Dr. Floon
@dr-floon.bsky.social
Gamer, History Lover, Reader, and Friend of Desoto
Agreed, but also I’m a sucker for a Master and Commander gif😁
January 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Agreed, but also I’m a sucker for a Master and Commander gif😁
Outstanding!
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
January 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Outstanding!
Happy New Year.
Happy New Year.
Holy!! Talk about anti-facist creds- who does that belong to!?
December 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Holy!! Talk about anti-facist creds- who does that belong to!?
Ferdinand Foch, when asked the smallest British force that would be of use to the French, replied “one British soldier, and we will make sure he is killed.”
December 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ferdinand Foch, when asked the smallest British force that would be of use to the French, replied “one British soldier, and we will make sure he is killed.”
Outstanding- our boy was a snowhound too:
December 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Outstanding- our boy was a snowhound too:
That’s the Guy Ritchie version with Bricktop the Grey - “Saruman, you are on thin fucking ice and I shall be under it when it breaks “!
December 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
That’s the Guy Ritchie version with Bricktop the Grey - “Saruman, you are on thin fucking ice and I shall be under it when it breaks “!
“I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving man until the fucking lightning falls!”
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving man until the fucking lightning falls!”
Eowyn, Eomund’s daughter, queen of Suffolk county…
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Eowyn, Eomund’s daughter, queen of Suffolk county…
The Higgins was great - I have great memories of visits there.
December 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Higgins was great - I have great memories of visits there.
VERY true- but you could also do much worse than to be remembered for Fairytale of New York!
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
VERY true- but you could also do much worse than to be remembered for Fairytale of New York!
You just need to found a knightly order - then everyone has to bring their own.
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You just need to found a knightly order - then everyone has to bring their own.
I don’t disagree with you - but I also can’t help but think of Siegfried Sassoon’s lines on the Menin gate:
“Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own.
Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp;
Paid, with a pile of peace-complacent stone,
The armies who endured that sullen swamp.”
“Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own.
Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp;
Paid, with a pile of peace-complacent stone,
The armies who endured that sullen swamp.”
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don’t disagree with you - but I also can’t help but think of Siegfried Sassoon’s lines on the Menin gate:
“Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own.
Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp;
Paid, with a pile of peace-complacent stone,
The armies who endured that sullen swamp.”
“Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own.
Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp;
Paid, with a pile of peace-complacent stone,
The armies who endured that sullen swamp.”
Doing good work, brother!
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Doing good work, brother!
I just spent way too much time looking for a gif of Cleopatra’s handmaiden from the HBO Rome saying “a Roman smell…not so bad…”
December 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I just spent way too much time looking for a gif of Cleopatra’s handmaiden from the HBO Rome saying “a Roman smell…not so bad…”
Yes we will tell ya to go fuck yaselves- we will also help dig your car out of a snowbank or change your tire -
THEN call you a flippahhead and go on our way.
THEN call you a flippahhead and go on our way.
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yes we will tell ya to go fuck yaselves- we will also help dig your car out of a snowbank or change your tire -
THEN call you a flippahhead and go on our way.
THEN call you a flippahhead and go on our way.
What does that woman, WANT, kid??
That’s what we’re saying to each other after you walk by!
That’s what we’re saying to each other after you walk by!
December 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What does that woman, WANT, kid??
That’s what we’re saying to each other after you walk by!
That’s what we’re saying to each other after you walk by!
Great song - great story- sometimes all we get are those single moments but they are so worth remembering- ty for sharing!
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Great song - great story- sometimes all we get are those single moments but they are so worth remembering- ty for sharing!
Theirs is the superior taste!
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Theirs is the superior taste!
It must be exhausting to be scared of everything…
December 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It must be exhausting to be scared of everything…
“She was the hiss of steam, the clink of a cup - a certain hour of the night and the promise of rest…”
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“She was the hiss of steam, the clink of a cup - a certain hour of the night and the promise of rest…”
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
And incidentally the problem was not Russian armor but Russian infantry or lack thereof!
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And incidentally the problem was not Russian armor but Russian infantry or lack thereof!
“Surely no harm ever came from reading a book!”
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Surely no harm ever came from reading a book!”