Chief Oddball
@chiefoddball.bsky.social
Software engineer. Loves the cars you hate. Imported from Detroit.
Go Mango is not technically a metallic paint, but it has a subtle gold sparkle in just the right light. I love it.
Anyone who said I’d get tied of orange…nope. Had the car 9 years now. Still smitten.
Anyone who said I’d get tied of orange…nope. Had the car 9 years now. Still smitten.
January 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Go Mango is not technically a metallic paint, but it has a subtle gold sparkle in just the right light. I love it.
Anyone who said I’d get tied of orange…nope. Had the car 9 years now. Still smitten.
Anyone who said I’d get tied of orange…nope. Had the car 9 years now. Still smitten.
Pretty hard to miss this one in the parking lot.
January 2, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Pretty hard to miss this one in the parking lot.
All cleaned up and waiting to be driven tomorrow.
January 2, 2026 at 5:55 AM
All cleaned up and waiting to be driven tomorrow.
New year, new stuff for the Challenger: AGM battery, cabin air filter, orange Dodge "war paint" logo dust mats, and a fresh wash. Also oiled the squeaky center console lid, finally. All set for cruising during the long weekend--weather looks to be perfect.
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
New year, new stuff for the Challenger: AGM battery, cabin air filter, orange Dodge "war paint" logo dust mats, and a fresh wash. Also oiled the squeaky center console lid, finally. All set for cruising during the long weekend--weather looks to be perfect.
What shall I call this? Smokey and the Gladiator? Jeep Y84 special edition?
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What shall I call this? Smokey and the Gladiator? Jeep Y84 special edition?
Beautiful fall day, 69 degrees and sunny. Good day for an open sunroof and the annual state inspection.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Beautiful fall day, 69 degrees and sunny. Good day for an open sunroof and the annual state inspection.
I never noticed until last weekend's rewatch of Halloween II that Nurse Karen (who gets her face boiled off in the scalding hydrotherapy tub) is played by Pamela Susan Shoop, who was also Maggie in the Knight Rider pilot AND Marta from the Knight Rider fourth season premiere!
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I never noticed until last weekend's rewatch of Halloween II that Nurse Karen (who gets her face boiled off in the scalding hydrotherapy tub) is played by Pamela Susan Shoop, who was also Maggie in the Knight Rider pilot AND Marta from the Knight Rider fourth season premiere!
I'll probably just stay in this Challenger until it dies, but if it ever does I'll probably go back to one of these and pretend I'm living in simpler times.
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'll probably just stay in this Challenger until it dies, but if it ever does I'll probably go back to one of these and pretend I'm living in simpler times.
Been limping along with ancient routers for a long time and finally found a decent deal for an upgrade.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Been limping along with ancient routers for a long time and finally found a decent deal for an upgrade.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
Someone at Creative Labs actually remembered this goofy parrot and Dr. Sbaitso and they’re trying to use them to launch a new product. It’s 1992 again I guess. (Actually, can it be? I’d like that.)
August 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Someone at Creative Labs actually remembered this goofy parrot and Dr. Sbaitso and they’re trying to use them to launch a new product. It’s 1992 again I guess. (Actually, can it be? I’d like that.)
Spotted at the Asian grocery store tonight
July 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Spotted at the Asian grocery store tonight
Spotted this beautiful Firehawk out for a drive early this morning.
June 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Spotted this beautiful Firehawk out for a drive early this morning.
can i come over and stare at you like this?
June 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
can i come over and stare at you like this?
At first I thought you said the most iconic gaming *box*, period, to which I thought, it has to be NovaLogic's Ultrabots, a packaging design by Hock Wah Yeo:
June 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At first I thought you said the most iconic gaming *box*, period, to which I thought, it has to be NovaLogic's Ultrabots, a packaging design by Hock Wah Yeo:
Rented a convertible Mustang in Hawaii last week. Same car we rented 8 years ago, just the updated model. Had the turbo four, but with much improved transmission and better build quality than the last one. Sluggish steering and throttle response, but otherwise and impressive and fun little car.
May 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Rented a convertible Mustang in Hawaii last week. Same car we rented 8 years ago, just the updated model. Had the turbo four, but with much improved transmission and better build quality than the last one. Sluggish steering and throttle response, but otherwise and impressive and fun little car.
Florida bans fluoride in drinking water, and this is the first thing I think of.
May 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Florida bans fluoride in drinking water, and this is the first thing I think of.
Looking forward to your posts on B7...I love this series too. The characters and actors playing them are tops. I discovered Paul Darrow through B7 and he's fantastic.
Apparently Cmdr. Uvanov liked the cream-colored couch in Glynd's office because his quarters on Storm Mine 4 have the same one!
Apparently Cmdr. Uvanov liked the cream-colored couch in Glynd's office because his quarters on Storm Mine 4 have the same one!
April 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Looking forward to your posts on B7...I love this series too. The characters and actors playing them are tops. I discovered Paul Darrow through B7 and he's fantastic.
Apparently Cmdr. Uvanov liked the cream-colored couch in Glynd's office because his quarters on Storm Mine 4 have the same one!
Apparently Cmdr. Uvanov liked the cream-colored couch in Glynd's office because his quarters on Storm Mine 4 have the same one!
Cool, I've never seen this album before. As a kid I collected everything I could find that had the Star Trek theme on it.
When the original TOS scores for "The Doomsday Machine" and "Amok Time" were released for the 25th Anniversary, I was ecstatic. Picked up this album at a convention in '92.
When the original TOS scores for "The Doomsday Machine" and "Amok Time" were released for the 25th Anniversary, I was ecstatic. Picked up this album at a convention in '92.
April 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Cool, I've never seen this album before. As a kid I collected everything I could find that had the Star Trek theme on it.
When the original TOS scores for "The Doomsday Machine" and "Amok Time" were released for the 25th Anniversary, I was ecstatic. Picked up this album at a convention in '92.
When the original TOS scores for "The Doomsday Machine" and "Amok Time" were released for the 25th Anniversary, I was ecstatic. Picked up this album at a convention in '92.
I had a whole animated GIF of the eponymous button being pressed, but Bluesky doesn't support animated GIFs because apparently web technologies from 30 years ago are too hard to pull off.
April 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I had a whole animated GIF of the eponymous button being pressed, but Bluesky doesn't support animated GIFs because apparently web technologies from 30 years ago are too hard to pull off.
Star Wars: Dark Forces
January 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Using an image, show an episode of Star Trek you’ve seen more than ten times.
December 31, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Using an image, show an episode of Star Trek you’ve seen more than ten times.
GM HQ has a handful of rare classics on display in the cavernous and mostly vacant lobby, my favorite of which was this 1970 Buick GSX.
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 AM
GM HQ has a handful of rare classics on display in the cavernous and mostly vacant lobby, my favorite of which was this 1970 Buick GSX.