🌲Gobsmacked ye merry, gentlemen🌲
@gobsmacked.bsky.social
Your basic Bay Area boy: flâneur, film buff, hiker, foodie, culture vulture, PhD dropout. Underemployed and over-caffeinated.
Liberté, Egalité, Flâneurité!
Liberté, Egalité, Flâneurité!
PG&E plays Grinch, stealing people’s Christmas feasts
December 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
PG&E plays Grinch, stealing people’s Christmas feasts
“Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree”
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree”
The warming up part of my Winter Solstice
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The warming up part of my Winter Solstice
Still cooking so I had some bruschetta to tide me over
December 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Still cooking so I had some bruschetta to tide me over
Tuscan farro soup - warm and nourishing for the long night
December 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tuscan farro soup - warm and nourishing for the long night
As the longest night - the hinge of the year - approaches
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As the longest night - the hinge of the year - approaches
Once again taking the road less traveled on
December 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Once again taking the road less traveled on
Actually “be like a Calvin” is a good general rule for life
December 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Actually “be like a Calvin” is a good general rule for life
Build a snowman by all means- they’re great
By why on earth would you pretend it was a priest laying some sin nonsense on you?
Why not pretend it was an elf, or a folksinger, or a… or an alien? Anything else really
Be like Calvin - have fun with it. Leave the guilt out.
By why on earth would you pretend it was a priest laying some sin nonsense on you?
Why not pretend it was an elf, or a folksinger, or a… or an alien? Anything else really
Be like Calvin - have fun with it. Leave the guilt out.
December 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Build a snowman by all means- they’re great
By why on earth would you pretend it was a priest laying some sin nonsense on you?
Why not pretend it was an elf, or a folksinger, or a… or an alien? Anything else really
Be like Calvin - have fun with it. Leave the guilt out.
By why on earth would you pretend it was a priest laying some sin nonsense on you?
Why not pretend it was an elf, or a folksinger, or a… or an alien? Anything else really
Be like Calvin - have fun with it. Leave the guilt out.
A foggy night
in Tuscan town
#StreetScape #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #CityStories
#EuropeanStreets #PhotographersOfBlueSky
in Tuscan town
#StreetScape #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #CityStories
#EuropeanStreets #PhotographersOfBlueSky
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A foggy night
in Tuscan town
#StreetScape #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #CityStories
#EuropeanStreets #PhotographersOfBlueSky
in Tuscan town
#StreetScape #ClassicMono #UrbanGaze #CityStories
#EuropeanStreets #PhotographersOfBlueSky
December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It seems like that speech was very seasonal - part Scrooge, part Potter
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It seems like that speech was very seasonal - part Scrooge, part Potter
It's so strange to me that everyone has not already added "Klaus" to their list of Christmas classics and seasonal rewatches. If you've seen it, or haven't shown it to your kids, you really ought to
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December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's so strange to me that everyone has not already added "Klaus" to their list of Christmas classics and seasonal rewatches. If you've seen it, or haven't shown it to your kids, you really ought to
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
December 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
It’s beginning to look a lot like… whisky and Christmas cake season
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s beginning to look a lot like… whisky and Christmas cake season
Anyone who follows me probably knows I love books — and really loved used bookshops. And I love Oxford (as an idea, at least - not a fan of that new McDonalds or effective altruism).
So... Blackwell's (which I love - see above) is doing Jane Austen for the rare book newsletter
buff.ly/aL2e3FL
So... Blackwell's (which I love - see above) is doing Jane Austen for the rare book newsletter
buff.ly/aL2e3FL
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Anyone who follows me probably knows I love books — and really loved used bookshops. And I love Oxford (as an idea, at least - not a fan of that new McDonalds or effective altruism).
So... Blackwell's (which I love - see above) is doing Jane Austen for the rare book newsletter
buff.ly/aL2e3FL
So... Blackwell's (which I love - see above) is doing Jane Austen for the rare book newsletter
buff.ly/aL2e3FL
It’s a puzzler
December 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It’s a puzzler
Started my annual Winter Holidays reading…
“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world”
(There’s a BBC audio adaptation as well.)
darkisrising.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dar...
“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world”
(There’s a BBC audio adaptation as well.)
darkisrising.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dar...
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Started my annual Winter Holidays reading…
“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world”
(There’s a BBC audio adaptation as well.)
darkisrising.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dar...
“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world”
(There’s a BBC audio adaptation as well.)
darkisrising.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dar...