Geoff Micks
@faceintheblue.bsky.social
Torontonian, husband, dog-owner, reader, writer, podcaster... Struggling list-maker?
I try to say at least something every day, usually slice of life, usually positive vibes.
https://linktr.ee/taperecordertrilogy
I try to say at least something every day, usually slice of life, usually positive vibes.
https://linktr.ee/taperecordertrilogy
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I write historical fiction, and I'm pretty good at it. My novels include:
Inca - amzn.to/2zGBa3a
Zulu - amzn.to/2LrC45m
Beginning - amzn.to/2JyCs08
Middle - amzn.to/2NmicB6
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Inca - amzn.to/2zGBa3a
Zulu - amzn.to/2LrC45m
Beginning - amzn.to/2JyCs08
Middle - amzn.to/2NmicB6
End - amzn.to/2PS0Wtc pic.x.com/12qnl3tv4p
I'm watching an old movie (he says about something made within his lifetime).
There really was a 10-year window, mid-80s to mid-90s, where audiences were trained to accept well-dressed Latinos who show up in Act 2 were gangsters without giving them any back story, huh? It was just cinema shorthand.
There really was a 10-year window, mid-80s to mid-90s, where audiences were trained to accept well-dressed Latinos who show up in Act 2 were gangsters without giving them any back story, huh? It was just cinema shorthand.
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I'm watching an old movie (he says about something made within his lifetime).
There really was a 10-year window, mid-80s to mid-90s, where audiences were trained to accept well-dressed Latinos who show up in Act 2 were gangsters without giving them any back story, huh? It was just cinema shorthand.
There really was a 10-year window, mid-80s to mid-90s, where audiences were trained to accept well-dressed Latinos who show up in Act 2 were gangsters without giving them any back story, huh? It was just cinema shorthand.
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 6. This was taken Xmas Eve 1944 in the mess hall of the HMCS Drumheller somewhere in the North Atlantic. My grandfather at 19 is the third man from the left. The men (boys, really) were issued a couple of beers each to celebrate the holiday.
Day 6. This was taken Xmas Eve 1944 in the mess hall of the HMCS Drumheller somewhere in the North Atlantic. My grandfather at 19 is the third man from the left. The men (boys, really) were issued a couple of beers each to celebrate the holiday.
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 6. This was taken Xmas Eve 1944 in the mess hall of the HMCS Drumheller somewhere in the North Atlantic. My grandfather at 19 is the third man from the left. The men (boys, really) were issued a couple of beers each to celebrate the holiday.
Day 6. This was taken Xmas Eve 1944 in the mess hall of the HMCS Drumheller somewhere in the North Atlantic. My grandfather at 19 is the third man from the left. The men (boys, really) were issued a couple of beers each to celebrate the holiday.
This is the final episode of Season One of the free #audiodrama I've been posting since Labour Day. It's a bonus ep offering some historical notes, acknowledgments, and recommendations for further content for people who want to know more about what they have heard so far.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is the final episode of Season One of the free #audiodrama I've been posting since Labour Day. It's a bonus ep offering some historical notes, acknowledgments, and recommendations for further content for people who want to know more about what they have heard so far.
linktr.ee/taperecorder...
linktr.ee/taperecorder...
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 5. The best Christmas movie you've never heard of. King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) has imprisoned his wife Eleanor of Acquitaine (Katharine Hepburn), but he lets her visit at Christmas to decide the succession.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0063...
Day 5. The best Christmas movie you've never heard of. King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) has imprisoned his wife Eleanor of Acquitaine (Katharine Hepburn), but he lets her visit at Christmas to decide the succession.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0063...
The Lion in Winter (1968) ⭐ 7.8 | Biography, Drama, History
2h 14m | PG
www.imdb.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 5. The best Christmas movie you've never heard of. King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) has imprisoned his wife Eleanor of Acquitaine (Katharine Hepburn), but he lets her visit at Christmas to decide the succession.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0063...
Day 5. The best Christmas movie you've never heard of. King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) has imprisoned his wife Eleanor of Acquitaine (Katharine Hepburn), but he lets her visit at Christmas to decide the succession.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0063...
Turning 43 is a strange birthday. Old enough to hopefully have figured some stuff out. Not so old that the assumption is your best days are behind you.
Maybe 43 is the year where you can do anything without surprising anyone? I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it sounds okay at first blush.
Maybe 43 is the year where you can do anything without surprising anyone? I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it sounds okay at first blush.
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Turning 43 is a strange birthday. Old enough to hopefully have figured some stuff out. Not so old that the assumption is your best days are behind you.
Maybe 43 is the year where you can do anything without surprising anyone? I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it sounds okay at first blush.
Maybe 43 is the year where you can do anything without surprising anyone? I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but it sounds okay at first blush.
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 4. Do you remember the British band The Darkness? They had an over-the-top banger, 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' in 2003?
Surprisingly, they did a Christmas song, and it's also an over-the-top banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVg...
Day 4. Do you remember the British band The Darkness? They had an over-the-top banger, 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' in 2003?
Surprisingly, they did a Christmas song, and it's also an over-the-top banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVg...
The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) (Official Music Video) [HD]
YouTube video by RHINO
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 4. Do you remember the British band The Darkness? They had an over-the-top banger, 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' in 2003?
Surprisingly, they did a Christmas song, and it's also an over-the-top banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVg...
Day 4. Do you remember the British band The Darkness? They had an over-the-top banger, 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' in 2003?
Surprisingly, they did a Christmas song, and it's also an over-the-top banger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVg...
Sometimes I read the word 'fascinate' and my mind remembers the word of the day while watching the 2011 Royal Wedding was 'fascinator.' Every woman wore one, and the commentators said this word I had never heard before over and over again until something broke in my brain...
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes I read the word 'fascinate' and my mind remembers the word of the day while watching the 2011 Royal Wedding was 'fascinator.' Every woman wore one, and the commentators said this word I had never heard before over and over again until something broke in my brain...
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 3? A mouse drummerboy candlestick set bought for Xmas 1982. I was born Dec 8th, so no one lit it with all the commotion of a newborn in the house. That's still the original candle. I had to warn my now-wife not to use it and break the streak.
Day 3? A mouse drummerboy candlestick set bought for Xmas 1982. I was born Dec 8th, so no one lit it with all the commotion of a newborn in the house. That's still the original candle. I had to warn my now-wife not to use it and break the streak.
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day 3? A mouse drummerboy candlestick set bought for Xmas 1982. I was born Dec 8th, so no one lit it with all the commotion of a newborn in the house. That's still the original candle. I had to warn my now-wife not to use it and break the streak.
Day 3? A mouse drummerboy candlestick set bought for Xmas 1982. I was born Dec 8th, so no one lit it with all the commotion of a newborn in the house. That's still the original candle. I had to warn my now-wife not to use it and break the streak.
Frank Gehry has died at 96 after a rich, full, accomplished life.
In a world where 'modern' architecture has come to be derided as boring, stale, and out of ideas, his work was never that. His designs are iconic and original, and that is how he will be remembered.
May he rest in peace.
In a world where 'modern' architecture has come to be derided as boring, stale, and out of ideas, his work was never that. His designs are iconic and original, and that is how he will be remembered.
May he rest in peace.
Another of Canada's gifts to the world has died: architect Frank Gehry. Image: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
www.msn.com/en-ca/lifest...
www.msn.com/en-ca/lifest...
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Frank Gehry has died at 96 after a rich, full, accomplished life.
In a world where 'modern' architecture has come to be derided as boring, stale, and out of ideas, his work was never that. His designs are iconic and original, and that is how he will be remembered.
May he rest in peace.
In a world where 'modern' architecture has come to be derided as boring, stale, and out of ideas, his work was never that. His designs are iconic and original, and that is how he will be remembered.
May he rest in peace.
Did drive-in movies (back when those were a thing) need to adjust their start times based on summer sunsets? They must have, right? What about in northern latitudes? Were drive-ins in Edmonton in mid-June starting their shows after 11 pm?
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Did drive-in movies (back when those were a thing) need to adjust their start times based on summer sunsets? They must have, right? What about in northern latitudes? Were drive-ins in Edmonton in mid-June starting their shows after 11 pm?
Doing a little podcast editing on my lunch break today. A thing I do a lot as a self-taught amateur that I suspect even full time AV editors do? I will go to incredible lengths to fix something in post rather than re-record it, and then I am always surprised when I can't hear the edit when I'm done.
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Doing a little podcast editing on my lunch break today. A thing I do a lot as a self-taught amateur that I suspect even full time AV editors do? I will go to incredible lengths to fix something in post rather than re-record it, and then I am always surprised when I can't hear the edit when I'm done.
Random thought: In the expression, "That's like putting a hat on a hat," I always imagined the first hat wearing an appropriately smaller hat. It just occurred to me it could be two hats of the same size where the second totally obscures the first. Now I don't know how to feel...
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Random thought: In the expression, "That's like putting a hat on a hat," I always imagined the first hat wearing an appropriately smaller hat. It just occurred to me it could be two hats of the same size where the second totally obscures the first. Now I don't know how to feel...
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day Two? I made this angel and christmas tree out of construction paper, glue, & a blue pen in the Second Grade. They've been ornaments on my Christmas trees ever since. The brown spot on the angel is a burn mark from an old-style tree light bulb.
Day Two? I made this angel and christmas tree out of construction paper, glue, & a blue pen in the Second Grade. They've been ornaments on my Christmas trees ever since. The brown spot on the angel is a burn mark from an old-style tree light bulb.
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'll do a daily #Christmas post.
Day Two? I made this angel and christmas tree out of construction paper, glue, & a blue pen in the Second Grade. They've been ornaments on my Christmas trees ever since. The brown spot on the angel is a burn mark from an old-style tree light bulb.
Day Two? I made this angel and christmas tree out of construction paper, glue, & a blue pen in the Second Grade. They've been ornaments on my Christmas trees ever since. The brown spot on the angel is a burn mark from an old-style tree light bulb.
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'm going to do a daily #Christmas post.
First up? Here's comedian Harry Stewart as Yogi Yorgesson singing, "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas." It's a mostly forgotten novelty song from 1949. I'm told it made my father's father laugh until he cried.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7c...
First up? Here's comedian Harry Stewart as Yogi Yorgesson singing, "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas." It's a mostly forgotten novelty song from 1949. I'm told it made my father's father laugh until he cried.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7c...
I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas - Yogi Yorgesson
YouTube video by fatgator46
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
From Dec 4-Dec 24 I'm going to do a daily #Christmas post.
First up? Here's comedian Harry Stewart as Yogi Yorgesson singing, "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas." It's a mostly forgotten novelty song from 1949. I'm told it made my father's father laugh until he cried.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7c...
First up? Here's comedian Harry Stewart as Yogi Yorgesson singing, "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas." It's a mostly forgotten novelty song from 1949. I'm told it made my father's father laugh until he cried.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7c...
Sometimes I think, "I'm so flexible and open to change."
Then I remember I chose a mom-and-pop pharmacy in my neighbourhood in 2007 out of convenience and a preference to support local businesses. I moved away in 2010, and then I commuted back there for 13+ years rather than get a new pharmacist.
Then I remember I chose a mom-and-pop pharmacy in my neighbourhood in 2007 out of convenience and a preference to support local businesses. I moved away in 2010, and then I commuted back there for 13+ years rather than get a new pharmacist.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sometimes I think, "I'm so flexible and open to change."
Then I remember I chose a mom-and-pop pharmacy in my neighbourhood in 2007 out of convenience and a preference to support local businesses. I moved away in 2010, and then I commuted back there for 13+ years rather than get a new pharmacist.
Then I remember I chose a mom-and-pop pharmacy in my neighbourhood in 2007 out of convenience and a preference to support local businesses. I moved away in 2010, and then I commuted back there for 13+ years rather than get a new pharmacist.
Finally getting a chance to watch the Second Season of Andor. It's as good as everyone says. Funnily enough, I recently did a rewatch of the old Le Carre miniseries Smiley's People. Crazy how great spy fiction works in both 1970s Europe and a Galaxy Far Far Away.
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Finally getting a chance to watch the Second Season of Andor. It's as good as everyone says. Funnily enough, I recently did a rewatch of the old Le Carre miniseries Smiley's People. Crazy how great spy fiction works in both 1970s Europe and a Galaxy Far Far Away.
TIL when The Beatles played in Hamburg (1960-62 before becoming famous), it was common for bouncers and security at the music venues to be one-armed veterans. The German kids respected their elders enough not to try and take advantage of disabled men doing a job that should have required two hands.
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
TIL when The Beatles played in Hamburg (1960-62 before becoming famous), it was common for bouncers and security at the music venues to be one-armed veterans. The German kids respected their elders enough not to try and take advantage of disabled men doing a job that should have required two hands.
This week's episode of my #audiodrama is based on the final chapter and outro of my novel Beginning. Next week there will be historical notes and acknowledgments, but in terms of the narrative of the story, this concludes Season One of The Tape Recorder Trilogy #Podcast.
linktr.ee/taperecorder...
linktr.ee/taperecorder...
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This week's episode of my #audiodrama is based on the final chapter and outro of my novel Beginning. Next week there will be historical notes and acknowledgments, but in terms of the narrative of the story, this concludes Season One of The Tape Recorder Trilogy #Podcast.
linktr.ee/taperecorder...
linktr.ee/taperecorder...
A thing I get fixated on time & time again, and then have to train myself to stop doing?
When someone on television wears glasses, I look at how the lenses distort what's on the far side to guess how strong their prescription is, and spot who is wearing glasses as a non-functional aesthetic choice.
When someone on television wears glasses, I look at how the lenses distort what's on the far side to guess how strong their prescription is, and spot who is wearing glasses as a non-functional aesthetic choice.
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
A thing I get fixated on time & time again, and then have to train myself to stop doing?
When someone on television wears glasses, I look at how the lenses distort what's on the far side to guess how strong their prescription is, and spot who is wearing glasses as a non-functional aesthetic choice.
When someone on television wears glasses, I look at how the lenses distort what's on the far side to guess how strong their prescription is, and spot who is wearing glasses as a non-functional aesthetic choice.
Reposted by Geoff Micks
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
The Hundred Years War was really a French civil war where one side were the French who ruled England. Fighting it defined the French and English aristocracies as separate entities. The conflict ended with the War of the Roses, an English civil war in part over the failures of the Hundred Years.
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The Hundred Years War was really a French civil war where one side were the French who ruled England. Fighting it defined the French and English aristocracies as separate entities. The conflict ended with the War of the Roses, an English civil war in part over the failures of the Hundred Years.
Post something random or you'll have an awful December.
(I'm mostly doing this because @williamhperkins.bsky.social's post was related to Commander Keen, a side-scrolling computer game I dearly loved as a kid.)
(I'm mostly doing this because @williamhperkins.bsky.social's post was related to Commander Keen, a side-scrolling computer game I dearly loved as a kid.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Post something random or you'll have an awful December.
(I'm mostly doing this because @williamhperkins.bsky.social's post was related to Commander Keen, a side-scrolling computer game I dearly loved as a kid.)
(I'm mostly doing this because @williamhperkins.bsky.social's post was related to Commander Keen, a side-scrolling computer game I dearly loved as a kid.)
My wife and I watch cooking shows on YouTube during breakfast on Saturday mornings. Today, somehow, we got into hotdogs from around the world.
Maybe it's just my own WASPy childhood, but I believe strongly if your hands are wet with condiments at the end of eating a hotdog, you have failed somehow.
Maybe it's just my own WASPy childhood, but I believe strongly if your hands are wet with condiments at the end of eating a hotdog, you have failed somehow.
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My wife and I watch cooking shows on YouTube during breakfast on Saturday mornings. Today, somehow, we got into hotdogs from around the world.
Maybe it's just my own WASPy childhood, but I believe strongly if your hands are wet with condiments at the end of eating a hotdog, you have failed somehow.
Maybe it's just my own WASPy childhood, but I believe strongly if your hands are wet with condiments at the end of eating a hotdog, you have failed somehow.
Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!
Weeks ago I heard someone on a podcast say at one point in his life he was living out of his car; he'd sleep parked by police stations because if a cop knocked on his window he'd say his friend was inside giving a statement, and they'd leave him alone.
Someday I will write that into a great story.
Someday I will write that into a great story.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Weeks ago I heard someone on a podcast say at one point in his life he was living out of his car; he'd sleep parked by police stations because if a cop knocked on his window he'd say his friend was inside giving a statement, and they'd leave him alone.
Someday I will write that into a great story.
Someday I will write that into a great story.