Seamus
@combinatorial.bsky.social
Long deep exasperated sigh-er.
This doesn't make it too far outside of Dayton but Brucken's Dusseldorf Mustard (horseradish mustard) is a damn delight. I'm really dropping the ball on not adding chow chow or piccalilli on bratwurst along with it...
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This doesn't make it too far outside of Dayton but Brucken's Dusseldorf Mustard (horseradish mustard) is a damn delight. I'm really dropping the ball on not adding chow chow or piccalilli on bratwurst along with it...
We went to see Thievery Corporation play at Bogart's and they were great. Highly recommend.
Probably the first concert we've been to in, uh, about 20 years (sigh, kids). Interesting audience: from college kids up to old people like us.
Probably the first concert we've been to in, uh, about 20 years (sigh, kids). Interesting audience: from college kids up to old people like us.
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We went to see Thievery Corporation play at Bogart's and they were great. Highly recommend.
Probably the first concert we've been to in, uh, about 20 years (sigh, kids). Interesting audience: from college kids up to old people like us.
Probably the first concert we've been to in, uh, about 20 years (sigh, kids). Interesting audience: from college kids up to old people like us.
Vindaloo in (major) progress:
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Vindaloo in (major) progress:
This is a deeply stupid headline. My Volvo V60 has better gas mileage than the SUV version (the XC 60). Station wagons are lighter, safer, and more useful than a SUV.
The V60 has better carrying capacity than a Rivian, cybertruck, or most pickup trucks I see around town.
Sean Duffy is an idiot.
The V60 has better carrying capacity than a Rivian, cybertruck, or most pickup trucks I see around town.
Sean Duffy is an idiot.
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is a deeply stupid headline. My Volvo V60 has better gas mileage than the SUV version (the XC 60). Station wagons are lighter, safer, and more useful than a SUV.
The V60 has better carrying capacity than a Rivian, cybertruck, or most pickup trucks I see around town.
Sean Duffy is an idiot.
The V60 has better carrying capacity than a Rivian, cybertruck, or most pickup trucks I see around town.
Sean Duffy is an idiot.
The new cat is unfortunately a tree cat.
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The new cat is unfortunately a tree cat.
Watching my daughter eat a croissant is a lot like (I assume) watching a serial killer flay someone alive.
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Watching my daughter eat a croissant is a lot like (I assume) watching a serial killer flay someone alive.
@americanfietser.bsky.social : Once again biked to the grocery store, picked up most of Thanksgiving dinner, and biked back. The only time drivers aren't annoyed is when you've got a child carrier, otherwise you're a nuisance to them (locally).
In the past, I've put dinner for 14 in the carrier.
In the past, I've put dinner for 14 in the carrier.
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@americanfietser.bsky.social : Once again biked to the grocery store, picked up most of Thanksgiving dinner, and biked back. The only time drivers aren't annoyed is when you've got a child carrier, otherwise you're a nuisance to them (locally).
In the past, I've put dinner for 14 in the carrier.
In the past, I've put dinner for 14 in the carrier.
Cat, no longer squished behind toilet:
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Cat, no longer squished behind toilet:
Progress. She did spend most of the afternoon inside our bedframe though.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Progress. She did spend most of the afternoon inside our bedframe though.
Disturbing synchronicity on the timeline.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Disturbing synchronicity on the timeline.
Progress with the new cat: she is still terrified of the house, but can deal with the bathroom door being open all the time. She doesn't try to hide behind the toilet anymore, but will race to sit next to it if anyone walks in.
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Progress with the new cat: she is still terrified of the house, but can deal with the bathroom door being open all the time. She doesn't try to hide behind the toilet anymore, but will race to sit next to it if anyone walks in.
With all the pathetic compensation ICE agents do with their "tactical" shit, surely the UK's own horrific version of ICE wouldn't engage in such... Oh, I'm being told they're *massive* Nazis.
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
With all the pathetic compensation ICE agents do with their "tactical" shit, surely the UK's own horrific version of ICE wouldn't engage in such... Oh, I'm being told they're *massive* Nazis.
I don't know the full history of our new cat, but she was a stray someone took in, and then after about a year gave to the Humane Society. "Timid" is an understatement. Absolutely terrified of everything is more apt. The first two days she spent smashed behind the toilet and the wall.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I don't know the full history of our new cat, but she was a stray someone took in, and then after about a year gave to the Humane Society. "Timid" is an understatement. Absolutely terrified of everything is more apt. The first two days she spent smashed behind the toilet and the wall.
A photo of the new cat getting used to the house.
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A photo of the new cat getting used to the house.
It is time to carve some pumpkins. And not instigate a forest or house fire.
...might have put too much kindling in there.
...might have put too much kindling in there.
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It is time to carve some pumpkins. And not instigate a forest or house fire.
...might have put too much kindling in there.
...might have put too much kindling in there.
The Carv app/sensors are interesting, moderately useful (no replacement for professional instruction) but I get the distinct feeling they're going out of business given the number of errors in their website and app. This one was great:
September 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Carv app/sensors are interesting, moderately useful (no replacement for professional instruction) but I get the distinct feeling they're going out of business given the number of errors in their website and app. This one was great:
Had one of these earlier
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Had one of these earlier
What movie do you consider 'perfect'?
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
What movie do you consider 'perfect'?
I am sorry @flangy.bsky.social but I have come across a terrible hat.
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I am sorry @flangy.bsky.social but I have come across a terrible hat.
Why the fuck would you want to debate a Nazi? Why would you legitimize their ideas? The correct answer is to always punch a Nazi.
Leave the social media site owned by a white supremacist and humiliate them if they show up in your space. They should feel bad - because they are bad.
Leave the social media site owned by a white supremacist and humiliate them if they show up in your space. They should feel bad - because they are bad.
![A cartoon on the Paradox of Intolerance by Karl Popper.
The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance; thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance. This paradox was articulated by philosopher Karl Popper in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945),[1] where he argued that a truly tolerant society must retain the right to deny tolerance to those who promote intolerance. Popper posited that if intolerant ideologies are allowed unchecked expression, they could exploit open society values to erode or destroy tolerance itself through authoritarian or oppressive practices.
The short version is: always punch a Nazi.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sbhqkdvernafzlsidarrxwg6/bafkreihazmbb4hok4q3cmx7ww7yfl46pwahmjivffp37vlhdsb2lflp7va@jpeg)
September 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Why the fuck would you want to debate a Nazi? Why would you legitimize their ideas? The correct answer is to always punch a Nazi.
Leave the social media site owned by a white supremacist and humiliate them if they show up in your space. They should feel bad - because they are bad.
Leave the social media site owned by a white supremacist and humiliate them if they show up in your space. They should feel bad - because they are bad.
Well *someone's* rhododendrons aren't dying of phytophthera. Or at least the varieties that this lateral flow test kit tests for.
September 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Well *someone's* rhododendrons aren't dying of phytophthera. Or at least the varieties that this lateral flow test kit tests for.
Yes yes, the timeline is the timeline, but trump/bond discourse is some painful mental whiplash.
September 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Yes yes, the timeline is the timeline, but trump/bond discourse is some painful mental whiplash.
My daughter: I've packed everything I need for my second year of college.
Her laptop for architecture:
Her laptop for architecture:
August 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My daughter: I've packed everything I need for my second year of college.
Her laptop for architecture:
Her laptop for architecture:
So happy that I have a functioning vent (to outside, even). But I will love the day we gut this kitchen and I get to put in a proper and relatively quiet vent, instead of this microwave one.
Btw, the LG extend-a-vent thing actually somewhat works!
Btw, the LG extend-a-vent thing actually somewhat works!
August 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So happy that I have a functioning vent (to outside, even). But I will love the day we gut this kitchen and I get to put in a proper and relatively quiet vent, instead of this microwave one.
Btw, the LG extend-a-vent thing actually somewhat works!
Btw, the LG extend-a-vent thing actually somewhat works!