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akaKatboy W-H

@soundofmatt.bsky.social

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Husband, dad, software engineer, gardener, musician, suburbanite, reformed hillbilly, atheist, moderately liberal, Boomer-X cusp, tired ... no ... not tired ... WEARY. Life is good. Sure beats the alternative. 4.9/5.0 stars. http://www.akakatboy.com

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks!

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · 4h

It's an original parody, if that's what you mean. I think Mssrs. Simon and Garfunkle get credit for the original ;-)

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · 1d

If your giant basil is covered with bees, does it become beezil?

🌱

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · 13d

Nice! I didn't know it grew here ... had never seen it before. One of my fave plants. Hmm ... I wonder if I can snag some seed ...

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · 14d

I know this as Snow on the Mountain, and am a bit surprised to see it in N. Tx.
🌱 #gardeningfeed #yardening

Closeup of a blooming Snow on the Mountain plant

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm from TN. My dad studied that trial when he was in law school at UT. 'Nother $100 coming your way for the memories :-)

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Jul 24

mindreader. I had this exactly same convo with a friend the other day. "Congress can do whatever but until we fix the Constitution none of that matters. Capture the Court, capture the country."

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Jul 24

So do the microgreen farmers or the mature-green farmers donate more money to members of the current regime?

I expect future "studies" to move in that direction very quickly.

(fd: I agree with the study, but I'm cynical as hell these days)

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Jul 1

Trust me, its not all cucurbit heaven in my yard. I have another cuke patch (bushies vs. these vining ones) that are NOT doing well. They're in the direct TX midday sun, and are struggling mightily. Since the plants are weak, all manner of maladies have appeared. *sigh*

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Jul 1

Cukehedge!
Tis a magic place
Where the bees doth rise with a pollen face...

#yardening 🌱 #vegetablegardeninginthesuburbs

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Jun 15

Our new, grumpy, camera-shy neighbor.

#yardening #turtles 🐢

Turtle (possibly red-eared slider) looking cranky in its.shell

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Jun 15

"disproportionately white". Total coincidence, I'm sure.

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · Jun 1

At Harvard? Good luck, Ms, Ardern.

Deportation proceedings in 3 .... 2 ..... 1 .....

:-(

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 31

New music from my alter-ego, akaKatboy:

youtu.be/37tHS-ZB6RM

#indiemusic #music 🎵🎧 #dudewithaukulele

In Line

YouTube video by akaKatboy

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 24

Wabbit Season?

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 24

This is a damn JAM, is what this is!!!

🎧 #music #afrobeat #kuti4ever

youtu.be/mFSRCG4DrmI?...

Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck - Opposite People (Fela Kuti)

YouTube video by Enlamakinita

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 12

Yep. I thought I had another good year on the soil in this bed so I didnt do a bunch of nutritional prep. Sigh. Live and learn 😁

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 11

Thanks! My cell camera is iffy, but these turned out nice.

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 11

Some yardening flower pics. Magnolia, Mimosa, Milkweed, and Ca. Poppy.

🌱 #yardening #flowers

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 8

HOW DARE THEY NOT BEND THE KNEE AND KISS THE "RING" !!!

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 4

Hello blosson end rot my old friend
We're low on calcium again
I'll hit the beds up with some meal of bone
So I can grow some tasties for my home
And the squash and zucchini will be growing up the trellis
wall
For us all
This is the sound
Of #yardening

(Props to simon & garfunkle)

🌱

A small immature squash fruit with blossom end rot

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 4

.. and don't make it easy for the propagandists to spin the protests as "against the military".

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 4

Need to tread carefully here imho. Don't want to conflate protesting this shite administration with protesting the military. ESPECIALLY considering the optics of any protest as will be blatted out by the state propaganda organization (ie MSM).

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akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 3

BOOM!

akaKatboy W-H @soundofmatt.bsky.social · May 2

Yep, thats what these are. Vines with needle-like thorns ... ask me how I know this .. and red hairs on the stem. As a non botanist, thats about as definitive as PlantNet gets 😜

Thanks for mentioning this btw. I'd never heard of dewberries before, and I got to learn something ❤️

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