DerekZarban
@derekzarban.bsky.social
Early retired Hoosier nerd. Small town historian, small-time radio announcer. Ally to all oppressed people. TTRPG and movie nerdery at zarban.com.
Emojis should go left to right 🥳👺🤳💃💅🦵🎉👟🫗🪄✈️🛬🚀📢🚩not right to left🐝👀🦶✍️🏃♂️🚴♂️🐕🐘🐔🦖🚒🚄🚤🚗🪚🔫
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Emojis should go left to right 🥳👺🤳💃💅🦵🎉👟🫗🪄✈️🛬🚀📢🚩not right to left🐝👀🦶✍️🏃♂️🚴♂️🐕🐘🐔🦖🚒🚄🚤🚗🪚🔫
Damn, Microsoft, a 30% increase for 365 all at once??
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Damn, Microsoft, a 30% increase for 365 all at once??
Winter reminder: put down twice as much salt at the corners and on the steps. That’s where people have to stop/turn.
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Winter reminder: put down twice as much salt at the corners and on the steps. That’s where people have to stop/turn.
Diamond Rio's "Bubba Hyde" is a nearly perfect song, but there's no such thing as "patent leather" (shiny) zebra boots.
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Diamond Rio's "Bubba Hyde" is a nearly perfect song, but there's no such thing as "patent leather" (shiny) zebra boots.
Here's the Helter Skelter ride that Paul McCartney compare to the experience of being with a certain girl.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here's the Helter Skelter ride that Paul McCartney compare to the experience of being with a certain girl.
Didn't they do it knowing they'd just reboot him? Commander Bond of the Royal Navy gets recruited into MI6 after resolving an international incident. His first mission is looking into something simple that turns grim. He performs well, & gets brought into 00 branch. Call it "James Bond, 007".
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Didn't they do it knowing they'd just reboot him? Commander Bond of the Royal Navy gets recruited into MI6 after resolving an international incident. His first mission is looking into something simple that turns grim. He performs well, & gets brought into 00 branch. Call it "James Bond, 007".
TIL "Basket case" came from a rumor in 1919 that there were soldiers who had lost both arms & both legs & had to be carried around in a basket. The military denied there was even one such case, but the phrase stuck to describe hopeless people & projects.
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
TIL "Basket case" came from a rumor in 1919 that there were soldiers who had lost both arms & both legs & had to be carried around in a basket. The military denied there was even one such case, but the phrase stuck to describe hopeless people & projects.
All lower-case Ls should have to have a little serif at the bottom, & all 1s should have a little serif at the top.
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All lower-case Ls should have to have a little serif at the bottom, & all 1s should have a little serif at the top.
Most of what's wrong with kids today could be solved by bringing back L'eggs pantyhose to grocery stores.
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Most of what's wrong with kids today could be solved by bringing back L'eggs pantyhose to grocery stores.
Topping 350, neighbor on the main street claims 700🤬
November 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Topping 350, neighbor on the main street claims 700🤬
Me as an SNL 5-timer club host as we top 300 trick-or-treaters
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Me as an SNL 5-timer club host as we top 300 trick-or-treaters
Trick-or-treater count passes 100
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Trick-or-treater count passes 100
LOL suck it, Luxembourg
October 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
LOL suck it, Luxembourg
It will never not be funny to me when YouTubers try to hand-hold an SM7B.
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
It will never not be funny to me when YouTubers try to hand-hold an SM7B.
This might be a good moment to once again point out that Brand must be holding up about 700 pounds in this poster. #DrewStruzan
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This might be a good moment to once again point out that Brand must be holding up about 700 pounds in this poster. #DrewStruzan
I don’t have many movie posters on my walls, but Struzan in the pantheon.
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I don’t have many movie posters on my walls, but Struzan in the pantheon.
The dark ritual is complete. The Candy Vault is replenished for another All-Hallows season.
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The dark ritual is complete. The Candy Vault is replenished for another All-Hallows season.
…this happened over the weekend in my own town.
September 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
…this happened over the weekend in my own town.