Jay Beaton
@jrb.bsky.social
Came here to post that! you beat me by a minute! There's always an XKCD for anything!
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Came here to post that! you beat me by a minute! There's always an XKCD for anything!
Oh, yes! www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...
The Story of Fascism in Europe
In this one-hour special, Rick travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe — taking millions of people with it. We'll trace fascism's history from its roots in the turbule...
www.ricksteves.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Oh, yes! www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...
I'm not familar with that, but this says it is:
zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Bremen_...
zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Bremen_...
Bremen Mask
The Bremen Mask is an item in Majora's Mask.[1] It resembles the face of a bird. The Bremen Mask is given to Link by Guru-Guru. It originally belonged to a dog who was leader of an animal troupe.[2] L...
zelda.fandom.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm not familar with that, but this says it is:
zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Bremen_...
zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Bremen_...
You may know this already, but that's a play on Town Musicians of Bremen, a Brothers Grimm story and a statue in Bremen, Germany. My son lived there for several years, and we saw the statue in person there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Mu...
Town Musicians of Bremen - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You may know this already, but that's a play on Town Musicians of Bremen, a Brothers Grimm story and a statue in Bremen, Germany. My son lived there for several years, and we saw the statue in person there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Mu...
Our thinking is that if it's not moldy, it's good! I just ate a few Twix bars "best before" 2019!
August 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Our thinking is that if it's not moldy, it's good! I just ate a few Twix bars "best before" 2019!
I appreciate your love for Hobson, but I was a lefty who loved to make diving catches, so Freddy Lynn was my guy!
August 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I appreciate your love for Hobson, but I was a lefty who loved to make diving catches, so Freddy Lynn was my guy!
it's been 40+ years, so I don't remember exactly, but it was either this house or one close by:
www.google.com/maps/place/S...
www.google.com/maps/place/S...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
it's been 40+ years, so I don't remember exactly, but it was either this house or one close by:
www.google.com/maps/place/S...
www.google.com/maps/place/S...
Not sure we did it that often, but we definitely went out of our way to walk by on our way home from school!
August 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not sure we did it that often, but we definitely went out of our way to walk by on our way home from school!
I grew up in Framingham, MA in the 70s & 80s. One of the highlights of my childhood was when Butch Hobson moved in about a mile away from my house.
August 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I grew up in Framingham, MA in the 70s & 80s. One of the highlights of my childhood was when Butch Hobson moved in about a mile away from my house.
Christa McAuliffe went to my high school. We watched it in Physics class with a nun who had taught her about 20 years earlier.
July 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Christa McAuliffe went to my high school. We watched it in Physics class with a nun who had taught her about 20 years earlier.
I did the same! COMPUTE! magazine. Prior to that, I had a Timex Sinclair *without* the tape recorder thing, so I had to leave the computer plugged in or I'd lose my game and have to type it in again!
July 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I did the same! COMPUTE! magazine. Prior to that, I had a Timex Sinclair *without* the tape recorder thing, so I had to leave the computer plugged in or I'd lose my game and have to type it in again!
I don't remember the name of the camp, but it was with Dick Whitmore on the campus of a college in Maine in the summer of '85 (I remember hearing "Money for Nothing" many times on the bus ride back to Massachusetts).
May 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I don't remember the name of the camp, but it was with Dick Whitmore on the campus of a college in Maine in the summer of '85 (I remember hearing "Money for Nothing" many times on the bus ride back to Massachusetts).
I was there in '84 or '85!
May 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I was there in '84 or '85!
Of course! There's an xkdc for everything!
April 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Of course! There's an xkdc for everything!
We could create a 7th to consolidate them all!
xkcd.com/927/
xkcd.com/927/
Standards
xkcd.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We could create a 7th to consolidate them all!
xkcd.com/927/
xkcd.com/927/
Zoe waiting while Africa (her buddy who barely tolerates her) eats
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Zoe waiting while Africa (her buddy who barely tolerates her) eats
My son lives right near there! There's also a great arepa place just north of there, Rubens Arepas:
www.google.com/maps/place/R...
www.google.com/maps/place/R...
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February 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
My son lives right near there! There's also a great arepa place just north of there, Rubens Arepas:
www.google.com/maps/place/R...
www.google.com/maps/place/R...
I think it's multiple different drugs that all do that?
January 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I think it's multiple different drugs that all do that?
My older brother had them both on 8-track! He was in high school, and I was like 10. I listened to them so much, I wore them out. He was pissed!
January 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My older brother had them both on 8-track! He was in high school, and I was like 10. I listened to them so much, I wore them out. He was pissed!
I guess you're just a "no guts, no glory" kind of guy. I'm a bit more cautious. We'll just have to see how your hunch plays out to truly judge your decision.
January 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I guess you're just a "no guts, no glory" kind of guy. I'm a bit more cautious. We'll just have to see how your hunch plays out to truly judge your decision.
I don't know, Mike. That's a bold move switching from the QB who finished your 15-2 season? Seems risky.
January 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I don't know, Mike. That's a bold move switching from the QB who finished your 15-2 season? Seems risky.
I've been using "folks" as a more-inclusive version of "guys".
December 29, 2024 at 1:51 AM
I've been using "folks" as a more-inclusive version of "guys".
I follow you to see cat pics. You deliver! Why would I expect you to be interested in my (infrequent) posts about programming? The one time I @ you with a 50+ year-old cat pic, you commented on it! What more could anyone want from you????
December 17, 2024 at 2:08 AM
I follow you to see cat pics. You deliver! Why would I expect you to be interested in my (infrequent) posts about programming? The one time I @ you with a 50+ year-old cat pic, you commented on it! What more could anyone want from you????
Oooooh! I forgot! I actually had a Vic 20, too! That was after the Sinclair, before the TI.
December 2, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Oooooh! I forgot! I actually had a Vic 20, too! That was after the Sinclair, before the TI.