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Chris Helgerson
@chrishelgerson.bsky.social
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PNW'r. Social media is a stream of consciousness thing for me. Politically independent/Center-Left (emphasis on Center). I love Erica!
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Perhaps some small changes to be made, but they are ooey-gooey and delicious.

I'm calling it a success.
Finished Italian Sweet Rolls, topped with a sugar icing. I'd like a little more browning, but I'm happy with how they've turned out.
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Trying something new this evening...

Italian Sweet Rolls.
A baking dish with Italian Sweet Rolls doing an oven rise. I hope they turn out good. Also I still need to clean my oven
December 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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I need a head count: who's coming for latkes? And who is going to prevent @annoyedobrien.bsky.social and @karads9.bsky.social from making "Manischewitz surprise" again?!
Latkes in the pan!
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Pretty decent haul for such a modest show. Prices were quite reasonable, too. Only had to haggle once (but my haggle remains strong!)
An image of my haul of comic books from FenCon in Lynnwood. It's very heavily tilted towards (mostly Bronze Age) Superman books, but some other stuff. I'm quite proud of the haul of Star Trek in Motion lenticular cards that I got a solid discount for.
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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I'm not Jewish, but as the sun inches towards setting I prepare to light a candle of hope and say a prayer for peace for all of God's children. If you see this, that means you.
With the news being what it is, whether you believe in prayer good thoughts or just quiet reflection, I hope you join me.
A Hanukkah Menorah with the first candle lit. Image source: https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/jewish/chanukah
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Not a bad start to the second half. I bleed purple!
Screen shot showing the score of the LA Bowl at 12:05 left to play in the third quarter, with the Huskies up 31-3 over Boise State.
December 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I'm a little behind on this project...
A scarf I am knitting for a Christmas gift. It's just a bit over two feet long. I'd like to have at least another foot done... So I'll be working away while I watch the Husky game.
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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My little Nativity Scene is quite possibly haunted. I have NEVER put batteries in it and the original "Try Me" button still works. I bought it in 2014.
A small tabletop nativity scene. Which lights up and plays music. The battery compartment to my nativity scene. It is empty. It has ALWAYS been empty.
December 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I don't care that I've shown this off before; it's #Christmas it's a Treasury Edition and it's a fine one to show off on #TopShelfFriday

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Treasury Edition of DC's Christmas with the Super-Heroes featuring Superman carrying a sleigh laden with Santa and his gift bag, Batman, Wonder Woman, and others in front of a full moon over a snow-covered country house. The smoke in the chimney would indicate that it is occupied, and I have questions about the people who live there and what they think of such a sight outside their window.
December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!
Seattle monorail train. If I had stupid amounts of money, I'd build one in my town!
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Oh, were you using this arm?!
Andarna the cat pinning down my arm. I'm very right handed (I actually walk with a "gun fighter's gait because of it) so this could prove difficult if she doesn't release me.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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I do! On LaserDisc!!
Image of me loading my Star Trek V LaserDisc into the player. Yes, I do occasionally use that VCR as well...
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Pretty awesome looking, actually... It was Sears after all.
Page from the 1977 Sears catalog featuring a woman in a blazer that is just all the different kinds of plaid rolled into one patchwork. If God Himself struck me blind, I would be able to find someone wearing that jacket in the dark.
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Dude, Mad Cave's Phantom series is so freaking good!
Cover to The Phantom #3 by Mad Cave, featuring the titular hero And his tamed wolf Devil about to make some pirates' day a lot worse!
December 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Spock does NOT Fa La La...
Cover to the Star Trek: Trek the Halls. In which Spock states that he does not Fa la la. Which if I had a nickel for every time he's used those exacts words in an official book I've read on the subject I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Yeah, I'm ready... 46 years.
Playmates Admiral Kirk in TMP Admiral's uniform. Dinky die cast Star Trek The Motion Picture branded Klingon Battle Cruiser. Star Trek The Motion Picture ViewMaster slides. LaserDisc of the Special Longer Edition 12 Minutes of New Footage version of Star Trek The Motion Picture.
December 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I only had a Sears Tele-Games Home Video Arcade...
Sears Tele-Games Home Video Arcade. Really they're just Atari VCS/2600s with a slightly different woodgrain veneer and badging. It was part of Atari's sales and branding deal with Sears. Essentially like how Kenmore Washers and Dryers were just rebadged Whirlpools for almost 100 years before that Ayn Rand-loving idiot ran them into the ground.
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Six inches! And she is still "helping"...!
Six inches of a scarf in progress. Andarna the cat "helping" with my knitting.
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Are you ready to celebrate the anniversary of the release of Star Trek VI?!
LaserDisc of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. We all need to get back to watching film the way God intended; flipping the disc halfway through!
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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She's very interested in the first inch (or the dangling string). I only know one stitch, but it's good for scarves for gifts.
Andarna the cat looking at the string dangling from the first inch of the purple scarf I am knitting
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Comics Adjacent, but I'm deep into it now!

#TopShelfFriday
Collection of Power Records DC Christmas stories.
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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It was the 64c..
The Commodore 64c, the same as the original internally, they just refreshed the "bread box" style case with something resembling the 128 but without the ten-key pad. In hindsight, a ten-key would have been very helpful...
December 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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But we've both got TMP on the best format!
LaserDisc of the "Special Longer Edition (12 Minutes of New Footage!)" of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. We need to get back to watching films the way God intended; flipping the disc halfway through.
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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That does sound like fine diplomacy!

*God, what I'd give for an edit button around here...
Star Trek Trading card for Captain John Harriman. I don't know how they decided those stats, but I'm sure they're all 10s on Tuesdays.
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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I seriously have a lot of these...

#VintageToyTuesday #TrekTuesday
A 1995 Playmates Classic Star Trek series action figure of Admiral Kirk from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, still complete in the package. I don't know how many of these were made, but given TMP's mixed reception in the community, I'm a little surprised that it even exists.
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM