 10

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 1988. Mini golf at Pirate’s Cove with my (then) biggest crush, Gillian Crombie (a summer visa workers from Clarkston, Glasgow) We lost contact in the mid-90s and despite the powers of the interwebs I’ve never been able to find her again. #snarl71 #crush

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jul 3

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2007. Enjoying a beach day in #Provincetown 18 years ago. #herringcove #capecodnationalseashore #capecod

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jun 24

Proud of where I work (and graduated).

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jun 12

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2019. Happy Pride Month!

Accidentally stumbling upon Pride festivities in Quebec City, Canada, 6 years ago. #pride

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jun 5

Does this surprise anybody? Trump’s track record of destroyed relationships is even longer than his list of felonies.

It seems every ally, employee, or cabinet appointment he engages with leaves under acrimonious circumstances.

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Jun 5

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2008. Waiting for the Boston Pride parade to start 17 years ago. #bostonpride #pride

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · May 29

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2016. I’ve been fortunate to be able to spend my birthday in some pretty amazing places (Paris, Prague, Helsinki, Montreal, Aruba, Rome, Tokyo)…but the most spectacular would have to be Petra, Jordan, nine years ago. #petra #petrajordan

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · May 22

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2007. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, we used to almost always travel to Europe for my birthday/Memorial Day. Here I am in London 18 years ago.

We flew over on my actual birthday, so this is my jet lagged self the following day: May 25. #london #tbt #uk #towerbridge

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · May 15

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2009. Resting on an enormous sand dune in Death Valley, California, sixteen years ago. #tbt #deathvalley #sanddune

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · May 8

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2011. Enjoying a spring afternoon on Peaks Island, Maine, fourteen years ago. #peaksisland #peaksislandme #maine

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · May 1

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2008. Life imitates art, in San Francisco. @snarl71 #sfmoma #sculpture #lifeimitatingart #sanfrancisco #tbt

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Apr 24

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 2008: relaxing in the hot tub at the (now demolished) Summer Bay Resort in Las Vegas.

The place was a dump so not big loss. @snarl71 #hottub #oldlasvegas #vegas #lasvegas

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Apr 18

Donald Trump, May 2023:

“They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours.”

Today (88 days after his first 24 hours):

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Apr 6

Cambridge has a policy that you can’t remove a tree without city approval if the trunk is greater than 6 inches thick.

That results in things like this: a 3 foot wide tree that completely blocks the sidewalk to pedestrians, forcing you to walk into the street to pass by.

Nothing unsafe about that!

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Apr 3

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 1988: sitting in the beach grass, apparently testing my fate with Lyme Disease. Thankfully, I had all of that hair to protect me. #1980s #capecod #osterville #dowsesbeach #80s #ioncehadhair

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Mar 27

TBT - Throwback Thursday: 1998. I don’t think a photograph could epitomize the 1990s any more than this one does: flannel outer shirt, goth t-shirt, Lilith Fair posters, and long hair…standing outside of a record shop. What you can’t see are the Doc Martens on my feet. #1990s #90s #genx #generationx

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Mar 17

Good morning, world!
#morning #shower #morningshower #sunshine #panama #nuevagargona

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Mar 15

A nice, peaceful, escape to Panama…(before Trump tries to invade and ruin everything). #panama #vacation #nuevagorgona

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Mar 11

Are we winning yet? Are we great again?

Karl Coleman @snarl71.bsky.social · Mar 9

A day trip to #salem to explore the #peabodyessexmuseum #pem #salemma #massachusetts #art