elvestinkle
@elvestinkle.bsky.social
Dad, teacher, writer, dreamer. Probably a hobbit. Posting images of the natural world, thoughts about food & gaming, reflections on parenthood, and the ravings of the seedship colony stranded on an alien world in my mind to relieve the stress.
Fire and Ash was amazing! I got to take myself out to see it, and I landed plunk in the middle seat in my row. My thoughts: Cameron is absolutely *nailing* the cyclical nature of conflict in epic, while keeping the story moving forward. Curious to hear your take on it!
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fire and Ash was amazing! I got to take myself out to see it, and I landed plunk in the middle seat in my row. My thoughts: Cameron is absolutely *nailing* the cyclical nature of conflict in epic, while keeping the story moving forward. Curious to hear your take on it!
To that guy in shop class in middle school who bent the axle of my CO2 car for the fun of it: I don't give a shit what you are doing in life right now, I would still fuck your day up if I saw you on the sidewalk. #intrusivethoughts
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
To that guy in shop class in middle school who bent the axle of my CO2 car for the fun of it: I don't give a shit what you are doing in life right now, I would still fuck your day up if I saw you on the sidewalk. #intrusivethoughts
Happy winter solstice, everybody. Even if metaphorically the light seems to keep on dwindling, it will ineluctably increase in a literal sense. And that's not nothing.
December 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy winter solstice, everybody. Even if metaphorically the light seems to keep on dwindling, it will ineluctably increase in a literal sense. And that's not nothing.
I wish I could tell you why I have a list of things to do that each individually would take about 5 minutes but instead collectively take 6 months or more
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I wish I could tell you why I have a list of things to do that each individually would take about 5 minutes but instead collectively take 6 months or more
My son is going on prozac. I'm hoping for the best but I have so many conflicting feelings right now.
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My son is going on prozac. I'm hoping for the best but I have so many conflicting feelings right now.
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Dan Simmons' Hyperion
Dan Simmons' Hyperion
December 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Dan Simmons' Hyperion
Dan Simmons' Hyperion
Well, I lost Wham!ageddon today when the aquarobics instructor had it on the playlist at my spa. Le sigh.
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Well, I lost Wham!ageddon today when the aquarobics instructor had it on the playlist at my spa. Le sigh.
My house is a disaster zone. The moisture mitigation team ripped out all the wet drywall and have installed tube fans up into the ceiling that have to run round the clock. If we shut our doors at night it's like white noise, so it's liveable to sleep in, but.... Ugh.
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My house is a disaster zone. The moisture mitigation team ripped out all the wet drywall and have installed tube fans up into the ceiling that have to run round the clock. If we shut our doors at night it's like white noise, so it's liveable to sleep in, but.... Ugh.
I wanna vomit, crawl under a rock, die, and get absolutely hammered in that order. #homeownership
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I wanna vomit, crawl under a rock, die, and get absolutely hammered in that order. #homeownership
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
72 hours with a 500lb weight on my chest
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
72 hours with a 500lb weight on my chest
Our neighbors basically negligently allowed their refrigerator to leak all over the goddamn floor and now we have to deal with insurance companies. Thank goodness for homeowners insurance. But I still have less than $30 to my name right now and that is panic-inducing.
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Our neighbors basically negligently allowed their refrigerator to leak all over the goddamn floor and now we have to deal with insurance companies. Thank goodness for homeowners insurance. But I still have less than $30 to my name right now and that is panic-inducing.
There's some statistic about a percentage of Americans who are one paycheck away from being unable to handle a crisis. Today we got hit with our crisis. I have an emergency stash of gift card so I will be able to get gas to travel to work and groceries to eat. But I am not at all safe.
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There's some statistic about a percentage of Americans who are one paycheck away from being unable to handle a crisis. Today we got hit with our crisis. I have an emergency stash of gift card so I will be able to get gas to travel to work and groceries to eat. But I am not at all safe.
I am going camping next weekend on a local bald (Little Long Mountain) to watch the Geminids. It will be 23° F, no moon, and clear skies. This is my best opportunity yet in 20 years of chasing this meteor shower. Deeeeefinitely bringing a thermos of hot cocoa.
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I am going camping next weekend on a local bald (Little Long Mountain) to watch the Geminids. It will be 23° F, no moon, and clear skies. This is my best opportunity yet in 20 years of chasing this meteor shower. Deeeeefinitely bringing a thermos of hot cocoa.
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I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
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For the first time in a long time I'm driving on a tank that's almost empty - the fuel indicator is on - and I have less than $100 to my name until the 10th. I will get through this but I feel overdrawn in every sense that word right now and it stinks.
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For the first time in a long time I'm driving on a tank that's almost empty - the fuel indicator is on - and I have less than $100 to my name until the 10th. I will get through this but I feel overdrawn in every sense that word right now and it stinks.
Also, never let it be said that US citizens agree with our president about the situation in #Ukraine. I never thought I'd live to see the day we became the lapdog of another country. Trump is nothing short of a coward, and bordering on traitorous, in serving another country's interests.
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Also, never let it be said that US citizens agree with our president about the situation in #Ukraine. I never thought I'd live to see the day we became the lapdog of another country. Trump is nothing short of a coward, and bordering on traitorous, in serving another country's interests.
There is very little that a week off followed by a day-long visit to a Korean spa that cannot heal within the soul. #jjimjilbang
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
There is very little that a week off followed by a day-long visit to a Korean spa that cannot heal within the soul. #jjimjilbang
I labored under protest today, and yet somehow ineffectually all the same.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I labored under protest today, and yet somehow ineffectually all the same.
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As always, there's no time like the present to disappear into a mysterious fog and become a reason the old forest north of town is considered haunted.
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As always, there's no time like the present to disappear into a mysterious fog and become a reason the old forest north of town is considered haunted.
I got closer to goals today, but the weight of not completing any one thing on my first of 5 days off is still dangling over me. My time off should be exactly that, but instead it's capital for more adulting.
No rest for the weary.
No rest for the weary.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I got closer to goals today, but the weight of not completing any one thing on my first of 5 days off is still dangling over me. My time off should be exactly that, but instead it's capital for more adulting.
No rest for the weary.
No rest for the weary.
Had the quarterly 10 minute call with my mom, who is not up to driving here anymore. She's 75, so that makes sense. She also refuses to learn video chatting or not being an insufferable grievance-airer. I am only a little regretful that I don't make more effort. She's an incurable Trumper.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Had the quarterly 10 minute call with my mom, who is not up to driving here anymore. She's 75, so that makes sense. She also refuses to learn video chatting or not being an insufferable grievance-airer. I am only a little regretful that I don't make more effort. She's an incurable Trumper.
I will eschew shame and move forward.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I will eschew shame and move forward.
Two productive things done. Why did it take me 6 months to do a 10 minute thing
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Two productive things done. Why did it take me 6 months to do a 10 minute thing